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1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 241 points (15.1/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (16.2/g), 7th.
Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 17th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 8th.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.3, Offense: -4.1, Defense: 0.8, SoS: -2.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
John McKay (5-11-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Joe Gibbs
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass
Training Camp: One Buc Place / Buccaneer Place (Tampa, Florida)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Doug Williams | 23 | Rook | 10 | 73 for 194, 1,170 yards, 7 td, 8 int, & 27 rushes for 23 yards and 1 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1978 |
| QB | Mike Rae | 27 | 2 | 5 | 57 for 118, 705 yards, 4 td, 7 int, & 20 rushes for 186 yards and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 205th pick / 1973 |
| RB | Ricky Bell | 23 | 1 | 9 | 185 rushes for 679 yards, 6 td, & 15 catches for 122 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1977 |
| FB | Johnny Davis | 22 | Rook | 10 | 97 rushes for 370 yards, 3 td, & 5 catches for 13 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1978 |
| FB | Jimmy DuBose | 24 | 2 | 5 | 93 rushes for 358 yards, 4 td, & 1 catch for 3 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1976 |
| WR | John McKay | 25 | 2 | 7 | 9 catches for 166 yards, 1 td | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 394th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Morris Owens | 25 | 3 | 11 | 32 catches for 640 yards, 5 td | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 106th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Frank Grant | 28 | 5 | 6 | 8 catches for 112 yards, 0 td | Washington Redskins / 13th / 332nd pick / 1972 |
| WR | Larry Mucker | 24 | 1 | 7 | 13 catches for 271 yards, 0 td, & 5 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 251st pick / 1977 |
| TE | Jimmie Giles | 24 | 1 | 10 | 23 catches for 324 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1977 |
| TE | Jim Obradovich | 25 | 3 | 9 | 14 catches for 219 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 7th / 158th pick / 1975 |
| LT | Dave Reavis | 28 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1973 |
| LG | Greg Horton | 27 | 2 | 12 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 56th pick / 1974 | |
| C | Steve A. Wilson | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 154th pick / 1976 |
| RG | Garry Puetz | 26 | 5 | 8 | New York Jets / 12th / 300th pick / 1973 | |
| RG | Dan Medlin | 29 | 4 | 8 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 131st pick / 1972 | |
| RT | Darryl Carlton | 25 | 3 | 12 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 23rd pick / 1975 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Charley Hannah | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1977 |
| NT | Dave Pear* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 56th pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Lee Roy Selmon | 24 | 2 | 14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1976 | |
| LOLB | Dave R. Lewis | 24 | 1 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1977 |
| LILB | Dewey Selmon | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 60th pick / 1976 |
| RILB | Richard Wood | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Jets / 3rd / 68th pick / 1975 |
| ROLB | Cecil Johnson | 23 | 1 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Jeris White | 26 | 4 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Mike Washington | 25 | 2 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1975 |
| SS | Mark Cotney | 26 | 3 | 15 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 7th / 171st pick / 1975 |
| FS | Cedric Brown | 24 | 2 | 13 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 343rd pick / 1976 |
| FS | Curtis Jordan | 24 | 2 | 5 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 158th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Neil O'Donoghue | 25 | 1 | 0 | 13 of 23 field goals & 25 of 29 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| P | Dave Green | 29 | 5 | 0 | 100 punts for a 40.9 average, 2 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 17th / 418th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Danny Reece | 23 | 2 | 0 | 44 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1976 |
| KR | George Ragsdale | 26 | 1 | 0 | 24 kick returns for a 23.1 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 321st pick / 1976 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Jerry Anderson | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Oklahoma | 10/27/1953 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 105th pick / 1977 |
