Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Chicago Bears 17
Sunday 11 September 1983 at Soldier Field
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Johnny Morris
Terry Schmidt's 32-yard scoring interception return four minutes
into the fourth quarter sent the Bucs to a frustrating loss at
Soldier Field in Week 2 of the 1983 season. After Bill Capece
had given the Bucs an early lead despite having first and goal at
the Bear 1-yard line, Walter Payton took a short swing pass from
Jim McMahon and raced 73 yards down the sideline for a score.
Tampa tied the score in the third quarter when Jerry Golsteyn hit
TE Jimmie Giles at the Bear one-yard line and James Owens
scored on the next play. Gerald Carter led the Bucs with six
receptions for 98 yards.
GAME SCORING
TB
4:10-2Q
Capece FG20
CHI
3:12-2Q
Payton 73 pass from McMahon (Thomas kick)
CHI
0:01-2Q
Thomas FG50
TB
8:16-3Q
Owens 1 run (Capece kick)
CHI
10:46-4Q
Schmidt 32 interception return (Thomas kick)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 11-40, Owens 12-25, Carver 2-12, Morton 1-5, Golsteyn 3-
3.
BEARS: Payton 17-45, Suhey 11-31, McMahon 2-15, Gault 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Golsteyn 42-22-277-1-0.
BEARS: McMahon 24-16-286-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Giles 7-80, Carter 6-98, House 3-11, Owens 2-14, T.Bell 1-52,
Morton 1-9, Tyler 1-9, Carver 1-4.
BEARS: Payton 6-115. Suhey 4-57, Gault 3-75, Margerum 2-26,
Moorehead 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brown 1-32, Holt 1-5.
BEARS: Schmidt 1-32.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Owens 2-61, Morton 1-21, Obradovich 1-0.
BEARS: Hutchison 2-30, Gault 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Tyler 2-23.
BEARS: Fisher 5-27.
SACKS
BUCS: Davis 1.5-7.5, Cannon 1-10, Hawkins 1-4, Stalls 0.5-1.5.
BEARS: Hartenstine 2-15.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Snell
NT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
59 Hawkins
RT
70 Thomas
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
53 Green
TE
82 J Bell
LCB
21 Holt
FB
32 Wilder
SS
20 Colzie
RB
26 Owens
FS
34 Brown
QB
11 Golsteyn
RCB
40 Washington
PLAYED
1 Morton, 3 Capece, 5 Garcia, 8 Hewko, 22 Smith, 24 Morris, 28
Carver, 43 Middleton, 44 O'Steen, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 56 Johnson,
57 Leonard, 60 Grimes, 65 Stalls, 66 Reese, 68 Yarno, 69 Arbubakrr,
81 Tyler, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Obradovich, 87 Carter, 90 White
DID NOT PLAY
14 Thompson, 23 Castille, 75 Reavis
VIDEO CLIPS
John Cannon levelled Jim McMahon for his sack
John Holt had an interception on a deflected pass
James Owens went airborne at the goal-line for the Tampa touchdown
