1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tony Dungy (10-6-0)

Points For: 299 (18.7/g) 23rd of 30

Points Against: 263 (16.4/g) 2nd of 30

Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8

SRS: 2.71 (10th of 30), SOS: .46

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 20-10 vs. Detroit Lions
Lost Divisional Round 7-21 vs. Green Bay Packers

Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shula

Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin

Other Notable Asst.: Clyde Christensen (TE Coach), Herm Edwards (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs), Chris Foerster (Offensive Line), Rod Marinelli (Defensive Line) and Lovie Smith (Linebackers)

Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Malcolm Glazer

General Manager: Rich McKay

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +6000; O/U: 7.0

Training Camp: University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	299	4376	915	4.8	23	11	249	224	404	2442	21	12	5.6	134	479	1934	15	4.0	88	77	660	27
Opp. Stats	263	4628	982	4.7	26	13	265	325	518	3011	13	13	5.4	155	420	1617	10	3.9	96	93	814	14
Lg Rank Offense	23	29			11	9	29		30	30	12	9	18		8	11	9	13
Lg Rank Defense	2	3			19	13	3		14	10	3	21	8		7	6	6	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		San Francisco 49ers	13	6	15	271	156	115	2	12	191	91	100	1	-4.16	12.52	1.19
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Detroit Lions	24	17	20	272	99	173		13	346	322	24	1	6.29	1.66	-1.69
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	28	14	17	376	185	191		20	382	310	72	2	17.15	-2.97	1.30
4	Sun	September 21	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Miami Dolphins	31	21	24	357	248	109	1	21	283	235	48		23.08	-14.10	0.29
5	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Arizona Cardinals	19	18	6	167	113	54	1	23	364	294	70	3	-20.18	2.45	11.27
6	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-1	@	Green Bay Packers	16	21	23	372	155	217	2	13	234	170	64	1	-6.93	5.50	0.16
7	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2		Detroit Lions	9	27	13	289	217	72	2	17	447	188	259	1	-9.21	-10.95	-0.46
8									Bye Week
9	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3		Minnesota Vikings	6	10	11	229	177	52		16	308	214	94		-2.55	1.76	-0.56
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3	@	Indianapolis Colts	31	28	18	234	150	84	1	23	359	212	147	3	0.33	-5.84	7.65
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Atlanta Falcons	31	10	20	349	150	199		18	275	173	102	2	14.71	-6.15	10.31
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		New England Patriots	27	7	21	348	202	146	2	10	168	93	75	3	0.23	23.05	-3.50
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Chicago Bears	7	13	14	272	237	35	3	17	279	110	169		-6.45	2.74	-4.48
14	Sun	November 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4	@	New York Giants	20	8	21	299	152	147	3	13	202	103	99	2	-0.81	18.26	-3.72
15	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5		Green Bay Packers	6	17	8	161	94	67	2	20	362	280	82	3	-20.01	0.96	8.36
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6	@	New York Jets	0	31	6	111	21	90	3	14	234	112	122	1	-40.72	9.98	-4.01
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-6		Chicago Bears	31	15	12	269	86	183	1	15	194	104	90	3	1.54	14.64	3.85
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-6		Detroit Lions	20	10	15	316	175	141	2	18	307	198	109	1	1.74	11.49	-0.43
Division	Sun	January 4	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		11-7	@	Green Bay Packers	7	21	15	263	173	90	2	16	289	171	118	3	-16.86	7.96	-3.58

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Trent Dilfer	25	QB	16	16	10-6-0	217	386	56.2	2555	21	5.4	11	2.8	132	41.6	59	6.6	6.4	11.8	159.7	82.8	32	196	7.66	5.64	5.5	3	3	PB
2	Steve Walsh	31	QB	12	0		6	17	35.3	58	0	0.0	1	5.9	1	17.6	38	3.4	0.8	9.7	4.8	21.2	0	0	0.00	3.41	0.8	0	0
3	Tommy Barnhardt	34	P	6	0		1	1	100.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	25	25.0	25.0	25.0	4.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	25.00	25.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	224	404	55.4	2442	21	5.2	12	3.0	134	40.8	59	6.0	5.75	10.9	152.6	78.4	32	196	7.34	5.60	5.33	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Trent Dilfer	25	QB	2	2	1-1-0	24	62	38.7	381	1	1.6	3	4.8	18	30.3	52	6.1	4.3	15.9	190.5	45.2	4	33	6.06	5.27	3.5
2	Steve Walsh	31	QB	1	0		1	1	100.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79.2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	25	63	39.7	348	1	1.6	3	4.8	18	29.9	52	4.7	2.24	14.4	174.0	26.1	4	33	5.97	4.44	2.13

