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1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 2-14-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 241 points (15.1/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 380 points (23.8/g), 22nd.
 Differential of -139 points (-8.7/g), 27th.
 Expected W-L: 4.1-11.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 10th.

Coached by John McKay (2-14-0)

1983 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 4 box L 0-1 Detroit Lions 0 11 16 231 171 60 3 16 313 236 77 2
2 Sun September 11 box L 0-2 @ Chicago Bears 10 17 17 347 262 85 2 14 358 263 95 3
3 Sun September 18 box L 0-3 Minnesota Vikings 16 19 20 306 192 114 2 18 354 264 90
4 Sun September 25 box L 0-4 Cincinnati Bengals 17 23 22 343 291 52 4 19 267 146 121 2
5 Sun October 2 box L 0-5 @ Green Bay Packers 14 55 18 293 273 20 3 23 519 355 164 1
6 Sun October 9 box L 0-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 24 27 13 335 248 87 2 25 444 340 104 3
7 Sun October 16 box L 0-7 St. Louis Cardinals 27 34 17 270 196 74 3 17 279 143 136 2
8 Sun October 23 box L 0-8 New Orleans Saints 21 24 12 141 67 74 3 19 239 60 179 6
9 Sun October 30 box L 0-9 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 12 17 13 236 105 131 21 338 209 129 7
10 Sun November 6 box W 1-9 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 12 11 275 67 208 2 18 247 179 68 1
11 Sun November 13 box L 1-10 @ Cleveland Browns 0 20 11 232 166 66 1 18 275 174 101 1
12 Sun November 20 box L 1-11 Chicago Bears 0 27 8 132 60 72 3 22 346 73 273 1
13 Sun November 27 box W 2-11 Houston Oilers 33 24 19 345 210 135 1 21 257 165 92 4
14 Sun December 4 box L 2-12 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 35 19 359 321 38 3 29 460 233 227 2
15 Mon December 12 box L 2-13 Green Bay Packers 9 12 12 239 146 93 3 21 363 268 95 4
16 Sun December 18 box L 2-14 @ Detroit Lions 20 23 21 393 349 44 2 19 338 207 131 2

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 241 4477 1005 4.5 249 300 528 3124 18 24 5.4 157 428 1353 9 3.2 72 37 13 20
Team Defense 380 5397 1093 4.9 516 300 490 3315 15 23 6.2 172 561 2082 19 3.7 320 41 18 24
Lg Rank Offense 27 28 28 9 15 19 18 20 24 27 25 28 10 6
Lg Rank Defense 22 16 20 10 19 1 12 16 23 15 21 8 12 10

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%
Jack Thompson 27 QB 14 13 249 423 58.9 2906 18 4.3 21 5.0 80 6.9 5.1 11.7 207.6 73.3 39 289 5.7 4.0 8.4
Jerry Golsteyn 29 5 3 47 97 48.5 535 0 0.0 2 2.1 52 5.5 4.6 11.4 107.0 56.9 7 52 4.6 3.8 6.7
Jeff Komlo 27 2 0 4 8 50.0 49 0 0.0 1 12.5 17 6.1 0.5 12.3 24.5 29.7 3 25 2.2 -1.9 27.3
Team Total 26.0 16 300 528 56.8 3490 18 3.4 24 4.5 80 6.6 4.9 11.6 218.1 69.4 49 366 5.4 3.9 8.5
Opp Total 16 300 490 61.2 3315 15 3.1 23 4.7 6.8 5.0 11.1 207.2 71.9 42 309 6.2 4.0

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
James Wilder 25 FB 10 10 161 640 4 75 4.0 64.0 16.1 57 380 6.7 2 31 5.7 38.0 1020 6 1
Mel Carver 24 RB 16 9 114 348 0 16 3.1 21.8 7.1 32 262 8.2 1 20 2.0 16.4 610 1 6
James Owens 28 rb 12 5 96 266 5 15 2.8 22.2 8.0 15 81 5.4 1 11 1.3 6.8 347 6 0
Jack Thompson 27 QB 14 13 26 27 0 10 1.0 1.9 1.9 27 0 10
Michael Morton 23 RET 16 0 13 28 0 5 2.2 1.8 0.8 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 37 0 5
Adger Armstrong 26 fb 11 5 7 30 0 7 4.3 2.7 0.6 15 173 11.5 2 41 1.4 15.7 203 2 0
Jerry Golsteyn 29 5 3 5 3 0 2 0.6 0.6 1.0 3 0 3
Jeff Komlo 27 2 0 2 11 0 11 5.5 5.5 1.0 11 0 2
Terdell Middleton 28 7 0 2 4 0 2 2.0 0.6 0.3 4 0 0
Gerald Carter 26 WR 16 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 48 694 14.5 2 56 3.0 43.4 694 2 3
Kevin House 26 WR 16 16 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 47 769 16.4 5 74 2.9 48.1 765 5 0
Theo Bell 30 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 410 16.4 2 52 1.6 25.6 410 2 0
Jimmie Giles 29 TE 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 349 14.0 1 80 2.3 31.7 349 1 1
Jerry Bell 24 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 200 11.1 1 33 1.1 12.5 200 1 2
Jim Obradovich 30 te 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 71 7.9 1 19 0.6 4.4 71 1 1
Andre Tyler 24 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 77 12.8 0 21 0.4 5.5 77 0 1
Mark Witte 24 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 10 0.1 0.9 15 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 428 1353 9 75 3.2 84.6 26.8 300 3490 11.6 18 80 18.8 218.1 4843 27 39
Opp Total 16 561 2082 19 3.7 130.1 35.1 300 3315 11.1 15 18.8 207.2 5397 34 43

