1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)

5th place National Football Conference Central Division 2-14-0 .125

Greg Brown	Offense
Kim Helton	Offensive Line
Don Lawrence	Defensive Line
Vic Rapp	Running Backs
Jimmy Raye	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dick Roach	Defensive Backs
Larry Seiple	Receivers
Doug Shively	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Howard Tippett	Special Teams/Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1985	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	27-42	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47447
Sat	8/17/1985	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-23	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	34040
Sat	8/24/1985	A	New Orleans Saints	14-10	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	49337
Fri	8/30/1985	H	Washington Redskins	7-20	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	33640
Sun	9/8/1985	A	Chicago Bears	28-38	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	57828
Sun	9/15/1985	H	Minnesota Vikings	16-31	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46188
Sun	9/22/1985	A	New Orleans Saints	13-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	45320
Sun	9/29/1985	A	Detroit Lions	9-30	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	45023
Sun	10/6/1985	H	Chicago Bears	19-27	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	51795
Sun	10/13/1985	H	Los Angeles Rams	27-31	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	39607
Sun	10/20/1985	A	Miami Dolphins	38-41	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	62335
Sun	10/27/1985	H	New England Patriots	14-32	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	34661
Sun	11/3/1985	A	New York Giants	20-22	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72031
Sun	11/10/1985	H	St. Louis Cardinals	16-0	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	34736
Sun	11/17/1985	A	New York Jets	28-62	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	65344
Sun	11/24/1985	H	Detroit Lions	19-16	W	OT	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	43471
Sun	12/1/1985	A	Green Bay Packers	0-21	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	19856
Sun	12/8/1985	A	Minnesota Vikings	7-26	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	51593
Sun	12/15/1985	H	Indianapolis Colts	23-31	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	25577
Sun	12/22/1985	H	Green Bay Packers	17-20	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	33992

