1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 5-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 158 points (17.6/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 178 points (19.8/g), 16th.
Differential of -20 points (-2.2/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 3.9-5.1.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.7, Offense: -0.5, Defense: 1.2, SoS: 3.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by John McKay (5-4-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Wayne Fontes

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	158	2895	587	4.9	163	164	308	1943	9	11	6.1	105	268	952	6	3.6	52	23	12	6
Team Defense	178	2442	564	4.3	160	145	254	1384	10	11	5.0	76	285	1058	9	3.7	72	21	10	12
Lg Rank Offense	18	13			17		8	6	19	9	11		18	19	17	21		14	26
Lg Rank Defense	16	3			7		6	4	8	20	3		17	18	17	9		17	11

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 12	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	17	16	355	290	65	4	16	216	115	101	1
2	Sun	September 19	boxscore	L		0-2		Washington Redskins	13	21	14	278	177	101	4	18	248	71	177
3	Sun	November 21	boxscore	L		0-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	9	14	21	382	247	135	1	13	185	107	78	1
4	Mon	November 29	boxscore	W		1-3		Miami Dolphins	23	17	15	215	61	154		18	330	227	103	6
5	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W		2-3	@	New Orleans Saints	13	10	14	271	178	93		25	380	311	69	3
6	Sun	December 12	boxscore	L		2-4	@	New York Jets	17	32	15	251	204	47	5	22	307	169	138	2
7	Sun	December 19	boxscore	W		3-4		Buffalo Bills	24	23	22	342	204	138	4	21	318	152	166	5
8	Sun	December 26	boxscore	W		4-4		Detroit Lions	23	21	24	377	257	120	2	13	210	97	113	2
9	Sun	January 2	boxscore	W	OT	5-4		Chicago Bears	26	23	22	424	325	99	3	14	248	135	113	1
		Playoffs
WildCard	Sun	January 9	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Dallas Cowboys	17	30	8	218	113	105	3	29	456	277	179	3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	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%	4QC	GWD
12	Doug Williams	27	QB	9	9	5-4-0	164	307	53.4	2071	9	2.9	11	3.6	62	6.7	5.7	12.6	230.1	69.6	11	128	6.1	5.1	3.5	2	2
11	Jerry Golsteyn	28		1	0		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	25.8		9		5-4-0	164	308	53.2	2071	9	2.9	11	3.6	62	6.7	5.7	12.6	230.1	69.3	11	128	6.1	5.1	3.4	2	2
	Opp Total			9			145	254	57.1	1608	10	3.9	11	4.3		6.3	5.2	11.1	178.7	71.1	25	224	5.0	3.9	9.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
32	James Wilder	24	FB	9	9	83	324	3	47	3.9	36.0	9.2	53	466	8.8	1	32	5.9	51.8	790	4	5
26	James Owens	27	RB	8	6	76	238	0	14	3.1	29.8	9.5	8	42	5.3	1	12	1.0	5.3	280	1	2
28	Mel Carver	23		9	1	70	229	1	13	3.3	25.4	7.8	4	46	11.5	1	24	0.4	5.1	275	2	2
12	Doug Williams	27	QB	9	9	35	158	2	14	4.5	17.6	3.9								158	2	9
1	Michael Morton	22	KR	9	0	2	3	0	2	1.5	0.3	0.2	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	8	0	1
88	Jimmie Giles*	28	TE	9	9	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	28	499	17.8	3	48	3.1	55.4	500	3	2
89	Kevin House	25	WR	9	9	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	28	438	15.6	2	62	3.1	48.7	437	2	1
83	Theo Bell	29		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	203	13.5	0	25	1.7	22.6	203	0	0
84	Gordon Jones	25	WR	9	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	14	205	14.6	1	26	1.6	22.8	205	1	1
87	Gerald Carter	25		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	140	14.0	0	27	1.1	15.6	140	0	0
86	Jim Obradovich	29		9	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	22	11.0	0	15	0.2	2.4	22	0	0
82	Jerry Bell	23		9	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	5	0	0
	Team Total	25.8		9		268	952	6	47	3.6	105.8	29.8	164	2071	12.6	9	62	18.2	230.1	3023	15	28
	Opp Total			9		285	1058	9		3.7	117.6	31.7	145	1384	9.5	10		16.1	153.8	2442	19	15

