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2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
2002 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 346 points (21.6/g), 18th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 196 points (12.2/g), 1st.
Differential of 150 points (9.4/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.1/g), 1st.
Coached by Jon Gruden (12-4-0)
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2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Brad Johnson* | 34 | 8 | 13 | 281 for 451, 3,049 yards, 22 td, 6 int, & 13 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 227th pick / 1992 |
| RB | Michael Pittman | 27 | 4 | 15 | 204 rushes for 718 yards, 1 td, & 59 catches for 477 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| FB | Mike Alstott* | 29 | 6 | 9 | 146 rushes for 548 yards, 5 td, & 35 catches for 242 yards and 2 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Keyshawn Johnson | 30 | 6 | 16 | 76 catches for 1,088 yards, 5 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| WR | Keenan McCardell | 32 | 10 | 14 | 61 catches for 670 yards, 6 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Ken Dilger | 31 | 7 | 15 | 34 catches for 329 yards, 2 td | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| LT | Roman Oben | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| LG | Kerry Jenkins | 29 | 5 | 15 | 2 fumbles recovered | |
| C | Jeff Christy | 33 | 9 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 |
| RG | Cosey Coleman | 24 | 2 | 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 51st pick / 2000 |
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| RT | Kenyatta Walker | 23 | 1 | 13 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 14th pick / 2001 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Greg Spires | 28 | 4 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New England Patriots / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1998 |
| LDT | Anthony McFarland | 25 | 3 | 10 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
| LDT | Chartric Darby | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDT | Warren Sapp*+ | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1995 |
| RDE | Simeon Rice*+ | 28 | 6 | 16 | 15.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| LLB | Alshermond Singleton | 27 | 5 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 128th pick / 1997 |
| MLB | Shelton Quarles* | 31 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Derrick Brooks*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Brian Kelly | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1998 |
| RCB | Ronde Barber | 27 | 5 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| SS | John Lynch* | 31 | 9 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1993 |
| FS | Dexter Jackson | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 113th pick / 1999 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Martin Gramatica | 27 | 3 | 0 | 32 of 39 field goals & 32 of 32 extra points | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1999 |
| P | Tom Tupa | 36 | 14 | 0 | 90 punts for a 42.8 average, 0 blocked | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 68th pick / 1988 |
| PR | Karl Williams | 31 | 6 | 2 | 43 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Aaron Stecker | 27 | 2 | 1 | 37 kick returns for a 25.2 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Alstott* | 29 | RB | 16 | 9 | 248 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/21/1973 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| Ronde Barber | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Virginia | 4/7/1975 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| Reggie Barlow | 29 | WR | 2 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | Alabama State | 1/22/1973 | 6 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 110th pick / 1996 |
| Darian Barnes | 22 | FB | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Hampton,Rutgers | 2/29/1980 | Rook | |
| Marco Battaglia | 29 | TE | 2 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Rutgers | 1/25/1973 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 39th pick / 1996 |
| Ryan Benjamin | 25 | C | 10 | 0 | 242 | 6-1 | South Florida | 11/11/1977 | 1 | |
| Derrick Brooks*+ | 29 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-0 | Florida State | 4/18/1973 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| Lomas Brown | 39 | T | 11 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Florida | 3/30/1963 | 17 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 6th pick / 1985 |
| Jeff Christy | 33 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/3/1969 | 9 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 |
| DeVone Claybrooks | 25 | DT | 2 | 0 | 292 | 6-3 | East Carolina | 9/15/1977 | Rook | |
| Cosey Coleman | 24 | G | 15 | 15 | 322 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 10/27/1978 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 51st pick / 2000 |
| Jameel Cook | 23 | FB | 14 | 1 | 237 | 5-10 | Illinois | 2/8/1979 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 174th pick / 2001 |
| Casey Crawford | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Virginia | 8/1/1977 | 2 | |
| Chartric Darby | 27 | DT | 16 | 6 | 270 | 6-0 | South Carolina State | 10/22/1975 | 1 | |
| Ken Dilger | 31 | TE | 16 | 15 | 250 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/2/1971 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 48th pick / 1995 |
| Rickey Dudley | 30 | TE | 14 | 3 | 255 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 7/15/1972 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 9th pick / 1996 |
| David Gibson | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | USC | 11/5/1977 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 193rd pick / 2000 |
