Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Chicago Bears 34
Sunday 2 September 1984 at Soldier Field
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
Not a good season opener as the Bucs lost their first game of the
year for fhe third straight season. Eight turnovers including six
interceptions, although three of Jack Thompson's picks were
deflected balls. Thompson did hit Gerald Carter on a second
quarter bomb that did give the Bucs a short-lived lead. The three
Chicago TD drives in the second half covered a total of 25 yards
following three of the Tampa turnovers. Steve DeBerg relieved
Thompson in the fourth quarter and did throw a late scoring pass to
James Owens.
GAME SCORING
CHI
11:15-1Q
Thomas FG29
TB
12:15-2Q
Carter 74 pass from Thompson (Ariri kick)
CHI
5:45-2Q
Thomas FG32
CHI
2:40-3Q
McMahon 9 run (Thomas kick)
CHI
8:31-3Q
Gault 21 pass from McMahon (Thomas kick)
CHI
6:37-3Q
Suhey 1 run (Thomas kick)
CHI
5:02-4Q
Hutchinson 1 run (Thomas kick)
TB
3:16-4Q
Owens 4 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 16-73, Thompson 1-13, Armstrong 1-3.
BEARS: Payton 16-61, Suhey 14-57, Thomas 4-25, McMahon 3-21,
Jordan 3-18, Gentry 7-5, Hutchinson 2-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Thompson 17-4-105-4-1, DeBerg 10-5-96-2-1.
BEARS: McMahon 22-16-138-1-1, Avellini 1-1-17-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 2-86, Wilder 2-56, Giles 2-41, House 1-12, Owens 1-4,
Armstrong 1-2.
BEARS: Payton 6-18, Suhey 4-30, Gault 2-40, McKinnon 2-23, Saldi 1-
20, Baschnagel 1-17, Gentry 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-14.
BEARS: Fencik 2-64, Harris 1-34, Singletary 1-4, Richardson 1-0,
Schmidt 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 4-61, Morton 2-54, Wood 1-6.
BEARS: Cameron 2-37.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: T.Bell 1-0.
BEARS: Fisher 2-13.
SACKS
BUCS: Washington 1-8, Green 1-3.
BEARS: Keys 1-15, Hampton 1-11, Hartenstine 1-10, Singletary 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
65 Jackson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
56 Johnson
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
43 Reece
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 17 DeBerg, 20 Morton, 26 Owens, 27 Acorn, 28
Carver, 33 Cotney, 40 Washington, 41 Thomas, 51 Washington, 54 Wood,
55 Spradlin, 57 Browner, 66 Reese, 71 Braggs, 72 Courson, 75 Manor,
79 Kaplan, 82 J Bell, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll
DID NOT PLAY
60 Grimes, 73 Heller, 81 Tuttle
VIDEO CLIPS
Gerald Carter’s long TD pass was the only real highlight on offense
Cedric Brown had an interception off an errant Jim McMahon pass
A busted play led to Hugh Green recording his first sack of the season