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Warrick Dunn	22	RB	16	10	224	978	4	34	37.1	76	4.4	61.1	14.0	56	39	462	11.8	3	18	41.1	59	2.4	28.9	69.6	8.3	263	5.5	1440	7	4	PB,AP ORoY-1
2	Mike Alstott	24	FB	15	15	176	665	7	34	42.6	47	3.8	44.3	11.7	33	23	178	7.7	3	13	48.5	26	1.5	11.9	69.7	5.4	199	4.2	843	10	5	PB,AP-1
3	Reidel Anthony	21	WR	16	13	5	84	0	4	80.0	26	16.8	5.3	0.3	79	35	448	12.8	4	23	39.2	38	2.2	28.0	44.3	5.7	40	13.3	532	4	0
4	Karl Williams	26	WR	16	7	1	5	0	0	100.0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	56	33	486	14.7	4	25	55.4	55	2.1	30.4	58.9	8.7	34	14.4	491	4	5
5	Horace Copeland	26	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	61	33	431	13.1	1	19	45.9	49	2.5	33.2	54.1	7.1	33	13.1	431	1	3
6	Dave Moore	28	TE	16	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	26	19	217	11.4	4	13	69.2	28	1.2	13.6	73.1	8.3	19	11.4	217	4	0
7	Jackie Harris	29	TE	12	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	34	19	197	10.4	1	12	41.2	39	1.6	16.4	55.9	5.8	19	10.4	197	1	0
8	Robb Thomas	31	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	24	13	129	9.9	0	6	45.8	21	0.8	8.1	54.2	5.4	13	9.9	129	0	0
9	Trent Dilfer	25	QB	16	16	33	99	1	8	39.4	17	3.0	6.2	2.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			33	3.0	99	1	9	PB
10	Errict Rhett	27	RB	11	0	31	96	3	7	41.9	21	3.1	8.7	2.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			31	3.1	96	3	0
11	John Davis	24	TE	8	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	35	11.7	0	2	40.0	16	0.4	4.4	60.0	7.0	3	11.7	35	0	0
12	Tony Bouie	25	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	25	25.0	0	1	100.0	25	0.1	1.6	100.0	25.0	1	25.0	25	0	0
13	Patrick Hape	23	TE	14	3	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	6	4	22	5.5	1	2	50.0	13	0.3	1.6	66.7	3.7	5	4.6	23	1	1
14	Jerry Ellison	26	RB	16	0	2	10	0	1	50.0	5	5.0	0.6	0.1	2	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	0.1	0.5	50.0	4.0	3	6.0	18	0	0
15	Andrew Jordan	25	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.5	0.0	100.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
16	Steve Walsh	31	QB	12	0	6	-4	0	0	0.0		-0.7	-0.3	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	-0.7	-4	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	479	1934	15	88	39.7	76	4.0	120.9	29.9	384	224	2638	11.8	21	134	46.4	59	14.0	164.9	58.3	6.9	703	6.5	4572	36	28

