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1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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

Scored 320 points (20.0/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 419 points (26.2/g), 27th.
 Differential of -99 points (-6.2/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 5.5-10.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Ray Perkins (5-11-0)

1989 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 W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 23 21 26 347 205 142 17 321 218 103 3
2 Sun September 17 box L 1-1 San Francisco 49ers 16 20 13 217 126 91 3 22 307 244 63 3
3 Sun September 24 box W 2-1 New Orleans Saints 20 10 20 336 218 118 3 25 325 211 114 2
4 Sun October 1 box L 2-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 3 17 7 158 64 94 1 23 365 203 162 3
5 Sun October 8 box W 3-2 Chicago Bears 42 35 27 415 268 147 2 22 350 214 136 3
6 Sun October 15 box L 3-3 Detroit Lions 16 17 14 191 103 88 1 20 376 237 139 4
7 Sun October 22 box L 3-4 @ Washington Redskins 28 32 13 297 296 1 2 24 388 209 179 2
8 Sun October 29 box L 3-5 @ Cincinnati Bengals 23 56 21 475 336 139 4 30 482 294 188 2
9 Sun November 5 box L 3-6 Cleveland Browns 31 42 24 398 349 49 4 18 271 157 114
10 Sun November 12 box L 3-7 Minnesota Vikings 10 24 13 201 111 90 2 18 303 145 158 1
11 Sun November 19 box W 4-7 @ Chicago Bears 32 31 21 390 263 127 14 377 266 111 4
12 Sun November 26 box W 5-7 @ Phoenix Cardinals 14 13 23 260 139 121 2 12 237 194 43 2
13 Sun December 3 box L 5-8 Green Bay Packers 16 17 18 258 170 88 5 19 376 315 61 3
14 Sun December 10 box L 5-9 @ Houston Oilers 17 20 23 353 287 66 2 15 284 149 135 2
15 Sun December 17 box L 5-10 @ Detroit Lions 7 33 6 225 163 62 5 24 382 212 170 2
16 Sun December 24 box L 5-11 Pittsburgh Steelers 22 31 19 321 237 84 1 14 316 169 147 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 320 4842 1025 4.7 288 302 570 3335 23 28 5.4 174 412 1507 10 3.7 84 37 9 30
Team Defense 419 5460 1027 5.3 519 301 515 3437 29 21 6.3 170 479 2023 18 4.2 317 39 18 32
Lg Rank Offense 16 22 19 6 14 8 27 23 21 23 23 20 17 1
Lg Rank Defense 27 17 20 17 14 27 9 16 15 21 22 22 6 4

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%
Vinny Testaverde 26 QB 14 14 5-9-0 258 480 53.8 3133 20 4.2 22 4.6 78 6.5 4.9 12.1 223.8 68.9 38 294 5.5 4.0 7.3
Joe Ferguson 39 5 2 0-2-0 44 90 48.9 533 3 3.3 6 6.7 69 5.9 3.3 12.1 106.6 50.8 5 37 5.2 2.7 5.3
Team Total 25.6 16 5-11-0 302 570 53.0 3666 23 4.0 28 4.9 78 6.4 4.6 12.1 229.1 66.0 43 331 5.4 3.8 7.0
Opp Total 16 301 515 58.4 3437 29 5.6 21 4.1 6.7 5.4 11.4 214.8 80.4 33 222 6.3 4.7

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
Lars Tate 23 RB 15 14 167 589 8 48 3.5 39.3 11.1 11 75 6.8 1 19 0.7 5.0 664 9 2
William Howard 25 FB 16 12 108 357 1 15 3.3 22.3 6.8 30 188 6.3 1 18 1.9 11.8 545 2 2
James Wilder 31 15 4 70 244 0 14 3.5 16.3 4.7 36 335 9.3 3 27 2.4 22.3 579 3 2
Sylvester Stamps 28 10 0 29 141 1 21 4.9 14.1 2.9 15 82 5.5 0 21 1.5 8.2 223 1 2
Vinny Testaverde 26 QB 14 14 25 139 0 16 5.6 9.9 1.8 139 0 4
Don Smith 26 11 0 7 37 0 17 5.3 3.4 0.6 7 110 15.7 0 44 0.6 10.0 147 0 1
Joe Ferguson 39 5 2 4 6 0 7 1.5 1.2 0.8 6 0 1
Danny Peebles 23 13 1 2 -6 0 1 -3.0 -0.5 0.2 11 180 16.4 0 32 0.8 13.8 174 0 1
Mark Carrier* 24 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 86 1422 16.5 9 78 5.4 88.9 1422 9 1
Bruce Hill 25 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 673 13.5 5 53 3.1 42.1 673 5 2
Ron Hall 25 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 331 11.0 2 32 1.9 20.7 331 2 0
Willie Drewrey 26 RET 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 157 11.2 1 18 0.9 9.8 157 1 0
William Harris 24 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 102 9.3 1 21 0.7 6.4 102 1 0
Alvin Mitchell 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.2 2.2 11 0 0
Team Total 25.6 16 412 1507 10 48 3.7 94.2 25.8 302 3666 12.1 23 78 18.9 229.1 5173 33 21
Opp Total 16 479 2023 18 4.2 126.4 29.9 301 3437 11.4 29 18.8 214.8 5460 47 30

