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Bears and Buccaneers TV, Radio, Betting

How to watch or listen to Sunday's Bears and Buccaneers game with betting information and series history.
Gene Chamberlain|
Bears and Buccaneers TV, Radio, Betting
Bears and Buccaneers TV, Radio, Betting

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Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears (0-1) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0)

Kickoff: Noon, Sunday.

Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

TV: Fox (Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston, Pam Oliver)

Radio: ESPN AM-1000 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Jason McKie)

Spanish Radio: Latino Mix 93.5 FM (Omar Ramos, Miguel Esparza)

Streaming: fubo (watch with free trial)  

The Series: The 62nd meeting. The Bears hold a 40-21 advantage, and are 17-15 in Tampa. The Buccaneers won the last meeting in 2021 38-3 in Tampa. The last Bears win came in Chicago in 2020.

The Line: Buccaneers by 3 1/2 (Over/under 43).

The Coaches: Bears coach Matt Eberflus is 3-15 in his second season. His Bears haven't played Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles is 35-50 in his seventh season as a head coach. He is 9-9 with Tampa Bay and 0-1 against the Bears, having lost to them 24-10 in 2018 at Soldier Field as head coach of the Jets.

The Matchup: The Buccaneers look to start 2-0 for the third straight year while the Bears are looking to snap an 11-game losing streak. Quarterback Justin Fields looks for his sixth win in 27 starts. The last Bears win came Oct. 24, 2022 against New England. Tampa Bay QB Baker Mayfield led a 20-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings last week in Minneapolis. Chase McLaughlin broke a tie with a 57-yard field goal with 5:10 remaining for the winning points. Mayfield, who was QB in Cleveland and beat the Bears in 2021, went 21 of 34 for 173 yards and two TDs with a 94.4 passer rating against the Vikings last week. Fields went 24 of 37 for 216 yards with a TD, interception and 78.2 passer rating last week. He also rushed for 59 yards on nine attempts.

Notable: The teams were rivals in the old NFC Central from 1970-2001 with the Bears holding a 14-10 serioes lead. ... Bears receiver DJ Moore was held to two catches for 25 yards last week. He had one catch for 10 yards in his previous game, the 2022 finale with New Orleans. Moore last year had two catches or less four times. ... Mike Evans had six catches for 66 yards and Chris Godwin five for 51 against Minnesota last week for Tampa Bay. ... Tampa Bay either drafted or signed as undrafted free agents 72.7% of the players on the roster, the third-highest NFL percentage of home-grown players.

Betting Trends

  • Tampa Bay has failed to cover in three of its last four home games or in six of its last eight games overall.
  • The Bears have failed to cover in five of the last seven road and seen of the last 11 games overall.
  • The Bears failed to cover in eight of the 13 games as underdogs last year.
  • The Bears hit the over in 10 of their 17 games last year and did last week again in a 38-20 loss to the Packers.

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.

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