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2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 211 points (13.2/g), 31st of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 353 points (22.1/g), 21st.
 Differential of -142 points (-8.9/g), 31st.
 Expected W-L: 3.6-12.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 30th.

Coached by Jon Gruden (4-12-0)

2006 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 10 box L 0-1 Baltimore Ravens 0 27 8 142 116 26 3 16 271 168 103
2 Sun September 17 box L 0-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 3 14 22 351 311 40 3 22 382 76 306 2
3 Sun September 24 box L 0-3 Carolina Panthers 24 26 13 209 145 64 2 22 350 249 101 3
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 8 box L 0-4 @ New Orleans Saints 21 24 18 406 219 187 1 15 314 171 143
6 Sun October 15 box W 1-4 Cincinnati Bengals 14 13 21 300 174 126 1 14 305 252 53
7 Sun October 22 box W 2-4 Philadelphia Eagles 23 21 14 196 85 111 22 506 298 208 4
8 Sun October 29 box L 2-5 @ New York Giants 3 17 10 174 134 40 1 16 251 143 108
9 Sun November 5 box L 2-6 New Orleans Saints 14 31 11 226 158 68 1 19 363 314 49
10 Mon November 13 box L 2-7 @ Carolina Panthers 10 24 13 222 153 69 4 17 318 240 78 2
11 Sun November 19 box W 3-7 Washington Redskins 20 17 19 359 178 181 2 15 252 193 59 1
12 Thu November 23 box L 3-8 @ Dallas Cowboys 10 38 10 211 110 101 2 27 435 298 137
13 Sun December 3 box L 3-9 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 20 16 254 144 110 4 13 267 191 76 1
14 Sun December 10 box L 3-10 Atlanta Falcons 6 17 15 272 192 80 2 15 280 141 139 1
15 Sun December 17 box L 3-11 @ Chicago Bears 31 34 11 357 300 57 2 27 446 312 134 1
16 Sun December 24 box W 4-11 @ Cleveland Browns 22 7 21 355 202 153 2 12 187 96 91 4
17 Sun December 31 box L 4-12 Seattle Seahawks 7 23 15 287 177 110 2 28 344 212 132 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 211 4321 972 4.4 237 296 535 2798 14 18 4.9 133 404 1523 6 3.8 82 32 14 22
Team Defense 353 5271 1015 5.2 492 301 493 3354 26 11 6.5 174 497 1917 11 3.9 300 20 9 18
Lg Rank Offense 31 29 31 11 26 28 19 29 28 28 31 24 23 21
Lg Rank Defense 21 17 17 6 19 30 28 28 28 17 9 7 30 24

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%
Bruce Gradkowski 23 QB 13 11 177 328 54.0 1661 9 2.7 9 2.7 53 5.1 4.1 9.4 127.8 65.9 25 146 4.3 3.4 7.1
Chris Simms 26 3 3 58 106 54.7 585 1 0.9 7 6.6 55 5.5 2.6 10.1 195.0 46.3 4 32 5.0 2.3 3.6
Tim Rattay 29 4 2 61 101 60.4 748 4 4.0 2 2.0 64 7.4 6.9 12.3 187.0 88.2 4 18 7.0 6.5 3.8
Team Total 27.5 16 296 535 55.3 2994 14 2.6 18 3.4 64 5.6 4.3 10.1 187.1 66.2 33 196 4.9 3.7 5.8
Opp Total 16 301 493 61.1 3354 26 5.3 11 2.2 6.8 6.3 11.1 209.6 89.6 25 166 6.5 5.7

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
Cadillac Williams 24 RB 14 14 225 798 1 38 3.5 57.0 16.1 30 196 6.5 0 21 2.1 14.0 994 1 3
Mike Alstott 33 FB 16 15 60 171 3 17 2.9 10.7 3.8 21 85 4.0 0 18 1.3 5.3 256 3 1
Michael Pittman 31 RET 16 3 50 245 1 32 4.9 15.3 3.1 47 405 8.6 0 25 2.9 25.3 650 1 2
Bruce Gradkowski 23 QB 13 11 41 161 0 14 3.9 12.4 3.2 161 0 11
Earnest Graham 26 16 0 11 59 0 17 5.4 3.7 0.7 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 63 0 0
Michael Clayton 24 WR 12 9 5 41 0 27 8.2 3.4 0.4 33 356 10.8 1 27 2.8 29.7 397 1 2
Tim Rattay 29 4 2 4 3 0 4 0.8 0.8 1.0 3 0 2
Chris Simms 26 3 3 4 7 1 3 1.8 2.3 1.3 7 1 0
Joey Galloway 35 WR 16 14 2 9 0 7 4.5 0.6 0.1 62 1057 17.0 7 64 3.9 66.1 1066 7 0
Maurice Stovall 21 9 2 2 29 0 18 14.5 3.2 0.2 7 102 14.6 0 27 0.8 11.3 131 0 0
Alex Smith 24 te 14 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 250 7.1 3 27 2.5 17.9 250 3 1
Ike Hilliard 30 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 339 10.0 2 44 2.1 21.2 339 2 3
Anthony Becht 29 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 115 6.4 1 13 1.1 7.2 115 1 1
Paris Warren 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 63 12.6 0 26 0.6 7.9 63 0 0
Doug Jolley 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 7 0 0
Dave Moore* 37 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.7 9 0 1
Jerald Sowell 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.6 6 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 404 1523 6 38 3.8 95.2 25.3 296 2994 10.1 14 64 18.5 187.1 4517 20 27
Opp Total 16 497 1917 11 3.9 119.8 31.1 301 3354 11.1 26 18.8 209.6 5271 37 25

