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1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 335 points (20.9/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 380 points (23.8/g), 21st.
 Differential of -45 points (-2.8/g), 20th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 24th.

Coached by John McKay (6-10-0)

1984 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 Sun September 2 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 14 34 11 254 165 89 8 20 327 144 183 2
2 Sun September 9 box L 0-2 @ New Orleans Saints 13 17 20 264 134 130 17 333 203 130
3 Sun September 16 box W 1-2 Detroit Lions 21 17 23 325 236 89 2 13 270 168 102
4 Sun September 23 box L 1-3 @ New York Giants 14 17 22 326 189 137 2 17 280 161 119
5 Sun September 30 box W 2-3 Green Bay Packers 30 27 25 406 226 180 5 18 383 216 167 4
6 Sun October 7 box W 3-3 Minnesota Vikings 35 31 18 314 212 102 30 543 374 169 5
7 Sun October 14 box L 3-4 @ Detroit Lions 7 13 19 356 259 97 3 16 313 137 176 1
8 Sun October 21 box L 3-5 Chicago Bears 9 44 17 292 247 45 2 23 427 258 169
9 Sun October 28 box L 3-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 24 23 350 244 106 3 21 366 313 53 4
10 Sun November 4 box L 3-7 @ Minnesota Vikings 24 27 23 336 183 153 2 24 362 218 144 2
11 Sun November 11 box W 4-7 New York Giants 20 17 24 339 223 116 3 14 238 173 65 1
12 Sun November 18 box L 4-8 @ San Francisco 49ers 17 24 23 397 308 89 3 25 428 238 190 3
13 Sun November 25 box L 4-9 Los Angeles Rams 33 34 28 406 322 84 2 19 367 68 299 1
14 Sun December 2 box L 4-10 @ Green Bay Packers 14 27 19 275 175 100 6 20 311 205 106 4
15 Sun December 9 box W 5-10 Atlanta Falcons 23 6 21 335 192 143 15 274 204 70 2
16 Sun December 16 box W 6-10 New York Jets 41 21 28 346 230 116 2 19 252 161 91 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 335 5321 1091 4.9 344 334 563 3545 22 23 5.8 209 483 1776 17 3.7 114 43 20 21
Team Defense 380 5474 1033 5.3 483 286 490 3241 20 18 6.2 157 511 2233 27 4.4 311 32 14 15
Lg Rank Offense 14 10 5 8 8 10 19 13 18 19 10 21 25 25
Lg Rank Defense 21 20 8 7 13 12 18 21 17 25 27 24 20 15

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%
Steve DeBerg 30 QB 16 13 5-8-0 308 509 60.5 3554 19 3.7 18 3.5 55 7.0 5.8 11.5 222.1 79.3 35 308 6.0 4.8 6.4
Jack Thompson 28 5 3 1-2-0 25 52 48.1 337 2 3.8 5 9.6 74 6.5 2.5 13.5 67.4 42.4 10 54 4.6 1.3 16.1
Frank Garcia 27 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
James Wilder* 26 RB 16 16 1 1 100.0 16 1 100.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 26.0 16.0 1.0 158.3 0 0 16.0 26.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 16 6-10-0 334 563 59.3 3907 22 3.9 23 4.1 74 6.9 5.5 11.7 244.2 76.4 45 362 5.8 4.5 7.4
Opp Total 16 286 490 58.4 3241 20 4.1 18 3.7 6.6 5.4 11.3 202.6 76.6 32 239 6.2 4.6

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
James Wilder* 26 RB 16 16 407 1544 13 37 3.8 96.5 25.4 85 685 8.1 0 50 5.3 42.8 2229 13 10
Steve DeBerg 30 QB 16 13 28 59 2 14 2.1 3.7 1.8 59 2 15
Michael Morton 24 RET 16 0 16 27 0 8 1.7 1.7 1.0 27 0 3
Mel Carver 25 5 1 11 44 0 12 4.0 8.8 2.2 3 27 9.0 0 12 0.6 5.4 71 0 1
Adger Armstrong 27 fb 15 9 10 34 2 9 3.4 2.3 0.7 22 180 8.2 3 18 1.5 12.0 214 5 1
Jack Thompson 28 5 3 5 35 0 13 7.0 7.0 1.0 35 0 1
Scott Dierking 29 8 2 3 14 0 9 4.7 1.8 0.4 1 5 5.0 1 5 0.1 0.6 19 1 0
Gerald Carter 27 WR 16 9 1 16 0 16 16.0 1.0 0.1 60 816 13.6 5 74 3.8 51.0 832 5 1
James Owens 29 4 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 2 13 6.5 1 9 0.5 3.3 14 1 0
George Peoples 24 6 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.3 0.2 2 0 0
Kevin House 27 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 76 1005 13.2 5 55 4.8 62.8 1005 5 0
Jerry Bell 25 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 397 13.7 4 27 1.8 24.8 397 4 0
Jimmie Giles 30 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 310 12.9 2 38 1.7 22.1 310 2 0
Theo Bell 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 350 15.9 0 29 1.5 23.3 350 0 1
Jay Carroll 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 50 10.0 1 17 0.3 3.1 50 1 0
Dwayne Dixon 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 69 13.8 0 21 0.5 6.9 69 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 483 1776 17 37 3.7 111.0 30.2 334 3907 11.7 22 74 20.9 244.2 5683 39 36
Opp Total 16 511 2233 27 4.4 139.6 31.9 286 3241 11.3 20 17.9 202.6 5474 47 27

