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1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 0-14-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 125 points (8.9/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 412 points (29.4/g), 27th.
 Differential of -287 points (-20.5/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 0.8-13.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 24th.

Coached by John McKay (0-14-0)

1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box L 0-1 @ Houston Oilers 0 20 8 110 58 52 2 21 372 182 190 4
2 Sun September 19 box L 0-2 San Diego Chargers 0 23 5 125 -4 129 4 16 326 131 195 2
3 Sun September 26 box L 0-3 Buffalo Bills 9 14 15 338 168 170 2 14 295 186 109 2
4 Sun October 3 box L 0-4 @ Baltimore Colts 17 42 6 89 13 76 1 31 458 220 238 2
5 Sun October 10 box L 0-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 0 21 12 200 86 114 3 17 277 89 188 3
6 Sun October 17 box L 0-6 Seattle Seahawks 10 13 18 285 140 145 1 14 253 163 90 2
7 Sun October 24 box L 0-7 Miami Dolphins 20 23 20 334 191 143 1 19 290 90 200 1
8 Sun October 31 box L 0-8 Kansas City Chiefs 19 28 16 196 182 14 1 22 318 182 136 3
9 Sun November 7 box L 0-9 @ Denver Broncos 13 48 17 234 122 112 4 18 415 222 193 3
10 Sun November 14 box L 0-10 @ New York Jets 0 34 18 277 171 106 6 24 344 133 211 1
11 Sun November 21 box L 0-11 Cleveland Browns 7 24 18 227 125 102 2 21 282 133 149
12 Sun November 28 box L 0-12 @ Oakland Raiders 16 49 16 218 107 111 3 28 486 307 179 3
13 Sun December 5 box L 0-13 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 42 8 105 11 94 4 26 385 163 222 1
14 Sun December 12 box L 0-14 New England Patriots 14 31 14 268 133 135 3 13 300 40 260 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 125 3006 859 3.5 191 181 376 1503 9 20 3.5 93 433 1503 5 3.5 71 37 17 27
Team Defense 412 4801 933 5.1 432 178 321 2241 19 9 6.5 124 588 2560 23 4.4 284 28 19 24
Lg Rank Offense 28 28 27 11 25 24 19 28 25 26 28 28 20 13
Lg Rank Defense 27 24 26 2 19 23 26 27 27 24 27 22 20 12

