| Chicago Bears at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1997 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Houlihan's Stadium Attendance: 70930 |
| Weather: Haze Temp: 72 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Trent Dilfer 7 run (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Karl Williams 61 punt return (Michael Husted kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Darnell Autry 3 run (Jeff Jaeger kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Karl Williams 7 pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Michael Husted 20 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Errict Rhett 5 run (Michael Husted kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rick Mirer 1 run (Rick Mirer run) | 15 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Curtis Conway |
| 81 | WR | Bobby Engram |
| 64 | LOT | Andy Heck |
| 62 | LOG | Chris Gray |
| 58 | C | Chris Villarrial |
| 63 | ROG | Todd Burger |
| 71 | ROT | James Williams |
| 84 | TE | John Allred |
| 12 | QB | Erik Kramer |
| 21 | RB | Darnell Autry |
| 30 | FB | Tony Carter |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Mark Thomas |
| 99 | LDT | Jim Flanigan |
| 98 | RDT | Carl Simpson |
| 90 | RDE | Alonzo Spellman |
| 55 | SLB | Sean Harris |
| 52 | MLB | Bryan Cox |
| 92 | WLB | Barry Minter |
| 25 | LCB | Tom Carter |
| 23 | SS | Marty Carter |
| 26 | FS | John Mangum |
| 27 | RCB | Walt Harris |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Reidel Anthony |
| 86 | WR | Karl Williams |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 73 | LOG | Frank Middleton |
| 61 | C | Tony Mayberry |
| 64 | ROG | Jorge Diaz |
| 70 | ROT | Jason Odom |
| 87 | TE | John Davis |
| 83 | TE | Dave Moore |
| 12 | QB | Trent Dilfer |
| 40 | FB | Mike Alstott |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Eric Curry |
| 77 | NT | Brad Culpepper |
| 99 | UT | Warren Sapp |
| 91 | RDE | Regan Upshaw |
| 50 | SLB | Jeff Gooch |
| 56 | MLB | Hardy Nickerson |
| 55 | WLB | Derrick Brooks |
| 21 | LCB | Donnie Abraham |
| 47 | SS | John Lynch |
| 22 | FS | Charles Mincy |
| 27 | RCB | Anthony Parker |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Darnell Autry | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Tony Carter | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Michael Hicks | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rick Mirer | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 3 | 1 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Erik Kramer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Warrick Dunn | 16 | 119 | 7.4 | 76 | 0 |
| Reidel Anthony | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Errict Rhett | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 5t | 1 |
| Mike Alstott | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Trent Dilfer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Jerry Ellison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Erik Kramer | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 1 | 82 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 50.8 |
| Rick Mirer | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 39 | 3.9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 28.8 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Trent Dilfer | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 94 | 5.2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 88.7 |
| Steve Walsh | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ricky Proehl | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ryan Wetnight | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Engram | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Darnell Autry | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tremayne Allen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Allred | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Karl Williams | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Warrick Dunn | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Davis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Reidel Anthony | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Melvin Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Donnie Abraham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Todd Sauerbrun | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 62 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ricky Proehl | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Karl Williams | 6 | 1 | 116 | 19.3 | 61t | 1 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||
| Jeff Jaeger | 3 | 202 | 67.3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Michael Husted | 6 | 414 | 69.0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Eric Smith | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Reidel Anthony | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| John Mangum | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Regan Upshaw | 1.0 |
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