Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Chicago Bears 31
Sunday 19 November 1989 at Soldier Field
SCORING
TB
7:41-1Q
Igwebuike FG25
TB
7:29-1Q
Davis 13 interception return (Igwebuike kick)
CHI
8:38-2Q
Butler FG40
TB
9:33-3Q
Igwebuike FG22
CHI
9:16-3Q
Anderson 59 run (Butler kick)
TB
10:47-4Q
Tate 15 run (Igwebuike kick)
TB
4:40-4Q
Igwebuike FG29
CHI
4:27-4Q
Morris 58 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
TB
3:21-4Q
Carrier 78 pass from Testaverde (kick failed)
CHI
2:36-4Q
Davis 26 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
CHI
1:46-4Q
Davis 52 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick)
TB
0:00-4Q
Igwebuike FG28
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Click here for Michelle Kaufman's comments
The good outweighed the bad for the Buc defense
Click here for how Hubert Mizell saw it unfold
This result led to the Bucs ending up on TV's "LA Law". A storyline had a disgruntled Bear fan suing the team
for not delivering a promised play-off calibre team. "They even lost to Tampa Bay ... twice" claimed the fan's
lawyer. It was 23-10 with just under five minutes left until Mike Tomczak came in at QB and both defenses
decided to stop playing. An amazing finish and a sweep of the Bears for Ray Perkins' team.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 16-62, Tate 10-40, Stamps 2-20, Smith 2-4,
Peebles 1-1.
BEARS: Anderson 15-100, Muster 4-18, Harbaugh 3-6, Suhey 1-
1, Morris 1-(-14).
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 41-19-288-0-1.
BEARS: Harbaugh 24-12-126-3-0, Tomczak 7-6-156-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 6-164, Hill 3-30, Peebles 3-29, Hall 2-26, Wilder 1-
14, Drewrey 1-14, Smith 1-14, Tate 1-(-3).
BEARS: Anderson 6-48, Morris 3-96, Davis 2-78, Muster 2-27,
Gentry 2-15, McKinnon 1-7, Boso 1-6, Thornton 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Davis 1-13, Robinson 1-6, Hamilton 1-0.
BEARS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 3-57, Howard 3-49.
BEARS: Sanders 2-39, Gentry 1-25, Suhey 1-14, Pruitt 1-11,
Chapura 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-11.
BEARS: Kozlowski 4-(-2).
SACKS
BUCS: Davis 2-7, Goff 1-9.
BEARS: Armstrong 1-9. McMichael 1-8, Dent 1-6. Singletary 1-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
73 McHale
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
RG
71 Cooper
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
84 Hill
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
WR
83 Peebles
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft, 34 Tate,
36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 56
Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78
Cannon, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 65 Graham
INACTIVE
61 Ingram, 80 Pillow
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Brant and Dan Jiggetts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Reuben Davis had one of the rare defensive lineman interception return scores
Lars Tate found the endzone once more
Mark Carrier’s long touchdown reception came in the middle of the Chicago revival