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Warrick Dunn	22	RB	2	2	36	136	0	5	36.1	12	3.8	68.0	18.0	11	5	34	6.8	0	2	18.2	22	2.5	17.0	45.5	3.1	41	4.1	170	0	2
2	Reidel Anthony	21	WR	2	2	2	6	0	1	50.0	5	3.0	3.0	1.0	12	4	114	28.5	0	4	33.3	52	2.0	57.0	33.3	9.5	6	20.0	120	0	0
3	Mike Alstott	24	FB	2	2	18	89	2	3	38.9	31	4.9	44.5	9.0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	100.0	12	0.5	6.0	100.0	12.0	19	5.3	101	2	0
4	Robb Thomas	31	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	3	82	27.3	0	3	27.3	50	1.5	41.0	27.3	7.5	3	27.3	82	0	0
5	Horace Copeland	26	WR	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	13	6	58	9.7	1	4	38.5	17	3.0	29.0	46.2	4.5	6	9.7	58	1	0
6	Dave Moore	28	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	3	54	18.0	0	3	37.5	28	1.5	27.0	37.5	6.8	3	18.0	54	0	1
7	Karl Williams	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	23	23.0	0	1	50.0	23	1.0	23.0	50.0	11.5	1	23.0	23	0	1
8	Jackie Harris	29	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	4	4.0	0	0	50.0	4	1.0	4.0	50.0	2.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
9	John Davis	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0		1.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
10	Trent Dilfer	25	QB	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	2.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.0	0	0	0
11	Steve Walsh	31	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	59	231	2	9	35.6	31	3.9	115.5	29.5	61	25	381	15.2	1	18	32.8	52	12.5	190.5	41.0	6.2	84	7.3	612	3	4

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Donnie Abraham	24	LCB	16	16	5	16	0	16	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	54	44	10	0
2	Derrick Brooks	24	RLB	16	16	2	13	0	13	1	1	1	0	0	1.5	145	102	43	0	PB,AP-2
3	Brad Culpepper	28	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	59	43	16	0
4	Jorge Diaz	24	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Trent Dilfer	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	-22	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Paul Gruber	32	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
7	John Lynch	26	SS	16	16	2	28	0	28	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	109	75	34	0	PB
8	Hardy Nickerson	32	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1.0	147	105	42	0	PB,AP-1
9	Chidi Ahanotu	27	LDE	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	10.0	48	38	10	0
10	Mike Alstott	24	FB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Warren Sapp	25	RDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	23	0	10.5	58	47	11	0	PB,AP-2
12	Regan Upshaw	22	RDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.5	28	23	5	0
13	Anthony Parker	31	RCB	15	14	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	80	57	23	0
14	Jim Pyne	26	LG	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Horace Copeland	26	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Warrick Dunn	22	RB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP ORoY-1
17	Rufus Porter	32	LLB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	32	26	6	0
18	Charles Mincy	28	FS	16	9	1	14	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	44	34	10	0
19	Melvin Johnson	25	FS	16	7	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	51	41	10	0
20	Karl Williams	26	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Jeff Gooch	23	LLB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	26	18	8	0
22	Patrick Hape	23	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Tony Bouie	25	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
24	Eric Curry	27	DE	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
25	Marcus Jones	24	DT	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0
26	Tyrone Legette	27	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	31	27	4	0
27	Steve White	24	DE	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	6	2	0
28	Floyd Young	22	DB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	17	15	2	0
29	Ronde Barber	22	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
30	Greg Bellisari	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0
31	Jerry Ellison	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Tyoka Jackson	26	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	7	5	2	0
33	Jason Maniecki	25	DT	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
34	Shelton Quarles	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0
35	Reggie Rusk	25	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0
36	Steve Walsh	31	QB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Jerry Wunsch	23	T	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	13	95	0	28	12	31	30	-2	0	44.0	971	729	242	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Donnie Abraham	24	LCB	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0
2	Chidi Ahanotu	27	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0
3	Derrick Brooks	24	RLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	17	12	5	0
4	Brad Culpepper	28	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	12	10	2	0
5	Warrick Dunn	22	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	John Lynch	26	SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	9	2	0
7	Charles Mincy	28	FS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
8	Hardy Nickerson	32	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	8	5	0
9	Anthony Parker	31	RCB	2	2	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	11	0	0
10	Warren Sapp	25	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	11	11	0	0
11	Regan Upshaw	22	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
12	Dave Moore	28	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
13	Rufus Porter	32	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
14	Karl Williams	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
15	Ronde Barber	22	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1
16	Michael Husted	27	K	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0			0
17	Tyoka Jackson	26	DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0
18	Melvin Johnson	25	FS	2	0						1	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0
19	Floyd Young	22	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
	Team Totals			2	2	3	19	0	19	0	3	4	3	0	0	6.0	114	93	21	0

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