The Bucs' first play was a Trent Dilfer interception that led to a Bear touchdown on the very next play and the game went downhill from there for the orange and white. Trent threw one of his four TD passes on the season to Horace Copeland and Michael Husted bounced a 50-yard fieldgoal off the crossbar, but 173 yards on the ground by the Bears enabled them to control the clock and end the Bucs' slim hopes of the post-season.

GAME SCORING CHI 14:38-1Q Salaam 15 run (Butler kick) TB 10:15-1Q Copeland 20 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick) CHI 14:19-2Q Salaam 1 run (Butler kick) TB 7:29-2Q Husted FG50 CHI 8:31-3Q Graham 47 pass from Kramer (Butler kick) CHI 2:18-3Q Butler FG23 CHI 10:23-4Q Salaam 3 run (Butler kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play Don Banks reports from Soldier Field Gary Shelton reports from another season being mailed in Trent finally throws another touchdown pass

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 60 Pyne DT 77 Wheeler C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 76 Dill LLB 51 Marts TE 81 Harris MLB 56 Nickerson WR 82 Harper RLB 55 Brooks WR 88 Copeland LCB 45 Stargell FB 37 Ellison RCB 39 DImry RB 32 Rhett SS 23 Bouie QB 12 Dilfer FS 25 Johnson PLAYED 1 Roby, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 21 McGruder, 22 Everett, 28 Buckley, 29 Gant, 38 Scott, 41 Edmonds, 52 Rouse, 53 Brady, 54 Stephens, 65 Ingram, 67 Sullivan, 70 McRae, 71 Dotson, 73 Culpepper, 83 Moore, 85 Hawkins, 86 Armstrong, 87 Thomas, 93 DuBose DID NOT PLAY 26 Abraham INACTIVE 15 Philcox, 30 Lester, 35 Mayhew, 49 Saunders, 76 Dill, 80 Dawsey, 91 Smith, 94 McIntosh

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dilfer 4-35, Rhett 12-33, Edmonds 1-7, Ellison 1-1. BEARS: Salaam 27-134, Conway 1-20, Tillman 5-18, Kramer 2-1. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 37-22-226-3-1. BEARS: Kramer 28-20-256-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Copeland 6-92, J Harris 4-24, Hawkins 3-49, Harper 3-29, Thomas 3- 18, Armstrong 2-10, Rhett 1-4. BEARS: Conway 8-88, Graham 5-102, Carter 4-39, Timpson 1-13, Gedney 1- 7, Salaam 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BEARS: Minnifield 2-0, Cox 1-1. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Ellison 5-101, Edmonds 1-14. BEARS: Timpson 2-36, Lundy 1-11. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Edmonds 2-22. BEARS: Graham 1-5. SACKS BUCS: none. BEARS: Smith 1-8, Spellman 1-5.