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1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 4-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 286 points (19.1/g), 19th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 360 points (24.0/g), 20th.
 Differential of -74 points (-4.9/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-9.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 11th.

Coached by Ray Perkins (4-11-0)

1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box W 1-0 Atlanta Falcons 48 10 30 460 333 127 2 13 197 134 63 3
2 Sun September 20 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 3 20 18 262 173 89 4 18 301 133 168 4
3 Sun October 4 box W 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 31 27 12 219 106 113 1 12 262 161 101 4
4 Sun October 11 box L 2-2 San Diego Chargers 13 17 7 201 70 131 1 22 385 260 125 3
5 Sun October 18 box W 3-2 Minnesota Vikings 20 10 15 268 193 75 2 16 175 152 23 6
6 Sun October 25 box L 3-3 Chicago Bears 26 27 20 285 184 101 19 300 209 91 4
7 Sun November 1 box W 4-3 @ Green Bay Packers 23 17 20 279 190 89 1 22 279 190 89 2
8 Sun November 8 box L 4-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 28 31 26 377 294 83 1 26 415 278 137 2
9 Sun November 15 box L 4-5 @ Minnesota Vikings 17 23 14 259 244 15 4 23 330 106 224 1
10 Sun November 22 box L 4-6 San Francisco 49ers 10 24 14 256 196 60 2 28 432 295 137 1
11 Sun November 29 box L 4-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 35 11 201 122 79 3 27 425 212 213 1
12 Sun December 6 box L 4-8 @ New Orleans Saints 34 44 27 449 352 97 4 19 365 248 117 1
13 Sun December 13 box L 4-9 Detroit Lions 10 20 20 263 216 47 1 22 298 108 190 1
14 Sun December 20 box L 4-10 St. Louis Cardinals 14 31 19 370 207 163 4 24 351 217 134 2
15 Sun December 27 box L 4-11 @ Indianapolis Colts 6 24 10 232 136 96 1 23 472 246 226 1

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 286 4381 954 4.6 263 264 517 3016 22 17 5.4 168 394 1365 7 3.5 62 31 14 33
Team Defense 360 4987 996 5.0 504 271 457 2949 23 16 5.9 163 500 2038 18 4.1 314 36 20 27
Lg Rank Offense 19 27 25 5 15 13 8 22 27 26 25 25 5 9
Lg Rank Defense 20 16 23 8 11 15 19 14 22 21 24 19 13 6

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%
Steve DeBerg 33 QB 12 8 159 275 57.8 1891 14 5.1 7 2.5 64 6.9 6.2 11.9 157.6 85.3 20 185 5.8 5.2 6.8
Vinny Testaverde 24 qb 6 4 71 165 43.0 1081 5 3.0 6 3.6 40 6.6 5.2 15.2 180.2 60.2 18 140 5.1 3.9 9.8
Jim Zorn 34 1 1 20 36 55.6 199 0 0.0 2 5.6 26 5.5 3.0 10.0 199.0 48.3 1 6 5.2 2.8 2.7
Mike Hold 24 2 0 8 24 33.3 123 2 8.3 1 4.2 61 5.1 4.1 15.4 61.5 61.6 3 18 3.9 3.0 11.1
John Reaves 37 2 2 6 16 37.5 83 1 6.3 0 0.0 26 5.2 5.8 13.8 41.5 75.8 1 12 4.2 4.8 5.9
Steve Bartalo 23 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 25.5 15 264 517 51.1 3377 22 4.3 17 3.3 64 6.5 5.5 12.8 259.8 72.3 43 361 5.4 4.4 7.7
Opp Total 15 271 457 59.3 2949 23 5.0 16 3.5 6.5 5.4 10.9 196.6 80.6 39 306 5.9 4.3

