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.

Simple Rating System: Total -9.0, Offense: -7.5, Defense: -1.6, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by John McKay

Defensive Coordinator: Wayne Fontes

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			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	320	300	490	3315	15	23	6.2	172	561	2082	19	3.7	124	41	18	24
Lg Rank Offense	27	28			28		9	15	19	18	23		24	27	25	28		10	6
Lg Rank Defense	22	16			18		10	19	1	12	19		23	15	21	8		12	10

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

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
14	Jack Thompson	27	QB	14	13	2-11-0	249	423	58.9	2906	18	4.3	21	5.0	80	6.9	5.5	11.7	207.6	73.3	39	289	5.66	4.40	8.4
11	Jerry Golsteyn	29	qb	5	3	0-3-0	47	97	48.5	535	0	0.0	2	2.1	52	5.5	4.6	11.4	107.0	56.9	7	52	4.64	3.78	6.7
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	2.18	-1.91	27.3
	Team Total	26.0		16		2-14-0	300	528	56.8	3490	18	3.4	24	4.5	80	6.6	5.2	11.6	218.1	69.4	49	366	5.41	4.17	8.5	0	0
	Opp Total			16			300	490	61.2	3624	15	3.1	23	4.7		7.4	5.90	12.1	226.5	74.6	42	309	6.2	4.8	7.9

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	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
28	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
26	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
14	Jack Thompson	27	QB	14	13	26	27	0	10	1.0	1.9	1.9								27	0	10
1	Michael Morton	23	KR	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
46	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
11	Jerry Golsteyn	29	qb	5	3	5	3	0	2	0.6	0.6	1.0								3	0	3
7	Jeff Komlo	27		2	0	2	11	0	11	5.5	5.5	1.0								11	0	2
43	Terdell Middleton	28		7	0	2	4	0	2	2.0	0.6	0.3								4	0	0
87	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
89	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
83	Theo Bell	30	wr	16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	25	410	16.4	2	52	1.6	25.6	410	2	0
88	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
82	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
86	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
81	Andre Tyler	24	PR	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	77	12.8	0	21	0.4	5.5	77	0	1
85	Mark Witte	24	te	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

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	23	KR	16	0						30	689	0	50	23.0	726
81	Andre Tyler	24	PR	14	0	27	208	0	16	7.7						285
26	James Owens	28	rb	12	5						20	380	0	31	19.0	727
83	Theo Bell	30	wr	16	4	10	48	0	11	4.8						458
22	Johnny Ray Smith	26	db	16	1						8	136	0	43	17.0	136
21	John Holt	24	LCB/rcb	16	16	5	43	0	17	8.6						43
55	Danny Spradlin	24	lb	16	2						3	35	0	24	11.7	35
28	Mel Carver	24	RB	16	9						2	24	0	13	12.0	634
44	Dwayne O'Steen	29		3	0						2	30	0	16	15.0	30
46	Adger Armstrong	26	fb	11	5						1	10	0	10	10.0	213
43	Terdell Middleton	28		7	0						1	10	0	10	10.0	14
86	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

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
5	Frank Garcia	26	P	16	0																	95	4008	64	1	42.2
3	Bill Capece	24	K	15	0			8	7	4		8	3	3		23	10	43.5%	26	23	88.5%
2	David Warnke	23	k	1	0			1								1		0.0%	2	1	50.0%
68	George Yarno	26	lg/rg	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

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

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
3	Bill Capece	24	K	15	0							23	10		53
26	James Owens	28	rb	12	5	5	1				6				36
32	James Wilder	25	FB	10	10	4	2				6				36
89	Kevin House	26	WR	16	16		5				5				30
46	Adger Armstrong	26	fb	11	5		2				2				12
83	Theo Bell	30	wr	16	4		2				2				12
87	Gerald Carter	26	WR	16	9		2				2				12
53	Hugh Green*	24	ROLB	16	15					2	2				12
82	Jerry Bell	24	te	16	6		1				1				6
28	Mel Carver	24	RB	16	9		1				1				6
23	Jeremiah Castille	22	lcb	15	7					1	1				6
88	Jimmie Giles	29	TE	11	9		1				1				6
76	David Logan	27	NT	16	16				1		1				6
86	Jim Obradovich	30	te	16	5		1				1				6
2	David Warnke	23	k	1	0							1			1
68	George Yarno	26	lg/rg	14	11							1			1
	Team Total	26.0		16		9	18		1	3	31	25	10		241
	Opp Total			16		19	15	1				40	28	2	380

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