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1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-11-0, 5th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: John McKay (5-11-0)

Points For: 241 (15.1/g) 25th of 28

Points Against: 259 (16.2/g) 7th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7

SRS: -3.29 (24th of 28), SOS: -2.17

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Gibbs

Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass

Other Notable Asst.: Wayne Fontes (Defensive Backs), Abe Gibron (Defensive Line) and Bill Nelsen (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Tampa Stadium

Owner/President: Hugh Culverhouse

General Manager/Assistant to the President: Phil Krueger

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +100000

Training Camp: One Buc Place / Buccaneer Place (Tampa, Florida)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	241	3801	962	4.0	38	20	238	151	361	1703	12	18	4.1	101	549	2098	16	3.8	111	100	860	26
Opp. Stats	259	4328	1047	4.1	43	14	256	241	419	2279	13	29	5.0	131	595	2049	12	3.4	109	101	963	16
Lg Rank Offense	25	28			12	20	27		26	28	23	8	27		20	19	12	18
Lg Rank Defense	7	4			8	24	5		10	4	7	3	7		19	7	5	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 2	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		New York Giants	13	19	16	251	86	165	4	12	238	162	76	1
2	Sat	September 9	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Detroit Lions	7	15	10	109	-31	140	6	11	196	47	149	2
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	16	10	10	155	63	92	1	15	219	146	73	5
4	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2		Atlanta Falcons	14	9	10	176	82	94	1	13	217	69	148	3
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3		Minnesota Vikings	7	24	18	370	283	87	3	19	319	208	111	1
6	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3	@	Kansas City Chiefs	30	13	21	347	226	121	1	15	256	136	120	2
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4	@	New York Giants	14	17	20	262	100	162	4	16	218	48	170	2
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Chicago Bears	33	19	21	320	173	147	1	15	323	203	120	3
9	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Green Bay Packers	7	9	7	170	98	72	3	18	249	158	91	4
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Los Angeles Rams	23	26	18	341	132	209	5	15	344	220	124	1
11	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Detroit Lions	23	34	18	202	89	113		20	404	193	211	3
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-7		Buffalo Bills	31	10	20	312	107	205	2	18	211	132	79	5
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Chicago Bears	3	14	6	92	-7	99	1	17	301	50	251	1
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-9		Green Bay Packers	7	17	20	321	144	177	3	11	173	108	65	1
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-10	@	San Francisco 49ers	3	6	13	196	83	113	3	17	239	149	90	6
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-11		New Orleans Saints	10	17	10	177	75	102		24	421	250	171	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Doug Williams	23	QB	10	10	4-6-0	73	194	37.6	1170	7	3.6	8	4.1	56	6.0	4.90	16.0	117.0	53.4	6	69	3.00	5.51	4.41	1	1	AP ORoY-3
2	Mike Rae	27	QB	6	5	1-4-0	57	118	48.3	705	4	3.4	7	5.9	33	6.0	3.98	12.4	117.5	53.8	37	288	23.87	2.69	1.17	0	0
3	Gary Huff	27	QB	6	0		15	36	41.7	169	1	2.8	3	8.3	31	4.7	1.50	11.3	28.2	30.9	5	54	12.20	2.80	0.00	0	0
4	Louis Carter	25	RB	16	5		2	5	40.0	87	0	0.0	0	0.0	66	17.4	17.40	43.5	5.4	87.5	0	0	0.00	17.40	17.40	0	0
5	Dave Green	29	P	16	0		2	3	66.7	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	25	8.3	8.33	12.5	1.6	92.4	0	0	0.00	8.33	8.33	0	0
6	Mike Boryla	27	QB	1	1	0-1-0	2	5	40.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	3.0	3.00	7.5	15.0	47.9	4	57	44.44	-4.67	-4.67	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	5-11-0	151	361	41.8	1703	12	3.3	18	5.0	66	6.0	4.43	14.4	106.4	52.3	52	468	12.59	4.12	2.74	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	200	4.0	801	6	1
2	Morris Owens	25	WR	16	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	640	20.0	5	66	2.0	40.0	32	20.0	640	5	1
3	Louis Carter	25	RB	16	5	81	275	1	17	3.4	17.2	5.1	19	139	7.3	0	17	1.2	8.7	100	4.1	414	1	6
4	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	102	3.8	383	3	2
5	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	94	3.8	361	4	1
6	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	24	13.5	323	2	1
7	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	18	17.0	306	0	2
8	Jim Obradovich	25	TE	16	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	219	15.6	3	28	0.9	13.7	14	15.6	219	3	0
9	Mike Rae	27	QB	6	5	20	186	0	42	9.3	31.0	3.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	9.3	186	0	4
10	John McKay	25	WR	15	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	166	18.4	1	28	0.6	11.1	9	18.4	166	1	0
11	George Ragsdale	26	RB	15	0	25	121	1	18	4.8	8.1	1.7	3	41	13.7	1	31	0.2	2.7	28	5.8	162	2	2
12	Frank Grant	28	WR	10	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	112	14.0	0	20	0.8	11.2	8	14.0	112	0	0
13	Charlie White	25	RB	7	1	11	42	0	8	3.8	6.0	1.6	2	31	15.5	0	18	0.3	4.4	13	5.6	73	0	1
14	Isaac Hagins	24	WR	4	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	65	10.8	0	21	1.5	16.3	6	10.8	65	0	1
15	Danny Reece	23	DB	15	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	0.1	1.7	1	25.0	25	0	2
16	Doug Williams	23	QB	10	10	27	23	1	7	0.9	2.3	2.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	27	0.9	23	1	5	AP ORoY-3
17	Gary Huff	27	QB	6	0	3	10	0	10	3.3	1.7	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.3	10	0	2
18	Dave Green	29	P	16	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	549	2098	16	56	3.8	131.1	34.3	151	2171	14.4	12	66	9.4	135.7	700	6.1	4269	28	31

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Lewis	24	LOLB	16	16	3	24	0	13	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
2	Dave Pear	25	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.0	0	PB
3	Dave Reavis	28	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dewey Selmon	25	LILB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Washington	25	RCB	16	16	5	43	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Jeris White	26	LCB	16	16	5	56	0	31	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Steve Wilson	24	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Richard Wood	25	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
9	Mark Cotney	26	SS	16	15	2	28	0	28	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Charley Hannah	23	LDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	-24	0	4.5	0
11	Lee Roy Selmon	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	0	AP-2
12	Cedric Brown	24	FS	14	13	6	110	0	29	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Cecil Johnson	23	ROLB	13	13	2	5	0	4	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
14	Morris Owens	25	WR	16	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Johnny Davis	22	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jimmie Giles	24	TE	16	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Doug Williams	23	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	2	-6	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-3
18	Ricky Bell	23	RB	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Larry Mucker	24	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Louis Carter	25	RB	16	5	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jimmy DuBose	24	FB	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Mike Rae	27	QB	6	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Curtis Jordan	24	DB	16	4	3	23	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Rik Bonness	24	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Wally Chambers	27	DE	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
26	Bill Kollar	26	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
27	Mike Boryla	27	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Isaac Hagins	24	WR	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Charlie White	25	RB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Aaron Brown	22	LB	16	0	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	William Cesare	23	DB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Randy Crowder	26	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
33	Paul Harris	24	LB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
34	Gary Huff	27	QB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-12	0	0.0	0
35	George Ragsdale	26	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
36	Danny Reece	23	DB	15	0	1	13	0	13	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	29	312	0	31	35	26	-42	0	33.0	0

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