2008 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference South Division 9-7-0 .563

Head Coach: Jon Gruden

Tim Berbenich	Assistant Running Backs
Rich Bisaccia	Associate Head Coach/Special Teams/Running Backs
Gus Bradley	Linebackers
Bob Casullo	Tight Ends
Larry Coyer	Assistant Head Coach
Ejiro Evero	Defensive Quality Control
Jay Gruden	Offensive Assistant
Monte Kiffin	Defensive Coordinator
Richard Mann	Wide Receivers
Mike Morris	Head Strength and Conditioning
Raheem Morris	Defensive Backs
Bill Muir	Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line
Greg Olson	Quarterbacks
Kurt Shultz	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Todd Wash	Defensive Line
George Yarno	Assistant Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/9/2008	A	Miami Dolphins	17-6	W		Miami Gardens, FL	Dolphin Stadium	64087
Sun	8/17/2008	H	New England Patriots	27-10	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	63365
Sat	8/23/2008	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	17-23	L		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	62696
Thu	8/28/2008	A	Houston Texans	16-6	W		Houston, TX	Reliant Stadium	70011
Sun	9/7/2008	A	New Orleans Saints	20-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	69811
Sun	9/14/2008	H	Atlanta Falcons	24-9	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	63611
Sun	9/21/2008	A	Chicago Bears	27-24	W	OT	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	62051
Sun	9/28/2008	H	Green Bay Packers	30-21	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64122
Sun	10/5/2008	A	Denver Broncos	13-16	L		Denver, CO	INVESCO Field	75480
Sun	10/12/2008	H	Carolina Panthers	27-3	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64211
Sun	10/19/2008	H	Seattle Seahawks	20-10	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64811
Sun	10/26/2008	A	Dallas Cowboys	9-13	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63254
Sun	11/2/2008	A	Kansas City Chiefs	30-27	W	OT	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	74045
Sun	11/16/2008	H	Minnesota Vikings	19-13	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	65278
Sun	11/23/2008	A	Detroit Lions	38-20	W		Detroit, MI	Ford Field	49096
Sun	11/30/2008	H	New Orleans Saints	23-20	W		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64430
Mon	12/8/2008	A	Carolina Panthers	23-38	L		Charlotte, NC	Bank of America Stadium	74113
Sun	12/14/2008	A	Atlanta Falcons	10-13	L	OT	Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	65045
Sun	12/21/2008	H	San Diego Chargers	24-41	L		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64778
Sun	12/28/2008	H	Oakland Raiders	24-31	L		Tampa, FL	Raymond James Stadium	64847

