Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Chicago Bears 31 Sunday 19 November 1989 at Soldier Field CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Brandt and Dan Jiggetts
This result led to the Bucs ending up on TV's "LA Law". A storyline had a disgruntled Bear fan suing the team for not delivering a promised play-off calibre team. "They even lost to Tampa Bay ... twice" claimed the fan's lawyer. It was 23-10 with just under five minutes left until Mike Tomczak came in at QB and both defenses decided to stop playing. An amazing finish and a sweep of the Bears for Ray Perkins' team.
GAME SCORING TB 7:41-1Q Igwebuike FG25 TB 7:29-1Q Davis 13 interception return (Igwebuike kick) CHI 8:38-2Q Butler FG40 TB 9:33-3Q Igwebuike FG22 CHI 9:16-3Q Anderson 59 run (Butler kick) TB 10:47-4Q Tate 15 run (Igwebuike kick) TB 4:40-4Q Igwebuike FG29 CHI 4:27-4Q Morris 58 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) TB 3:21-4Q Carrier 78 pass from Testaverde (kick failed) CHI 2:36-4Q Davis 26 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) CHI 1:46-4Q Davis 52 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) TB 0:00-4Q Igwebuike FG28
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 73 McHale DT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes DE 94 Goff RG 71 Cooper LOLB 59 Murphy RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 82 Hall RILB 54 Randle WR 84 Hill ROLB 58 Moss WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds WR 83 Peebles RCB 22 Jones RB 32 Wilder SS 30 Robinson QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft, 34 Tate, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee DID NOT PLAY 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham INACTIVE 61 Ingram, 80 Pillow
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Wilder 16-62, Tate 10-40, Stamps 2-20, Smith 2-4, Peebles 1-1. BEARS: Anderson 15-100, Muster 4-18, Harbaugh 3-6, Suhey 1-1, Morris 1-(-14). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 41-19-288-0-1. BEARS: Harbaugh 24-12-126-3-0, Tomczak 7-6-156-0-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 6-164, Hill 3-30, Peebles 3-29, Hall 2-26, Wilder 1-14, Drewrey 1-14, Smith 1-14, Tate 1-(-3). BEARS: Anderson 6-48, Morris 3-96, Davis 2-78, Muster 2-27, Gentry 2-15, McKinnon 1-7, Boso 1-6, Thornton 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Davis 1-13, Robinson 1-6, Hamilton 1-0. BEARS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Elder 3-57, Howard 3-49. BEARS: Sanders 2-39, Gentry 1-25, Suhey 1-14, Pruitt 1-11, Chapura 1-8. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 1-11. BEARS: Kozlowski 4-(-2). SACKS BUCS: Davis 2-7, Goff 1-9. BEARS: Armstrong 1-9. McMichael 1-8, Dent 1-6. Singletary 1-2.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Reuben Davis had one of the rare defensive lineman interception scores Lars Tate found the endzone once more Mark Carrier’s long touchdown came in the middle of the Chicago revival