1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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

Scored 294 points (18.4/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 448 points (28.0/g), 27th.
Differential of -154 points (-9.6/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 4.3-11.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 24th.

Coached by Leeman Bennett (2-14-0)

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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 8	box	L	0-1	@	Chicago Bears	28	38	17	307	141	166	2	27	436	251	185	3
2	Sun	September 15	box	L	0-2		Minnesota Vikings	16	31	22	349	234	115	5	18	262	183	79	2
3	Sun	September 22	box	L	0-3	@	New Orleans Saints	13	20	20	334	220	114	3	18	338	226	112	2
4	Sun	September 29	box	L	0-4	@	Detroit Lions	9	30	19	277	158	119	4	18	315	221	94	1
5	Sun	October 6	box	L	0-5		Chicago Bears	19	27	19	373	346	27	3	22	433	286	147	3
6	Sun	October 13	box	L	0-6		Los Angeles Rams	27	31	15	210	151	59	5	14	282	148	134	4
7	Sun	October 20	box	L	0-7	@	Miami Dolphins	38	41	24	476	365	111	1	30	446	302	144	2
8	Sun	October 27	box	L	0-8		New England Patriots	14	32	14	209	130	79	2	18	420	223	197	2
9	Sun	November 3	box	L	0-9	@	New York Giants	20	22	20	316	228	88	1	23	342	167	175
10	Sun	November 10	box	W	1-9		St. Louis Cardinals	16	0	16	306	182	124	2	17	279	184	95	3
11	Sun	November 17	box	L	1-10	@	New York Jets	28	62	15	212	190	22	5	35	581	379	202	3
12	Sun	November 24	box	W	2-10		Detroit Lions	19	16	23	288	119	169		16	273	200	73	1
13	Sun	December 1	box	L	2-11	@	Green Bay Packers	0	21	5	65	11	54	1	31	512	280	232	4
14	Sun	December 8	box	L	2-12	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	26	17	327	176	151	6	23	474	309	165	5
15	Sun	December 15	box	L	2-13		Indianapolis Colts	23	31	23	387	230	157	4	23	384	127	257	1
16	Sun	December 22	box	L	2-14		Green Bay Packers	17	20	22	330	241	89	4	18	331	192	139	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	294	4766	982	4.9	291	269	508	3122	22	26	5.7	162	434	1644	11	3.8	95	48	22	34
Team Defense	448	6108	1087	5.6	556	318	505	3678	18	18	6.8	185	547	2430	28	4.4	351	40	22	20
Lg Rank Offense	21	23			20		17	17	11	22	14		21	21	23	20		26	27
Lg Rank Defense	27	26			25		12	25	6	19	28		24	25	28	25		11	3

Passing

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

	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%
Steve DeBerg	31	QB	11	11	197	370	53.2	2488	19	5.1	18	4.9	57	6.7	5.0	12.6	226.2	71.3	19	143	6.0	4.4	4.9
Steve Young	24	qb	5	5	72	138	52.2	935	3	2.2	8	5.8	59	6.8	4.4	13.0	187.0	56.9	21	158	4.9	2.8	13.2
Team Total	26.0		16		269	508	53.0	3423	22	4.3	26	5.1	59	6.7	4.9	12.7	213.9	67.4	40	301	5.7	4.0	7.3
Opp Total			16		318	505	63.0	3678	18	3.6	18	3.6		7.3	6.0	11.6	229.9	81.9	35	277	6.8	5.1

Rushing & Receiving

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

					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	27	RB	16	16	365	1300	10	28	3.6	81.3	22.8	53	341	6.4	0	20	3.3	21.3	1641	10	9
Steve Young	24	qb	5	5	40	233	1	20	5.8	46.6	8.0								233	1	4
Ron Springs	29		12	0	16	54	0	11	3.4	4.5	1.3	3	44	14.7	0	22	0.3	3.7	98	0	0
Steve DeBerg	31	QB	11	11	9	28	0	13	3.1	2.5	0.8								28	0	3
Adger Armstrong	28		16	0	2	6	0	8	3.0	0.4	0.1	2	4	2.0	1	3	0.1	0.3	10	1	0
Gerald Carter	28	WR	16	16	1	13	0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1	40	557	13.9	3	40	2.5	34.8	570	3	1
Alan Risher	24		16	0	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.6	0.1								10	0	0
Kevin House	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	44	803	18.3	5	59	2.8	50.2	803	5	0
Jerry Bell	26	TE	9	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	43	496	11.5	2	27	4.8	55.1	496	2	2
Jimmie Giles*	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	43	673	15.7	8	44	2.7	42.1	673	8	3
Calvin Magee	22	te	16	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	26	288	11.1	3	35	1.6	18.0	288	3	1
Theo Bell	32		15	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	189	15.8	0	24	0.8	12.6	189	0	0
Mark Witte	26		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	13	0.2	1.8	28	0	0
Team Total	26.0		16		434	1644	11	28	3.8	102.8	27.1	269	3423	12.7	22	59	16.8	213.9	5067	33	37
Opp Total			16		547	2430	28		4.4	151.9	34.2	318	3678	11.6	18		19.9	229.9	6108	46	37

