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1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 268 points (16.8/g), 4th.
 Differential of 47 points (2.9/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by John McKay (9-7-0)

1981 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 Sat September 5 box W 1-0 Minnesota Vikings 21 13 10 219 108 111 27 443 343 100 4
2 Sun September 13 box L 1-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 19 17 298 286 12 13 256 99 157
3 Sun September 20 box L 1-2 @ Chicago Bears 17 28 22 450 309 141 3 15 247 126 121 1
4 Sun September 27 box W 2-2 St. Louis Cardinals 20 10 18 321 154 167 1 18 255 79 176 2
5 Sun October 4 box W 3-2 Detroit Lions 28 10 14 211 162 49 1 18 332 239 93 6
6 Sun October 11 box W 4-2 @ Green Bay Packers 21 10 22 371 199 172 2 19 298 203 95 4
7 Sun October 18 box L 4-3 @ Oakland Raiders 16 18 11 356 327 29 3 22 370 176 194 3
8 Sun October 25 box L 4-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 20 24 347 238 109 4 17 298 109 189 3
9 Sun November 1 box W 5-4 Chicago Bears 20 10 15 392 183 209 1 18 325 233 92 3
10 Sun November 8 box L 5-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 25 10 193 150 43 2 26 426 221 205 4
11 Sun November 15 box L 5-6 Denver Broncos 7 24 10 209 168 41 2 22 281 128 153 1
12 Sun November 22 box W 6-6 Green Bay Packers 37 3 23 348 138 210 3 14 282 212 70 4
13 Sun November 29 box W 7-6 @ New Orleans Saints 31 14 22 345 218 127 2 20 341 204 137 3
14 Sun December 6 box W 8-6 Atlanta Falcons 24 23 22 420 327 93 1 23 373 236 137 1
15 Sun December 13 box L 8-7 San Diego Chargers 23 24 18 404 290 114 3 27 445 351 94 4
16 Sun December 20 box W 9-7 @ Detroit Lions 20 17 11 276 172 104 21 340 181 159 3
Playoffs
Division Sat January 2 box L 9-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 0 38

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 315 5160 950 5.4 269 239 473 3429 20 14 7.0 159 458 1731 13 3.8 95 28 14 15
Team Defense 268 5312 1115 4.8 517 317 541 3140 10 32 5.6 174 551 2172 16 3.9 320 46 14 23
Lg Rank Offense 18 18 26 22 11 16 3 2 25 24 17 21 3 4
Lg Rank Defense 4 13 20 22 12 1 2 10 23 22 14 12 7 26

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Doug Williams 26 QB 16 16 238 471 50.5 3563 19 4.0 14 3.0 84 7.6 6.6 15.0 222.7 76.8 18 135 7.0 6.1 3.7
Chuck Fusina 24 4 0 1 1 100.0 2 1 100.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 12.0 2.0 0.5 118.7 0 0 2.0 12.0 0.0
Kevin House 24 WR 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.0 16 239 473 50.5 3565 20 4.2 14 3.0 84 7.5 6.6 14.9 222.8 77.4 19 136 7.0 6.1 3.9
Opp Total 16 317 541 58.6 3140 10 1.8 32 5.9 5.8 3.3 9.9 196.3 56.6 23 157 5.6 2.9

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
Jerry Eckwood 27 RB 16 12 172 651 2 59 3.8 40.7 10.8 24 213 8.9 0 33 1.5 13.3 864 2 3
James Wilder 23 FB 16 16 107 370 4 23 3.5 23.1 6.7 48 507 10.6 1 38 3.0 31.7 877 5 3
James Owens 26 RET 16 1 91 406 3 35 4.5 25.4 5.7 12 145 12.1 0 35 0.8 9.1 551 3 1
Doug Williams 26 QB 16 16 48 209 4 29 4.4 13.1 3.0 209 4 9
Ricky Bell 26 7 3 30 80 0 8 2.7 11.4 4.3 8 92 11.5 0 22 1.1 13.1 172 0 1
Chuck Fusina 24 4 0 3 3 0 7 1.0 0.8 0.8 3 0 0
Kevin House 24 WR 16 16 2 9 0 8 4.5 0.6 0.1 56 1176 21.0 9 84 3.5 73.5 1185 9 2
Tony Davis 28 16 0 2 5 0 3 2.5 0.3 0.1 5 0 0
Theo Bell 28 WR 16 9 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 21 318 15.1 2 58 1.3 19.9 325 2 1
Tom Blanchard 33 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Larry Swider 26 P 13 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.7 0.1 -9 0 0
Jimmie Giles* 27 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 786 17.5 6 81 2.8 49.1 786 6 0
Gordon Jones 24 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 276 13.8 1 44 1.5 21.2 276 1 0
Jim Obradovich 28 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 42 10.5 1 16 0.3 2.6 42 1 0
Gerald Carter 24 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.6 10 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 458 1731 13 59 3.8 108.2 28.6 239 3565 14.9 20 84 14.9 222.8 5296 33 27
Opp Total 16 551 2172 16 3.9 135.8 34.4 317 3140 9.9 10 19.8 196.3 5312 26 32