| 42 | Ricky Bell | 23 | RB | 12 | 9 | 220 | 6-2 | USC | 4/8/1955 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1977 |
| 53 | Rik Bonness | 24 | LB | 16 | 2 | 220 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 3/20/1954 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 84th pick / 1976 |
| 10 | Mike Boryla | 27 | QB | 1 | 1 | 200 | 6-3 | Stanford | 3/6/1951 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 87th pick / 1974 |
| 55 | Aaron C. Brown | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 1/13/1956 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 252nd pick / 1978 |
| 34 | Cedric Brown | 24 | DB | 14 | 13 | 199 | 6-1 | Kent St. | 5/6/1954 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 12th / 343rd pick / 1976 |
| 70 | Darryl Carlton | 25 | T | 13 | 12 | 271 | 6-6 | Tampa | 6/24/1953 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 23rd pick / 1975 |
| 32 | Louis Carter | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 207 | 5-11 | Maryland | 2/6/1953 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 3rd / 76th pick / 1975 |
| 44 | William Cesare | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Memphis,Miami (FL) | 6/2/1955 | Rook | |
| 60 | Wally Chambers | 27 | DT-DE | 12 | 2 | 250 | 6-6 | East. Kentucky | 5/15/1951 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| 33 | Mark Cotney | 26 | DB | 16 | 15 | 204 | 6-0 | New Mex. Highlands,Cameron | 6/26/1952 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 171st pick / 1975 |
| 71 | Randy Crowder | 25 | DT-NT-DE | 14 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 7/30/1953 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 136th pick / 1974 |
| 82 | Al Darby | 24 | TE | 6 | 1 | 221 | 6-5 | Florida | 9/14/1954 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 6th / 157th pick / 1976 |
| 38 | Johnny Davis | 22 | RB | 16 | 10 | 235 | 6-1 | Alabama | 7/17/1956 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1978 |
| 35 | Jimmy DuBose | 24 | RB | 6 | 5 | 217 | 5-11 | Florida | 10/25/1954 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1976 |
| 41 | Dave Farmer | 24 | RB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | USC | 5/20/1954 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 287th pick / 1977 |
| 84 | Karl Farmer | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 165 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 8/28/1954 | 2 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 193rd pick / 1976 |
| 80 | Larry Franklin | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Jackson St. | 8/2/1955 | Rook | |
| 74 | Rocky Freitas | 33 | T | 13 | 2 | 270 | 6-6 | Oregon St. | 9/7/1945 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1967 |
| 88 | Jimmie Giles | 24 | TE | 16 | 10 | 239 | 6-3 | Alcorn St. | 11/8/1954 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1977 |
| 49 | Randy Gill | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | San Jose St. | 8/1/1956 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 10th / 265th pick / 1978 |
| 83 | Frank Grant | 28 | WR | 10 | 6 | 181 | 5-11 | Southern Colorado | 2/15/1950 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 13th / 332nd pick / 1972 |
| 4 | Dave Green | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Ohio | 9/21/1949 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 17th / 418th pick / 1972 |
| 81 | Isaac Hagins | 24 | WR | 4 | 1 | 179 | 5-9 | Southern | 3/2/1954 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 262nd pick / 1976 |
| 73 | Charley Hannah | 23 | G-T-DE | 16 | 14 | 260 | 6-5 | Alabama | 7/26/1955 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 56th pick / 1977 |
| 52 | Paul Harris | 24 | LB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Alabama | 12/19/1954 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 159th pick / 1977 |
| 64 | Greg Horton | 27 | G-C | 14 | 12 | 245 | 6-4 | Colorado | 1/7/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 56th pick / 1974 |
| 19 | Gary Huff | 27 | QB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida St. | 4/27/1951 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| 59 | Earl Inmon | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 3/21/1954 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 7th / 192nd pick / 1978 |
| 56 | Cecil Johnson | 23 | LB | 13 | 13 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 8/19/1955 | 1 | |
| 65 | Randy R. Johnson | 25 | G | 10 | 1 | 255 | 6-2 | Georgia | 1/2/1953 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 122nd pick / 1976 |
