GAME AND BROADCAST DETAILS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-1) at Chicago Bears (3-1)
Thursday, October 11, 8:20 p.m. ET
Soldier Field (capacity: 61,500…no fans will be in attendance)
Chicago, Illinois
Television: FOX (Local WTVT Channel 13)…Also simulcast on NFL Network and Amazon
TV Broadcast Team: Joe Buck (play-by-play), Troy Aikman (analyst), Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink (reporters)
Radio: 98Rock (WXTB, 97.9 FM), Flagship Station
Radio Broadcast Team: Gene Deckerhoff (play-by-play), Dave Moore (analyst), T.J. Rives (reporter)
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES
The Buccaneers and Bears missed each other last season. After five straight seasons with a head-to-head meeting – an unusual occurrence for teams not in the same division – Tampa Bay and Chicago took 2019 off but they're getting back together in 2020.
The Buccaneers 59 meetings with Chicago are their most against any opponent, largely because they shared the old NFC Central for 25 years (1977-2001). Chicago has a lopsided lead in the all-time series, 39-20, and that's the result of their prowess in the 1980s coinciding with a rough stretch for the Buccaneers. Tampa Bay finally reversed its fortunes in 1997 and since that season they have an 11-10 lead in the series with Chicago. Since Tampa Bay left the Bears' division, which was then rebranded the NFC North, in 2002, Chicago has a narrow 6-5 edge in the series.
The Bears got that one-game lead with one of the most lopsided finals in the series, a 48-10 victory in Chicago in 2018. In fact, that 38-point winning margin ranks as the best ever for Chicago against the Buccaneers, though a 41-0 blanking by Tampa Bay at home in 2000 holds the top spot overall. Trubisky threw for 354 yards and six touchdowns in that 2018 contest.
Interestingly, four of the Buccaneers' 10 playoff seasons have ended with a win over Chicago in the regular-season finale. The first was in 1982, when the Bucs won their last three in a strike-shortened season to sneak into the expanded playoff field, the last of which was a 26-23 overtime decision against the Bears in Tampa. The Bucs rallied from a 23-6 halftime deficit with two Jimmie Giles touchdown catches and two Bill Capece field goals, the second one from 33 yards in overtime.
During their stretch of five playoff berths in six seasons from 1997-2002, the Buccaneers won in Week 17 at home against the Bears in 1997 and in Illinois in 1999 and 2002. All three were comfortable victories. In 1997, then-rookie Warrick Dunn ran wild and picks by Donnie Abraham and Melvin Johnson keyed a stifling defensive effort in a 31-15 decision. In 1999 in Chicago, the Buccaneers won their first division title in 18 years when the Mike Alstott and Dave Moore scored touchdowns and Abraham had another pick. That game was unfortunately the last one of Paul Gruber's career as he suffered a broken leg and retired after the season. In 2002, the Buccaneers were able to clinch a first-round bye when they shut out the Bears, 15-0, in a game played at the University of Illinois in Champaign. All 15 points came on Martin Gramatica field goals on an evening in which the wind was screaming in one direction. Derrick Brooks had a key interception.
Tampa Bay's most recent win in the series was in 2017. That game was supposed to be the Bucs' home opener in Week Two but Hurricane Irma forced the Tampa Bay-Miami game in Week One to be moved to later in the season. After an impromptu Week One bye, the Buccaneers made their 2017 debut against Chicago, facing off against their former quarterback, Mike Glennon. Kwon Alexander had an interception and Mike Evans scored a touchdown among his seven catches for 93 yards, helping the Bucs win easily, 29-7.
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2020-10-07 12:33:33Z
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