Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Chicago Bears 47 Sunday 26 September 1993 at Soldier Field

SCORING TB 11:43-1Q Husted FG20 CHI 8:56-2Q Anderson 1 run (Butler kick) CHI 4:51-2Q Harbaugh 1 run (Butler kick) CHI 1:10-2Q Wetnight 25 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick) CHI 0:47-2Q Waddle 17 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick) TB 0:00-2Q Thomas 62 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) CHI 12:25-3Q Butler FG33 CHI 10:47-4Q Butler FG40 CHI 7:53-4Q Baker 8 fumble return (Butler kick) CHI 4:41-4Q Butler FG32 TB 2:03-4Q McDowell 3 pass from DeBerg (Husted kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play Click here for Rick Stroud's review of the game Click here for Gary Shelton's morning-after column Defensive lapses cost the Bucs big in Chicago

This one was a total wipe-out and Craig Erickson nearly got killed as former London Monarchs "tackle" (his word not ours) Theo Adams left him get blind-sided numerous times. The first Buc TD came on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half after a 28-point second quarter outburst by the home side.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Royster 2-10, Cobb 12-8, Workman 1-8, McDowell 2-6, C.Erickson 1-4. BEARS: Anderson 23-104, Christian 3-10, Heyward 3-9, Harbaugh 3- 2, Green 6-1. PASSING BUCS: Erickson 32-13-240-2-1, DeBerg 8-7-77-1-1, Weldon 1-0-0-1-0. BEARS: Harbaugh 22-17-192-0-2, Willis 1-1-29-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Dawsey 9-101, Thomas 2-78, Claiborne 2-22, Copeland 2-22, Workman 2-14, Hawkins 1-67, Royster 1-10, McDowell 1-3. BEARS: Davis 5-49, Waddle 5-46, Obee 3-45, Anderson 1-35, Wetnight 1-25, Conway 1-8, Heyward 1-8, Green 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BEARS: Jones 2-24, Carrier 1-22, Blaylock 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Workman 5-67, Royster 3-32, Claiborne 1-0. BEARS: Conway 1-17. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Claiborne 2-11. BEARS: Obee 3-9. SACKS BUCS: Seals 2-7, Curry 1-8. BEARS: Zorich 1-16, Cox 1-9.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Dill DE 71 Dotson LG 66 Reimers DT 90 Ahanotu C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 72 Taylor LLB 51 Thomas TE 82 Hall MLB 56 Nickerson WR 80 Dawsey RLB 93 DuBose WR 85 Hawkins LCB 29 Reynolds TE 86 Armstrong RCB 21 Mack RB 37 McDowell SS 27 Bussey QB 7 Erickson FS 23 Carter PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 17 DeBerg, 20 Gray, 24 Jones, 33 Royster, 34 Cobb, 35 Mayhew, 44 Anderson, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 50 Burnette, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 70 McRae, 73 Adams, 81 Claiborne, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 96 Wilson, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 41 King INACTIVE 40 Anderson, 43 Harris, 66 Tomberlin, 67 Sullivan, 79 Love, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson

COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Hank Stram