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2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 361 points (22.6/g), 19th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 323 points (20.2/g), 10th.
 Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.2/g), 11th.

Coached by Jon Gruden (9-7-0)

2008 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 7 box L 0-1 @ New Orleans Saints 20 24 18 352 206 146 1 16 438 337 101 1
2 Sun September 14 box W 1-1 Atlanta Falcons 24 9 15 311 147 164 1 14 234 129 105 2
3 Sun September 21 box W 2-1 @ Chicago Bears 27 24 28 454 407 47 4 21 405 247 158 2
4 Sun September 28 box W 3-1 Green Bay Packers 30 21 20 327 149 178 3 8 181 153 28 4
5 Sun October 5 box L 3-2 @ Denver Broncos 13 16 17 307 168 139 1 17 333 227 106 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 4-2 Carolina Panthers 27 3 17 315 173 142 14 282 242 40 3
7 Sun October 19 box W 5-2 Seattle Seahawks 20 10 22 402 305 97 1 7 176 73 103 2
8 Sun October 26 box L 5-3 @ Dallas Cowboys 9 13 15 262 213 49 1 17 172 102 70
9 Sun November 2 box W 6-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 30 27 24 423 342 81 4 21 384 201 183 1
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 16 box W 7-3 Minnesota Vikings 19 13 21 363 255 108 1 14 210 111 99 2
12 Sun November 23 box W 8-3 @ Detroit Lions 38 20 15 255 139 116 3 9 207 99 108 3
13 Sun November 30 box W 9-3 New Orleans Saints 23 20 11 254 105 149 1 18 332 288 44 3
14 Mon December 8 box L 9-4 @ Carolina Panthers 23 38 21 384 298 86 26 464 165 299 2
15 Sun December 14 box L 9-5 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 13 19 325 226 99 1 18 373 198 175 3
16 Sun December 21 box L 9-6 San Diego Chargers 24 41 20 342 231 111 3 8 370 280 90
17 Sun December 28 box L 9-7 Oakland Raiders 24 31 15 380 255 125 1 18 337 145 192 1

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 361 5456 1045 5.2 298 355 562 3619 18 13 6.1 184 451 1837 13 4.1 100 26 13 14
Team Defense 323 4898 945 5.2 259 276 475 2997 23 22 5.9 153 441 1901 8 4.3 87 30 8 19
Lg Rank Offense 19 14 16 6 11 19 12 14 11 15 19 20 16 26
Lg Rank Defense 10 9 5 8 4 23 3 11 18 19 4 22 5 20

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%
Jeff Garcia 38 12 244 376 64.9 2712 12 3.2 6 1.6 71 7.2 6.8 11.1 226.0 90.2 23 100 6.5 6.2 5.8
Brian Griese 33 5 110 184 59.8 1073 5 2.7 7 3.8 38 5.8 4.4 9.8 214.6 69.4 9 69 5.2 3.8 4.7
Earnest Graham 28 10 1 1 100.0 3 1 100.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 13.0 3.0 0.3 118.7 0 0 3.0 13.0 0.0
Luke McCown 27 2 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
Team Total 27.4 16 355 562 63.2 3788 18 3.2 13 2.3 71 6.7 6.0 10.7 236.8 83.8 32 169 6.1 5.4 5.4
Opp Total 16 276 475 58.1 2997 23 4.8 22 4.6 6.3 4.7 10.9 187.3 73.6 29 190 5.9 4.1

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
Warrick Dunn 33 15 186 786 2 40 4.2 52.4 12.4 47 330 7.0 0 36 3.1 22.0 1116 2 0
Earnest Graham 28 10 132 563 4 68 4.3 56.3 13.2 23 174 7.6 0 24 2.3 17.4 737 4 2
Cadillac Williams 26 6 63 233 4 28 3.7 38.8 10.5 7 43 6.1 0 25 1.2 7.2 276 4 1
Jeff Garcia 38 12 35 148 1 20 4.2 12.3 2.9 148 1 7
Clifton Smith 23 9 8 40 0 10 5.0 4.4 0.9 4 24 6.0 0 13 0.4 2.7 64 0 4
B.J. Askew 28 8 7 14 2 3 2.0 1.8 0.9 13 66 5.1 0 18 1.6 8.3 80 2 0
Michael Bennett 30 3 7 12 0 4 1.7 4.0 2.3 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 0.7 14 0 0
Brian Griese 33 5 5 -1 0 3 -0.2 -0.2 1.0 -1 0 1
Luke McCown 27 2 3 15 0 12 5.0 7.5 1.5 15 0 0
Antonio Bryant 27 15 2 22 0 13 11.0 1.5 0.1 83 1248 15.0 7 71 5.5 83.2 1270 7 1
Michael Clayton 26 14 2 5 0 4 2.5 0.4 0.1 38 484 12.7 1 58 2.7 34.6 489 1 1
Ike Hilliard 32 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 47 424 9.0 4 36 3.1 28.3 424 4 2
Jerramy Stevens 29 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 397 11.0 2 31 3.3 36.1 397 2 0
Alex Smith 26 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 250 11.9 3 34 1.9 22.7 250 3 0
John Gilmore 29 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 147 9.8 1 36 1.4 13.4 147 1 0
Joey Galloway 37 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 138 10.6 0 22 2.6 27.6 138 0 0
Jameel Cook 29 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 24 8.0 0 12 0.6 4.8 24 0 0
Maurice Stovall 23 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 25 8.3 0 9 0.6 5.0 25 0 1
Brian Clark 25 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 1.5 12 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 451 1837 13 68 4.1 114.8 28.2 355 3788 10.7 18 71 22.2 236.8 5625 31 21
Opp Total 16 441 1901 8 4.3 118.8 27.6 276 2997 10.9 23 17.3 187.3 4898 31 16