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
90	Gaines Adams	RDE	6-5	259	25	Clemson	16	16
26	Will Allen	S	6-1	199	26	Ohio State	16	0
35	B.J. Askew	FB	6-2	234	28	Michigan	10	4
20	Ronde Barber	RCB	5-10	184	33	Virginia	16	16
29	Michael Bennett	RB	5-9	209	30	Wisconsin	5	0
9	Josh Bidwell	P	6-3	221	32	Oregon	16	0
58	Quincy Black	LB	6-2	240	24	Harper JC; New Mexico	16	0
55	Derrick Brooks	WLB	6-0	235	35	Florida State	16	16
89	Antonio Bryant	WR	6-2	193	27	Pittsburgh	16	15
3	Matt Bryant	K	5-9	199	33	Trinity Valley CC; Panola C; Oregon State; Baylor	16	0
31	Phillip Buchanon	LCB	5-10	186	28	Miami (Florida)	16	16
93	Kevin Carter	LDE	6-5	292	35	Florida	16	16
87	Brian Clark	WR	6-2	206	25	North Carolina State	9	0
80	Michael Clayton	WR	6-4	212	26	Louisiana State	15	9
33	Jameel Cook	FB	5-10	237	29	Illinois	10	1
69	Anthony Davis	OG-OT	6-4	322	28	Virginia Tech	4	0
28	Warrick Dunn	RB	5-9	181	33	Florida State	15	6
48	Andrew Economos	LONG	6-1	250	28	Georgia Tech	16	0
52	Jeff Faine	C	6-3	294	27	Notre Dame	16	16
84	Joey Galloway	WR	5-11	194	37	Ohio State	9	4
7	Jeff Garcia	QB	6-1	199	38	Gavilan JC; San Jose State	12	11
88	John Gilmore	TE	6-4	259	29	Penn State	16	10
34	Earnest Graham	RB-FB	5-9	224	28	Florida	10	10
8	Brian Griese	QB	6-3	214	33	Michigan	5	5
32	Marcus Hamilton	CB	5-11	190	24	Virginia	1	0
71	Jovan Haye	DT	6-2	286	26	Vanderbilt	15	14
54	Geno Hayes	LB	6-1	226	21	Florida State	9	0
57	Adam Hayward	LB	6-0	237	24	Colorado State; Portland State	16	0
19	Ike Hilliard	WR	5-11	203	32	Florida	16	2
95	Chris Hovan	DT	6-2	297	30	Boston College	15	15
10	Dexter Jackson	WR	5-9	182	22	Appalachian State	7	0
36	Tanard Jackson	FS	6-0	200	23	Syracuse	16	16
75	Davin Joseph	ROG	6-3	313	25	Oklahoma	12	12
59	Cato June	SLB	6-0	227	29	Michigan	16	14
77	James Lee	OT	6-4	305	23	Georgia; South Carolina State	1	0
43	Elbert Mack	CB	5-10	175	22	Butler CC; Troy	15	0
79	Sean Mahan	C-OG	6-3	301	28	Notre Dame	15	0
12	Luke McCown	QB	6-3	214	27	Louisiana Tech	2	0
50	Matt McCoy	LB	5-11	232	26	San Diego State	5	0
30	Donte Nicholson	S	6-1	216	27	Mount San Antonio JC; Oklahoma	5	0
70	Donald Penn	LOT	6-4	307	25	Utah State	16	16
96	Greg Peterson	DT	6-5	296	24	Hinds CC; North Carolina Central	2	0
23	Jermaine Phillips	SS	6-1	217	29	Georgia	11	11
21	Sabby Piscitelli	SS	6-3	224	25	Oregon State	15	5
51	Barrett Ruud	MLB	6-2	241	25	Nebraska	16	16
78	Arron Sears	LOG	6-3	319	24	Tennessee	15	15
98	Ryan Sims	DT	6-4	315	28	North Carolina	15	2
81	Alex Smith	TE	6-4	258	26	Stanford	14	12
22	Clifton Smith	RB	5-9	190	23	Fresno State	9	0
86	Jerramy Stevens	TE	6-7	261	29	Washington	14	3
44	Byron Storer	FB	6-1	219	24	California	6	3
85	Maurice Stovall	WR	6-5	220	23	Notre Dame	5	0
25	Aqib Talib	CB	6-1	205	22	Kansas	15	2
83	Ben Troupe	TE	6-4	265	26	Florida	2	0
65	Jeremy Trueblood	ROT	6-8	320	25	Boston College	16	16
91	Stylez G White	DE	6-3	270	29	Minnesota	16	0
97	Jimmy Wilkerson	DE-DT	6-2	280	27	Oklahoma	16	1
24	Cadillac Williams	RB	5-11	217	26	Auburn	6	1
76	Jeremy Zuttah	ROG	6-4	305	22	Rutgers	12	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	20	Aqib Talib	DB	Kansas
2	58	Dexter Jackson	KR	Appalachian State
3	83	Jeremy Zuttah	G	Rutgers
4	115	Dre Moore	DT	Maryland
5	160	Josh Johnson	QB	San Diego
6	175	Geno Hayes	LB	Florida State
7	238	Cory Boyd	RB	South Carolina

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	61	112	86	96	6
Opponents Totals	77	86	51	106	3

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	31:23	298	100	184	14	88/229 38.4%	10/18 55.6%	95	834
Opponents Totals	28:37	259	87	153	19	81/214 37.9%	5/13 38.5%	88	660

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Matt Bryant	0	35	36	97.2	0	0	32	38	84.2	131
Antonio Bryant	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Earnest Graham	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Ike Hilliard	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Cadillac Williams	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Alex Smith	3	0	0		1	1	0	0		20
B.J. Askew	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Warrick Dunn	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Clifton Smith	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Jerramy Stevens	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Gaines Adams	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Ronde Barber	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Phillip Buchanon	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Michael Clayton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Jeff Garcia	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		6
John Gilmore	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Geno Hayes	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Jermaine Phillips	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Team Totals	38	35	36	97.2	1	2	32	38	84.2	361
Opponents Totals	34	33	33	100.0	1	1	28	30	93.3	323

