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1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John McKay (9-7-0)

Points For: 315 (19.7/g) 18th of 28

Points Against: 268 (16.8/g) 4th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5

SRS: 3.01 (10th of 28), SOS: .08

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 0-38 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass

Other Notable Asst.: Wayne Fontes (Defensive Backs), Abe Gibron (Defensive Line), Bill Johnson (Offensive Line) and Bill Nelsen (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Tampa Stadium

Owner/President: Hugh Culverhouse

General Manager/Assistant to the President: Phil Krueger

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000

Training Camp: One Buc Place / Buccaneer Place (Tampa, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	315	5160	950	5.4	28	14	269	239	473	3429	20	14	7.0	159	458	1731	13	3.8	95	89	779	15
Opp. Stats	268	5312	1115	4.8	46	14	320	317	541	3140	10	32	5.6	174	551	2172	16	3.9	123	79	650	23
Lg Rank Offense	18	18			3	4	26		22	11	16	3	2		25	24	17	21
Lg Rank Defense	4	13			7	26	19		22	12	1	2	7		23	22	14	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sat	September 5	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Minnesota Vikings	21	13	10	219	108	111		27	443	343	100	4	-8.78	7.69	3.60
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	19	17	298	286	12		13	256	99	157		-10.10	9.38	-10.42
3	Sun	September 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Chicago Bears	17	28	22	450	309	141	3	15	247	126	121	1	-5.12	4.83	-9.49
4	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		St. Louis Cardinals	20	10	18	321	154	167	1	18	255	79	176	2	-0.33	8.08	4.27
5	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Detroit Lions	28	10	14	211	162	49	1	18	332	239	93	6	-4.19	25.54	-1.25
6	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Green Bay Packers	21	10	22	371	199	172	2	19	298	203	95	4	-1.65	19.13	-2.25
7	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Oakland Raiders	16	18	11	356	327	29	3	22	370	176	194	3	-2.57	6.13	-3.18
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	20	24	347	238	109	4	17	298	109	189	3	-12.73	8.87	-4.73
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Chicago Bears	20	10	15	392	183	209	1	18	325	233	92	3	8.22	10.25	-8.27
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	25	10	193	150	43	2	26	426	221	205	4	-11.41	4.38	-4.97
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Denver Broncos	7	24	10	209	168	41	2	22	281	128	153	1	-16.64	1.71	1.03
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-6		Green Bay Packers	37	3	23	348	138	210	3	14	282	212	70	4	7.14	26.87	2.17
13	Sun	November 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6	@	New Orleans Saints	31	14	22	345	218	127	2	20	341	204	137	3	12.94	-3.02	-0.87
14	Sun	December 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6		Atlanta Falcons	24	23	22	420	327	93	1	23	373	236	137	1	20.50	-13.10	-6.27
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7		San Diego Chargers	23	24	18	404	290	114	3	27	445	351	94	4	4.60	-2.73	1.51
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7	@	Detroit Lions	20	17	11	276	172	104		21	340	181	159	3	-3.70	7.69	3.12
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	0	38	12	222	148	74	4	26	345	133	212		-23.66	-10.77	-0.33

