Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Chicago Bears 15
Sunday 20 September 1998 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
The opening of the new stadium but after 30 minutes, the script
was wrong. The Bears led 15-0 and it should have been more.
Then the first-night nerves wore off and the real Bucs showed up
for the second half, pounding out four unanswered scores and
sending the sell-out crowd home very happy.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 Diaz
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
LLB
50 Gooch
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
86 Williams
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 23 Bouie, 24 Robinson, 25
Kelly, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59
Duncan, 65 Dogins, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82
Hape, 84 Thomas, 94 White, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
4 Walsh
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 31 Young, 75 Washington, 81 Green, 87
Emanuel, 90 Maniecki, 98 Cannida
GAME SCORING
CHI
10:59-1Q
Jaeger FG26
CHI
6:22-1Q
Milburn 93 punt return (Jaeger kick)
CHI
2:00-2Q
Safety - Dilfer stepped out of endzone
CHI
0:00-2Q
Jaeger FG52
TB
5:08-3Q
Anthony 13 pass from Dilfer (2pt failed)
TB
1:35-3Q
Moore 44 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
TB
13:55-4Q
Dunn 43 run (Hunter pass from Dilfer)
TB
5:44-4Q
Alstott 3 run (2pt conversion failed)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for Pat Yasinskas' take on the game
Click here for David Whitley's views on the home opener
Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium
In the end, a happy housewarming
You need a hero, you get Dave Moore
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 20-103, Dunn 10-82, Anthony 1-32, Dilfer 6-3, Neal 1-0.
BEARS: Enis 15-48, Bennett 6-28, Chancey 3-9, Morris 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 18-12-147-0-2.
BEARS: Kramer 32-19-169-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Anthony 5-56, Moore 2-53, Williams 2-23, Hunter 1-13, Dunn 1-4,
Alstott 1-(-2).
BEARS: Conway 4-77, Engram 3-29, Wetnight 3-13, Bennett 3-10, Penn
2-21, Enis 2-5, Chancey 1-9, Mayes 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 3-64.
BEARS: Milburn 6-110.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-26.
BEARS: Milburn 2-106.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Thierry 1-3.