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Matt Bryant	32	38	84.2	0/0	12/12	15/15	5/8	0/3
Team Totals	32	38	84.2	0/0	12/12	15/15	5/8	0/3
Opponents Totals	28	30	93.3	0/0	10/10	8/9	8/9	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Warrick Dunn	186	786	4.2	40	2	31	3	1	0
Earnest Graham	132	563	4.3	68t	4	26	3	3	2
Cadillac Williams	63	233	3.7	28	4	17	1	0	1
Jeff Garcia	35	148	4.2	20	1	14	1	0	2
Clifton Smith	8	40	5.0	10	0	3	0	0	1
Antonio Bryant	2	22	11.0	13	0	2	0	0	0
Luke McCown	3	15	5.0	12	0	0	0	0	0
B.J. Askew	7	14	2.0	3	2	6	0	0	0
Michael Bennett	7	12	1.7	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Clayton	2	5	2.5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ike Hilliard	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Griese	5	-1	-0.2	3	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	451	1837	4.1	68t	13	100	8	4	6
Opponents Totals	441	1901	4.3	67t	8	87	15	4	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Jeff Garcia	376	244	64.9	126	2712	7.2	11.1	71t	12	3.2	6	1.6	23	100	2612	125	33	5	90.2
Brian Griese	184	110	59.8	67	1073	5.8	9.8	38	5	2.7	7	3.8	9	69	1004	58	9	0	69.4
Earnest Graham	1	1	100.0	0	3	3.0	3.0	3t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	3	1	0	0	118.8
Luke McCown	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	562	355	63.2	194	3788	6.7	10.7	71t	18	3.2	13	2.3	32	169	3619	184	42	5	83.8
Opponents Totals	475	276	58.1	177	3187	6.7	11.5	84t	23	4.8	22	4.6	29	190	2997	153	39	6	75.3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Antonio Bryant	138	83	60.1	1248	15.0	71t	7	60	16	4	1
Ike Hilliard	58	47	81.0	424	9.0	36t	4	31	2	0	1
Warrick Dunn	68	47	69.1	330	7.0	36	0	11	1	0	0
Michael Clayton	61	38	62.3	484	12.7	58t	1	21	7	1	1
Jerramy Stevens	59	36	61.0	397	11.0	31	2	16	6	0	0
Earnest Graham	33	23	69.7	174	7.6	24	0	6	2	0	0
Alex Smith	38	21	55.3	250	11.9	34	3	15	4	0	0
John Gilmore	21	15	71.4	147	9.8	36	1	8	1	0	0
Joey Galloway	28	13	46.4	138	10.6	22	0	6	2	0	0
B.J. Askew	18	13	72.2	66	5.1	18	0	3	0	0	0
Cadillac Williams	7	7	100.0	43	6.1	25	0	2	1	0	0
Clifton Smith	5	4	80.0	24	6.0	13	0	1	0	0	1
Maurice Stovall	7	3	42.9	25	8.3	9	0	1	0	0	1
Jameel Cook	5	3	60.0	24	8.0	12	0	2	0	0	0
Brian Clark	2	1	50.0	12	12.0	12	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Bennett	1	1	100.0	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	549	355	64.7	3788	10.7	71t	18	184	42	5	5
Opponents Totals		276	58.1	3187	11.5	84t	23	153	39	6	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ronde Barber	4	69	17.3	65t	1
Aqib Talib	4	32	8.0	19	0
Jermaine Phillips	3	72	24.0	58	0
Sabby Piscitelli	2	106	53.0	84	0
Gaines Adams	2	50	25.0	45t	1
Phillip Buchanon	2	33	16.5	26t	1
Barrett Ruud	2	10	5.0	10	0
Tanard Jackson	1	25	25.0	25	0
Cato June	1	1	1.0	1	0
Derrick Brooks	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Team Totals	22	396	18.0	84	3
Opponents Totals	13	233	17.9	62t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Josh Bidwell	77	3426	44.5	64	0	7	27	12	9	392	2894	37.6
Team Totals	77	3426	44.5	64	0	7	27	12	9	392	2894	37.6
Opponents Totals	81	3528	43.6	70	2	11	15			440	2868	35.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Clifton Smith	23	4	324	14.1	70t	1	3	2	0
Dexter Jackson	20	0	97	4.9	19	0	0	0	0
Ike Hilliard	3	7	19	6.3	11	0	0	0	1
Aqib Talib	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	47	11	440	9.4	70t	1	3	2	1
Opponents Totals	39	10	392	10.1	43	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Matt Bryant	82	5157	62.9	1	6	74	1542	0	1	0
Team Totals	82	5157	62.9	1	6	74	1542	0	1	0
Team Totals	78				16	60	1486	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Clifton Smith	36	992	27.6	97t	1	28	3	2
Dexter Jackson	14	327	23.4	45	0	9	1	1
Michael Clayton	3	69	23.0	29	0	2	0	0
Brian Clark	3	54	18.0	22	0	1	0	0
Alex Smith	2	17	8.5	17	0	0	0	0
Maurice Stovall	1	15	15.0	15	0	0	0	0
John Gilmore	1	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	60	1486	24.8	97t	1	40	4	3
Opponents Totals	74	1542	20.8	61	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Gaines Adams	6.5	35.5
Jimmy Wilkerson	5.0	47.0
Stylez G White	5.0	39.0
Kevin Carter	4.0	17.0
Barrett Ruud	3.0	20.0
Ronde Barber	2.0	8.0
Ryan Sims	1.5	9.5
Tanard Jackson	1.0	8.0
Chris Hovan	1.0	6.0
Team Totals	29.0	190.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	169.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Will Allen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ronde Barber	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Antonio Bryant	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Phillip Buchanon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Brian Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Michael Clayton	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jameel Cook	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Garcia	7	2	4	0	4	-10	0
Earnest Graham	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Griese	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ike Hilliard	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dexter Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tanard Jackson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jermaine Phillips	0	0	0	1	1	38	1
Barrett Ruud	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Arron Sears	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Clifton Smith	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Stovall	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Trueblood	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Wilkerson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Cadillac Williams	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	21	13	8	8	16	30	1
Opponents Totals	16	8	7	13	20		1