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
Donnie Elder 27 RET 16 0 40 685 0 30 17.1 685
Willie Drewrey 26 RET 16 0 20 220 0 55 11.0 1 26 0 26 26.0 403
Bobby Futrell 26 16 1 12 76 0 15 6.3 4 58 0 22 14.5 134
Sylvester Stamps 28 10 0 9 145 0 36 16.1 368
William Howard 25 FB 16 12 5 82 0 19 16.4 627
James Wilder 31 15 4 2 42 0 23 21.0 621
Frank Pillow 24 3 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 25.6 16 32 296 0 55 9.3 62 1055 0 36 17.0 6524
Opp Total 16 54 0 55 1143 0 20.8

Kicking & Punting

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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
Chris Mohr 23 P 16 0 1 1 100.0% 84 3311 58 2 39.4
Donald Igwebuike 29 K 16 0 9 9 6 6 10 5 3 2 28 22 78.6% 35 33 94.3%
Team Total 25.6 16 9 9 6 6 10 5 3 2 28 22 78.6% 36 34 94.4% 84 3311 58 2 39.4
Opp Total 16 24 20 83.3% 51 51 100.0% 69 2781 40.3

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
Mark Robinson 27 SS 15 15 2.5 6 44 0 16 0 3 0 0
Kevin Murphy 26 LOLB 16 16 6.0 0 2 0 0
Harry Hamilton 27 FS 13 13 6 70 0 30 0 1 0 0
Ricky Reynolds 24 LCB 16 15 5 87 1 68 2 0 2 0 0 71
Reuben Davis 24 LDE 16 15 3.0 1 13 1 13 0 0 2 0 0 61
Vinny Testaverde 26 QB 14 14 4 2 0 0
Winston Moss 24 ROLB 16 16 5.5
Robert Goff 24 RDE 12 12 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 31
Donnie Elder 27 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
William Howard 25 FB 16 12 2 2 4 0
Curt Jarvis 24 NT 14 12 3.0 0 1 0 0
Sylvester Stamps 28 10 0 2 2 0 0
Bobby Futrell 26 16 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Rhondy Weston 23 12 2 2.0 0 1 0 0
James Wilder 31 15 4 2 1 0 0
Bruce Hill 25 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Danny Peebles 23 13 1 1 1 0 0
Lars Tate 23 RB 15 14 2 0 0 0
Broderick Thomas 22 16 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 27
John Cannon 29 16 3 1.0
Mark Carrier* 24 WR 16 15 1 0 0 0
Sherman Cocroft 28 10 2 0 1 0 0 1
Joe Ferguson 39 5 2 1 0 0 0
Ron Hall 25 TE 16 15 0 1 0 0
Odie Harris 23 16 2 1 19 0 19 10
Shawn Lee 23 15 3 1.0 21
Eugene Marve 29 LILB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Peter Najarian 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ervin Randle 27 RILB 16 16 1.0
Henry Rolling 24 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Ray Seals 24 2 0 1.0 1
Don Smith 26 11 0 1 0 0 0
Sean Smith 24 3 1 1.0 1
Team Total 25.6 16 33.0 21 234 2 68 3 21 28 4 0 318 2
Opp Total 16 43 30 12 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Donald Igwebuike 29 K 16 0 33 22 99
Mark Carrier* 24 WR 16 15 9 54
Lars Tate 23 RB 15 14 8 1 54
Bruce Hill 25 WR 16 16 5 30
James Wilder 31 15 4 3 18
Ron Hall 25 TE 16 15 2 12
William Howard 25 FB 16 12 1 1 12
Ricky Reynolds 24 LCB 16 15 1 1 12
Reuben Davis 24 LDE 16 15 1 6
Willie Drewrey 26 RET 16 0 1 6
William Harris 24 16 2 1 6
Sylvester Stamps 28 10 0 1 6
Sherman Cocroft 28 10 2 1 2
Sean Smith 24 3 1 1 2
Chris Mohr 23 P 16 0 1 1
Team Total 25.6 16 10 23 2 1 34 22 2 320
Opp Total 16 18 29 51 20 1 419