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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 264 points (16.5/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 367 points (22.9/g), 22nd.
Differential of -103 points (-6.4/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.0-11.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total -7.1, Offense: -4.0, Defense: -3.2, SoS: -0.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Richard Williamson (1-2-0) and Ray Perkins (5-8-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Fred Bruney
Training Camp: University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)
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| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Vinny Testaverde | 27 | 3 | 13 | 203 for 365, 2,818 yards, 17 td, 18 int, & 38 rushes for 280 yards and 1 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| RB | Gary W. Anderson | 29 | 5 | 13 | 166 rushes for 646 yards, 3 td, & 38 catches for 464 yards and 2 td | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 20th pick / 1983 |
| FB | Reggie Cobb | 22 | Rook | 13 | 151 rushes for 480 yards, 2 td, & 39 catches for 299 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1990 |
| WR | Mark Carrier | 25 | 3 | 16 | 49 catches for 813 yards, 4 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 57th pick / 1987 |
| WR | Bruce Hill | 26 | 3 | 13 | 42 catches for 641 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 106th pick / 1987 |
| TE | Ron Hall | 26 | 3 | 16 | 31 catches for 464 yards, 2 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 87th pick / 1987 |
| LT | Paul Gruber | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 4th pick / 1988 |
| LG | Tom McHale | 27 | 3 | 7 | ||
| LG | Carl Bax | 24 | 1 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 200th pick / 1989 | |
| C | Randy Grimes | 30 | 7 | 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1983 | |
| RG | Ian Beckles | 23 | Rook | 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 114th pick / 1990 | |
| RT | Rob Taylor | 30 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 328th pick / 1982 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Reuben Davis | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 225th pick / 1988 |
| NT | Curt Jarvis | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 169th pick / 1987 |
| NT | Tim Newton | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 164th pick / 1985 |
| RDE | Jim Skow | 27 | 4 | 10 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1986 |
| RDE | John Cannon | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1982 |
| LOLB | Broderick Thomas | 23 | 1 | 15 | 7.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| LILB | Eugene Marve | 30 | 8 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| RILB | Winston Moss | 25 | 3 | 15 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1987 |
| RILB | Ervin Randle | 28 | 5 | 7 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1985 |
| ROLB | Kevin Murphy | 27 | 4 | 7 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1986 |
| ROLB | Winston Moss | 25 | 3 | 15 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1987 |
| LCB | Ricky Reynolds | 25 | 3 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1987 |
| RCB | Wayne Haddix* | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Mark Robinson | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1984 |
| FS | Harry Hamilton | 28 | 6 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | New York Jets / 7th / 176th pick / 1984 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Steve Christie | 23 | Rook | 0 | 23 of 27 field goals & 27 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Mark Royals | 25 | 3 | 0 | 72 punts for a 40.3 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Willie Drewrey | 27 | 5 | 1 | 23 punt returns for a 8.0 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 11th / 281st pick / 1985 |
| KR | Danny Peebles | 24 | 1 | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 20.5 average and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1989 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Gary W. Anderson | 29 | RB | 16 | 13 | 185 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 4/18/1961 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 1st / 20th pick / 1983 |
| 89 | Jesse Anderson | 24 | TE | 16 | 2 | 245 | 6-2 | Mississippi St. | 7/26/1966 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 87th pick / 1990 |
| 56 | Sam Anno | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | USC | 1/26/1965 | 3 | |
| 85 | Terry Anthony | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 3/9/1968 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 11th / 281st pick / 1990 |
| 75 | Carl Bax | 24 | G-T | 9 | 6 | 290 | 6-4 | Missouri | 1/5/1966 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 200th pick / 1989 |
| 62 | Ian Beckles | 23 | G | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-1 | Indiana | 7/20/1967 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 114th pick / 1990 |
| 69 | John Bruhin | 26 | G | 14 | 1 | 280 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/9/1964 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 86th pick / 1988 |
| 78 | John Cannon | 30 | DE-NT | 15 | 5 | 260 | 6-5 | William & Mary | 7/30/1960 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1982 |
| 7 | Jeff Carlson | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Weber St. | 5/23/1966 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 102nd pick / 1989 |
| 88 | Mark Carrier | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 186 | 6-0 | Nicholls St. | 10/28/1965 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 57th pick / 1987 |
| 17 | Chris Chandler | 25 | QB | 7 | 3 | 224 | 6-4 | Washington | 10/12/1965 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 3rd / 76th pick / 1988 |
| 2 | Steve Christie | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | William & Mary | 11/13/1967 | Rook | |
| 33 | Reggie Cobb | 22 | RB | 16 | 13 | 212 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 7/7/1968 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 30th pick / 1990 |
