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1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 241 points (15.1/g), 25th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 259 points (16.2/g), 7th.
 Differential of -18 points (-1.1/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 8th.

Coached by John McKay (5-11-0)

1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 2 box L 0-1 New York Giants 13 19 16 251 86 165 4 12 238 162 76 1
2 Sat September 9 box L 0-2 Detroit Lions 7 15 10 109 -31 140 6 11 196 47 149 2
3 Sun September 17 box W 1-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 16 10 10 155 63 92 1 15 219 146 73 5
4 Sun September 24 box W 2-2 Atlanta Falcons 14 9 10 176 82 94 1 13 217 69 148 3
5 Sun October 1 box L 2-3 Minnesota Vikings 7 24 18 370 283 87 3 19 319 208 111 1
6 Sun October 8 box W 3-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 30 13 21 347 226 121 1 15 256 136 120 2
7 Sun October 15 box L 3-4 @ New York Giants 14 17 20 263 100 163 4 16 218 48 170 2
8 Sun October 22 box W 4-4 Chicago Bears 33 19 21 319 173 146 1 15 323 203 120 3
9 Sun October 29 box L 4-5 @ Green Bay Packers 7 9 7 170 98 72 3 18 249 158 91 4
10 Sun November 5 box L 4-6 @ Los Angeles Rams 23 26 18 341 132 209 5 15 344 220 124 1
11 Sun November 12 box L 4-7 @ Detroit Lions 23 34 18 202 89 113 20 404 193 211 3
12 Sun November 19 box W 5-7 Buffalo Bills 31 10 20 312 107 205 2 18 211 132 79 5
13 Sun November 26 box L 5-8 @ Chicago Bears 3 14 6 92 -7 99 1 17 301 50 251 1
14 Sun December 3 box L 5-9 Green Bay Packers 7 17 20 321 144 177 3 11 173 108 65 1
15 Sun December 10 box L 5-10 @ San Francisco 49ers 3 6 13 196 83 113 3 17 239 149 90 6
16 Sun December 17 box L 5-11 New Orleans Saints 10 17 10 177 75 102 24 421 250 171 3

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 241 3801 962 4.0 238 151 361 1703 12 18 4.1 101 549 2098 16 3.8 111 38 20 26
Team Defense 259 4328 1047 4.1 403 241 419 2279 13 29 5.0 131 595 2049 12 3.4 256 43 14 16
Lg Rank Offense 25 28 27 26 28 23 8 28 20 19 12 18 12 20
Lg Rank Defense 7 4 4 10 4 7 3 8 19 7 5 1 8 24

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
Doug Williams 23 QB 10 10 4-6-0 73 194 37.6 1170 7 3.6 8 4.1 56 6.0 4.5 16.0 117.0 53.4 6 69 5.5 4.1 3.0
Mike Rae 27 qb 6 5 1-4-0 57 118 48.3 705 4 3.4 7 5.9 33 6.0 3.6 12.4 117.5 53.8 37 288 2.7 0.9 23.9
Gary Huff 27 6 0 15 36 41.7 169 1 2.8 3 8.3 31 4.7 1.2 11.3 28.2 30.9 5 54 2.8 -0.2 12.2
Mike Boryla 27 1 1 0-1-0 2 5 40.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.0 3.0 7.5 15.0 47.9 4 57 -4.7 -4.7 44.4
Louis Carter 25 16 0 2 5 40.0 87 0 0.0 0 0.0 66 17.4 17.4 43.5 5.4 87.5 0 0 17.4 17.4 0.0
Dave Green 29 P 16 0 2 3 66.7 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 8.3 8.3 12.5 1.6 92.4 0 0 8.3 8.3 0.0
Team Total 25.0 16 5-11-0 151 361 41.8 2171 12 3.3 18 5.0 66 6.0 4.1 14.4 135.7 52.3 52 468 4.1 2.5 12.6
Opp Total 16 241 419 57.5 2279 13 3.1 29 6.9 5.4 2.6 9.5 142.4 54.2 33 256 5.0 1.9

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
Ricky Bell 23 RB 12 9 185 679 6 56 3.7 56.6 15.4 15 122 8.1 0 22 1.3 10.2 801 6 1
Johnny Davis 22 FB 16 10 97 370 3 18 3.8 23.1 6.1 5 13 2.6 0 7 0.3 0.8 383 3 2
Jimmy DuBose 24 fb 6 5 93 358 4 12 3.8 59.7 15.5 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.2 0.5 361 4 1
Louis Carter 25 16 0 81 275 1 17 3.4 17.2 5.1 19 139 7.3 0 17 1.2 8.7 414 1 6
Doug Williams 23 QB 10 10 27 23 1 7 0.9 2.3 2.7 23 1 5
George Ragsdale 26 RET 15 0 25 121 1 18 4.8 8.1 1.7 3 41 13.7 1 31 0.2 2.7 162 2 2
Mike Rae 27 qb 6 5 20 186 0 42 9.3 31.0 3.3 186 0 4
Charlie White 25 7 1 11 42 0 8 3.8 6.0 1.6 2 31 15.5 0 18 0.3 4.4 73 0 1
Larry Mucker 24 wr 16 7 5 35 0 13 7.0 2.2 0.3 13 271 20.8 0 48 0.8 16.9 306 0 2
Gary Huff 27 6 0 3 10 0 10 3.3 1.7 0.5 10 0 2
Jimmie Giles 24 TE 16 10 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 23 324 14.1 2 38 1.4 20.3 323 2 1
Dave Green 29 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Morris Owens 25 WR 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 640 20.0 5 66 2.0 40.0 640 5 1
Jim Obradovich 25 te 16 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 219 15.6 3 28 0.9 13.7 219 3 0
John McKay 25 WR 15 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 166 18.4 1 28 0.6 11.1 166 1 0
Frank Grant 28 wr 10 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 112 14.0 0 20 0.8 11.2 112 0 0
Isaac Hagins 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 65 10.8 0 21 1.5 16.3 65 0 1
Danny Reece 23 RET 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 25 25.0 0 25 0.1 1.7 25 0 2
Team Total 25.0 16 549 2098 16 56 3.8 131.1 34.3 151 2171 14.4 12 66 9.4 135.7 4269 28 35
Opp Total 16 595 2049 12 3.4 128.1 37.2 241 2279 9.5 13 15.1 142.4 4328 25 32

