Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Chicago Bears 38
Sunday 8 September 1985 at Soldier Field
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
The Bucs opened the 1985 season on the road against the future champion
Bears who began their Super Bowl Shuffle with a second half comeback
win against Leeman Bennett's team. The Bucs looked awesome offensively
in the first half against the famed 46 defense with James Wilder rushing for
120 of his yards in the first 30 minutes, and Steve DeBerg throwing three
TD passes including one to Kevin House that came on the back of a 57-
yard kick return by rookie Phil Freeman. The key play came early in the 2nd
half when Leslie Frazier jumped on a DeBerg out pattern and returned it 29
yards for a score.
GAME SCORING
TB
7:54-1Q
Magee 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
CHI
2:49-1Q
McKinnon 21 pass from McMahon (Butler kick)
TB
2:27-1Q
House 44 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
TB
11:31-2Q
J.Bell 11 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
CHI
8:09-2Q
McMahon 1 run (Butler kick)
CHI
2:35-3Q
Butler FG38
TB
1:09-2Q
Wilder 3 run (Igwebuike kick)
CHI
14:38-3Q
Frazier 29 interception return (Butler kick)
CHI
0:27-3Q
Suhey 9 pass from McMahon (Butler kick)
CHI
12:32-4Q
McMahon 1 run (Butler kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 27-166, DeBerg 2-0.
BEARS: Payton 17-120, Suhey 8-27, McMahon 4-18, Thomas 3-12,
Gentry 2-8.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 21-13-160-2-3.
BEARS: McMahon 34-23-274-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: J.Bell 6-74, Carter 3-18, House 1-44, Giles 1-18, Wilder 1-5,
Magee 1-1.
BEARS: Payton 6-37, Gault 4-60, McKinnon 4-58, Thomas 3-32,
Moorehead 2-31, Margerum 2-20, Wrightman 1-27, Suhey 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Castille 1-0.
BEARS: Frazier 1-29, Fencik 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 2-79, Bright 1-22, Magee 1-15.
BEARS: Gentry 2-44.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 1-21.
BEARS: Taylor 3-26.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-11, Cannon 1-10, Davis 1-2.
BEARS: Dent 2-19.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
71 Lindstrom
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Washington
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Greenwood
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 24 Prior, 28 Carver, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40
Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 57 Browner, 65
Fielder, 67 Morgan, 74 Sanders, 79 Kaplan, 80 Branton, 81 Freeman, 83 T
Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee, 90 Holmes
DID NOT PLAY
68 Mallory
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Click here for how the Chicago press remembered the game
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Calvin Magee made his first NFL game a memorable one
Then Kevin House went deep to connect on a bomb from Steve DeBerg
The third touchdown of the first half was another classic play-action fake