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
40	Adger Armstrong	RB	6-0	230	28	Texas A&M	16	0
82	Jerry Bell	UBK	6-5	230	26	Arizona State	9	9
83	Theo Bell	WR	5-11	180	32	Arizona	15	0
52	Scot Brantley	RILB	6-1	230	27	Florida	13	13
80	Gene Branton	TE	6-5	245	25	Texas Southern	3	0
29	Leon Bright	RB	5-9	192	30	Florida State	8	0
57	Keith Browner	LOLB-ROLB	6-6	245	23	Southern California	16	5
78	John Cannon	LDE	6-5	262	25	William & Mary	16	16
87	Gerald Carter	WR	6-1	188	28	Tyler JC; Texas A&M	16	16
28	Mel Carver	RB	5-11	215	26	Laney JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	2	0
22	Jeremiah Castille	LCB	5-10	175	24	Alabama	16	16
72	Steve Courson	LOG	6-1	270	30	South Carolina	16	13
31	Craig Curry	SS-FS	6-0	187	24	Texas	16	7
58	Jeff Davis	LILB	6-0	230	25	Clemson	16	16
17	Steve DeBerg	QB	6-3	210	31	Fullerton JC; San Jose State	11	11
47	Paul Dombroski	S	6-0	185	29	Linfield; Hawaii; Linfield	6	0
80	K.D. Dunn	TE	6-3	231	22	Clemson	7	0
26	Ricky Easmon	CB	5-10	160	22	Florida	6	0
62	Sean Farrell	ROG-LOT	6-3	260	25	Penn State	14	14
65	Don Fielder	DE	6-3	240	26	Golden West JC; Kentucky	11	0
81	Phil Freeman	WR	5-11	185	23	Arizona	14	0
5	Frank Garcia	P	6-0	200	28	Nevada-Las Vegas; Arizona	16	0
88	Jimmie Giles	TE	6-3	242	31	Alcorn State	16	16
53	Hugh Green	ROLB	6-2	226	26	Pittsburgh	5	5
30	David Greenwood	SS-FS	6-3	210	25	Wisconsin	16	9
60	Randy Grimes	C	6-4	273	25	Baylor	16	16
73	Ron Heller	ROT	6-6	280	23	Penn State	16	16
90	Ron Holmes	RDE	6-4	262	22	Washington	16	14
21	John Holt	RCB	5-11	180	26	West Texas A&M	16	16
89	Kevin House	WR	6-1	185	28	Southern Illinois	16	16
25	Carl Howard	CB	6-2	189	24	Rutgers	4	0
1	Donald Igwebuike	K	5-9	187	25	Clemson	16	0
56	Cecil Johnson	RILB	6-2	230	30	Pittsburgh	16	2
55	Dennis Johnson	LB	6-3	235	27	Southern California	8	0
79	Ken Kaplan	OT	6-4	275	25	New Hampshire	16	0
59	Larry Kubin	LB	6-2	234	26	Penn State	4	0
71	Chris Lindstrom	RDE	6-7	260	25	Boston University	13	2
76	Dave Logan	NT	6-2	250	29	Pittsburgh	16	16
86	Calvin Magee	UBK	6-3	240	22	Southern University	16	7
68	Rick Mallory	ROG-LOG	6-2	265	25	Washington	13	8
67	Karl Morgan	NT	6-1	255	24	UCLA	16	0
38	George Peoples	RB	6-0	213	25	Auburn	2	0
24	Mike Prior	CB-S	6-0	207	22	Illinois State	16	0
54	Ervin Randle	LOLB	6-1	250	23	Baylor	16	7
7	Alan Risher	QB	6-2	190	24	Louisiana State	16	0
74	Gene Sanders	OT	6-3	285	29	Texas A&M	2	0
64	Joe Shearin	OG	6-4	250	25	Texas	10	0
20	Ron Springs	RB	6-1	224	29	Coffeyville CC; Ohio State	12	0
71	Mark Studaway	DE	6-3	260	25	Tennessee	6	0
44	Ivory Sully	FS-SS	6-0	200	28	Delaware	16	16
84	David Verser	WR	6-1	201	27	Kansas	1	0
51	Chris Washington	ROLB-LOLB-RILB	6-4	230	23	Iowa State	16	16
32	James Wilder	RB	6-3	225	27	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Missouri	16	16
50	Steve Wilson	LOT	6-4	266	31	Georgia	5	1
85	Mark Witte	TE	6-3	240	26	North Texas	16	0
69	George Yarno	LOT	6-2	267	28	Washington State	12	12
8	Steve Young	QB	6-2	204	24	Brigham Young	5	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Ron Holmes	DE	Washington
3	64	Ervin Randle	LB	Baylor
4	92	Mike Heaven	DB	Illinois
7	176	Mike Prior	DB	Illinois State
8	204	Phil Freeman	WR	Arizona
9	232	Steve Calabria	QB	Colgate
10	260	Donald Igwebuike	K	Clemson
11	288	James Williams	RB	Memphis
12	316	Jim Rockford	DB	Oklahoma
12	330	Jim Melka	LB	Wisconsin

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	71	109	31	80	3
Opponents Totals	75	144	110	119	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	27:55	291	95	162	34	69/212 32.5%	11/17 64.7%	103	751
Opponents Totals	32:05	351	146	185	20	89/214 41.6%	4/7 57.1%	114	945

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Donald Igwebuike	0	30	32	93.8	22	32	68.8	0	96
James Wilder	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Jimmie Giles	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Kevin House	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Gerald Carter	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Calvin Magee	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jerry Bell	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Adger Armstrong	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Young	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	33	30	33	90.9	22	32	68.8	0	294
Opponents Totals	50	50	50	100.0	32	43	74.4	1	448

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Donald Igwebuike	22	32	68.8	1/1	5/5	8/10	5/10	3/6
Team Totals	22	32	68.8	1/1	5/5	8/10	5/10	3/6
Opponents Totals	32	43	74.4	0/0	11/14	14/15	6/10	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Wilder	365	1300	3.6	28	10
Steve Young	40	233	5.8	20	1
Ron Springs	16	54	3.4	11	0
Steve DeBerg	9	28	3.1	13	0
Gerald Carter	1	13	13.0	13	0
Alan Risher	1	10	10.0	10	0
Adger Armstrong	2	6	3.0	8	0
Team Totals	434	1644	3.8	28	11
Opponents Totals	547	2430	4.4	38	28

