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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears

Final · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 4 · Soldier Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Bears beat Buccaneers 48–10 in 2018 Week 4

The Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48–10 at home at Soldier Field in Week 4 of the 2018 regular season on September 30, 2018.

No other game of Week 4 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Bears to 3–1 and dropped the Buccaneers to 2–2. It was the Bears’ third straight win. The Buccaneers finished 2018 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs. The Bears finished 2018 at 12–4 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Bears’ 48 points were their most in any game of 2018.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 29–7 on September 17, 2017. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 20–19 on October 8, 2020.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Bears lead the series 9–8 after meeting No. 17 since 1999 Full series history

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