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1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 221 points (13.8/g), 30th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 293 points (18.3/g), 8th.
 Differential of -72 points (-4.5/g), 25th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-10.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 21st.

Coached by Tony Dungy (6-10-0)

1996 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 1 box L 0-1 Green Bay Packers 3 34 15 176 117 59 6 24 406 267 139 2
2 Sun September 8 box L 0-2 @ Detroit Lions 6 21 13 274 200 74 4 12 234 114 120 1
3 Sun September 15 box L 0-3 @ Denver Broncos 23 27 15 307 186 121 2 20 374 180 194 3
4 Sun September 22 box L 0-4 Seattle Seahawks 13 17 14 217 106 111 1 22 322 198 124 1
5 Sun September 29 box L 0-5 Detroit Lions 0 27 13 226 156 70 4 20 350 221 129
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 box W 1-5 Minnesota Vikings 24 13 20 284 208 76 17 394 255 139 3
8 Sun October 20 box L 1-6 @ Arizona Cardinals 9 13 19 313 218 95 21 237 133 104
9 Sun October 27 box L 1-7 @ Green Bay Packers 7 13 14 196 139 57 2 24 298 169 129 2
10 Sun November 3 box L 1-8 @ Chicago Bears 10 13 14 245 178 67 2 18 269 84 185 1
11 Sun November 10 box W 2-8 Oakland Raiders 20 17 27 339 177 162 2 17 271 182 89 1
12 Sun November 17 box W 3-8 @ San Diego Chargers 25 17 23 423 324 99 3 11 277 183 94 3
13 Sun November 24 box W 4-8 New Orleans Saints 13 7 15 381 251 130 2 14 242 184 58 4
14 Sun December 1 box L 4-9 @ Carolina Panthers 0 24 17 284 206 78 4 13 215 83 132
15 Sun December 8 box W 5-9 Washington Redskins 24 10 18 301 92 209 17 247 206 41 2
16 Sun December 15 box L 5-10 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 21 8 169 77 92 2 21 339 194 145 4
17 Sun December 22 box W 6-10 Chicago Bears 34 19 15 181 92 89 25 339 272 67 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 221 4316 996 4.3 260 274 494 2727 12 20 5.2 152 472 1589 8 3.4 90 34 14 18
Team Defense 293 4814 976 4.9 478 311 503 2925 17 17 5.4 156 438 1889 13 4.3 296 29 12 26
Lg Rank Offense 30 28 27 21 29 28 20 28 11 22 24 28 23 20
Lg Rank Defense 8 11 11 7 4 6 16 11 13 22 18 27 17 18

Passing

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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%
Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 267 482 55.4 2859 12 2.5 19 3.9 45 5.9 4.4 10.7 178.7 64.8 28 207 5.2 3.8 5.5
Casey Weldon 27 3 0 5 9 55.6 76 0 0.0 1 11.1 42 8.4 3.4 15.2 25.3 44.0 2 10 6.0 1.9 18.2
Scott Milanovich 23 1 0 2 3 66.7 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 3.0 3.0 4.5 9.0 70.1 0 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 274 494 55.5 2944 12 2.4 20 4.0 45 6.0 4.4 10.7 184.0 64.4 30 217 5.2 3.7 5.7
Opp Total 16 311 503 61.8 2925 17 3.4 17 3.4 5.8 4.6 9.4 182.8 75.0 35 207 5.4 3.9

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
Errict Rhett 26 RB 9 7 176 539 3 35 3.1 59.9 19.6 4 11 2.8 1 5 0.4 1.2 550 4 3
Reggie Brooks 25 11 4 112 368 2 56 3.3 33.5 10.2 3 13 4.3 0 9 0.3 1.2 381 2 1
Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 96 377 3 39 3.9 23.6 6.0 65 557 8.6 3 29 4.1 34.8 934 6 4
Jerry Ellison 25 16 2 35 106 0 13 3.0 6.6 2.2 18 208 11.6 0 42 1.1 13.0 314 0 2
Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 32 124 0 19 3.9 7.8 2.0 124 0 10
Leroy Thompson 27 5 0 14 25 0 10 1.8 5.0 2.8 5 36 7.2 0 12 1.0 7.2 61 0 0
Tommy Barnhardt 33 P 16 0 2 27 0 25 13.5 1.7 0.1 27 0 0
Casey Weldon 27 3 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 -1 0 1
Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -0.8 0.1 46 544 11.8 1 45 2.9 34.0 531 1 1
Karl Williams 25 16 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.2 0.1 22 246 11.2 0 25 1.4 15.4 243 0 2
John Lynch 25 SS 16 14 1 40 0 40 40.0 2.5 0.1 40 0 1
Robb Thomas 30 WR 12 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 427 12.9 2 31 2.8 35.6 427 2 0
Jackie Harris 28 TE 13 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 349 11.6 1 36 2.3 26.8 349 1 1
Dave Moore 27 te 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 237 8.8 3 23 1.7 14.8 237 3 0
Alvin Harper 28 wr 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 289 15.2 1 40 1.6 24.1 289 1 1
Marvin Marshall 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 27 13.5 0 20 0.4 5.4 27 0 1
Team Total 25.9 16 472 1589 8 56 3.4 99.3 29.5 274 2944 10.7 12 45 17.1 184.0 4533 20 28
Opp Total 16 438 1889 13 4.3 118.1 27.4 311 2925 9.4 17 19.4 182.8 4814 30 31