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
Clifton Smith 23 9 23 324 1 70 14.1 36 992 1 97 27.6 1380
Dexter Jackson 22 7 20 97 0 19 4.9 14 327 0 45 23.4 424
Brian Clark 25 8 3 54 0 22 18.0 66
Michael Clayton 26 14 3 69 0 29 23.0 558
Ike Hilliard 32 15 3 19 0 11 6.3 443
Alex Smith 26 11 2 17 0 17 8.5 267
John Gilmore 29 11 1 12 0 12 12.0 159
Maurice Stovall 23 5 1 15 0 15 15.0 40
Aqib Talib 22 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 47 440 1 70 9.4 60 1486 1 97 24.8 7551
Opp Total 16 39 0 74 1542 0 20.8

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
Josh Bidwell 32 P 16 77 3426 64 0 44.5
Matt Bryant 33 K 16 12 12 15 15 8 5 3 38 32 84.2% 36 35 97.2%
Team Total 27.4 16 12 12 15 15 8 5 3 38 32 84.2% 36 35 97.2% 77 3426 64 0 44.5
Opp Total 16 30 28 93.3% 33 33 100.0% 81 353 4.4

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
Barrett Ruud 25 16 3.0 2 10 0 10 6 0 0 1 0 0 102 35
Ronde Barber 33 16 2.0 4 69 1 65 12 0 0 1 2 0 65 8
Derrick Brooks 35 16 1 -2 0 -2 7 1 0 0 0 0 58 15
Cato June 29 16 1 1 0 1 2 49 18
Jermaine Phillips 29 11 3 72 0 58 5 1 0 1 38 1 48 11
Tanard Jackson 23 15 1.0 1 25 0 25 3 2 0 1 0 0 48 10
Phillip Buchanon 28 14 2 33 1 26 6 1 0 1 0 0 48 4
Kevin Carter 35 15 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 28 21
Chris Hovan 30 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 36 7
Sabby Piscitelli 25 15 2 106 0 84 8 1 0 0 0 0 33 8
Gaines Adams 25 13 6.5 2 50 1 45 6 27 11
Greg White 29 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 7
Jovan Haye 26 12 0 0 0 0 1 25 8
Jimmy Wilkerson 27 13 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 20 1
Aqib Talib 22 15 4 32 0 19 9 14 6
Ryan Sims 28 10 1.5 0 0 0 0 2 9 7
Will Allen 26 12 1 0 1 0 0 4 5
Elbert Mack 22 11 0 0 0 0 1 6 2
Adam Hayward 24 8 5 2
Jeff Garcia 38 12 7 4 -10 0
Geno Hayes 21 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Quincy Black 24 11 1 8
Ike Hilliard 32 15 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Matt McCoy 26 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Clifton Smith 23 9 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
Antonio Bryant 27 15 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Jeremy Trueblood 25 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
Brian Clark 25 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Donald Penn 25 2 2 0
Michael Clayton 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dexter Jackson 22 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Arron Sears 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Alex Smith 26 11 1 1
Maurice Stovall 23 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
B.J. Askew 28 8 1 0
Warrick Dunn 33 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Earnest Graham 28 10 2 0 0 0
Greg Peterson 24 1 1 0
Jerramy Stevens 29 11 1 0
Cadillac Williams 26 6 1 1 0 0
Jameel Cook 29 5 0 1 0 0
Andrew Economos 26 5 0 1
John Gilmore 29 11 0 1
Brian Griese 33 5 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 29.0 22 396 3 84 75 12 21 16 30 1 677 203
Opp Total 16 32 16 8

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
Matt Bryant 33 K 16 35 32 131
Antonio Bryant 27 15 7 42
Earnest Graham 28 10 4 24
Ike Hilliard 32 15 4 24
Cadillac Williams 26 6 4 24
Alex Smith 26 11 3 18
B.J. Askew 28 8 2 12
Warrick Dunn 33 15 2 12
Clifton Smith 23 9 1 1 12
Jerramy Stevens 29 11 2 12
Gaines Adams 25 13 1 6
Ronde Barber 33 16 1 6
Phillip Buchanon 28 14 1 6
Michael Clayton 26 14 1 6
Jeff Garcia 38 12 1 6
John Gilmore 29 11 1 6
Geno Hayes 21 7 1 6
Jermaine Phillips 29 11 1 6
Team Total 27.4 16 13 18 1 1 1 3 1 35 32 359
Opp Total 16 8 23 1 33 28 323