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1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2-12-0
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Home record: 1-6-0 (20 points scored, 76 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (83 points scored, 147 allowed) Head Coach: John McKay

103 points scored (28th of 28 teams), 223 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   131   321   1,269   (28)   3.44    3   30    465   1,424   (28)    3.1    4    2,693    (28)      46
Defense:   190   337   1,895   (11)   5.16   10   23    581   2,031   (17)    3.5   13    3,926    (13)      41

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 4  Dave Green           P     14   5'11  205   28    5   Ohio
 9  Allan Leavitt        K      8   5'11  176   22    R   Georgia
14  Randy Hedberg        QB     7   6'3   200   22    R   Minot State
17  Jeb Blount           QB     5   6'3   200   23    1   Tulsa
19  Gary Huff            QB     8   6'1   195   26    5   Florida State
23  George Ragsdale      RB     9   5'11  185   24    1   North Carolina A&T
25  Curtis Jordan        DB    12   6'2   185   23    2   Texas Tech
28  Anthony Davis        RB    11   5'10  190   25    1   Southern California
30  Walter Packer        DB     1   5'10  174   21    R   Mississippi State
32  Louis Carter         RB    14   5'11  209   24    3   Maryland
33  Mark Cotney          DB    14   6'0   205   25    3   Cameron
34  Cedric Brown         DB    14   6'1   190   23    2   Kent State
35  Jimmy DuBose         RB    13   5'11  215   23    2   Florida
36  Stan Winfrey         RB     2   5'11  223   24    3   Arkansas State
38  Jack Wender          RB     2   6'0   210   23    1   Fresno State
40  Mike Washington      DB    14   6'3   190   24    2   Alabama
42  Ricky Bell           RB    11   6'2   220   22    R   Southern California
43  Ed Williams          RB    14   6'2   245   27    4   Langston
45  Jeris White          DB    14   5'11  180   25    4   Hawaii
46  Danny Reece          DB    14   5'11  190   22    2   Southern California
51  Dan Ryczek           C     14   6'3   250   28    5   Virginia
52  Paul Harris          LB    14   6'3   225   22    R   Alabama
53  Rik Bonness          LB    13   6'3   220   23    2   Nebraska
54  Richard Wood         LB    14   6'2   215   24    3   Southern California
56  Cecil Johnson        LB    13   6'2   220   22    R   Pittsburgh
57  Dave Lewis           LB    14   6'4   230   23    R   Southern California
58  Dewey Selmon         LB    14   6'1   250   23    2   Oklahoma
59  Mike Lemon           LB    14   6'2   220   26    3   Kansas
62  Jeff Winans          OG    11   6'5   265   26    4   Southern California
63  Lee Roy Selmon       DE    14   6'3   260   23    2   Oklahoma
64  Glenn Robinson       DE    14   6'6   245   26    3   Oklahoma State
65  Randy Johnson        OG    12   6'2   255   24    1   Georgia
66  Blanchard Carter     OT    13   6'4   250   22    R   Nevada-Las Vegas
68  Dan Medlin           OG    14   6'4   255   28    4   North Carolina State
70  Darryl Carlton       OT    14   6'6   270   24    3   Tampa
72  Greg Johnson         DT     5   6'4   240   23    1   Florida State
72  Howard Fest          OT     1   6'6   263   31   10   Texas
73  Charley Hannah       DE     9   6'5   250   22    R   Alabama
75  Dave Reavis          OT    14   6'5   250   27    4   Arkansas
76  Dave Pear            DT    14   6'2   250   24    3   Washington
77  Bill Kollar          DT    14   6'4   256   24    4   Montana State
78  Council Rudolph      DE    14   6'3   255   27    6   Kentucky State
79  Steve Wilson         C     14   6'3   265   23    2   Georgia
80  Jack Novak           TE     9   6'4   240   24    3   Wisconsin
81  Isaac Hagins         WR    13   5'9   180   23    2   Southern
82  Gary Butler          TE     3   6'3   235   26    3   Rice
83  Dana Nafziger        TE    14   6'1   220   24    1   Cal Poly-S.L.O.
85  Morris Owens         WR    14   6'0   190   24    3   Arizona State
86  Bob Moore            TE     3   6'3   225   28    7   Stanford
87  Larry Mucker         WR    14   5'11  190   22    R   Arizona State
89  John McKay           WR    14   5'11  185   24    2   Southern California