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 29 FB 12 12 106 488 0 21 4.6 40.7 8.8 40 328 8.2 1 32 3.3 27.3 816 1 3
Jeff Smith 25 RB 12 8 100 309 2 46 3.1 25.8 8.3 20 197 9.9 2 34 1.7 16.4 506 4 2
Adrian Wright 26 3 3 37 112 0 11 3.0 37.3 12.3 13 98 7.5 1 15 4.3 32.7 210 1 1
Bobby Howard 23 12 0 30 100 1 31 3.3 8.3 2.5 10 123 12.3 0 45 0.8 10.3 223 1 1
Harold Ricks 25 3 1 24 76 1 14 3.2 25.3 8.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.3 4.0 88 1 3
Cliff Austin 27 3 2 19 32 1 8 1.7 10.7 6.3 5 51 10.2 0 20 1.7 17.0 83 1 0
Vinny Testaverde 24 qb 6 4 13 50 1 17 3.8 8.3 2.2 50 1 7
Charles Gladman 21 2 0 12 29 0 6 2.4 14.5 6.0 2 8 4.0 0 5 1.0 4.0 37 0 0
Steve Bartalo 23 9 0 9 30 1 6 3.3 3.3 1.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.6 35 1 0
Dan Land 22 3 2 9 20 0 6 2.2 6.7 3.0 20 0 0
Eddie Hunter 22 3 0 8 41 0 11 5.1 13.7 2.7 2 4 2.0 0 4 0.7 1.3 45 0 0
Steve DeBerg 33 QB 12 8 8 -8 0 0 -1.0 -0.7 0.7 -8 0 7
Mike Hold 24 2 0 7 69 0 35 9.9 34.5 3.5 69 0 0
Jim Zorn 34 1 1 4 4 0 5 1.0 4.0 4.0 4 0 3
Bruce Hill 23 8 1 3 3 0 9 1.0 0.4 0.4 23 403 17.5 2 40 2.9 50.4 406 2 1
Phil Freeman 25 8 4 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 8 141 17.6 2 64 1.0 17.6 142 2 1
Eric Streater 23 3 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 1.7 0.3 5 117 23.4 2 61 1.7 39.0 122 2 0
Greg Boone 25 2 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1.0 0.5 2 0 0
Ray Criswell 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Derrick L. Thomas 22 1 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2.0 1.0 2 0 0
Gerald Carter 30 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 586 15.4 5 57 3.2 48.8 586 5 0
Calvin Magee 24 TE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 424 12.5 3 37 3.1 38.5 424 3 0
Mark Carrier 22 WR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 423 16.3 3 38 2.6 42.3 423 3 0
Ron Hall 23 10 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 169 10.6 1 29 1.6 16.9 169 1 0
Steve Holloway 23 6 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 127 12.7 0 26 1.7 21.2 127 0 0
Solomon Miller 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 97 19.4 0 33 0.6 12.1 97 0 0
Gene Taylor 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 21 10.5 0 11 0.3 2.6 21 0 0
Steve Carter 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.3 4.0 12 0 0
Dwayne Dixon 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.5 9.0 18 0 0
Herkie Walls 26 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.5 6.5 13 0 1
Team Total 25.5 15 394 1365 7 46 3.5 105.0 30.3 264 3377 12.8 22 64 20.3 259.8 4742 29 35
Opp Total 15 500 2038 18 4.1 135.9 33.3 271 2949 10.9 23 18.1 196.6 4987 41 42

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bobby Futrell 24 RET 12 1 24 213 0 22 8.9 31 609 0 40 19.6 822
Herkie Walls 26 2 2 4 12 0 11 3.0 6 136 0 39 22.7 161
Ivory Curry 26 3 2 3 32 0 14 10.7 3 53 0 20 17.7 85
Jeff Smith 25 RB 12 8 5 84 0 21 16.8 590
Solomon Miller 23 8 0 3 68 0 25 22.7 165
Steve Bartalo 23 9 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 50
Mark Carrier 22 WR 10 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 423
Charles Gladman 21 2 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 53
Bruce Hill 23 8 1 1 8 0 8 8.0 414
Bobby Howard 23 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 228
Harold Ricks 25 3 1 1 26 0 26 26.0 114
Kevin Walker 24 3 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Adrian Wright 26 3 3 1 17 0 17 17.0 227
Team Total 25.5 15 31 257 0 22 8.3 56 1037 0 40 18.5 6036
Opp Total 15 50 1 61 1242 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 30 P 12 0 62 2409 58 0 38.9
Donald Igwebuike 27 K 12 0 2 2 6 6 9 6 1 18 14 77.8% 26 24 92.3%
Ray Criswell 24 3 0 26 1046 61 0 40.2
Van Tiffin 22 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 6 5 83.3% 7 7 100.0%
Team Total 25.5 15 3 3 8 7 11 8 2 1 24 19 79.2% 33 31 93.9% 88 3455 61 0 39.3
Opp Total 15 30 18 60.0% 44 42 95.5% 64 2637 41.2

