1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Log

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Record: 10-6-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tony Dungy (10-6-0)

Points For: 299 (18.7/g) 23rd of 30

Points Against: 263 (16.4/g) 2nd of 30

Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8

SRS: 2.71 (10th of 30), SOS: .46

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 20-10 vs. Detroit Lions
Lost Divisional Round 7-21 vs. Green Bay Packers

Offensive Coordinator: Mike Shula

Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin

Other Notable Asst.: Clyde Christensen (TE Coach), Herm Edwards (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs), Chris Foerster (Offensive Line), Rod Marinelli (Defensive Line) and Lovie Smith (Linebackers)

Stadium: Houlihan's Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Malcolm Glazer

General Manager: Rich McKay

Offensive Scheme: Erhardt-Perkins

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +6000; O/U: 7.0

Training Camp: University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)

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Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	August 31	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	13	6	14	26	156	1	1	2	9	6.3	5.6	53.8	68.7	27	115	4.3	0	2	3	1	1	4	184	3	11	1	1	27:29
2	Sun	September 7	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	24	17	12	24	99	1	0	3	16	4.8	3.7	50.0	74.8	41	173	4.2	2	1	1	3	3	7	294	9	17	0	0	35:01
3	Sun	September 14	boxscore	W		@	Minnesota Vikings	28	14	15	20	185	2	0	1	7	9.6	8.8	75.0	136.5	37	191	5.2	2	0	0	4	4	5	205	8	13	0	0	33:13
4	Sun	September 21	boxscore	W			Miami Dolphins	31	21	18	24	248	4	1	0	0	10.3	10.3	75.0	129.9	32	109	3.4	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	7	9	0	0	33:33
5	Sun	September 28	boxscore	W			Arizona Cardinals	19	18	13	25	113	2	1	3	22	5.4	4.0	52.0	74.2	20	54	2.7	0	0	0	1	2	8	392	2	14	2	3	22:41
6	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	16	21	16	29	155	0	1	3	24	6.2	4.8	55.2	56.0	36	217	6.0	2	1	1	1	1	5	230	6	13	0	1	34:21
7	Sun	October 12	boxscore	L			Detroit Lions	9	27	17	31	217	1	2	3	20	7.6	6.4	54.8	60.8	25	72	2.9	0	1	1	0	1	7	294	5	15	0	1	30:17
9	Sun	October 26	boxscore	L			Minnesota Vikings	6	10	15	29	177	1	0	3	11	6.5	5.5	51.7	82.1	18	52	2.9	0	0	0	0	1	7	301	3	12	2	2	23:01
10	Sun	November 2	boxscore	W		@	Indianapolis Colts	31	28	16	25	150	3	0	3	14	6.6	5.4	64.0	120.0	25	84	3.4	1	1	1	4	4	6	258	4	10	0	0	26:09
11	Sun	November 9	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	31	10	12	20	150	2	0	0	0	7.5	7.5	60.0	116.7	38	199	5.2	2	1	1	4	4	5	180	6	12	0	0	29:21
12	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W			New England Patriots	27	7	21	29	202	1	0	1	7	7.2	6.7	72.4	102.9	41	146	3.6	2	2	2	3	3	2	96	7	14	0	3	39:28
13	Sun	November 23	boxscore	L		@	Chicago Bears	7	13	19	33	237	1	0	2	10	7.5	6.8	57.6	90.1	18	35	1.9	0	0	2	1	1	4	168	3	11	0	1	23:13
14	Sun	November 30	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	20	8	12	22	152	1	3	0	0	6.9	6.9	54.5	51.9	41	147	3.6	2	0	0	2	2	3	108	4	10	0	0	35:40
15	Sun	December 7	boxscore	L			Green Bay Packers	6	17	10	26	94	0	1	4	23	4.5	3.1	38.5	33.2	22	67	3.0	0	2	2	0	0	6	258	6	16	0	1	25:19
16	Sun	December 14	boxscore	L		@	New York Jets	0	31	3	22	21	0	2	3	25	2.1	.8	13.6	1.7	25	90	3.6	0	0	1	0	0	10	370	0	13	0	0	22:29
17	Sun	December 21	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	31	15	11	19	86	1	0	1	8	4.9	4.3	57.9	86.7	33	183	5.5	2	1	1	4	4	5	235	6	14	0	1	28:31

