1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster and stats

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Blanchard 93 3,679 39.6 25 14 2 47 270 30.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Neil O'Donoghue 1/1 3/4 5/9 2/5 0/0 11/19 30/35 63 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Aaron Brown 1.0 Cedric Brown 3 79 0 Wally Chambers 5.5 Mark Cotney 2.0 1 0 0 Randy Crowder 4.5 Cecil Johnson 1.0 Curtis Jordan 1.0 Bill Kollar 2.0 Dave Lewis 5.5 2 19 0 Reggie Lewis 1.0 David Logan 1.0 Dana Nafziger 2.0 Danny Reece 1.0 Lee Roy Selmon 11.0 Mike Washington 1.0 3 64 1 Jeris White 0.5 3 39 0 Richard Wood 2 37 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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