Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Chicago Bears 20
Sunday 20 September 1987 at Soldier Field
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Terry Bradshaw
The Bears won their ninth straight game against the Bucs in an
encounter marked by Walter Payton breaking Jim Brown's NFL
touchdown record with his first quarter score. Vinny Testaverde
made his NFL debut following an injury to Steve DeBerg and
completed his second NFL pass to Phil Freeman.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 R Taylor
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
66 Yarno
NT
94 Stensrud
C
60 Grimes
RDE
90 Holmes
RG
68 Mallory
LOLB
51 Washington
RT
74 Powell
LILB
58 Davis
TE
86 Magee
RILB
54 Randle
WR
87 Carter
ROLB
57 Moss
WR
89 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
39 Austin
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
33 Kemp
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
20 Woods
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 14 Testaverde, 23 Anderson, 25 Howard, 31
Gordon, 35 Smith, 36 Futrell, 42 Bartalo, 50 Turk, 52 Brantley, 53
Graham, 56 Walker, 73 Heller , 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 79 Goode, 81
Freeman, 82 Hall, 98 Keys
DID NOT PLAY
59 Murphy, 83 Holloway, 85 G.Taylor, 93 Sileo
GAME SCORING
CHI
5:46-1Q
Payton 1 run (Butler kick)
TB
12:23-2Q
Igwebuike FG43
CHI
8:31-2Q
Anderson 27 run (Butler kick)
CHI
3:20-4Q
Payton 9 pass from Tomczak (kick failed)
GAME REPORTS
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 17-80, Austin 7-9, DeBerg 1-0.
BEARS: Anderson 16-117, Payton 14-24, Sanders 3-11, Tomczak 1-10,
Thomas 2-6.
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 36-18-195-2-0, Testaverde 4-1-14-0-0.
BEARS: Tomczak 27-15-150-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carter 4-55, Austin 4-36, Wilder 4-29, Magee 3-34, Carrier 2-7, Hall
1-14, Freeman 1-14.
BEARS: Moorehead 6-53, Anderson 4-28, Payton 2-2, Gault 1-46, Morris
1-15, McKinnon 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Kemp 1-11, Jones 1-0.
BEARS: Phillips 1-1, Jackson 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 3-61.
BEARS: Gentry 2-38.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: McKinnon 5-81.
SACKS
BUCS: Team 1-17.
BEARS: Wilson 2-15, Dent 1-11, Perry 1-10.
VIDEO CLIPS
Bobby Kemp recorded his first Buc interception in the second quarter
Rod Jones added his own on the next drive
Ron Holmes recovered a fumble as the defense kept giving chances
