1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Central Division 2-12-0 .143

Head Coach: John McKay

Tom Bass	Linebackers
Willie Brown	Running Backs
Wayne Fontes	Defensive Secondary
Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Abe Gibron	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Skip Husbands	Offensive Line
Phil Krueger	Linebackers
Bill Nelsen	Quarterbacks/Wide Receievrs
Jimmy Raye	Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1977	H	Miami Dolphins	7-13	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	66056
Sat	8/13/1977	A	Cincinnati Bengals	0-45	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	50316
Sat	8/20/1977	H	Green Bay Packers	10-7	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	49045
Sat	8/27/1977	N	Atlanta Falcons	21-30	L	Orlando, FL	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium	31123
Sat	9/3/1977	A	Buffalo Bills	6-17	L	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	28126
Sat	9/10/1977	H	Baltimore Colts	14-0	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47032
Sun	9/18/1977	A	Philadelphia Eagles	3-13	L	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	61549
Sat	9/24/1977	H	Minnesota Vikings	3-9	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	66272
Sun	10/2/1977	A	Dallas Cowboys	7-23	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	55316
Sun	10/9/1977	H	Washington Redskins	0-10	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	58571
Sun	10/16/1977	A	Seattle Seahawks	23-30	L	Seattle, WA	Kingdome	54783
Sun	10/23/1977	H	Green Bay Packers	0-13	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47635
Sun	10/30/1977	A	San Francisco 49ers	10-20	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	34700
Sun	11/6/1977	A	Los Angeles Rams	0-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	45493
Sun	11/13/1977	H	New York Giants	0-10	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46518
Sun	11/20/1977	A	Detroit Lions	7-16	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	49751
Sun	11/27/1977	H	Atlanta Falcons	0-17	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	43592
Sun	12/4/1977	H	Chicago Bears	0-10	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	48948
Sun	12/11/1977	A	New Orleans Saints	33-14	W	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	40124
Sun	12/18/1977	H	St. Louis Cardinals	17-7	W	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	56922