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve DeBerg	370	197	53.2	155	2488	6.7	12.6	57	19	5.1	18	4.9	19	143	2345	71.3
Steve Young	138	72	52.2	58	935	6.8	13.0	59	3	2.2	8	5.8	21	158	777	56.9
Team Totals	508	269	53.0	213	3423	6.7	12.7	59	22	4.3	26	5.1	40	301	3122	67.4
Opponents Totals	505	318	63.0	169	3955	7.8	12.4	78t	18	3.6	18	3.6	35	277	3678	84.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Wilder	53	341	6.4	20	0
Kevin House	44	803	18.3	59	5
Jimmie Giles	43	673	15.7	44	8
Jerry Bell	43	496	11.5	27	2
Gerald Carter	40	557	13.9	40	3
Calvin Magee	26	288	11.1	35	3
Theo Bell	12	189	15.8	24	0
Ron Springs	3	44	14.7	22	0
Mark Witte	3	28	9.3	13	0
Adger Armstrong	2	4	2.0	3	1
Team Totals	269	3423	12.7	59	22
Opponents Totals	318	3955	12.4	78t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jeremiah Castille	7	49	7.0	20	0
David Greenwood	5	15	3.0	7	0
Keith Browner	1	25	25.0	25	0
Jeff Davis	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ivory Sully	1	20	20.0	20	0
Cecil Johnson	1	12	12.0	12	0
John Holt	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ervin Randle	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	146	8.1	25	0
Opponents Totals	26	368	14.2	46	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Frank Garcia	77	3233	42.0	61	2	6	12	519	2594	32.8
Team Totals	79	3233	40.9	61	2	6	12	519	2594	32.8
Opponents Totals	59	2617	44.4	69	0	8	16	229	2228	37.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike Prior	13	7	105	8.1	19
Leon Bright	12	2	124	10.3	29
Team Totals	25	9	229	9.2	29
Opponents Totals	47	7	519	11.0	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Phil Freeman	48	1085	22.6	58
Leon Bright	11	213	19.4	47
Mike Prior	10	131	13.1	27
Ron Springs	5	112	22.4	34
David Verser	4	61	15.3	18
Calvin Magee	2	20	10.0	15
Team Totals	80	1622	20.3	58
Opponents Totals	51	1187	23.3	51

SACKS	NO	YDS
Dave Logan	6.5
Ron Holmes	4.5
John Cannon	4.5
Karl Morgan	4.0
David Greenwood	3.0
Hugh Green	2.5
Jeff Davis	2.5
Chris Washington	2.0
Keith Browner	1.5
Ervin Randle	1.0
Cecil Johnson	1.0
Don Fielder	1.0
Craig Curry	1.0
Team Totals	35.0	277.0
Opponents Totals	40.0	301.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Adger Armstrong	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jerry Bell	2		0	0	0	0
Leon Bright	4		0	0	0	0
Keith Browner	1		0	1	1	0
John Cannon	0	0	0	3	3	0
Gerald Carter	1		0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Castille	1		1	1	2	0
Steve Courson	0	0	1	0	1	2
Jeff Davis	0	0	0	2	2	0
Steve DeBerg	3		0	0	0	0
Phil Freeman	1		0	0	0	0
Jimmie Giles	3		0	0	0	0
David Greenwood	2		0	1	1	9
Ron Holmes	0	0	0	2	2	0
John Holt	0	0	0	2	2	0
Kevin House	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cecil Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Chris Lindstrom	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Logan	0	0	0	1	1	2
Calvin Magee	1		0	0	0	0
Karl Morgan	0	0	0	2	2	0
Mike Prior	4		3	0	3	0
Ervin Randle	0	0	1	1	2	0
Ivory Sully	0	0	0	1	1	0
David Verser	1		0	0	0	0
Chris Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0
James Wilder	9		1	0	1	0
Mark Witte	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve Young	4		1	0	1	-1
Team Totals	37	28	9	22	31	12
Opponents Totals	37	22	12	21	33