Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Chicago Bears 27
Sunday 6 October 1985 at Tampa Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
Steve DeBerg's 346-yard passing was the most given up by the famed 46
defense on the way to the Super Bowl and once again, the Bucs dominated
the first half against the Bears just as they had in Week 1 in Soldier Field.
And once again, Chicago came back to win it in the second half, two Walter
Payton TDs doing the damage. James Wilder was stopped in his bid for a
record seventh straight 100-yard rushing game.
GAME SCORING
TB
10:56-2Q
Igwebuike FG19
TB
6:22-2Q
House 21 pass from DeBerg (kick failed)
TB
1:51-2Q
Igwebuike FG38
CHI
0:01-2Q
Butler FG30
CHI
3:40-3Q
McKinnon 21 pass from McMahon (Butler)
CHI
0:00-3Q
Butler FG30
CHI
7:51-4Q
Payton 4 run (Butler kick)
TB
5:21-4Q
Carter 25 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
CHI
0:52-4Q
Payton 9 run (Butler kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 18-29, DeBerg 1-0, Springs 1-(-2).
BEARS: Payton 16-63, McMahon 8-46, Suhey 6-38, Thomas 1-3, Gault
1-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 43-23-346-2-2.
BEARS: McMahon 34-22-292-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 7-112, House 6-100, Wilder 4-31, J.Bell 3-50, Carter 2-46,
Magee 1-7.
BEARS: Moorehead 8-114, Suhey 5-30, McKinnon 4-67, Gault 2-56,
Payton 1-9, Margerum 1-9, Thomas 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Greenwood 2-5.
BEARS: Duerson 1-37, Frazier 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 2-79, Bright 1-16.
BEARS: Gault 2-62, Gentry 2-57.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 2-34.
BEARS: Taylor 1-5.
SACKS
BUCS: Washington 0.5-3, Green 0.5-3.
BEARS: none.
GAME REPORTS
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STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
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, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 29 Bright, 31 Curry,
40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 57 Browner, 65
Fielder, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83 T
Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 64 Shearin
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Kevin House had the first Buccaneer touchdown of the game
David Greenwood had two picks of Jim McMahon - this is the first
The Bucs pulled a score back when Gerald Carter beat LB coverage