| 53 | Sidney Coleman | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 1/14/1964 | 2 | |
| 79 | Reuben Davis | 25 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 302 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 5/7/1965 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 225th pick / 1988 |
| 76 | Scott Dill | 24 | T-G-C | 3 | 2 | 294 | 6-5 | Memphis | 4/5/1966 | 2 | Phoenix Cardinals / 9th / 233rd pick / 1988 |
| 87 | Willie Drewrey | 27 | WR | 16 | 1 | 184 | 5-7 | West Virginia | 4/28/1963 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 281st pick / 1985 |
| 42 | Eric Everett | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 165 | 5-10 | Texas Tech | 7/13/1966 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 122nd pick / 1988 |
| 81 | Chris Ford | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Lamar | 5/20/1967 | Rook | |
| 36 | Bobby Futrell | 27 | DB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Elizabeth City St. | 8/4/1963 | 4 | |
| 60 | Randy Grimes | 30 | C-G | 15 | 15 | 270 | 6-4 | Baylor | 7/20/1960 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1983 |
| 74 | Paul Gruber | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 2/24/1965 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 4th pick / 1988 |
| 45 | Wayne Haddix* | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 203 | 6-1 | Liberty | 7/23/1965 | 3 | |
| 82 | Ron Hall | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-4 | Cal Poly-Pomona,Hawaii | 3/15/1964 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 87th pick / 1987 |
| 39 | Harry Hamilton | 28 | DB | 16 | 16 | 194 | 6-0 | Penn St. | 11/29/1962 | 6 | New York Jets / 7th / 176th pick / 1984 |
| 20 | Odie Harris | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Sam Houston St. | 4/1/1966 | 2 | |
| 26 | John Harvey | 24 | RB | 16 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Texas-El Paso | 12/28/1966 | Rook | |
| 84 | Bruce Hill | 26 | WR | 13 | 13 | 178 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 2/29/1964 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 106th pick / 1987 |
| 95 | Curt Jarvis | 25 | NT-DE-DT | 7 | 7 | 266 | 6-2 | Alabama | 1/28/1965 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 169th pick / 1987 |
| 38 | Jamie Lawson | 25 | RB | 6 | 0 | 240 | 5-10 | LSU,Nicholls St. | 10/2/1965 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 117th pick / 1989 |
| 99 | Eugene Marve | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 237 | 6-2 | Saginaw Valley St. | 8/14/1960 | 8 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 59th pick / 1982 |
| 61 | Tony Mayberry | 23 | C | 16 | 1 | 293 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 12/8/1967 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 108th pick / 1990 |
| 52 | Keith McCants | 22 | DE | 15 | 4 | 265 | 6-3 | Alabama | 4/19/1968 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 4th pick / 1990 |
| 73 | Tom McHale | 27 | G | 7 | 7 | 290 | 6-4 | Maryland,Cornell | 2/25/1963 | 3 | |
| 58 | Winston Moss | 25 | LB | 16 | 15 | 245 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 12/24/1965 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1987 |
| 59 | Kevin Murphy | 27 | LB | 15 | 7 | 233 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 9/8/1963 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 40th pick / 1986 |
| 96 | Tim Newton | 27 | DT-NT | 14 | 5 | 280 | 6-0 | Florida | 3/23/1963 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 164th pick / 1985 |
| 83 | Danny Peebles | 24 | WR | 10 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | North Carolina St. | 5/30/1966 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1989 |
| 32 | Bruce Perkins | 23 | RB | 16 | 3 | 230 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 8/14/1967 | Rook | |
| 80 | Frank Pillow | 25 | WR | 16 | 2 | 170 | 5-10 | Tennessee St. | 3/11/1965 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 11th / 279th pick / 1988 |
| 54 | Ervin Randle | 28 | LB | 16 | 7 | 250 | 6-1 | Baylor | 10/12/1962 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 64th pick / 1985 |
| 29 | Ricky Reynolds | 25 | DB | 15 | 15 | 190 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 1/19/1965 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 36th pick / 1987 |
| 31 | Rodney Rice | 24 | DB | 16 | 1 | 180 | 5-8 | BYU | 6/18/1966 | 1 | New England Patriots / 8th / 210th pick / 1989 |
| 30 | Mark Robinson | 28 | DB | 16 | 16 | 206 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 9/13/1962 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 90th pick / 1984 |
| 93 | Benji Roland | 23 | DE | 3 | 1 | 260 | 6-3 | Auburn | 4/4/1967 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 191st pick / 1989 |
| 3 | Mark Royals | 25 | P | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Chowan,Appalachian St. | 6/22/1965 | 3 | |
| 98 | Ray Seals | 25 | DE-NT | 8 | 0 | 296 | 6-3 | none | 6/17/1965 | 1 | |
| 71 | Jim Skow | 27 | DE | 12 | 10 | 253 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 6/29/1963 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 58th pick / 1986 |
| 70 | Harry Swayne | 25 | T-DE | 10 | 0 | 290 | 6-5 | Rutgers | 2/2/1965 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 190th pick / 1987 |
| 72 | Rob Taylor | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 293 | 6-6 | Northwestern | 11/14/1960 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 12th / 328th pick / 1982 |
| 14 | Vinny Testaverde | 27 | QB | 14 | 13 | 235 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 11/13/1963 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 1st pick / 1987 |
| 51 | Broderick Thomas | 23 | LB-DE | 16 | 15 | 250 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/20/1967 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| 86 | Ed Thomas | 24 | TE | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Houston | 5/4/1966 | Rook | |
| 91 | Robb White | 25 | DE-NT | 7 | 1 | 270 | 6-4 | South Dakota | 5/26/1965 | 2 | |
| 66 | Willie Wyatt | 23 | NT | 7 | 3 | 275 | 5-11 | Alabama | 9/27/1967 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 16 | 236.3 | 6-1.7 | 2.4 |