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Michael Morton 23 RET 16 0 30 689 0 50 23.0 726
Andre Tyler 24 RET 14 0 27 208 0 16 7.7 285
James Owens 28 rb 12 5 20 380 0 31 19.0 727
Theo Bell 30 16 4 10 48 0 11 4.8 458
Johnny Ray Smith 26 16 1 8 136 0 43 17.0 136
John Holt 24 LCB/rcb 16 16 5 43 0 17 8.6 43
Danny Spradlin 24 16 2 3 35 0 24 11.7 35
Mel Carver 24 RB 16 9 2 24 0 13 12.0 634
Dwayne O'Steen 29 3 0 2 30 0 16 15.0 30
Adger Armstrong 26 fb 11 5 1 10 0 10 10.0 213
Terdell Middleton 28 7 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 14
Jim Obradovich 30 te 16 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 71
Team Total 26.0 16 42 299 0 17 7.1 68 1314 0 50 19.3 6456
Opp Total 16 59 1 50 1039 0 20.8

Kicking & Punting

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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
Frank Garcia 26 P 16 0 95 4008 64 1 42.2
Bill Capece 24 K 15 0 8 7 4 8 3 3 23 10 43.5% 26 23 88.5%
David Warnke 23 1 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 50.0%
George Yarno 26 rg/lg 14 11 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 16 9 7 4 8 3 3 24 10 41.7% 29 25 86.2% 95 4008 64 1 42.2
Opp Total 16 34 28 82.4% 42 40 95.2% 79 3215 40.7

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
Jack Thompson 27 QB 14 13 10 5 0 0
Lee Roy Selmon* 29 RDE 14 13 11.0 0 1 4 0
David Logan 27 NT 16 16 9.5 0 1 54 1
Hugh Green* 24 ROLB 16 15 3.5 2 54 2 33 1 2 11 0
Mel Carver 24 RB 16 9 6 2 0 0
Beasley Reece 29 FS 9 8 6 70 0 29 0 2 0 0
Michael Morton 23 RET 16 0 5 2 0 0
John Cannon 23 LDE 14 11 5.0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Golsteyn 29 5 3 3 3 0 0
John Holt 24 LCB/rcb 16 16 1.0 3 43 0 25 1 1 0 0
Johnny Ray Smith 26 16 1 2 3 0 0
Cedric Brown 29 fs 8 7 4 78 0 36
Mark Cotney 31 SS 12 12 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Jerry Bell 24 te 16 6 2 1 0 0
Scot Brantley 25 RILB 16 15 2.0 1 0 0 0
Gerald Carter 26 WR 16 9 3 0 0 0
Andy Hawkins 25 lolb 6 5 3.0
Ed Judie 24 LOLB 11 10 1.0 0 2 0 0
Booker Reese 24 lde 16 7 1.0 2 11 0 11
Jeff Komlo 27 2 0 2 0 0 0
Jim Obradovich 30 te 16 5 1 1 0 0
Danny Spradlin 24 16 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
Robert Thompson 23 10 1 0 2 0 0
Mike Washington 30 RCB 10 10 2 41 0 25
Jeff Davis 23 LILB 15 14 1.5
Dave Stalls 28 6 0 0.5 0 1 0 0
Hasson Arbubakrr 23 16 1 1.0
Adger Armstrong 26 fb 11 5 0 1 0 0
Theo Bell 30 16 4 0 1 0 0
Jeremiah Castille 22 lcb 15 7 1 69 1 69
Neal Colzie 29 5 3 0 1 0 0
Sean Farrell 23 RG 10 9 0 1 0 0
Jimmie Giles 29 TE 11 9 1 0 0 0
Randy Grimes 23 LG/c 15 10 0 1 0 0
Jim Leonard 26 15 1 0 1 0 0
Tom Morris 23 12 0 0 1 0 0
James Owens 28 rb 12 5 0 1 0 0
Gene Sanders 27 lt 12 7 0 1 0 0
Andre Tyler 24 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
James Wilder 25 FB 10 10 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 42.0 23 367 3 69 39 41 69 1
Opp Total 16 49 43 25 2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bill Capece 24 K 15 0 23 10 53
James Owens 28 rb 12 5 5 1 36
James Wilder 25 FB 10 10 4 2 36
Kevin House 26 WR 16 16 5 30
Adger Armstrong 26 fb 11 5 2 12
Theo Bell 30 16 4 2 12
Gerald Carter 26 WR 16 9 2 12
Hugh Green* 24 ROLB 16 15 2 12
Jerry Bell 24 te 16 6 1 6
Mel Carver 24 RB 16 9 1 6
Jeremiah Castille 22 lcb 15 7 1 6
Jimmie Giles 29 TE 11 9 1 6
David Logan 27 NT 16 16 1 6
Jim Obradovich 30 te 16 5 1 6
David Warnke 23 1 0 1 1
George Yarno 26 rg/lg 14 11 1 1
Team Total 26.0 16 9 18 1 3 25 10 241
Opp Total 16 19 15 1 40 28 2 380