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sun	December 28	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	20	10	13	26	175	1	1	2	6	7.0	6.3	50.0	68.6	32	141	4.4	1	2	2	2	2	5	100	5	12	0	0	31:37
19	Sun	January 4	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	7	21	12	37	173	0	2	2	27	5.4	4.4	32.4	26.1	27	90	3.3	1	0	1	1	1	4	67

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	August 31	boxscore	W			San Francisco 49ers	13	6	14	21	91	0	1	7	41	6.3	3.3	66.7	55.9	27	100	3.7	0	2	3	0	0	5	88	3	13	0	1	32:31
2	Sun	September 7	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	24	17	29	50	322	2	1	2	9	6.6	6.2	58.0	82.2	12	24	2.0	0	1	2	2	2	7	245	6	18	2	2	24:59
3	Sun	September 14	boxscore	W		@	Minnesota Vikings	28	14	29	44	310	1	0	3	24	7.6	6.6	65.9	93.9	15	72	4.8	0	2	2	0	0	5	102	4	13	0	0	26:47
4	Sun	September 21	boxscore	W			Miami Dolphins	31	21	24	37	235	2	0	0	0	6.4	6.4	64.9	100.6	17	48	2.8	1	0	1	3	3	3	42	3	9	2	2	26:27
5	Sun	September 28	boxscore	W			Arizona Cardinals	19	18	31	52	294	1	2	6	45	6.5	5.1	59.6	65.7	25	70	2.8	0	1	3	1	1	6	137	8	20	2	3	37:19
6	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	16	21	21	31	170	2	0	3	21	6.2	5.0	67.7	102.9	18	64	3.6	0	0	1	3	3	7	225	2	11	0	0	25:39
7	Sun	October 12	boxscore	L			Detroit Lions	9	27	16	20	188	1	0	4	34	11.1	7.8	80.0	122.5	33	259	7.8	2	2	2	3	3	5	110	4	11	0	1	29:43
9	Sun	October 26	boxscore	L			Minnesota Vikings	6	10	20	29	214	0	0	2	16	7.9	6.9	69.0	90.3	35	94	2.7	1	1	2	1	1	6	144	11	19	0	0	36:59
10	Sun	November 2	boxscore	W		@	Indianapolis Colts	31	28	20	33	212	0	1	2	13	6.8	6.1	60.6	66.7	34	147	4.3	2	2	3	2	2	3	43	3	12	1	1	33:51
11	Sun	November 9	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	31	10	19	27	173	1	0	5	39	7.9	5.4	70.4	99.8	24	102	4.3	0	1	1	1	1	5	80	3	10	1	1	30:39
12	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W			New England Patriots	27	7	16	31	93	1	2	5	58	4.9	2.6	51.6	41.5	16	75	4.7	0	0	0	1	1	7	206	4	13	0	1	20:32
13	Sun	November 23	boxscore	L		@	Chicago Bears	7	13	15	28	110	0	0	0	0	3.9	3.9	53.6	63.1	42	169	4.0	1	2	3	1	1	7	201	7	17	0	0	36:47
14	Sun	November 30	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	20	8	14	31	103	0	2	2	14	3.8	3.1	45.2	26.7	21	99	4.7	0	2	3	0	0	5	115	1	13	1	2	24:20
15	Sun	December 7	boxscore	L			Green Bay Packers	6	17	25	33	280	2	1	0	0	8.5	8.5	75.8	108.1	31	82	2.6	0	1	2	2	2	4	64	5	11	0	0	34:41
16	Sun	December 14	boxscore	L		@	New York Jets	0	31	14	22	112	0	1	0	0	5.1	5.1	63.6	57.4	43	122	2.8	1	1	1	4	4	6	133	6	17	1	2	37:31
17	Sun	December 21	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	31	15	18	29	104	0	2	3	17	4.2	3.3	62.1	40.0	27	90	3.3	2	0	0	1	1	7	206	5	13	1	1	31:29

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sun	December 28	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	20	10	21	40	198	0	1	2	9	5.2	4.7	52.5	56.0	27	109	4.0	1	1	1	1	1	4	61	3	15	2	6	28:23
19	Sun	January 4	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	7	21	15	28	171	1	2	4	19	6.8	5.3	53.6	54.3	32	118	3.7	1	2	2	1	1	5	108

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