Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Chicago Bears 13 Sunday 27 November 2005 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING CHI 11:50-1Q Gilmore 1 pass from Orton (Gould kick) TB 2:12-1Q Bryant FG27 CHI 0:17-2Q Gould FG25 CHI 3:47-3Q Gould FG36 TB 7:00-4Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick)
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' review of the game Martin Fennelly's award-winning column How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold 'I just missed it' explains Matt Bryant Joey Galloway reaches 1,000 yards on the season Chris Simms continues to gain admirers around the league The offense only got it going when it really had to How the Chicago press saw the game Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
This one was just given away. Chris Simms fumbled at his own goal-line to set up the only Chicago touchdown and then Matt Bryant missed a game-tying 29-yard fieldgoal late in the fourth quarter. “"e just got into a dogfight” said tackle Kenyatta Walker. “And there were times when we looked pretty good. But there were also some times when, man, we just looked ugly."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 20-84, Pittman 1-16, Alstott 3-8, Simms 1-(-1). BEARS: Jones 25-72, Peterson 5-27, Orton 3-19. PASSING BUCS: Simms 30-19-202-0-0. BEARS: Orton 28-14-134-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 7-138, Alstott 2-14, Smith 2-14, Becht 2-12, Williams 2-7, Cook 1-9, Alstott 1-6, Moore 1-5, Simms 1-(-3). BEARS: Muhammad 4-38, Gage 4-32, Jones 3-50, Clark 2-13, Gilmore 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Kelly 1-0. BEARS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Shepherd 4-94. BEARS: Davis 3-69. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 6-67. BEARS: Davis 2-10, Wade 1-11. SACKS BUCS: Wyms 1-10, Rice 1-3. BEARS: Ogunleye 2-18, Brown 2-16.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles WR 80 Clayton RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 25 Kelly FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 2 Simms FS 34 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 81 Smith, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown INACTIVES 13 Rattay, 26 Allen, 54 Mallard, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson, 85 Lawrie, 87 Russell
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Brian Baldinger