No-one saw this performance coming. Mitch Trubisky became the first QB to ever throw six touchdown passes against the Buccaneers and the 38-10 half-time score made the second half somewhat irrelevant. Jameis Winston returned from his NFL suspension to play after the interval but was unable to do much outside of a touchdown pass to Cameron Brate early in the fourth quarter.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 10-29, Barber 7-24, Winston 1-7. BEARS: Cohen 13-53, Trubisky 3-53, Howard 11-25, Gabriel 1-10, Cunningham 1-0, Daniel 2-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Fitzpatrick 18-9-126-1-0, Winston 20-16-145-2-1. BEARS: Trubisky 26-19-354-0-6. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 6-59, Humphries 6-36. Jackson 5-112, Brate 3-29, Godwin 2-22, Auclair 1-8, Barber 1-6, Jones 1-(-1). BEARS: Cohen 7-121, Gabriel 7-104, Burton 2-86, Robinson 2-23, Bellamy 1-20. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BEARS: Lynch 1-20, Trevathan 1-12, Jackson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Rodgers 1-21. BEARS: Cunningham 1-28. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jackson 1-2, Humphries 0-0. BEARS: Cohen 3-14. SACKS BUCS: Pierre-Paul 1-10. BEARS: Hicks 1-7, Lynch 1-4, Mack 1-2, Nichols 0.5-3.5, Robertson-Harris 0.5-3.5.
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brenaman and Chris Spielman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Chicago Bears 48 Sunday 30 September 2018 at Soldier Field
SCORING CHI 12:20-1Q Burton 39 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) CHI 2:11-1Q Robinson 14 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) TB 14:55-2Q Catanzaro FG30 CHI 12:21-2Q Cohen 9 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) CHI 8:59-2Q Bellamy 20 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) CHI 4:56-2Q Gabriel 3 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) CHI 0:00-2Q Parkey FG50 CHI 10:28-3Q Gabriel 3 pass from Trubisky (Parkey kick) TB 13:30-4Q Brate 16 pass from Winston (Catanzaro kick) CHI 6:23-4Q Parkey FG46
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a total embarrassment in the Windy City Tom Jones wonders if this game will have a lasting effect on the Bucs Was this the day that Jameis Winston got his job back? Three of the rookie draft picks made their debuts Roy Cummings offers an excellent analysis of the defensive problems Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 97 Curry LG 74 Marpet DT 93 McCoy C 66 Jensen DT 92 Gholston RG 77 Benenoch RDE 90 Pierre-Paul RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 80 Howard WLB 54 David WR 10 Humphries DB 36 Stewart WR 13 Evans LCB 24 Grimes WR 11 Jackson RCB 33 Davis QB 14 Fitzpatrick SS 39 Johnson RB 25 Barber FS 21 Evans PLAYED 3 Winston, 7 Catanzaro, 9 Anger, 12 Godwin, 17 Watson, 22 Williams, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 29 Smith, 32 Rogers, 35 Elliott, 45 Cross, 48 Cichy, 50 Vea, 52 Lynch, 53 Taylor, 56 Worthy, 61 Wester, 62 Smith, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 89 Sanborn, 94 Nassib, 95 Clarke INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 31 Whitehead, 38 Wilson, 57 Spence, 65 Cappa, 67 Liedtke, 91 Allen
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Desean Jackson had a nice run and catch to set up the Bucs’ fieldgoal Then Jackson pulled off a highlight reel catch down the left sideline The only Tampa Bay touchdown came on a Jameis Winston to Cameron Brate connection