2001 · Week 14
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears
Dec 16, 2001 · Soldier Field · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Chicago Bears beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27–3. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Bears (53%). Bears improve to 10-3; Buccaneers fall to 7-6. Anthony Thomas was the story of the game with 173 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 1 catch for 5 yards. Bears out-gained the opponent 397–252 in total yards. Buccaneers turned it over 3 times to Bears's 1.
Team stats
| TB | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 19 |
| 252 | Total yards | 397 |
| 191 | Passing yards | 190 |
| 61 | Rushing yards | 207 |
| 18/40 | Comp / Att | 14/29 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 18/40 | 191 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 10 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 7 | 23 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyshawn Johnson | 7 | 15 | 119 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 4 | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Moore | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Jacquez Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
CHI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 14/29 | 190 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Thomas | 31 | 173 | 1 |
| Marty Booker | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| James Allen | 2 | 9 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Thomas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| David Terrell | 3 | 4 | 94 | 0 |
| Dez White | 3 | 7 | 32 | 0 |
| Fred Baxter | 2 | 4 | 28 | 1 |
| Marty Booker | 3 | 9 | 19 | 1 |
| John Davis | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Daimon Shelton | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |