2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 3rd in NFC South Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jon Gruden (9-7-0)

Points For: 361 (22.6/g) 19th of 32

Points Against: 323 (20.2/g) 10th of 32

Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0

SRS: 2.27 (14th of 32), SOS: -0.11

Offensive Coordinator: Bill Muir

Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin

Other Notable Asst.: Rich Bisaccia (Asst. Head Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams), Gus Bradley (Linebackers Coach), Larry Coyer (Defensive Line), Ejiro Evero (Def. Quality Control), Jay Gruden (Offensive Assistant), Sean McVay (Asst. Wide Receivers), Raheem Morris (Defensive Backs), Greg Olson (Quarterbacks) and Todd Wash (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Raymond James Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Malcolm Glazer

General Manager: Bruce Allen

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3500; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties						Average Drive
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	#Dr	Sc%	TO%	Start	Time	Plays	Yds	Pts
Team Stats	361	5456	1045	5.2	26	13	298	355	562	3619	18	13	6.1	184	451	1837	13	4.1	100	95	834	14	189	33.3	12.7	Own 32.4	2:43	5.73	28.8	1.66
Opp. Stats	323	4898	945	5.2	30	8	259	276	475	2997	23	22	5.9	153	441	1901	8	4.3	87	88	660	19	192	30.7	14.6	Own 29.3	2:27	5.1	25.4	1.57
Lg Rank Offense	19	14			16	26	16		6	11	19	12	15		11	15	19	20						18	16	3	15	12	16	22
Lg Rank Defense	10	9			5	20	5		8	4	23	3	11		18	19	4	22						23	9	11	5	2	6	7

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	September 7	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	20	24	18	352	206	146	1	16	438	337	101	1	-4.35	-2.73	3.10
2	Sun	September 14	4:05PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Atlanta Falcons	24	9	15	311	147	164	1	14	234	129	105	2	-1.93	16.07	1.25
3	Sun	September 21	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-1	@	Chicago Bears	27	24	28	454	407	47	4	21	405	247	158	2	0.81	6.65	-3.46
4	Sun	September 28	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Green Bay Packers	30	21	20	327	149	178	3	8	181	153	28	4	-13.18	26.40	0.28
5	Sun	October 5	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Denver Broncos	13	16	17	307	168	139	1	17	333	227	106	1	1.14	-0.93	-2.10
6	Sun	October 12	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Carolina Panthers	27	3	17	315	173	142		14	282	242	40	3	4.44	17.90	1.19
7	Sun	October 19	8:23PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Seattle Seahawks	20	10	22	402	305	97	1	7	176	73	103	2	3.30	11.57	-3.67
8	Sun	October 26	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	9	13	15	262	213	49	1	17	172	102	70		-6.33	6.96	-4.15
9	Sun	November 2	1:03PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	27	24	423	342	81	4	21	384	201	183	1	-3.16	-6.83	10.99
10									Bye Week
11	Sun	November 16	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Minnesota Vikings	19	13	21	363	255	108	1	14	210	111	99	2	0.83	9.25	-0.69
12	Sun	November 23	1:03PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Detroit Lions	38	20	15	255	139	116	3	9	207	99	108	3	-6.01	26.59	1.19
13	Sun	November 30	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		New Orleans Saints	23	20	11	254	105	149	1	18	332	288	44	3	-8.41	10.23	1.87
14	Mon	December 8	8:36PM ET	boxscore	L		9-4	@	Carolina Panthers	23	38	21	384	298	86		26	464	165	299	2	11.36	-23.75	-4.61
15	Sun	December 14	1:03PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	9-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	10	13	19	325	226	99	1	18	373	198	175	3	-8.47	5.00	0.48
16	Sun	December 21	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		9-6		San Diego Chargers	24	41	20	342	231	111	3	8	370	280	90		-5.74	-15.65	4.78
17	Sun	December 28	1:02PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7		Oakland Raiders	24	31	15	380	255	125	1	18	337	145	192	1	5.89	-5.96	-6.80

Team Conversions

Team Conversions Table
	Downs						Red Zone
Player	3DAtt	3DConv	3D%	4DAtt	4DConv	4D%	RZAtt	RZTD	RZPct
Team Stats	229	88	38.4%	18	10	55.6%	56	22	39.3%
Opp. Stats	214	81	37.9%	13	5	38.5%	36	20	55.6%
Lg Rank Offense			20			12			30
Lg Rank Defense			11			5			22

Passing

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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	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Jeff Garcia	38	QB	12	11	6-5-0	244	376	64.9	2712	12	3.2	6	1.6	123	48.6	71	7.2	7.1	11.1	226.0	90.2	69.3	23	100	5.76	6.55	6.5	1	3
2	Brian Griese	33	QB	5	5	3-2-0	110	184	59.8	1073	5	2.7	7	3.8	59	43.0	38	5.8	4.7	9.8	214.6	69.4	47.7	9	69	4.66	5.20	4.1	2	2
3	Earnest Graham	28	RB	10	10		1	1	100.0	3	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	3	3.0	23.0	3.0	0.3	118.7	99.8	0	0	0.00	3.00	23.0	0	0
4	Luke McCown	27	QB	2	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.5	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	355	562	63.2	3619	18	3.2	13	2.3	183	46.8	71	6.7	6.3	10.7	226.2	83.8		32	169	5.39	6.09	5.71	3	5

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Rushing & Receiving

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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	Antonio Bryant	27	WR	16	15	2	22	0	2	100.0	13	11.0	1.4	0.1	138	83	1248	15.0	7	58	54.3	71	5.2	78.0	60.1	9.0	85	14.9	1270	7	1	AP CPoY-4
2	Warrick Dunn	33	RB	15	6	186	786	2	31	44.6	40	4.2	52.4	12.4	68	47	330	7.0	0	11	47.1	36	3.1	22.0	69.1	4.9	233	4.8	1116	2	0
3	Earnest Graham	28	RB	10	10	132	563	4	26	47.7	68	4.3	56.3	13.2	33	23	174	7.6	0	6	45.5	24	2.3	17.4	69.7	5.3	155	4.8	737	4	2
4	Michael Clayton	26	WR	15	9	2	5	0	0	50.0	4	2.5	0.3	0.1	61	38	484	12.7	1	21	45.9	58	2.5	32.3	62.3	7.9	40	12.2	489	1	1
5	Ike Hilliard	32	WR	16	2	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	58	47	424	9.0	4	31	72.4	36	2.9	26.5	81.0	7.3	48	8.8	424	4	2
6	Jerramy Stevens	29	TE	14	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	59	36	397	11.0	2	17	45.8	31	2.6	28.4	61.0	6.7	36	11.0	397	2	0
7	Cadillac Williams	26	RB	6	1	63	233	4	18	46.0	28	3.7	38.8	10.5	7	7	43	6.1	0	2	42.9	25	1.2	7.2	100.0	6.1	70	3.9	276	4	1
8	Alex Smith	26	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	21	250	11.9	3	15	50.0	34	1.5	17.9	55.3	6.6	21	11.9	250	3	0
9	Jeff Garcia	38	QB	12	11	35	148	1	14	54.3	20	4.2	12.3	2.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			35	4.2	148	1	7
10	John Gilmore	29	TE	16	10	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	15	147	9.8	1	8	66.7	36	0.9	9.2	71.4	7.0	15	9.8	147	1	0
11	Joey Galloway	37	WR	9	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	28	13	138	10.6	0	6	32.1	22	1.4	15.3	46.4	4.9	13	10.6	138	0	0
12	B.J. Askew	28	FB	10	4	7	14	2	6	85.7	3	2.0	1.4	0.7	18	13	66	5.1	0	3	33.3	18	1.3	6.6	72.2	3.7	20	4.0	80	2	0
13	Clifton Smith	23	RB	9	0	8	40	0	3	75.0	10	5.0	4.4	0.9	5	4	24	6.0	0	1	40.0	13	0.4	2.7	80.0	4.8	12	5.3	64	0	4	PB,AP-2
14	Maurice Stovall	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	25	8.3	0	1	42.9	9	0.6	5.0	42.9	3.6	3	8.3	25	0	1
15	Jameel Cook	29	FB	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	3	24	8.0	0	2	40.0	12	0.3	2.4	60.0	4.8	3	8.0	24	0	0
16	Luke McCown	27	QB	2	0	3	15	0	0	0.0	12	5.0	7.5	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	5.0	15	0	0
17	Michael Bennett	30	RB	5	0	7	12	0	0	0.0	4	1.7	2.4	1.4	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.2	0.4	100.0	2.0	8	1.8	14	0	0
18	Brian Clark	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	12	12.0	0	1	50.0	12	0.1	1.3	50.0	6.0	1	12.0	12	0	0
19	Brian Griese	33	QB	5	5	5	-1	0	1	20.0	3	-0.2	-0.2	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			5	-0.2	-1	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	451	1837	13	101	46.6	68	4.1	114.8	28.2	549	355	3788	10.7	18	183	50.6	71	22.2	236.8	64.7	6.9	806	7.0	5625	31	20

Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	Awards
1	Gaines Adams	25	RDE	16	16	2	50	1	45	6	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	38	27	11	5	21	0
2	Ronde Barber	33	RCB	16	16	4	69	1	65	12	0	0	1	2	0	2.0	75	67	8	5	6	0	PB
3	Derrick Brooks	35	RLB	16	16	1	-2	0	-2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	73	58	15	7	0	0	PB
4	Phillip Buchanon	28	LCB	16	16	2	33	1	26	6	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	52	48	4	3	0	0
5	Kevin Carter	35	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	49	28	21	3	9	0
6	Tanard Jackson	23	FS	16	16	1	25	0	25	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	69	59	10	1	0	0
7	Barrett Ruud	25	MLB	16	16	2	10	0	10	6	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	136	101	35	6	5	0
8	Jeremy Trueblood	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Antonio Bryant	27	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	AP CPoY-4
10	Chris Hovan	30	LDT	15	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	43	36	7	4	5	0
11	Arron Sears	24	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Jovan Haye	26	RDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	33	25	8	2	1	0
13	Cato June	29	LLB	16	14	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	67	49	18	3	0	0
14	Alex Smith	26	TE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
15	Jeff Garcia	38	QB	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	-10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Jermaine Phillips	29	SS	11	11	3	72	0	58	5	1	0	1	38	1	0.0	59	48	11	3	3	0
17	John Gilmore	29	TE	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	Earnest Graham	28	RB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0			0
19	Michael Clayton	26	WR	15	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Brian Griese	33	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0			0
21	Sabby Piscitelli	25	SS	15	5	2	106	0	84	8	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	49	41	8	1	0	0
22	B.J. Askew	28	FB	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	Byron Storer	24	RB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0	0	0
24	Ike Hilliard	32	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Ryan Sims	28	DT	15	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	16	9	7	3	5	0
26	Aqib Talib	22	DB	15	2	4	32	0	19	9	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	23	17	6	0	0	0
27	Jameel Cook	29	FB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0	0
28	Jimmy Wilkerson	27	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	23	22	1	9	14	0
29	Cadillac Williams	26	RB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0			0
30	Will Allen	26	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	20	15	5	0	1	0
31	Quincy Black	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20	12	8	0	0	0
32	Matt Bryant	33	K	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
33	Brian Clark	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	7	4	3	0	0	0
34	Andrew Economos	26	LS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1	0	0	0
35	Marcus Hamilton	24	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
36	Geno Hayes	21	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	10	3	0	0	0
37	Adam Hayward	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	11	2	0	0	0
38	Dexter Jackson	22	WR	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
39	Elbert Mack	22	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15	13	2	2	1	0
40	Matt McCoy	26	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0	0	0
41	Donte Nicholson	27	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0	0	0
42	Greg Peterson	24	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
43	Clifton Smith	23	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
44	Maurice Stovall	23	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0	0	0
45	Stylez G. White	29	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	32	25	7			0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	396	3	84	77	11	21	16	30	1	29.0	974	771	203	57	71	0

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