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
Michael Pittman 31 RET 16 3 39 867 0 37 22.2 1517
Ike Hilliard 30 RET 16 0 24 163 0 16 6.8 502
Mark Jones 26 7 0 20 155 0 18 7.8 1 29 0 29 29.0 184
Torrie Cox 26 16 3 18 387 0 44 21.5 396
Phillip Buchanon 26 10 4 6 16 0 8 2.7 16
Ronde Barber* 31 RCB 16 16 2 7 0 8 3.5 7
Joey Galloway 35 WR 16 14 2 3 0 2 1.5 1069
Blue Adams 27 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Earnest Graham 26 16 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 76
Jerald Sowell 32 10 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 17
Team Total 27.5 16 54 353 0 18 6.5 61 1307 0 44 21.4 6177
Opp Total 16 50 1 46 846 0 18.4

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
Josh Bidwell 30 P 16 0 93 4045 59 0 43.5
Matt Bryant 31 K 16 0 8 8 3 3 9 5 2 1 22 17 77.3% 23 22 95.7%
Team Total 27.5 16 8 8 3 3 9 5 2 1 22 17 77.3% 23 22 95.7% 93 4045 59 0 43.5
Opp Total 16 30 22 73.3% 41 41 100.0% 81 3370 41.6

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
Bruce Gradkowski 23 QB 13 11 11 3 -2 0
Dewayne White 27 rde 16 8 5.0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 3 2 0 32 10
Ike Hilliard 30 RET 16 0 3 3 0 0
Greg Spires 32 LDE 16 16 5.0 0 0 0 0 3 33 18
Ellis Wyms 27 RDT 13 8 5.0 19 11
Jermaine Phillips 27 SS 16 16 1.0 2 45 0 29 9 5 0 1 17 0 89 20
Ronde Barber* 31 RCB 16 16 3 103 2 66 16 2 0 0 0 0 85 15
Juran Bolden 32 LCB 16 11 1.0 1 27 0 27 11 0 0 1 0 0 53 10
Derrick Brooks* 33 RLB 16 16 3 51 1 21 4 96 25
Phillip Buchanon 26 10 4 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 20 4
Chris Hovan 28 LDT 16 16 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 40 12
Michael Pittman 31 RET 16 3 2 1 0 0
Tim Rattay 29 4 2 2 1 -1 0
Cadillac Williams 24 RB 14 14 3 0 0 0
Shelton Quarles 35 MLB 12 12 2.5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 69 38
Michael Clayton 24 WR 12 9 2 0 0 0
Simeon Rice 32 RDE 8 8 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 16 4
Ryan Nece 27 LLB 15 11 1.5 0 0 0 0 2 46 19
Mike Alstott 33 FB 16 15 1 0 0 0
Anthony Becht 29 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Torrie Cox 26 16 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 26 5
Anthony S. Davis 26 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Joey Galloway 35 WR 16 14 0 1 0 0
Wesly Mallard 28 16 0 0 0 1 4 0 12 0
Dave Moore* 37 13 0 1 0 0 0
Alex Smith 24 te 14 7 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Trueblood 23 RT 15 13 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 25.0 11 226 3 66 66 19 27 20 20 0 834 262
Opp Total 16 33 25 16

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
Matt Bryant 31 K 16 0 22 17 73
Joey Galloway 35 WR 16 14 7 42
Mike Alstott 33 FB 16 15 3 18
Alex Smith 24 te 14 7 3 18
Ronde Barber* 31 RCB 16 16 2 12
Ike Hilliard 30 RET 16 0 2 12
Anthony Becht 29 TE 16 16 1 6
Derrick Brooks* 33 RLB 16 16 1 6
Michael Clayton 24 WR 12 9 1 6
Michael Pittman 31 RET 16 3 1 6
Chris Simms 26 3 3 1 6
Cadillac Williams 24 RB 14 14 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 6 14 3 22 17 211
Opp Total 16 11 26 1 41 22 353