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
42	Ricky Bell	RB	6-2	218	22	Southern California	11	10
17	Jeb Blount	QB	6-3	200	23	Tulsa	5	4
53	Rik Bonness	LB	6-5	220	23	Nebraska	13	0
34	Cedric Brown	FS	6-1	190	23	Kent State	14	14
82	Gary Butler	TE	6-3	235	26	Rice	3	0
70	Darryl Carlton	ROT	6-6	260	24	Tampa	14	13
66	Blanchard Carter	OG	6-4	250	22	Nevada-Las Vegas	13	0
32	Louis Carter	RB	5-11	207	24	Maryland	14	1
33	Mark Cotney	SS	6-0	205	25	New Mexico Highlands; Cameron	14	12
28	Anthony Davis	RB	5-9	187	25	Southern California	11	6
35	Jimmy DuBose	RB	5-11	220	23	Florida	13	6
72	Howard Fest	OG	6-6	263	31	Texas	1	0
4	Dave Green	P	5-11	200	28	Ohio University	14	0
81	Isaac Hagins	WR	5-9	179	23	Southern University	13	3
73	Charley Hannah	DE	6-6	265	22	Alabama	9	0
52	Paul Harris	LOLB-ROLB	6-3	220	23	Alabama	14	3
14	Randy Hedberg	QB	6-3	200	23	Minot State	7	4
19	Gary Huff	QB	6-1	195	26	Florida State	8	6
56	Cecil Johnson	ROLB	6-2	230	22	Pittsburgh	13	12
72	Greg Johnson	DE	6-4	250	24	Florida State	5	0
65	Randy Johnson	OG	6-2	255	24	Georgia	12	0
25	Curtis Jordan	FS	6-2	205	23	Texas Tech	12	2
77	Bill Kollar	DT	6-4	256	25	Montana State	14	0
9	Allan Leavitt	K	5-11	176	22	Georgia	8	0
59	Mike Lemon	LB	6-2	220	26	Ellsworth CC; Kansas	14	0
57	Dave Lewis	LOLB	6-4	245	23	San Diego CC; Southern California	14	13
89	John McKay	WR	5-11	182	24	Southern California	14	10
68	Dan Medlin	ROG	6-4	255	28	North Carolina State	14	14
86	Bob Moore	TE	6-3	225	28	Stanford	3	2
87	Larry Mucker	WR	5-11	180	23	Arizona State	14	0
83	Dana Nafziger	TE	6-1	221	24	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	14	10
80	Jack Novak	TE	6-5	240	24	Wisconsin	9	2
85	Morris Owens	WR	6-0	192	24	Arizona State	14	14
30	Walter Packer	RB	5-10	174	22	Mississippi State	1	0
76	Dave Pear	NT	6-2	250	24	Washington	14	14
23	George Ragsdale	RB-WR	5-11	185	25	North Carolina A&T State	9	0
75	Dave Reavis	LOT	6-4	260	27	Arkansas	14	14
46	Danny Reece	CB	5-11	188	22	Southern California	14	0
64	Glenn Robinson	DE	6-6	245	26	Navarro JC; Oklahoma State	14	0
78	Council Rudolph	LDE	6-3	248	27	Kentucky State	14	14
51	Dan Ryczek	C	6-3	250	28	Virginia	14	13
61	Dewey Selmon	LILB	6-1	240	24	Oklahoma	14	14
63	Lee Roy Selmon	RDE	6-3	256	23	Oklahoma	14	14
50	Mike Washington	RCB	6-3	190	24	Alabama	14	14
38	Jack Wender	RB	6-0	210	23	DeAnza JC; Fresno State	2	0
45	Jeris White	LCB	5-11	180	25	Hawaii	14	14
43	Ed Williams	RB	6-1	245	27	Langston	14	5
79	Steve Wilson	LOG-C	6-4	266	23	Georgia	14	8
62	Jeff Winans	LOG	6-5	265	26	Modesto JC; Southern California	11	11
36	Stan Winfrey	RB	5-11	223	24	Arkansas State	2	0
54	Richard Wood	RILB	6-2	230	24	Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Ricky Bell	RB	Southern California
2	29	Dave Lewis	LB	Southern California
3	56	Charley Hannah	DE	Alabama
8	196	Randy Hedberg	QB	Minot State
9	224	Byron Hemingway	LB	Boston College
9	251	Larry Mucker	WR	Arizona State
10	252	Robert Morgan	RB	Florida
10	267	Aaron Ball	LB	Fullerton State
11	280	Chuck Rodgers	DB	North Dakota State
12	308	Chip Sheffield	WR	Lenoir-Rhyne

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	16	41	19	27
Opponents Totals	61	59	46	57

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		168	84	69	15	56/215 26.0%	/ %	88	717
Opponents Totals		241	124	106	11	87/232 37.5%	/ %	87	714

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Allan Leavitt	0	5	5	100.0	5	10	50.0	0	20
Morris Owens	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dave Green	0	5	6	83.3	4	7	57.1	0	17
Louis Carter	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Richard Wood	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ricky Bell	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Anthony Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Greg Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Washington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	11	10	11	90.9	9	17	52.9	0	103
Opponents Totals	26	23	26	88.5	14	27	51.9	1	223