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
Leon Bright 29 RET 12 0 23 173 0 21 7.5 16 303 0 33 18.9 476
Michael Morton 24 RET 16 0 38 835 0 43 22.0 862
James Owens 29 4 0 8 168 0 36 21.0 182
John Holt 25 RCB 15 15 6 17 0 8 2.8 17
Richard Wood 31 16 0 5 43 0 16 8.6 43
Theo Bell 31 15 0 4 10 0 8 2.5 360
Danny Spradlin 25 15 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Zach Thomas 24 2 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Team Total 26.5 16 34 207 0 21 6.1 68 1354 0 43 19.9 7244
Opp Total 16 36 0 67 1336 0 19.9

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
Frank Garcia 27 P 16 0 68 2849 60 0 41.9
Obed Ariri 28 K 16 0 7 7 7 6 10 6 2 26 19 73.1% 40 38 95.0%
Team Total 26.5 16 7 7 7 6 10 6 2 26 19 73.1% 40 38 95.0% 68 2849 60 0 41.9
Opp Total 16 27 18 66.7% 46 44 95.7% 68 2788 41.0

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
Steve DeBerg 30 QB 16 13 15 2 -8 0
James Wilder* 26 RB 16 16 10 4 0 0
Lee Roy Selmon* 30 RDE 16 16 8.0 0 2 0 0
Mark Cotney 32 SS 16 9 2.0 5 123 0 29 0 2 3 0
David Logan 28 NT 16 16 5.5 1 27 1 27
Scot Brantley 26 RILB 16 16 1.0 3 55 0 38 0 2 0 0
John Cannon 24 LDE 16 16 3.5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeremiah Castille 23 LCB 16 16 3 38 0 30 0 2 16 0
Michael Morton 24 RET 16 0 3 2 0 0
Chris Washington 22 rolb 16 7 5.0
Hugh Green 25 ROLB 8 8 4.0
Leon Bright 29 RET 12 0 2 1 0 0
Keith Browner 22 LOLB 16 10 2.0 0 1 0 0
Adger Armstrong 27 fb 15 9 1 1 0 0
Gerald Carter 27 WR 16 9 1 1 0 0
Jeff Davis 24 LILB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Farrell 24 RG 15 14 0 2 0 0
John Holt 25 RCB 15 15 1 25 0 25 0 1 0 0
Jack Thompson 28 5 3 1 1 0 0
Fred Acorn 23 16 1 1 14 0 14
Jerry Bell 25 TE 16 11 0 1 0 0
Theo Bell 31 15 0 1 0 0 0
Cedric Brown 30 fs 9 9 1 14 0 14
Jay Carroll 23 16 2 0 1 0 0
Mel Carver 25 5 1 1 0 0 0
Kevin House 27 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Brison Manor 32 6 0 1.0
Beasley Reece 30 FS/ss 16 14 1 12 0 12
Steve A. Wilson 30 C 16 13 1 0 0 0
Mark Witte 25 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 32.0 18 308 1 38 36 30 11 0
Opp Total 16 45 27 13

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
Obed Ariri 28 K 16 0 38 19 95
James Wilder* 26 RB 16 16 13 78
Adger Armstrong 27 fb 15 9 2 3 30
Gerald Carter 27 WR 16 9 5 30
Kevin House 27 WR 16 16 5 30
Jerry Bell 25 TE 16 11 4 24
Steve DeBerg 30 QB 16 13 2 12
Jimmie Giles 30 TE 14 14 2 12
Jay Carroll 23 16 2 1 6
Scott Dierking 29 8 2 1 6
David Logan 28 NT 16 16 1 6
James Owens 29 4 0 1 6
Team Total 26.5 16 17 22 1 38 19 335
Opp Total 16 27 20 44 18 380