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
Nilo Silvan 23 RET 7 0 14 113 0 17 8.1 28 626 0 54 22.4 739
Karl Williams 25 16 0 13 274 1 88 21.1 14 383 0 63 27.4 900
Marvin Marshall 24 5 0 13 95 0 29 7.3 12 264 0 37 22.0 386
Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 1 14 0 14 14.0 948
Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 530
Team Total 25.9 16 41 481 1 88 11.7 55 1287 0 63 23.4 6301
Opp Total 16 38 0 51 972 0 19.1

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
Tommy Barnhardt 33 P 16 0 70 3015 62 1 43.1
Michael Husted 26 K 16 0 2 2 8 7 11 8 8 7 3 1 32 25 78.1% 19 18 94.7%
Team Total 25.9 16 2 2 8 7 11 8 8 7 3 1 32 25 78.1% 19 18 94.7% 70 3015 62 1 43.1
Opp Total 16 27 19 70.4% 32 32 100.0% 74 3212 43.4

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
Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 10 4 -4 0
Warren Sapp 24 RDT 15 14 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 41 10
Lonnie Marts 28 LLB 16 13 7.0 3 0 2 0 0 52 21
Donnie Abraham 23 RCB 16 12 5 27 0 21 0 0 2 3 0 50 8
Hardy Nickerson* 31 MLB 16 16 3.0 2 24 0 17 2 0 2 0 0 76 44
Chidi Ahanotu 26 LDE 13 13 5.5 0 0 1 0 0 37 10
John Lynch 25 SS 16 14 1.0 3 26 0 25 2 1 1 0 0 74 29
Regan Upshaw 21 RDE 16 16 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 20 5
Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 4 0 0 0
Errict Rhett 26 RB 9 7 3 1 0 0
Charles Dimry 30 rcb 16 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 12
Jerry Ellison 25 16 2 2 1 0 0
Melvin Johnson 24 FS 16 16 2 24 0 24 1 0 1 0 0 61 19
Karl Williams 25 16 0 2 1 0 0
Eric Curry 26 12 3 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
Martin Mayhew 31 LCB 16 16 1.0 1 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 61 16
Brad Culpepper 27 LDT 13 13 1.5 28 14
Derrick Brooks 23 RLB 16 16 1 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 92 41
Reggie Brooks 25 11 4 1 0 0 0
Jeff Gooch 22 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
Alvin Harper 28 wr 12 7 1 0 0 0
Jackie Harris 28 TE 13 12 1 0 0 0
Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Marcus Jones 23 16 3 1.0 17 8
Marvin Marshall 24 5 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Mayberry 29 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Charles Mincy 27 2 0 1 26 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 6 3
Jason Odom 22 rt 12 7 0 1 0 0
Todd Scott 28 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
Casey Weldon 27 3 0 1 0 -1 0
Team Total 25.9 16 35.0 17 139 0 26 18 28 23 -2 0 686 253
Opp Total 16 30 31 19

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Michael Husted 26 K 16 0 18 25 93
Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 3 3 36
Errict Rhett 26 RB 9 7 3 1 24
Dave Moore 27 te 16 8 3 18
Reggie Brooks 25 11 4 2 12
Robb Thomas 30 WR 12 8 2 12
Jackie Harris 28 TE 13 12 1 1 8
Alvin Harper 28 wr 12 7 1 6
Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 1 6
Karl Williams 25 16 0 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 8 12 1 1 18 25 221
Opp Total 16 13 17 32 19 293