1981 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 9-7-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-2-0 (180 points scored, 117 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (135 points scored, 151 allowed) Head Coach: John McKay 315 points scored (18th of 28 teams), 268 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 239 473 3,429 (11) 6.97 20 14 458 1,731 (24) 3.8 13 5,160 (18) 28 Defense: 317 541 3,140 (12) 5.57 10 32 551 2,172 (22) 3.9 16 5,312 (13) 46
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 3 5'8 175 37 14 None 3 Bill Capece K 13 5'7 170 22 R Florida State 9 Larry Swider P 13 6'2 195 26 3 Pittsburgh 12 Doug Williams QB 16 6'4 215 26 4 Grambling 14 Chuck Fusina QB 4 6'1 195 24 3 Penn State 16 Tom Blanchard P 3 6'0 180 33 11 Oregon 20 Neal Colzie DB 16 6'2 195 27 7 Ohio State 21 John Holt DB 16 5'11 180 22 R West Texas State 24 Jeff Delaney DB 2 6'0 195 24 2 Pittsburgh 26 James Owens RB 16 5'11 188 26 3 UCLA 27 Tony Davis RB 16 5'10 210 28 6 Nebraska 28 Gary Davis RB 7 5'10 210 27 6 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 32 James Wilder RB 16 6'2 220 23 R Missouri 34 Cedric Brown DB 16 6'1 205 27 6 Kent State 40 Mike Washington DB 14 6'3 200 28 6 Alabama 41 Norris Thomas DB 16 5'11 185 27 5 Southern Mississippi 42 Ricky Bell RB 7 6'2 215 26 5 Southern California 43 Jerry Eckwood RB 16 6'0 200 26 3 Arkansas 44 Billy Cesare DB 16 5'11 190 26 4 Miami 45 Aaron Mitchell DB 13 6'1 196 24 3 Nevada-Las Vegas 50 Steve Wilson C 15 6'3 265 27 6 Georgia 51 Dana Nafziger LB 16 6'1 220 28 4 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 52 Scot Brantley LB 16 6'1 230 23 2 Florida 53 Hugh Green LB 16 6'2 225 22 R Pittsburgh 54 Richard Wood LB 16 6'2 230 28 7 Southern California 56 Cecil Johnson LB 16 6'2 230 26 5 Pittsburgh 57 Dave Lewis LB 13 6'4 245 27 5 Southern California 59 Andy Hawkins LB 16 6'2 220 23 2 Texas A&I 61 Greg Roberts OG 16 6'3 260 24 3 Oklahoma 62 Jim Leonard C 16 6'3 250 24 2 Santa Clara 63 Lee Roy Selmon DE 14 6'3 250 27 6 Oklahoma 64 Laval Short DT 4 6'3 250 23 2 Colorado 65 Dave Stalls DE 16 6'4 250 26 5 Northern Colorado 68 George Yarno OG 16 6'2 255 24 3 Washington State 70 Scott Hutchinson DE 16 6'4 245 25 4 Florida 72 Ray Snell OG 16 6'3 255 23 2 Wisconsin 73 Charley Hannah OT 15 6'5 260 26 5 Alabama 74 Gene Sanders OT 16 6'3 260 24 3 Texas A&M 75 Dave Reavis OT 12 6'5 260 31 8 Arkansas 76 David Logan DT 16 6'2 250 25 3 Pittsburgh 77 Bill Kollar DE 12 6'4 250 28 8 Montana State 79 Joe Campbell DE 7 6'6 250 26 5 Maryland 83 Theo Bell WR 16 5'11 180 27 5 Arizona 84 Gordon Jones WR 13 6'0 190 24 3 Pittsburgh 86 Jim Obradovich TE 16 6'2 230 28 7 Southern California 87 Gerald Carter WR 16 6'1 185 24 2 Texas A&M 88 Jimmie Giles TE 16 6'3 240 26 5 Alcorn State 89 Kevin House WR 16 6'1 175 23 2 Southern Illinois 90 Brad White DT 16 6'2 250 23 R Tennessee
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Doug Williams 471 238 50.5 3,563 7.56 15.0 19 4.0 14 3.0 18 135 76.8 Chuck Fusina 1 1 100.0 2 2.00 2.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Kevin House 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Jerry Eckwood 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Kevin House 56 1,176 21.0 9 James Wilder 48 507 10.6 1 Jimmie Giles 45 786 17.5 6 Jerry Eckwood 24 213 8.9 0 Theo Bell 21 318 15.1 2 Gordon Jones 20 276 13.8 1 James Owens 12 145 12.1 0 Ricky Bell 8 92 11.5 0 Jim Obradovich 4 42 10.5 1 Gerald Carter 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jerry Eckwood 172 651 3.8 2 James Owens 91 406 4.5 3 James Wilder 107 370 3.5 4 Doug Williams 48 209 4.4 4 Ricky Bell 30 80 2.7 0 Kevin House 2 9 4.5 0 Theo Bell 1 7 7.0 0 Tony Davis 2 5 2.5 0 Chuck Fusina 3 3 1.0 0 Tom Blanchard 1 0 0.0 0 Larry Swider 1 -9 -9.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD James Owens 24 473 19.7 0 John Holt 11 274 24.9 0 Gary Davis 5 81 16.2 0 Tony Davis 3 51 17.0 0 James Wilder 1 19 19.0 0 Jim Obradovich 1 14 14.0 0 Scot Brantley 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Theo Bell 27 132 4.9 0 0 John Holt 9 100 11.1 3 0 Neal Colzie 2 12 6.0 0 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 LB Hugh Green 136 Pittsburgh 2 34 RB James Wilder 129 Missouri 4 89 DB John Holt 109 West Texas State 8 199 OT Denver Johnson Tulsa 9 228 QB Mike Ford SMU 10 254 DE Ken McCune Texas 11 283 DB Johnny Ray Smith 26 Lamar 12 310 DT Brad White 73 Tennessee
Traded draft picks: #3 to LA (Greg Meisner), #5 to OAK (James Davis), #6 to NO (Johnnie Poe), #7 to DAL (Ron Fellows)
Transactions:
| 08-03-1981 | traded Johnny Davis to 49ers for James Owens |
| 08-18-1981 | traded a conditional draft pick to Steelers for Steve Furness |
| 08-28-1981 | claimed Scott Hutchinson on waivers from Bills |
| 08-31-1981 | traded Tampa's #11 pick in the 1982 draft to Cowboys for Aaron Mitchell |
| 09-22-1981 | Lions signed Steve Furness as a free agent |
| 12-15-1981 | Redskins claimed Curtis Jordan on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/02/82 at Dallas Cowboys L 0-38
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/05/81 vs Minnesota Vikings W 21-13 1-0-0 09/13/81 at Kansas City Chiefs L 10-19 1-1-0 09/20/81 at Chicago Bears L 17-28 1-2-0 09/27/81 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 20-10 2-2-0 10/04/81 vs Detroit Lions W 28-10 3-2-0 10/11/81 at Green Bay Packers W 21-10 4-2-0 10/18/81 at Oakland Raiders L 16-18 4-3-0 10/25/81 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-20 4-4-0 11/01/81 vs Chicago Bears W 20-10 5-4-0 11/08/81 at Minnesota Vikings L 10-25 5-5-0 11/15/81 vs Denver Broncos L 7-24 5-6-0 11/22/81 vs Green Bay Packers W 37-3 6-6-0 11/29/81 at New Orleans Saints W 31-14 7-6-0 12/06/81 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-23 8-6-0 12/13/81 vs San Diego Chargers L 23-24 8-7-0 12/20/81 at Detroit Lions W 20-17 9-7-0