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
Theo Bell 28 WR 16 9 27 132 0 13 4.9 457
James Owens 26 RET 16 1 24 473 0 34 19.7 1024
John Holt 22 rcb 16 6 9 100 0 56 11.1 11 274 0 40 24.9 374
Gary Davis 27 7 0 5 81 0 21 16.2 81
Tony Davis 28 16 0 3 51 0 21 17.0 56
Neal Colzie 27 SS 16 16 2 12 0 12 6.0 12
Scot Brantley 23 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jim Obradovich 28 16 3 1 14 0 14 14.0 56
James Wilder 23 FB 16 16 1 19 0 19 19.0 896
Team Total 26.0 16 38 244 0 56 6.4 46 912 0 40 19.8 6452
Opp Total 16 52 1 64 1332 0 20.8

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
Larry Swider 26 P 13 0 58 2476 62 2 42.7
Bill Capece 22 K 13 0 7 5 5 3 10 5 2 2 24 15 62.5% 32 30 93.8%
Tom Blanchard 33 3 0 22 899 58 0 40.9
Garo Yepremian 37 3 0 1 1 3 1 4 2 50.0% 6 6 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 16 7 5 6 4 13 6 2 2 28 17 60.7% 38 36 94.7% 80 3375 62 2 42.2
Opp Total 16 33 25 75.8% 27 27 100.0% 73 3008 41.2

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
Ricky Bell 26 7 3 1 1 0 0
Theo Bell 28 WR 16 9 1 0 0 0
Tom Blanchard 33 3 0 1 2 0 0
Scot Brantley 23 16 0 1 2 0 2
Cedric Brown 27 FS 16 15 9 215 2 81 1 1 0 0
Neal Colzie 27 SS 16 16 6 110 1 82 1 1 0 0
Gary Davis 27 7 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Eckwood 27 RB 16 12 3 2 0 0
Hugh Green 22 ROLB 16 16 2 56 0 50 0 1 0 0
Andy Hawkins 23 LOLB 16 12 0 1 3 0
John Holt 22 rcb 16 6 1 13 0 13 1 0 0 0
Kevin House 24 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Cecil Johnson 26 LILB 16 16 5 84 0 36 1 0 0 0
Bill Kollar 29 LDE 12 12 0 3 0 0
Jim Leonard 24 16 3 1 0 -6 0
Dave R. Lewis 27 13 4 2 12 0 10 0 1 0 0
David Logan 25 NT 16 16 0 1 21 1
Dana Nafziger 28 16 0 0 1 0 0
James Owens 26 RET 16 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Stalls 26 lde 16 7 0 1 0 0
Norris Thomas 27 LCB 16 15 0 2 5 0
Mike Washington 28 RCB 14 12 6 156 1 34 0 1 0 0
James Wilder 23 FB 16 16 3 1 0 0
Doug Williams 26 QB 16 16 9 3 -31 0
Team Total 26.0 16 32 648 4 82 27 24 -8 1
Opp Total 16 19 32 18 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
Bill Capece 22 K 13 0 30 15 75
Kevin House 24 WR 16 16 9 54
Jimmie Giles* 27 TE 16 16 6 36
James Wilder 23 FB 16 16 4 1 30
Doug Williams 26 QB 16 16 4 24
James Owens 26 RET 16 1 3 18
Theo Bell 28 WR 16 9 2 12
Cedric Brown 27 FS 16 15 2 12
Jerry Eckwood 27 RB 16 12 2 12
Garo Yepremian 37 3 0 6 2 12
Neal Colzie 27 SS 16 16 1 6
Gordon Jones 24 13 4 1 6
David Logan 25 NT 16 16 1 6
Jim Obradovich 28 16 3 1 6
Mike Washington 28 RCB 14 12 1 6
Team Total 26.0 16 13 20 1 4 36 17 315
Opp Total 16 16 10 1 27 25 2 268