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
Vinny Testaverde 24 qb 6 4 7 4 -3 0
Steve DeBerg 33 QB 12 8 7 2 -2 0
Ron Holmes 24 RDE 10 8 8.0 0 1 0 0
Chris Washington 25 ROLB/lolb 12 12 6.5
Bobby Futrell 24 RET 12 1 2 46 0 23 2 2 0 0
Paul Tripoli 26 13 4 3 17 1 15 0 3 0 0
Harold Ricks 25 3 1 3 2 0 0
James Wilder 29 FB 12 12 3 2 0 0
Rick Woods 28 fs 5 5 2 63 0 42 1 2 14 0
Jim Zorn 34 1 1 3 2 0 0
Kevin Kellin 28 7 1 3.5
Calvin Turner 27 3 0 3.5
John Cannon 27 LDE 11 11 2.0 0 1 0 0
Curt Jarvis 22 2 0 3.0
Rod Jones 23 RCB 11 11 2 9 0 9 0 0 1 8 0 47
Sankar Montoute 26 3 3 1.5 1 0 0 0
Winston Moss 22 rolb 12 6 1.5 0 0 1 0 1
Jeff Davis 27 LILB 11 10 0 2 3 0
Bruce Hill 23 8 1 1 1 0 0
Ray Isom 22 FS 6 6 2 67 0 38
Fred McCallister 25 3 3 1.0 0 1 0 0
Charles Riggins 28 3 0 2.0
Jeff Smith 25 RB 12 8 2 0 0 0
Miles Turpin 23 4 2 2.0
Kevin Walker 24 3 3 2 30 1 30
Herkie Walls 26 2 2 1 1 0 0
Adrian Wright 26 3 3 1 1 0 0
Don Anderson 24 11 0 0 1 38 0
Scot Brantley 29 12 2 0 1 0 0
Steve Carter 25 3 1 0 1 0 0
Mike Clark 28 3 3 1.0
Ray Criswell 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
Phil Freeman 25 8 4 1 0 0 0
Brian Gant 22 11 3 1 5 0 5
Conrad Goode 25 11 2 0 1 0 0
Roy Harris 26 3 2 1.0
Steve Holloway 23 6 4 0 1 0 0
Bobby Howard 23 12 0 1 0 0 0
David Jordan 25 3 3 0 1 0 0
Bobby Kemp 28 SS 12 12 1 11 0 11
Tom McHale 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
Fred Nordgren 28 3 3 1.0
Marcus Quinn 28 3 3 0 1 0 0
Ervin Randle 25 RILB 12 12 0 1 0 0
John Reaves 37 2 2 1 0 0 0
Mike Stensrud 31 NT 12 12 0 1 3 0
Arthur Wells 24 2 0 0 1 0 1
Tyrone Keys 28 3 0 0.5
Team Total 25.5 15 38.0 16 248 2 42 2 35 40 61 2 117
Opp Total 15 43 42 22

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
Donald Igwebuike 27 K 12 0 24 14 66
Gerald Carter 30 WR 12 12 5 30
Jeff Smith 25 RB 12 8 2 2 24
Van Tiffin 22 3 0 7 5 22
Mark Carrier 22 WR 10 5 3 18
Calvin Magee 24 TE 11 11 3 18
Phil Freeman 25 8 4 2 12
Bruce Hill 23 8 1 2 12
Eric Streater 23 3 3 2 12
Cliff Austin