1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 01-1977 | traded Tampa's #6 pick and Oakland's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Bears for Gary Huff |
| 01-01-1977 | traded Tampa's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Charlie Davis |
| 01-21-1977 | traded Tampa's #5 pick and a #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Dolphins for the rights to Ray Nettles |
| 02-07-1977 | traded Barry Smith and Randy Young to Dolphins for a #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 08-08-1977 | traded Mike Current and Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Dolphins for Darryl Carlton |
| 08-08-1977 | traded Steve Young to Dolphins for Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-11-1977 | placed Calvin Harper on injured reserve |
| 08-30-1977 | traded a #4 pick in the 1979 draft to Seahawks for Larry Seivers |
| 09-01-1977 | claimed Paul Harris on waivers from Steelers |
| 09-05-1977 | traded Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Dolphins for Jeris White |
| 09-20-1977 | placed Howard Fest on injured reserve |
| 09-21-1977 | 49ers claimed Rick Jennings on waivers |
| 10-03-1977 | traded 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