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dave Green	4	7	57.1	0/0	3/3	0/2	1/2	0/0
Allan Leavitt	5	10	50.0	1/1	2/3	1/2	1/3	0/1
Team Totals	9	17	52.9	1/1	5/6	1/4	1/5	0/1
Opponents Totals	14	27	51.9	1/1	2/4	4/7	7/10	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ricky Bell	148	436	2.9	20	1
Anthony Davis	95	297	3.1	35	1
Jimmy DuBose	71	284	4.0	13	0
Ed Williams	63	198	3.1	14	0
Louis Carter	59	117	2.0	20	2
Randy Hedberg	9	35	3.9	12	0
Jeb Blount	5	26	5.2	12	0
George Ragsdale	3	21	7.0	15	0
Gary Huff	8	10	1.3	2	0
Isaac Hagins	1	2	2.0	2	0
Dave Green	1	0	0.0	0	0
Morris Owens	2	-2	-1.0	5	0
Team Totals	465	1424	3.1	35	4
Opponents Totals	581	2031	3.5	35t	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Gary Huff	138	67	48.6	58	889	6.4	13.3	67t	3	2.2	13	9.4	15	150	739	37.4
Jeb Blount	89	37	41.6	45	522	5.9	14.1	56	0	0.0	7	7.9	18	164	358	28.4
Randy Hedberg	90	25	27.8	55	244	2.7	9.8	19	0	0.0	10	11.1	15	131	113	0.0
Dave Green	2	2	100.0	0	59	29.5	29.5	45	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	59	118.8
Louis Carter	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	321	131	40.8	160	1714	5.3	13.1	67t	3	0.9	30	9.3	48	445	1269	22.5
Opponents Totals	338	191	56.5	124	2149	6.4	11.3	51t	10	3.0	23	6.8	30	246	1903	57.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Morris Owens	34	655	19.3	67t	3
Isaac Hagins	15	196	13.1	56	0
John McKay	12	164	13.7	26	0
Jimmy DuBose	11	89	8.1	17	0
Ricky Bell	11	88	8.0	23	0
Ed Williams	10	67	6.7	15	0
Louis Carter	10	65	6.5	19	0
Dana Nafziger	9	119	13.2	38	0
Anthony Davis	8	91	11.4	30	0
Larry Mucker	4	59	14.8	23	0
Danny Reece	2	59	29.5	45	0
Jack Novak	2	24	12.0	15	0
George Ragsdale	2	17	8.5	10	0
Gary Butler	1	21	21.0	21	0
Team Totals	131	1714	13.1	67t	3
Opponents Totals	191	2149	11.3	51t	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Washington	5	71	14.2	45t	1
Richard Wood	4	86	21.5	30t	1
Jeris White	4	61	15.3	32	0
Cedric Brown	2	66	33.0	27	0
Dave Lewis	2	55	27.5	42	0
Dewey Selmon	2	29	14.5	20	0
Greg Johnson	1	0	0.0	0t	1
Mark Cotney	1	0	0.0	0	0
Cecil Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Curtis Jordan	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	368	16.0	45t	3
Opponents Totals	30	429	14.3	79t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Green	98	3948	40.3	70	1	6	16	469	3359	33.9
Team Totals	99	3948	39.9	70	1	6	16	469	3359	33.9
Opponents Totals	84	3351	39.9	55	0	7	19	359	2852	34.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Danny Reece	31	2	274	8.8	36
Isaac Hagins	17	1	85	5.0	29
Team Totals	48	3	359	7.5	36
Opponents Totals	71	6	469	6.6	38

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Isaac Hagins	21	493	23.5	41
Anthony Davis	15	277	18.5	28
Danny Reece	3	72	24.0	34
George Ragsdale	3	68	22.7	21
Dana Nafziger	1	4	4.0	4
Team Totals	43	914	21.3	41
Opponents Totals	33	699	21.2	35

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lee Roy Selmon	13.0
Council Rudolph	6.5
Cecil Johnson	3.0
Dave Pear	2.5
Dave Lewis	2.0
Team Totals	30.0	246.0
Opponents Totals	48.0	445.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ricky Bell	4		1	0	1	0	0
Jeb Blount	2		1	0	1	0	0
Cedric Brown	1		0	1	1	24	0
Blanchard Carter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Louis Carter	2		1	0	1	0	0
Anthony Davis	5		1	0	1	0	0
Dave Green	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Isaac Hagins	3		0	0	0	0	0
Paul Harris	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Randy Hedberg	2		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Huff	2		2	0	2	0	0
Cecil Johnson	1		1	3	4	0	0
Curtis Jordan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Lewis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dana Nafziger	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Morris Owens	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Pear	0	0	0	2	2	7	0
Dave Reavis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Council Rudolph	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Ryczek	1		0	0	0	-29	0
Dewey Selmon	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Lee Roy Selmon	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jeris White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Williams	6		2	0	2	0	0
Richard Wood	0	0	0	1	1	37	1
Team Totals	30	18	12	17	29	43	1
Opponents Totals	34	18	15	16	31		0