| Jack Golden | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 1/28/1977 | 2 | |
| Martin Gramatica | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | Kansas State | 11/27/1975 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1999 |
| Cornell Green | 26 | T-G | 16 | 3 | 315 | 6-6 | Central Florida | 8/25/1976 | Rook | |
| Buck Gurley | 24 | DT | 7 | 0 | 295 | 6-2 | Florida | 4/7/1978 | Rook | |
| Russ Hochstein | 25 | C-G | 1 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 10/7/1977 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 151st pick / 2001 |
| John Howell | 24 | DB | 16 | 1 | 210 | 5-11 | Colorado State | 4/28/1978 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 117th pick / 2001 |
| Corey Ivy | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 188 | 5-8 | Oklahoma | 3/29/1977 | 1 | |
| Dexter Jackson | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida State | 7/28/1977 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 113th pick / 1999 |
| Kerry Jenkins | 29 | G | 15 | 15 | 305 | 6-5 | LSU,Troy State | 9/6/1973 | 5 | |
| Brad Johnson* | 34 | QB | 13 | 13 | 226 | 6-5 | Florida State | 9/13/1968 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 227th pick / 1992 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-4 | USC | 7/22/1972 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| Rob Johnson | 29 | QB | 6 | 2 | 204 | 6-4 | USC | 3/18/1973 | 7 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 99th pick / 1995 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 28 | WR | 15 | 3 | 230 | 6-5 | Penn State | 12/23/1974 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 55th pick / 1998 |
| Brian Kelly | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 193 | 5-11 | USC | 1/14/1976 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1998 |
| Shaun King | 25 | QB | 3 | 1 | 215 | 6-1 | Tulane | 5/29/1977 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1999 |
| Charles Lee | 25 | WR | 1 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Central Florida | 11/19/1977 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 242nd pick / 2000 |
| John Lynch* | 31 | DB | 15 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | Stanford | 9/25/1971 | 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1993 |
| Keenan McCardell | 32 | WR | 14 | 14 | 191 | 6-1 | UNLV | 1/6/1970 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 12th / 326th pick / 1991 |
| Anthony McFarland | 25 | DT | 10 | 10 | 300 | 6-0 | LSU | 12/18/1977 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
| Ryan Nece | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/24/1979 | Rook | |
| Roman Oben | 30 | T | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | Louisville | 10/9/1972 | 6 | New York Giants / 3rd / 66th pick / 1996 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Georgia | 3/27/1979 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 157th pick / 2002 |
| Michael Pittman | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 8/14/1975 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| Shelton Quarles* | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 9/11/1971 | 5 | |
| Simeon Rice*+ | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/24/1974 | 6 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| Warren Sapp*+ | 30 | DT | 16 | 16 | 303 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 12/19/1972 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1995 |
| Alshermond Singleton | 27 | LB | 16 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Temple | 8/7/1975 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 128th pick / 1997 |
| Corey Smith | 23 | DE | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | North Carolina State | 10/2/1979 | Rook | |
| Dwight Smith | 24 | DB | 16 | 2 | 201 | 5-10 | Akron | 8/13/1978 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 84th pick / 2001 |
| Mike Solwold | 25 | C | 4 | 0 | 244 | 6-6 | Wisconsin | 9/30/1977 | 1 | |
| Greg Spires | 28 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-1 | Florida State | 8/12/1974 | 4 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1998 |
| Aaron Stecker | 27 | RB | 16 | 1 | 213 | 5-10 | Western Illinois,Wisconsin | 11/13/1975 | 2 | |
| Travis Stephens | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-8 | Tennessee | 6/26/1978 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 119th pick / 2002 |
| Tom Tupa | 36 | QB-P | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 2/6/1966 | 14 | Phoenix Cardinals / 3rd / 68th pick / 1988 |
| Morris Unutoa | 31 | C | 2 | 0 | 284 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/10/1971 | 6 | |
| Kenyatta Walker | 23 | T | 13 | 13 | 302 | 6-5 | Florida | 2/1/1979 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 14th pick / 2001 |
| Tim Wansley | 23 | DB | 1 | 0 | 186 | 5-8 | Georgia | 11/7/1979 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 233rd pick / 2002 |
| Ron Warner | 27 | DE | 4 | 0 | 270 | 6-3 | Kansas | 9/26/1975 | 4 | New Orleans Saints / 7th / 239th pick / 1998 |
| Todd Washington | 26 | G-C | 16 | 2 | 310 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 9/19/1976 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 104th pick / 1998 |
| Nate Webster | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 11/29/1977 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 90th pick / 2000 |
| Karl Williams | 31 | WR | 16 | 2 | 177 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 4/10/1971 | 6 | |
| Ellis Wyms | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 279 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 4/12/1979 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 183rd pick / 2001 |
| Todd Yoder | 24 | TE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 3/18/1978 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 27.1 | 16 | 243.2 | 6-1.8 | 3.8 |