1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10-6-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (143 points scored, 107 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (130 points scored, 130 allowed) Head Coach: John McKay
273 points scored (21st of 28 teams), 237 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 183 434 2,612 (18) 5.86 19 26 609 2,437 ( 8) 4.0 13 5,049 (14) 41
Defense: 250 436 2,076 ( 1) 4.36 14 14 539 1,873 ( 7) 3.5 13 3,949 ( 1) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Neil O'Donoghue K 16 6'6 205 26 3 Auburn 12 Doug Williams QB 16 6'4 215 24 2 Grambling 14 Chuck Fusina QB 1 6'1 200 22 R Penn State 15 Mike Rae QB 5 6'0 195 28 4 Southern California 16 Tom Blanchard P 16 6'0 180 31 9 Oregon 23 George Ragsdale RB 15 5'11 185 26 3 North Carolina A&T 25 Curtis Jordan DB 16 6'2 210 25 4 Texas Tech 27 Tony Davis RB 16 5'10 215 26 4 Nebraska 33 Mark Cotney DB 16 6'0 205 27 5 Cameron 34 Cedric Brown DB 16 6'1 205 25 4 Kent State 36 Rick Berns RB 16 6'2 200 23 R Nebraska 38 Johnny Davis RB 16 6'1 235 23 2 Alabama 40 Mike Washington DB 15 6'3 205 26 4 Alabama 42 Ricky Bell RB 16 6'2 220 24 3 Southern California 43 Jerry Eckwood RB 16 6'0 195 24 R Arkansas 44 Billy Cesare DB 16 5'11 190 24 2 Miami 45 Jeris White DB 16 5'11 185 27 6 Hawaii 46 Danny Reece DB 16 5'11 190 24 4 Southern California 50 Steve Wilson C 16 6'3 270 25 4 Georgia 51 Dana Nafziger LB 16 6'1 225 26 3 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 53 Rik Bonness LB 16 6'3 215 25 4 Nebraska 54 Richard Wood LB 16 6'2 225 26 5 Southern California 55 Aaron Brown LB 12 6'2 235 23 2 Ohio State 56 Cecil Johnson LB 15 6'2 230 24 3 Pittsburgh 57 Dave Lewis LB 16 6'4 240 25 3 Southern California 58 Dewey Selmon LB 15 6'1 245 25 4 Oklahoma 60 Wally Chambers DE 16 6'6 250 28 7 Eastern Kentucky 61 Greg Roberts OG 16 6'3 255 22 R Oklahoma 63 Lee Roy Selmon DE 16 6'3 255 25 4 Oklahoma 64 Greg Horton OG 16 6'4 250 28 4 Colorado 68 George Yarno OG 15 6'2 255 22 R Washington State 69 Darrell Austin OG 16 6'4 250 27 5 South Carolina 70 Darryl Carlton OT 16 6'6 265 26 5 Tampa 71 Randy Crowder DT 16 6'2 250 26 5 Penn State 73 Charley Hannah OT 14 6'5 255 24 3 Alabama 74 Gene Sanders DE 16 6'3 270 22 R Texas A&M 75 Dave Reavis OT 16 6'5 265 29 6 Arkansas 76 David Logan DT 5 6'2 250 23 R Pittsburgh 77 Bill Kollar DT 15 6'4 250 26 6 Montana State 79 Reggie Lewis DE 12 6'3 260 23 R North Texas State 81 Isaac Hagins WR 16 5'9 180 25 4 Southern 84 Gordon Jones WR 12 6'0 190 22 R Pittsburgh 85 Morris Owens WR 16 6'0 200 26 5 Arizona State 86 Jim Obradovich TE 16 6'2 230 26 5 Southern California 87 Larry Mucker WR 16 5'11 195 24 3 Arizona State 88 Jimmie Giles TE 16 6'3 240 24 3 Alcorn State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Doug Williams 397 166 41.8 2,448 6.17 14.7 18 4.5 24 6.0 7 57 52.5
Mike Rae 36 17 47.2 252 7.00 14.8 1 2.8 2 5.6 5 31 56.7