| 25 | Curtis Jordan | 24 | DB | 16 | 5 | 200 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 1/25/1954 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 158th pick / 1976 |
| 77 | Bill Kollar | 26 | DE-NT-DT | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-3 | Montana St. | 11/27/1952 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 23rd pick / 1974 |
| 84 | Mike Levenseller | 22 | WR | 2 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 2/21/1956 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 164th pick / 1978 |
| 57 | Dave R. Lewis | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 10/15/1954 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 29th pick / 1977 |
| 28 | Alvin Maxson | 27 | RB | 1 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | SMU | 11/12/1951 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 8th / 201st pick / 1974 |
| 89 | John McKay | 25 | WR | 15 | 7 | 182 | 5-11 | USC | 3/28/1953 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 16th / 394th pick / 1975 |
| 68 | Dan Medlin | 29 | G | 14 | 8 | 260 | 6-3 | North Carolina St. | 10/12/1949 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 131st pick / 1972 |
| 67 | Brett Moritz | 23 | G | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Army,Nebraska | 7/15/1955 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 44th pick / 1978 |
| 87 | Larry Mucker | 24 | WR | 16 | 7 | 190 | 5-11 | Arizona St. | 12/15/1954 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 251st pick / 1977 |
| 51 | Dana Nafziger | 25 | TE-LB | 14 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 10/26/1953 | 1 | |
| 6 | Neil O'Donoghue | 25 | K | 15 | 0 | 208 | 6-6 | St. Bernard,Auburn | 1/18/1953 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 127th pick / 1977 |
| 86 | Jim Obradovich | 25 | TE | 16 | 9 | 225 | 6-2 | USC | 4/2/1953 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 158th pick / 1975 |
| 85 | Morris Owens | 25 | WR | 16 | 11 | 190 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 2/14/1953 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 106th pick / 1975 |
| 76 | Dave Pear* | 25 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-2 | Washington | 6/1/1953 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 56th pick / 1975 |
| 72 | Garry Puetz | 26 | G-T | 10 | 8 | 263 | 6-3 | Valparaiso | 3/14/1952 | 5 | New York Jets / 12th / 300th pick / 1973 |
| 15 | Mike Rae | 27 | QB | 6 | 5 | 193 | 6-0 | USC | 7/26/1951 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 8th / 205th pick / 1973 |
| 23 | George Ragsdale | 26 | RB-WR | 15 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | North Carolina A&T | 12/4/1952 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 12th / 321st pick / 1976 |
| 75 | Dave Reavis | 28 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 6/19/1950 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 106th pick / 1973 |
| 46 | Danny Reece | 23 | DB | 15 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | USC | 1/28/1955 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1976 |
| 78 | Kurt Schumacher | 26 | G-T | 4 | 4 | 252 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 12/26/1952 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 12th pick / 1975 |
| 58 | Dewey Selmon | 25 | LB-DT | 16 | 16 | 246 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 11/19/1953 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 60th pick / 1976 |
| 63 | Lee Roy Selmon | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 256 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 10/20/1954 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1976 |
| 40 | Mike Washington | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 197 | 6-2 | Alabama | 7/1/1953 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1975 |
| 28 | Charlie White | 25 | RB | 7 | 1 | 222 | 6-0 | Bethune-Cookman | 8/31/1953 | 1 | New York Jets / 7th / 168th pick / 1977 |
| 45 | Jeris White | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-9 | Hawaii | 9/3/1952 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1974 |
| 12 | Doug Williams | 23 | QB | 10 | 10 | 220 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 8/9/1955 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 17th pick / 1978 |
| 50 | Steve A. Wilson | 24 | C-G-T | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-4 | Georgia | 5/19/1954 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 154th pick / 1976 |
| 62 | Jeff Winans | 27 | G-DE-T-DT | 1 | 1 | 265 | 6-5 | USC | 10/12/1951 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1973 |
| 54 | Richard Wood | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 224 | 6-2 | USC | 5/31/1953 | 3 | New York Jets / 3rd / 68th pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 25.0 | 16 | 221.1 | 6-1.7 | 2.3 |