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Steve Spurrier 31 QB 14 12 156 311 50.2 1628 7 2.3 12 3.9 38 5.2 3.7 10.4 116.3 57.1 32 267 4.0 2.6 9.3
Parnell Dickinson 23 8 1 15 39 38.5 210 1 2.6 5 12.8 49 5.4 -0.1 14.0 26.3 25.5 14 124 1.6 -2.4 26.4
Terry Hanratty 28 3 1 6 14 42.9 32 0 0.0 1 7.1 12 2.3 -0.9 5.3 10.7 20.5 3 24 0.5 -2.2 17.6
Louis Carter 23 RB 14 8 2 5 40.0 24 1 20.0 0 0.0 23 4.8 6.8 12.0 1.7 95.0 0 0 4.8 6.8 0.0
Larry Lawrence 27 1 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 40.0 0 0.0 -18.0 0.0 0.0 1 8 -1.3 -16.3 16.7
Ricky Davis 23 11 0 1 1 100.0 -7 0 0.0 0 0.0 -7 -7.0 -7.0 -7.0 -0.6 79.2 0 0 -7.0 -7.0 0.0
Lee McGriff 23 6 3 1 1 100.0 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 39 39.0 39.0 39.0 6.5 118.7 0 0 39.0 39.0 0.0
Team Total 24.9 14 181 376 48.1 1926 9 2.4 20 5.3 49 5.1 3.0 10.6 137.6 49.4 50 423 3.5 1.6 11.7
Opp Total 14 178 321 55.5 2241 19 5.9 9 2.8 7.0 6.3 12.6 160.1 85.4 24 171 6.5 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Louis Carter 23 RB 14 8 171 521 1 26 3.0 37.2 12.2 20 135 6.8 0 19 1.4 9.6 656 1 2
Ed Williams 26 FB 12 10 87 324 2 19 3.7 27.0 7.3 23 166 7.2 0 18 1.9 13.8 490 2 2
Essex Johnson 30 14 1 47 166 1 27 3.5 11.9 3.4 25 201 8.0 1 38 1.8 14.4 367 2 3
Charlie Davis 24 6 4 41 107 1 13 2.6 17.8 6.8 3 32 10.7 0 23 0.5 5.3 139 1 2
Rod McNeill 25 RET 11 0 27 135 0 17 5.0 12.3 2.5 7 33 4.7 0 9 0.6 3.0 168 0 3
Jimmy DuBose 22 14 4 20 62 0 24 3.1 4.4 1.4 5 26 5.2 0 18 0.4 1.9 88 0 1
Parnell Dickinson 23 8 1 13 103 0 46 7.9 12.9 1.6 103 0 3
Steve Spurrier 31 QB 14 12 12 48 0 10 4.0 3.4 0.9 48 0 5
Manfred Moore 26 10 0 7 4 0 7 0.6 0.4 0.7 6 54 9.0 0 23 0.6 5.4 58 0 3
Morris Owens 23 WR 12 11 2 2 0 18 1.0 0.2 0.2 30 390 13.0 6 27 2.5 32.5 392 6 1
Bob Moore 27 TE 12 11 2 23 0 22 11.5 1.9 0.2 23 281 12.2 0 31 1.9 23.4 304 0 0
Fred Pagac 24 14 3 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 2 15 7.5 0 10 0.1 1.1 19 0 0
Dave Green 27 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 1
Terry Hanratty 28 3 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 0 1
Vince Kendrick 24 1 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3.0 1.0 3 0 0
John McKay 23 WR 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 302 15.1 1 49 1.4 21.6 302 1 0
Jack Novak 23 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 130 16.3 1 30 0.7 10.8 130 1 0
Barry Smith 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 88 22.0 0 39 0.3 6.8 88 0 0
Freddie Douglas 22 7 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 58 19.3 0 35 0.4 8.3 58 0 0
Dan Ryczek 27 C 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 1
Team Total 24.9 14 433 1503 5 46 3.5 107.4 30.9 181 1926 10.6 9 49 12.9 137.6 3429 14 30
Opp Total 14 588 2560 23 4.4 182.9 42.0 178 2241 12.6 19 12.7 160.1 4801 42 33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Manfred Moore 26 10 0 14 106 0 21 7.6 7 134 0 0 19.1 298
Danny Reece 21 RCB 11 10 20 143 0 30 7.2 1 30 0 30 30.0 173
Rod McNeill 25 RET 11 0 17 384 0 43 22.6 552
Louis Carter 23 RB 14 8 15 300 0 30 20.0 956
Essex Johnson 30 14 1 13 287 0 32 22.1 654
Freddie Douglas 22 7 1 4 78 0 32 19.5 7 167 0 29 23.9 303
Charlie Davis 24 6 4 4 73 0 25 18.3 212
Mark Cotney 24 SS 14 13 3 26 0 9 8.7 26
Isaac Hagins 22 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2 35 0 21 17.5 37
Bert Cooper 24 12 3 1 22 0 22 22.0 22
Jimmy DuBose 22 14 4 1 34 0 34 34.0 122
Mike Lemon 25 5 1 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Fred Pagac 24 14 3 1 20 0 20 20.0 39
Ken Stone 26 FS 14 14 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 24.9 14 43 366 0 32 8.5 70 1488 0 43 21.3 5283
Opp Total 14 71 1 35 717 0 20.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Dave Green 27 P 14 0 1 1 2 1 7 4 4 2 14 8 57.1% 14 11 78.6% 92 3619 56 0 39.3
Mirro Roder 32 2 0 2 1 3 0.0%
Team Total 24.9 14 1 1 2 1 9 4 5 2 17 8 47.1% 14 11 78.6% 92 3619 56 0 39.3
Opp Total 14 31 20 64.5% 50 48 96.0% 65 2554 39.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Larry Ball 27 13 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0
Joe Blahak 26 2 1 0 1 0 0
Louis Carter 23 RB 14 8 2 0 0 0
Bert Cooper 24 12 3 0 2 10 0
Mark Cotney 24 SS 14 13 3 25 0 25
Mike Current 31 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Charlie Davis 24 6 4 2 0 0 0
Ricky Davis 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Parnell Dickinson 23 8 1 3 2 0 0
Jimmy DuBose 22 14 4 1 0 0 0
Dave Green 27 P 14 0 1 1 -9 0
Jimmy Gunn 28 LLB 13 13 0 1 0 0
Terry Hanratty 28 3 1 1 0 0 0
Essex Johnson 30 14 1 3 0 0 0
Curtis Jordan 22 LCB 11 9 2 10 0 10 0 1 0 0
Rod McNeill 25 RET 11 0 3 0 0 0
Bob Moore 27 TE 12 11 0 2 0 0
Manfred Moore 26 10 0 3 1 0 0
Jack Novak 23 12 2 0 1 0 0
Morris Owens 23 WR 12 11 1 2 0 0
Cal Peterson 24 5 4 1 15 0 15 0 1 0 0
Danny Reece 21 RCB 11 10 2 3 53 1
Steve Reese 24 MLB 12 10 0 2 0 0
Council Rudolph 26 LDE 14 13 0 1 0 0
Dan Ryczek 27 C 14 14 1 0 0 0
Steve Spurrier 31 QB 14 12 5 2 -3 0
Ken Stone 26 FS 14 14 2 47 0 26
Pat Toomay 31 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ed Williams 26 FB 12 10 2 0 0 0
Richard Wood 23 RLB 13 10 0 2 0 0
Steve Young 23 LT 13 11 0 2 0 0
Team Total 24.9 14 9 99 0 26 30 31 51 1
Opp Total 14 50 33 14 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Morris Owens 23 WR 12 11 6 36
Dave Green 27 P 14 0 11 8 35
Essex Johnson 30 14 1 1 1 12
Ed Williams 26 FB 12 10 2 12
Louis Carter 23 RB 14 8 1 6
Charlie Davis 24 6 4 1 6
John McKay 23 WR 14 13 1 6
Jack Novak 23 12 2 1 6
Danny Reece 21 RCB 11 10 1 6
Team Total 24.9 14 5 9 1 11 8 125
Opp Total 14 23 19 1 48 20 2 412