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Gary Huff            138   67   48.6    889   6.44  13.3   3   2.2   13   9.4    15   150    37.4
Randy Hedberg         90   25   27.8    244   2.71   9.8   0   0.0   10  11.1    15   131     0.0
Jeb Blount            89   37   41.6    522   5.87  14.1   0   0.0    7   7.9    18   164    28.4
Dave Green             2    2  100.0     59  29.50  29.5   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Louis Carter           2    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Morris Owens           34    655   19.3    3
Isaac Hagins           15    196   13.1    0
John McKay             12    164   13.7    0
Jimmy DuBose           11     89    8.1    0
Ricky Bell             11     88    8.0    0
Ed Williams            10     67    6.7    0
Louis Carter           10     65    6.5    0
Dana Nafziger           9    119   13.2    0
Anthony Davis           8     91   11.4    0
Larry Mucker            4     59   14.8    0
Danny Reece             2     59   29.5    0
Jack Novak              2     24   12.0    0
George Ragsdale         2     17    8.5    0
Gary Butler             1     21   21.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ricky Bell            148    436    2.9    1
Anthony Davis          95    297    3.1    1
Jimmy DuBose           71    284    4.0    0
Ed Williams            63    198    3.1    0
Louis Carter           59    117    2.0    2
Randy Hedberg           9     35    3.9    0
Jeb Blount              5     26    5.2    0
George Ragsdale         3     21    7.0    0
Gary Huff               8     10    1.2    0
Isaac Hagins            1      2    2.0    0
Dave Green              1      0    0.0    0
Morris Owens            2     -2   -1.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Isaac Hagins           21    493   23.5    0
Anthony Davis          15    277   18.5    0
Danny Reece             3     72   24.0    0
George Ragsdale         3     68   22.7    0
Dana Nafziger           1      4    4.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Danny Reece            31    274    8.8    2    0
Isaac Hagins           17     85    5.0    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Green 98 3,948 40.3 6 16 1 71 469 33.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Allan Leavitt 1/1 2/3 1/2 1/3 0/1 5/10 5/ 5 20 Dave Green 0/0 3/3 0/2 1/2 0/0 4/ 7 5/ 6 17 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Cedric Brown 2 66 0 Mark Cotney 1 0 0 Paul Harris 1.0 Cecil Johnson 3.0 1 0 0 Greg Johnson 1 0 1 Curtis Jordan 1.0 1 0 0 Dave Lewis 2.0 2 55 0 Dave Pear 3.5 Council Rudolph 6.5 Dewey Selmon 2 29 0 Lee Roy Selmon 13.0 Mike Washington 5 71 1 Jeris White 4 61 0 Richard Wood 4 86 1

1977 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 RB Ricky Bell 64 USC 2 29 LB Dave Lewis 97 USC 3 57 DE Charley Hannah 148 Alabama 8 196 QB Randy Hedberg 7 Minot 9 224 LB Byron Hemingway Boston College 9 251 WR Larry Mucker 53 Arizona State [pick acquired from OAK] 10 252 RB Robert Morgan Florida 10 267 LB Aaron Ball Cal State-Fullerton [pick acquired from SF] 11 280 DB Chuck Rodgers North Dakota State 12 308 WR Chip Sheffield Lenoir-Rhyne

Traded draft picks: #4 to CIN (Rick Walker), #5 to MIA (Mike Michel), #6 to CHI (Vince Evans), #7 to NYJ (Charlie White)


Transactions:

01-1977traded Tampa's #6 pick and Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Bears for Gary Huff
01-01-1977traded Tampa's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Charlie Davis
01-21-1977traded Tampa's #5 pick and a #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Dolphins for the rights to Ray Nettles
02-07-1977traded Barry Smith and Randy Young to Dolphins for a #6 pick in the 1977 draft
08-08-1977traded Mike Current and Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Dolphins for Darryl Carlton
08-08-1977traded Steve Young to Dolphins for Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
08-11-1977placed Calvin Harper on injured reserve
08-30-1977traded a #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Seahawks for Larry Seivers
09-01-1977claimed Paul Harris on waivers from Steelers
09-05-1977traded Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Dolphins for Jeris White
09-20-1977placed Howard Fest on injured reserve
09-21-197749ers claimed Rick Jennings on waivers
10-03-1977traded Tampa's #7 pick in the 1978 draft to Falcons for Allan Leavitt


1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/18/77 at Philadelphia Eagles L 3-13 0-1-0 09/24/77 vs Minnesota Vikings L 3-9 0-2-0 10/02/77 at Dallas Cowboys L 7-23 0-3-0 10/09/77 vs Washington Redskins L 0-10 0-4-0 10/16/77 at Seattle Seahawks L 23-30 0-5-0 10/23/77 vs Green Bay Packers L 0-13 0-6-0 10/30/77 at San Francisco 49ers L 10-20 0-7-0 11/06/77 at Los Angeles Rams L 0-31 0-8-0 11/13/77 vs New York Giants L 0-10 0-9-0 11/20/77 at Detroit Lions L 7-16 0-10-0 11/27/77 vs Atlanta Falcons L 0-17 0-11-0 12/04/77 vs Chicago Bears L 0-10 0-12-0 12/11/77 at New Orleans Saints W 33-14 1-12-0 12/18/77 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 17-7 2-12-0

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