Tampa Bay Buccaneers 29 Chicago Bears 7
Sunday 17 September 2017 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
TB
8:58-1Q
Folk FG42
TB
0:10-1Q
Evans 13 pass from Winston (Folk kick)
TB
7:30-2Q
Rodgers 1 run (Folk kick)
TB
4:09-2Q
McClain 47 interception return (kick failed)
TB
0:00-2Q
Folk FG50
TB
12:26-4Q
Folk FG23
CHI
1:43-4Q
Thompson 14 pass from Glennon (Barth kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports on a season-opening win
Tom Jones wants people to forget it was only the Bears
Roy Cummings on the arrival of rookie Kendall Beckwith
Newcomer TJ Ward looked good in limited action
Greg Auman’s notes and anecdotes from the locker room
Scott Smith’s detailed game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
A week after Hurricane Irma caused devastation across Florida, the Bears found themselves blown away by a
storm of their own as the Bucs won their first home opener in five years. Jameis was not perfect but he was
turnover free. The only Tampa miscues were Charles Sims’ fumble when the Bucs were threatening to score
again and Nick Folk’s missed PAT. A 50-yard fieldgoal at the end of the first half was recompense.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Rodgers 19-67, Barber 10-47, WInston 1-3, SIms 2-2,
Fitzpatrick 2-(-2).
BEARS: Cohen 7-13, Howard 9-7.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 30-18-204-0-1, Fitzpatrick 1-0-0-0-0.
BEARS: Glennon 45-31-301-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 7-93, Jackson 3-39, Brate 2-24, Humphries 2-18,
Sims 2-7, Howard 1-17, Cross 1-6.
BEARS: Cohen 8-55, Wright 7-69, Miller 6-42, Thompson 4-57,
Bellamy 4-51, Gentry 2-27.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: McClain 1-47, Alexander 1-22.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Thompson 2-43.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reedy 1-17.
BEARS: Cohen 2-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Spence 1-11.
BEARS: Goldman 1-5, Young 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
57 Spence
LG
64 Pamphile
DT
93 McCoy
C
74 Marpet
DT
90 Baker
RG
73 Sweezy
RDE
92 Gholston
RT
69 Dotson
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
80 Howard
WLB
54 David
TE
84 Brate
SLB
51 Beckwith
WR
13 Evans
LCB
28 Hargeaves
WR
11 Jackson
RCB
24 Grimes
QB
3 Winston
SS
23 Conte
RB
32 Rodgers
FS
37 Tandy
PLAYED
2 Folk, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries,12 Godwin, 14 Fitzpatrick, 18
Reedy, 21 Evans, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 34
Sims, 36 McClain, 43 Ward, 45 Cross, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton,
62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 77 Benenoch, 88 Stocker, 91 Ayers,
95 Russell, 96 Siliga, 98 McDonald
INACTIVES
35 Elliott, 56 J Smith, 59 Bond, 66 Wester, 68 Hawley, 82
Auclair, 94 Clarke
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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Kwon Alexander had a first quarter interception to end a Chicago scoring threat
Mike Evans had the first Tampa Bay touchdown of the season on a great fade route
Robert McClain picked off Mike Glennon and took it to the house to extend the lead