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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.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.0, Offense: -5.9, Defense: 2.9, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tony Dungy

 Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shula
 Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin

 Other Notable Asst.: Rod Marinelli (Defensive Line) and Lovie Smith (Linebackers)

Training Camp: University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 221 4316 996 4.3 34 14 18 260 274 494 2727 12 20 5.2 152 472 1589 8 3.4 90
Team Defense 293 4814 976 4.9 29 12 26 296 311 503 2925 17 17 5.4 156 438 1889 13 4.3 114
Lg Rank Offense 30 28 23 20 27 21 29 28 20 27 11 22 24 28
Lg Rank Defense 8 11 17 18 14 7 4 6 16 9 13 22 18 27

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 1 boxscore L 0-1 Green Bay Packers 3 34 15 176 117 59 6 24 406 267 139 2
2 Sun September 8 boxscore L 0-2 @ Detroit Lions 6 21 13 274 200 74 4 12 234 114 120 1
3 Sun September 15 boxscore L 0-3 @ Denver Broncos 23 27 15 307 186 121 2 20 374 180 194 3
4 Sun September 22 boxscore L 0-4 Seattle Seahawks 13 17 14 217 106 111 1 22 322 198 124 1
5 Sun September 29 boxscore L 0-5 Detroit Lions 0 27 13 226 156 70 4 20 350 221 129
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 13 boxscore W 1-5 Minnesota Vikings 24 13 20 284 208 76 17 394 255 139 3
8 Sun October 20 boxscore L 1-6 @ Arizona Cardinals 9 13 19 313 218 95 21 237 133 104
9 Sun October 27 boxscore L 1-7 @ Green Bay Packers 7 13 14 196 139 57 2 24 298 169 129 2
10 Sun November 3 boxscore L 1-8 @ Chicago Bears 10 13 14 245 178 67 2 18 269 84 185 1
11 Sun November 10 boxscore W OT 2-8 Oakland Raiders 20 17 27 339 177 162 2 17 271 182 89 1
12 Sun November 17 boxscore W 3-8 @ San Diego Chargers 25 17 23 423 324 99 3 11 277 183 94 3
13 Sun November 24 boxscore W 4-8 New Orleans Saints 13 7 15 381 251 130 2 14 242 184 58 4
14 Sun December 1 boxscore L 4-9 @ Carolina Panthers 0 24 17 284 206 78 4 13 215 83 132
15 Sun December 8 boxscore W 5-9 Washington Redskins 24 10 18 301 92 209 17 247 206 41 2
16 Sun December 15 boxscore L 5-10 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 21 8 169 77 92 2 21 339 194 145 4
17 Sun December 22 boxscore W 6-10 Chicago Bears 34 19 15 181 92 89 25 339 272 67 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 QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 6-10-0 267 482 55.4 2859 12 2.5 19 3.9 45 5.9 4.7 10.7 178.7 64.8 28 207 5.20 3.99 5.5 3 3
11 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 6.00 1.91 18.2
13 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 3.00 3.00 0.0
Team Total 25.9 16 6-10-0 274 494 55.5 2944 12 2.4 20 4.0 45 6.0 4.6 10.7 184.0 64.4 30 217 5.20 3.94 5.7 3 3
Opp Total 16 311 503 61.8 3132 17 3.4 17 3.4 6.2 5.38 10.1 195.8 76.7 35 207 5.4 4.6 6.5

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 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
41 Reggie Brooks 25 rb 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
40 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
37 Jerry Ellison 25 rb 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
12 Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 32 124 0 19 3.9 7.8 2.0 124 0 10
34 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
6 Tommy Barnhardt 33 P 16 0 2 27 0 25 13.5 1.7 0.1 27 0 0
11 Casey Weldon 27 3 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 -1 0 1
85 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
86 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
47 John Lynch 25 SS 16 14 1 40 0 40 40.0 2.5 0.1 40 0 1
84 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
81 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
83 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
80 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
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

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
87 Nilo Silvan 23 KR/PR 7 0 14 113 0 17 8.1 28 626 0 54 22.4 739
86 Karl Williams 25 16 0 13 274 1 88 21.1 14 383 0 63 27.4 900
1 Marvin Marshall 24 5 0 13 95 0 29 7.3 12 264 0 37 22.0 386
40 Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 1 14 0 14 14.0 948
85 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

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
6 Tommy Barnhardt 33 P 16 0 70 3015 62 1 43.1
5 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

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
55 Derrick Brooks 23 RLB 16 16 1 6 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 92 41
56 Hardy Nickerson* 31 MLB 16 16 3.0 2 24 0 17 0 2 0 2 0 0 76 44
47 John Lynch 25 SS 16 14 1.0 3 26 0 25 0 2 1 1 0 0 74 29
25 Melvin Johnson 24 FS 16 16 2 24 0 24 0 1 0 1 0 0 61 19
35 Martin Mayhew 31 LCB 16 16 1.0 1 5 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 61 16
51 Lonnie Marts 28 LLB 16 13 7.0 3 0 2 0 0 52 21
21 Donnie Abraham 23 RCB 16 12 5 27 0 21 0 0 0 2 3 0 50 8
99 Warren Sapp 24 RDT 15 14 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 41 10
72 Chidi Ahanotu 26 LDE 13 13 5.5 0 0 1 0 0 37 10
77 Brad Culpepper 27 LDT 13 13 1.5 28 14
39 Charles Dimry 30 rcb 16 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 12
73 Regan Upshaw 21 RDE 16 16 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 20 5
78 Marcus Jones 23 de 16 3 1.0 17 8
23 Tony Bouie 24 16 0 9 4
75 Eric Curry 26 de 12 3 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
97 Tyoka Jackson 25 de 13 2 9 2
22 Charles Mincy 27 2 0 1 26 0 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3
12 Trent Dilfer 24 QB 16 16 0 10 4 -4 0
50 Jeff Gooch 22 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2
93 Demetrious DuBose 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2
45 Tyrone Legette 26 15 0 4 0
38 Todd Scott 28 db 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
91 Herman Smith 25 5 0 2 2
40 Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 0 4 0 0 0
90 Jason Maniecki 24 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 Errict Rhett 26 RB 9 7 0 3 1 0 0
37 Jerry Ellison 25 rb 16 2 0 2 1 0 0
86 Karl Williams 25 16 0 0 2 1 0 0
94 Steve White 23 4 0 1 0
41 Reggie Brooks 25 rb 11 4 0 1 0 0 0
80 Alvin Harper 28 wr 12 7 0 1 0 0 0
81 Jackie Harris 28 TE 13 12 0 1 0 0 0
85 Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
1 Marvin Marshall 24 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
61 Tony Mayberry 29 C 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
70 Jason Odom 22 rt 12 7 0 0 1 0 0
11 Casey Weldon 27 3 0 0 1 0 -1 0
Team Total 25.9 16 35.0 17 139 0 26 0 18 28 23 -2 0 686 253
Opp Total 16 30 31 19

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Michael Husted 26 K 16 0 18 25 93
40 Mike Alstott 23 FB 16 16 3 3 6 36
32 Errict Rhett 26 RB 9 7 3 1 4 24
83 Dave Moore 27 te 16 8 3 3 18
41 Reggie Brooks 25 rb 11 4 2 2 12
84 Robb Thomas 30 WR 12 8 2 2 12
81 Jackie Harris 28 TE 13 12 1 1 1 8
80 Alvin Harper 28 wr 12 7 1 1 6
85 Courtney Hawkins 27 WR 16 16 1 1 6
86 Karl Williams 25 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 25.9 16 8 12 1 21 1 18 25 221
Opp Total 16 13 17 32 19 293