Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Chicago Bears 34
Sunday 17 December 2006 at Soldier Field
SCORING
CHI
7:42-1Q
Clark 24 pass from Grossman (Gould kick)
TB
8:19-2Q
Bryant FG45
CHI
3:56-2Q
Jones 5 run (Gould kick)
CHI
0:23-2Q
Clark 12 pass from Grossman (Gould kick)
CHI
5:22-3Q
Gould FG38
TB
0:25-3Q
Alstott 14 run (Bryant kick)
TB
14:13-4Q
Smith 9 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick)
CHI
9:23-4Q
Benson 4 run (Gould kick)
TB
6:13-4Q
Galloway 64 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick)
TB
3:44-4Q
Hilliard 44 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick)
CHI
3:37-OT
Gould FG25
Down 24-3 late in the third quarter, the brief legend of “Touchdown Timmy” Rattay began as he brought the
Bucs back with three passing scores in the fourth quarter. But in overtime, a fumble recovery went the Bears’
way aided by a unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Jeremy Trueblood that helped set up the winning kick.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 11-26, Alstott 6-26, Pittman 2-5.
BEARS: Jones 17-68, Benson 15-53, Peterson 2-13.
PASSING
BUCS: Gradkowski 11-5-37-0-0, Rattay 35-20-268-1-3.
BEARS: Grossman 44-29-339-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Smith 5-24, Pittman 4-30, Galloway 3-107, Hilliard 3-55,
Stovall 3-42, Warren 2-19, Williams 2-12, Becht 2-12, Alstott 1-4.
BEARS: Clark 7-125, Muhammad 6-85, Berrian 6-33, McKie 5-34,
Jones 3-16, Davis 1-28, Gilmore 1-18.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BEARS: Harris 1-3.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Cox 4-74, Pittman 2-43.
BEARS: Hester 5-76, McClover 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 7-46.
BEARS: Hester 6-63, Berrian 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Phillips 1-9, White 1-8, Spires 1-8, Wyms 1-1.
BEARS: Manning 2-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Davis
DE
94 Spires
LG
79 Mahan
DT
95 Hovan
C
76 Wade
DT
96 Wyms
RG
75 Joseph
DE
90 White
RT
65 Trueblood
LLB
56 Nece
TE
88 Becht
MLB
53 Quarles
TE
81 Smith
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
31 Buchanon
RB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
24 Williams
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Gradkowski
FS
37 Allen
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 13 Rattay, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox,
32 Pittman, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50
Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 71 Haye, 74 Green,
77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 85 Stovall, 89 Jones, 91
Jenkins
INACTIVES
12 McCown, 29 Zemaitis, 30 Nicholson, 66 Mihlhauser, 70
Penn, 86 Jolley, 93 Bennett, 98 Bradley
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Darryl Johnston
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Soldier Field
How Rick Stroud saw it unfold
The overtime period just summed up the entire season
The veteran receivers come through for the Bucs
The kick coverage teams contained Devin Hester
Tom Jones' excellent Bucshotz column
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's game report
The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game