DEFENSE	TKL	TT	TA	DT	DA	STT	STA	MT	PD	QH	TFL	FF	BL
Barrett Ruud	136	101	35	101	35	0	0	0	6	5	6	0	0
Ronde Barber	75	67	8	65	8	2	0	0	12	6	5	0	0
Derrick Brooks	73	58	15	58	15	0	0	0	7	0	7	1	0
Tanard Jackson	69	59	10	48	8	11	2	0	3	0	2	2	0
Cato June	67	49	18	49	18	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0
Jermaine Phillips	59	48	11	48	11	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	0
Phillip Buchanon	52	48	4	48	4	0	0	0	6	0	3	1	0
Kevin Carter	49	28	21	28	21	0	0	0	2	9	3	1	0
Sabby Piscitelli	49	41	8	34	8	7	0	0	8	0	1	1	0
Chris Hovan	43	36	7	36	7	0	0	0	1	5	4	0	0
Gaines Adams	38	27	11	27	11	0	0	0	6	21	5	0	0
Jovan Haye	33	25	8	25	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Stylez G White	32	25	7	25	7	0	0	0	1	16	5	1	0
Jimmy Wilkerson	23	22	1	20	1	2	0	0	2	10	7	1	0
Aqib Talib	23	17	6	14	6	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Will Allen	20	15	5	4	3	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Quincy Black	20	12	8	1	1	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Sims	16	9	7	9	7	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0
Elbert Mack	15	13	2	6	1	7	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Geno Hayes	13	10	3	4	1	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Adam Hayward	13	11	2	5	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt McCoy	7	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Brian Clark	7	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Andrew Economos	7	6	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donte Nicholson	6	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Byron Storer	6	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clifton Smith	6	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Stovall	6	6	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jameel Cook	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Smith	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ike Hilliard	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
B.J. Askew	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Clayton	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Antonio Bryant	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Penn	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Trueblood	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Hamilton	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dexter Jackson	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Peterson	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Bryant	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Gilmore	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warrick Dunn	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Arron Sears	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jerramy Stevens	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Bennett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Bidwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Davis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Faine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Galloway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Garcia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Earnest Graham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Griese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Davin Joseph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Lee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Mahan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luke McCown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Troupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cadillac Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Zuttah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	991	788	203	661	181	110	22	17	77	82	60	12	2
Opponents Totals	1116	881	235	757	224	105	11	19	74	99	74	16	1