Kick & Punt Returns

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

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Phil Freeman	23	RET	14	0						48	1085	0	58	22.6	1085
Leon Bright	30		8	0	12	124	0	29	10.3	11	213	0	47	19.4	337
Mike Prior	22	RET	16	0	13	105	0	19	8.1	10	131	0	27	13.1	236
Ron Springs	29		12	0						5	112	0	34	22.4	210
David Verser	27		1	0						4	61	0	18	15.3	61
Calvin Magee	22	te	16	7						2	20	0	15	10.0	308
Team Total	26.0		16		25	229	0	29	9.2	80	1622	0	58	20.3	6918
Opp Total			16		47		0			51	1187	0		23.3

Kicking & Punting

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

					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	28	P	16	0																	77	3233	61	2	42.0
Donald Igwebuike	25	K	16	0	1	1	5	5	10	8	10	5	6	3	32	22	68.8%	32	30	93.8%
Team Total	26.0		16		1	1	5	5	10	8	10	5	6	3	32	22	68.8%	32	30	93.8%	77	3233	61	2	42.0
Opp Total			16												43	32	74.4%	50	50	100.0%	59	2620			44.4

Defense & Fumbles

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

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
David Greenwood	25	SS	16	9	3.0	5	15	0	7			2	1	9	0
Jeremiah Castille	24	LCB	16	16		7	49	0	20			1	2	0	0
James Wilder	27	RB	16	16								9	1	0	0
John Cannon	25	LDE	16	16	4.5							0	3	0	0
David Logan	29	NT	16	16	6.5							0	1	2	0
Mike Prior	22	RET	16	0							0	4	3	0	0	4
Ron Holmes	22	RDE	16	14	4.5							0	2	0	0
Karl Morgan	24		16	0	4.0							0	2	0	0
Jeff Davis	25	LILB	16	16	2.5	1	22	0	22			0	2	0	0
Steve Young	24	qb	5	5								4	1	-1	0
Keith Browner	23	lolb	16	5	1.5	1	25	0	25			1	1	0	0
Leon Bright	30		8	0								4	0	0	0
Ervin Randle	23	LOLB	16	7	1.0	1	0	0	0			0	2	0	0
Steve DeBerg	31	QB	11	11								3	0	0	0
Jimmie Giles*	31	TE	16	16								3	0	0	0
John Holt	26	RCB	16	16		1	3	0	3			0	2	0	0
Cecil Johnson	30		16	2	1.0	1	12	0	12			0	1	0	0
Chris Washington	23	ROLB/lolb	16	16	2.0							0	1	0	0
Hugh Green	26	rolb	5	5	2.5
Jerry Bell	26	TE	9	9								2	0	0	0
Ivory Sully	28	FS	16	16		1	20	0	20			0	1	0	0
Adger Armstrong	28		16	0								0	1	0	0
Gerald Carter	28	WR	16	16								1	0	0	0
Steve Courson	30	LG	16	13								0	1	2	0
Craig Curry	24	ss	16	7	1.0
Don Fielder	26		11	0	1.0
Phil Freeman	23	RET	14	0								1	0	0	0
Kevin House	28	WR	16	16								0	1	0	0
Chris Lindstrom	25		15	2								0	1	0	0
Calvin Magee	22	te	16	7								1	0	0	0
David Verser	27		1	0								1	0	0	0
Mark Witte	26		16	0								0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.0		16		35.0	18	146	0	25		0	37	31	12	0	4
Opp Total			16		40							37	15					1

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Donald Igwebuike	25	K	16	0			30	22		96
James Wilder	27	RB	16	16	10					60
Jimmie Giles*	31	TE	16	16		8				48
Kevin House	28	WR	16	16		5				30
Gerald Carter	28	WR	16	16		3				18
Calvin Magee	22	te	16	7		3				18
Jerry Bell	26	TE	9	9		2				12
Adger Armstrong	28		16	0		1				6
Steve Young	24	qb	5	5	1					6
Team Total	26.0		16		11	22	30	22		294
Opp Total			16		28	18	50	32	1	448

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