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
Danny Reece 23 RET 15 0 44 393 0 50 8.9 11 240 0 32 21.8 658
George Ragsdale 26 RET 15 0 24 555 0 46 23.1 717
Larry Mucker 24 wr 16 7 7 49 0 14 7.0 2 9 0 6 4.5 364
Isaac Hagins 24 4 1 4 23 0 11 5.8 4 69 0 20 17.3 157
Louis Carter 25 16 0 6 97 0 21 16.2 511
Mark Cotney 26 SS 16 15 5 38 0 10 7.6 38
Jimmie Giles 24 TE 16 10 5 60 0 17 12.0 383
Jim Obradovich 25 te 16 9 3 48 0 17 16.0 267
Cedric Brown 24 FS 14 13 2 9 0 9 4.5 9
Alvin Maxson 27 1 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 25.0 16 62 512 0 50 8.3 56 1095 0 46 19.6 5876
Opp Total 16 62 0 49 1146 0 23.4

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
Dave Green 29 P 16 0 1 1 1 1 100.0% 100 4092 61 2 40.9
Neil O'Donoghue 25 K 15 0 6 6 6 2 10 5 1 23 13 56.5% 29 25 86.2%
Team Total 25.0 16 6 6 7 3 10 5 1 24 14 58.3% 29 25 86.2% 100 4092 61 2 40.9
Opp Total 16 32 24 75.0% 27 23 85.2% 97 3919 40.4

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
Ricky Bell 23 RB 12 9 1 0 0 0
Mike Boryla 27 1 1 1 0 0 0
Aaron C. Brown 22 16 0 1 10 0 10 0 1 0 0
Cedric Brown 24 FS 14 13 6 110 0 29 1 0 0 0
Louis Carter 25 16 0 6 1 0 0
William Cesare 23 10 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Cotney 26 SS 16 15 2 28 0 28 1 2 0 0
Randy Crowder 25 14 0 0 2 0 0
Johnny Davis 22 FB 16 10 2 0 0 0
Jimmy DuBose 24 fb 6 5 1 1 0 0
Jimmie Giles 24 TE 16 10 1 0 0 0
Isaac Hagins 24 4 1 1 0 0 0
Charley Hannah 23 LDE 16 14 1 1 -24 0
Paul Harris 24 5 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Huff 27 6 0 2 1 -12 0
Cecil Johnson 23 ROLB 13 13 2 5 0 4 0 2 0 0
Curtis Jordan 24 fs 16 5 3 23 0 22
Bill Kollar 26 16 2 0 1 0 0
Dave R. Lewis 24 LOLB 16 16 3 24 0 13 0 1 0 0
Larry Mucker 24 wr 16 7 2 1 0 0
Morris Owens 25 WR 16 11 1 1 0 0
Dave Pear* 25 NT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Mike Rae 27 qb 6 5 4 1 0 0
George Ragsdale 26 RET 15 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Reavis 28 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Danny Reece 23 RET 15 0 1 13 0 13 2 0 0 0
Dewey Selmon 25 LILB 16 16 1 0 0 0
Mike Washington 25 RCB 16 16 5 43 0 24
Charlie White 25 7 1 1 1 0 0
Jeris White 26 LCB 16 16 5 56 0 31
Doug Williams 23 QB 10 10 5 2 -6 0
Steve A. Wilson 24 C 16 16 0 2 0 0
Richard Wood 25 RILB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.0 16 29 312 0 31 35 26 -42 0
Opp Total 16 52 32 18 1

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
Neil O'Donoghue 25 K 15 0 25 13 64
Ricky Bell 23 RB 12 9 6 36
Morris Owens 25 WR 16 11 5 30
Jimmy DuBose 24 fb 6 5 4 24
Johnny Davis 22 FB 16 10 3 18
Jim Obradovich 25 te 16 9 3 18
Jimmie Giles 24 TE 16 10 2 12
George Ragsdale 26 RET 15 0 1 1 12
Louis Carter 25 16 0 1 6
John McKay 25 WR 15 7 1 6
Mike Washington 25 RCB 16 16 1 6
Doug Williams 23 QB 10 10 1 6
Dave Green 29 P 16 0 1 3
Team Total 25.0 16 16 12 1 25 14 241
Opp Total 16 12 13 23 24 1 259