Jerry Eckwood 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jimmie Giles 40 579 14.5 7 Isaac Hagins 39 692 17.7 3 Ricky Bell 25 248 9.9 2 Jerry Eckwood 22 268 12.2 0 Morris Owens 20 377 18.9 0 Larry Mucker 14 268 19.1 5 Jim Obradovich 6 63 10.5 1 Johnny Davis 5 57 11.4 0 Rick Berns 5 40 8.0 0 Gordon Jones 4 80 20.0 1 George Ragsdale 3 28 9.3 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ricky Bell 283 1,263 4.5 7 Jerry Eckwood 194 690 3.6 2 Johnny Davis 59 221 3.7 2 Doug Williams 35 119 3.4 2 Rick Berns 23 102 4.4 0 Larry Mucker 4 16 4.0 0 Gordon Jones 1 12 12.0 0 Jimmie Giles 2 7 3.5 0 George Ragsdale 6 5 0.8 0 Mike Rae 1 2 2.0 0 Tom Blanchard 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD George Ragsdale 34 675 19.9 0 Isaac Hagins 9 196 21.8 0 Tony Davis 4 33 8.2 0 Dana Nafziger 2 36 18.0 0 Danny Reece 1 13 13.0 0 Rick Berns 1 6 6.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Danny Reece 70 431 6.2 1 0 Tony Davis 1 7 7.0 1 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 33 OG Greg Roberts 45 Oklahoma [pick acquired from BAL via OAK] 2 34 WR Gordon Jones 61 Pittsburgh 3 60 RB Jerry Eckwood 47 Arkansas [pick acquired from BAL] 3 78 DE Reggie Lewis 22 North Texas [pick acquired from HOU] 3 80 RB Rick Berns 50 Nebraska [pick acquired from LA via WAS, MIA, OAK] 5 133 QB Chuck Fusina 14 Penn State [pick acquired from HOU] 8 217 DT Eugene Sanders 77 Texas A&M [pick acquired from MIA] 9 225 WR Henry Vereen Nevada-Las Vegas 11 281 TE Bob Rippentrop Fresno State 12 307 DT Dave Logan 112 Pittsburgh
Traded draft picks: #1 to CHI (Dan Hampton), #3 to MIA (Tony Nathan), #4 to PIT via DET (Russell Davis), #5 to BUF via SEA (Dan Manucci), #6 to OAK (Ira Matthews), #7 to SEA via WAS (Larry Polowski), #8 to NYJ (Marshall Harris), #10 to SF (Howard Ballage)
Transactions:
| 01-1979 | traded Tampa's #6 pick in the 1979 draft to Raiders for Rik Bonness |
| 04-30-1979 | traded Dave Pear to Raiders for Baltimore's #2 pick and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 05-31-1979 | traded a #12 pick in the 1980 draft to Colts for Calvin O'Neal |
| 05-31-1979 | traded Charles White to Chargers for San Diego's #10 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Jerry Anderson on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Kurt Schumacher on injured reserve |
| 08-21-1979 | placed Randy Gill on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/29/79 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 24-17 01/06/80 vs Los Angeles Rams L 0-9
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/01/79 vs Detroit Lions W 31-16 1-0-0 09/09/79 at Baltimore Colts W 29-26 (OT) 2-0-0 09/16/79 at Green Bay Packers W 21-10 3-0-0 09/23/79 vs Los Angeles Rams W 21-6 4-0-0 09/30/79 at Chicago Bears W 17-13 5-0-0 10/07/79 at New York Giants L 14-17 5-1-0 10/14/79 vs New Orleans Saints L 14-42 5-2-0 10/21/79 vs Green Bay Packers W 21-3 6-2-0 10/28/79 at Minnesota Vikings W 12-10 7-2-0 11/04/79 at Atlanta Falcons L 14-17 7-3-0 11/11/79 at Detroit Lions W 16-14 8-3-0 11/18/79 vs New York Giants W 31-3 9-3-0 11/25/79 vs Minnesota Vikings L 22-23 9-4-0 12/02/79 vs Chicago Bears L 0-14 9-5-0 12/09/79 at San Francisco 49ers L 7-23 9-6-0 12/16/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 3-0 10-6-0
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