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Doug Williams	26	QB	16	16	9-7-0	238	471	50.5	3563	19	4.0	14	3.0	158	43.4	84	7.6	7.0	15.0	222.7	76.8	18	135	3.68	7.01	6.5	2	3
2	Chuck Fusina	24	QB	4	0		1	1	100.0	2	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	2	2.0	22.0	2.0	0.5	118.7	0	0	0.00	2.00	22.0	0	0
3	Jerry Eckwood	27	RB	16	12		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	1	100.00	-1.00	-1.0	0	0
4	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	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	239	473	50.5	3429	20	4.2	14	3.0	159	43.3	84	7.5	7.1	14.9	214.3	77.4	19	136	3.86	6.97	6.50	2	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Doug Williams	26	QB	1	1	0-1-0	10	29	34.5	187	0	0.0	4	13.8	7	21.2	75	6.4	0.2	18.7	187.0	18.1	4	39	12.12	4.48	-1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	10	29	34.5	148	0	0.0	4	13.8	7	21.2	75	6.4	0.2	18.7	148.0	18.1	4	39	12.12	4.48	-0.97	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Kevin House	24	WR	16	16	2	9	0	0	50.0	8	4.5	0.6	0.1	116	56	1176	21.0	9	49	46.6	84	3.5	73.5	48.3	10.1	58	20.4	1185	9	2
2	James Wilder	23	FB	16	16	107	370	4	22	38.3	23	3.5	23.1	6.7	67	48	507	10.6	1	21	50.7	38	3.0	31.7	71.6	7.6	155	5.7	877	5	3
3	Jerry Eckwood	27	RB	16	12	172	651	2	32	43.0	59	3.8	40.7	10.8	42	24	213	8.9	0	9	45.2	33	1.5	13.3	57.1	5.1	196	4.4	864	2	3
4	Jimmie Giles	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	86	45	786	17.5	6	40	51.2	81	2.8	49.1	52.3	9.1	45	17.5	786	6	0	PB
5	James Owens	26	RB	16	1	91	406	3	21	47.3	35	4.5	25.4	5.7	25	12	145	12.1	0	7	44.0	35	0.8	9.1	48.0	5.8	103	5.3	551	3	1
6	Theo Bell	28	WR	16	9	1	7	0	0	100.0	7	7.0	0.4	0.1	48	21	318	15.1	2	14	41.7	58	1.3	19.9	43.8	6.6	22	14.8	325	2	1
7	Gordon Jones	24	WR	13	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	41	20	276	13.8	1	12	46.3	44	1.5	21.2	48.8	6.7	20	13.8	276	1	0
8	Doug Williams	26	QB	16	16	48	209	4	18	47.9	29	4.4	13.1	3.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	48	4.4	209	4	9
9	Ricky Bell	26	RB	7	3	30	80	0	3	36.7	8	2.7	11.4	4.3	11	8	92	11.5	0	4	72.7	22	1.1	13.1	72.7	8.4	38	4.5	172	0	1
10	Jim Obradovich	28	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	4	42	10.5	1	3	57.1	16	0.3	2.6	57.1	6.0	4	10.5	42	1	0
11	Gerald Carter	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	10	10.0	0	0	0.0	10	0.1	0.6	33.3	3.3	1	10.0	10	0	0
12	Tony Davis	28	RB	16	0	2	5	0	0	0.0	3	2.5	0.3	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	2.5	5	0	0
13	Chuck Fusina	24	QB	4	0	3	3	0	0	33.3	7	1.0	0.8	0.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	1.0	3	0	0
14	Tom Blanchard	33	P	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
15	Larry Swider	26	P	13	0	1	-9	0	0	0.0	-9	-9.0	-0.7	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-9.0	-9	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	458	1731	13	96	42.6	59	3.8	108.2	28.6	447	239	3565	14.9	20	159	47.7	84	14.9	222.8	53.5	8.0	697	7.6	5296	33	21

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jimmie Giles	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	98	49.0	0	2	40.0	75	2.0	98.0	40.0	19.6	2	49.0	98	0	0
2	James Owens	26	RB	1	1	12	40	0	1	50.0	12	3.3	40.0	12.0	5	3	32	10.7	0	1	20.0	20	3.0	32.0	60.0	6.4	15	4.8	72	0	0
3	Theo Bell	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	36	12.0	0	2	33.3	17	3.0	36.0	50.0	6.0	3	12.0	36	0	0
4	James Wilder	23	FB	1	1	4	23	0	1	100.0	12	5.8	23.0	4.0	3	1	11	11.0	0	1	33.3	11	1.0	11.0	33.3	3.7	5	6.8	34	0	0
5	Kevin House	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	1	10	10.0	0	1	16.7	10	1.0	10.0	16.7	1.7	1	10.0	10	0	0
6	Doug Williams	26	QB	1	1	3	9	0	1	66.7	7	3.0	9.0	3.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	3.0	9	0	0
7	Jerry Eckwood	27	RB	1	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	6	0.5	2.0	4.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			4	0.5	2	0	0
8	Tony Davis	28	RB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	24	74	0	3	50.0	12	3.1	74.0	22.0	25	10	187	18.7	0	7	28.0	75	10.0	187.0	40.0	7.5	34	7.7	261	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Neal Colzie	27	SS	16	16	6	110	1	82	0	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
2	Hugh Green	22	ROLB	16	16	2	56	0	50	3	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	AP DRoY-3
3	Kevin House	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Cecil Johnson	26	LILB	16	16	5	84	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
5	David Logan	25	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	1	5.5	0	0	0	0
6	James Wilder	23	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	Doug Williams	26	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	-31	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Richard Wood	28	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
9	Cedric Brown	27	FS	16	15	9	215	2	81	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Norris Thomas	27	LCB	16	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Lee Roy Selmon	27	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	6.5	0	0	0	0	PB
12	Jerry Eckwood	27	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Andy Hawkins	23	LOLB	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
14	Bill Kollar	29	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
15	Mike Washington	28	RCB	14	12	6	156	1	34	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Theo Bell	28	WR	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Stalls	26	LDE	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
18	John Holt	22	RCB	16	6	1	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Dave Lewis	27	LB	13	4	2	12	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Ricky Bell	26	RB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Jim Leonard	24	G	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	James Owens	26	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Tom Blanchard	33	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Scot Brantley	23	LB	16	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Gary Davis	27	RB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Scott Hutchinson	25	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
27	Dana Nafziger	28	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	32	648	4	82	14	27	24	-8	1	23.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Lee Roy Selmon	27	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Doug Williams	26	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Steve Wilson	27	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Larry Swider	26	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.0	0	0

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