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1	Michael Morton	22	KR	9	0						21	361	0	26	17.2	369
21	John Holt	23	PR	9	0	16	81	0	22	5.1						81
83	Theo Bell	29		9	0	9	62	0	14	6.9						265
28	Mel Carver	23		9	1						3	62	0	25	20.7	337
26	James Owens	27	RB	8	6						3	52	0	27	17.3	332
22	Johnny Ray Smith	25		9	1						3	47	0	24	15.7	47
58	Jeff Davis	22		9	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
86	Jim Obradovich	29		9	3						1	12	0	12	12.0	34
68	George Yarno	25		9	3						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
	Team Total	25.8		9		25	143	0	22	5.7	33	548	0	27	16.6	3714
	Opp Total			9		23		0			40	870	0		21.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
9	Larry Swider	27	P	9	0																	39	1620	59	1	41.5
3	Bill Capece	23	K	9	0			11	10	6	5	3	1	3	2	23	18	78.3%	14	14	100.0%
	Team Total	25.8		9				11	10	6	5	3	1	3	2	23	18	78.3%	14	14	100.0%	39	1620	59	1	41.5
	Opp Total			9												17	12	70.6%	21	16	76.2%	42	1823			43.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
12	Doug Williams	27	QB	9	9							0	9	4	0	0
20	Neal Colzie	28	SS	9	9	2.0	3	64	0	51	0	0	0	2	0	0
65	Dave Stalls	27	LDE	9	9	6.5
32	James Wilder	24	FB	9	9							0	5	1	3	0
28	Mel Carver	23		9	1							0	2	3	0	0
63	Lee Roy Selmon*	28	RDE	9	9	4.0						0	0	1	0	0
22	Johnny Ray Smith	25		9	1							0	2	3	6	0
76	David Logan	26	NT	9	9	4.8
59	Andy Hawkins	24	LOLB	9	9	2.3						0	0	2	0	0
34	Cedric Brown	28	FS	9	9		3	31	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0
53	Hugh Green*	23	ROLB	9	9	2.3	1	31	0	31	0
52	Scot Brantley	24	RILB	9	9	2.0						0	0	1	0	0
88	Jimmie Giles*	28	TE	9	9							0	2	1	0	0
21	John Holt	23	PR	9	0							0	2	1	0	0
40	Mike Washington	29	RCB	8	8		3	13	0	13	0
58	Jeff Davis	22		9	0							0	1	1	0	0
1	Michael Morton	22	KR	9	0							0	1	1	0	0
26	James Owens	27	RB	8	6							0	2	0	0	0
89	Kevin House	25	WR	9	9							0	1	0	0	0
84	Gordon Jones	25	WR	9	7							0	1	0	0	0
66	Booker Reese	23		7	0	1.0
61	Greg Roberts	26	RG	7	6							0	0	1	0	0
41	Norris Thomas	28	LCB	9	9		1	0	0	0	0
	Team Total	25.8		9		24.9	11	139	0	51	0	0	28	23	9	0
	Opp Total			9		11							15	5

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
3	Bill Capece	23	K	9	0				14	18	68
32	James Wilder	24	FB	9	9	3	1	4			24
88	Jimmie Giles*	28	TE	9	9		3	3			18
28	Mel Carver	23		9	1	1	1	2			12
89	Kevin House	25	WR	9	9		2	2			12
12	Doug Williams	27	QB	9	9	2		2			12
84	Gordon Jones	25	WR	9	7		1	1			6
26	James Owens	27	RB	8	6		1	1			6
	Team Total	25.8		9		6	9	15	14	18	158
	Opp Total			9		9	10		16	12	178

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