1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	A	Los Angeles Rams	3-26	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54787
Sat	8/7/1976	A	Green Bay Packers	6-10	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	53421
Sat	8/14/1976	N	Atlanta Falcons	17-3	W	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	11342
Sat	8/21/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	21-28	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	67466
Sat	8/28/1976	H	Chicago Bears	7-10	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47592
Sat	9/4/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-24	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46775
Sun	9/12/1976	A	Houston Oilers	0-20	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42228
Sun	9/19/1976	H	San Diego Chargers	0-23	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	38276
Sun	9/26/1976	H	Buffalo Bills	9-14	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	42805
Sun	10/3/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	17-42	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	40053
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Cincinnati Bengals	0-21	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	49700
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Seattle Seahawks	10-13	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	41112
Sun	10/24/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	20-23	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	59115
Sun	10/31/1976	H	Kansas City Chiefs	19-28	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	40079
Sun	11/7/1976	A	Denver Broncos	13-48	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	62503
Sun	11/14/1976	A	New York Jets	0-34	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	46427
Sun	11/21/1976	H	Cleveland Browns	7-24	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	34948
Sun	11/28/1976	A	Oakland Raiders	16-49	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	49990
Sun	12/5/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	0-42	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	43385
Sun	12/12/1976	H	New England Patriots	14-31	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	39606

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Tom Alward	67	ROG-LOG	6-4	255	24	Nebraska	14	9
Larry Ball	53	LLB	6-6	235	27	Louisville	13	0
Joe Blahak	21	RCB	5-9	181	26	Nebraska	2	1
Cedric Brown	34	S	6-1	190	22	Kent State	1	0
Louis Carter	32	RB	5-11	207	23	Maryland	14	8
Bert Cooper	56	MLB	6-1	242	24	Florida State	12	3
Mark Cotney	33	SS	6-0	205	24	New Mexico Highlands; Cameron	14	13
Mike Current	74	ROT	6-4	267	31	Ohio State	14	14
Charlie Davis	26	RB	5-11	200	24	Colorado	6	5
Ricky Davis	27	FS	6-1	180	23	Alabama	11	0
Parnell Dickinson	18	QB	6-2	185	23	Mississippi Valley State	8	1
Freddie Douglas	84	WR	5-9	185	22	Arkansas	7	1
Jimmy DuBose	35	RB	5-11	220	22	Florida	14	4
Howard Fest	72	LOG	6-6	263	30	Texas	14	14
Dave Green	4	P	5-11	200	27	Ohio University	14	0
Jimmy Gunn	30	LLB	6-1	220	28	Southern California	13	11
Isaac Hagins	81	WR	5-9	179	22	Southern University	1	0
Terry Hanratty	5	QB	6-1	206	28	Notre Dame	3	1
Charlie Hunt	55	LB	6-2	215	25	Florida State	5	0
Larry Jameson	69	DT	6-7	270	23	Indiana	1	0
Essex Johnson	19	RB	5-9	197	30	Grambling State	14	1
Curtis Jordan	25	LCB-RCB	6-2	205	22	Texas Tech	11	9
Vince Kendrick	20	RB	6-0	231	24	Florida	1	0
Larry Lawrence	13	QB	6-1	208	27	Iowa	1	0
Mike Lemon	59	MLB-RLB	6-2	220	25	Ellsworth CC; Kansas	5	1
Everett Little	77	ROG-ROT	6-4	275	22	Houston	10	1
Don Martin	21	SS	5-11	187	27	Yale	1	0
Ed McAleney	69	LDE-LDT	6-2	235	23	Massachusetts	2	0
Lee McGriff	83	WR	5-9	163	23	Florida	6	3
John McKay	89	WR	5-11	182	23	Southern California	14	13
Rod McNeill	22	RB	6-2	220	25	Southern California	11	0
Bob Moore	86	TE	6-3	225	27	Stanford	12	10
Manfred Moore	44	RB	6-0	200	26	Southern California	10	0
Maulty Moore	65	LDT-RDT	6-5	265	30	Bethune-Cookman	5	1
Jack Novak	80	TE	6-5	240	23	Wisconsin	12	1
Frank Oliver	42	CB	6-0	194	24	Kentucky State	4	0
Morris Owens	85	WR	6-0	192	23	Arizona State	12	10
Fred Pagac	82	TE	6-0	220	24	Ohio State	14	3
Dave Pear	76	LDT	6-2	250	23	Washington	13	13
Cal Peterson	58	LLB	6-3	215	24	UCLA	5	4
Jim Peterson	57	RLB	6-5	235	26	San Diego Mesa JC; San Diego State	3	2
Reggie Pierson	20	LCB-RCB	5-11	185	24	Arizona Western JC; Oklahoma State	5	1
Dave Reavis	75	OT	6-4	260	26	Arkansas	1	1
Danny Reece	46	RCB	5-11	188	21	Southern California	11	10
Steve Reese	52	MLB	6-2	229	24	Louisville	12	10
Glenn Robinson	64	RDT	6-6	245	25	Navarro JC; Oklahoma State	14	4
Mirro Roder	5	K	6-1	218	32	none	2	0
Council Rudolph	78	LDE	6-3	248	26	Kentucky State	14	13
Dan Ryczek	51	C-LOT	6-3	250	27	Virginia	14	13
Dewey Selmon	61	RDT	6-1	240	23	Oklahoma	12	5
Lee Roy Selmon	63	RDT	6-3	256	22	Oklahoma	8	6
Jimmy Sims	55	RLB-LLB	6-0	195	26	Los Angeles Harbor JC; Southern California	2	1
Barry Smith	88	WR	6-1	190	25	Florida State	13	1
Steve Spurrier	11	QB	6-2	202	31	Florida	14	12
Ken Stone	28	FS	6-1	180	26	Vanderbilt	14	14
Pat Toomay	66	RDE	6-6	244	28	Vanderbilt	14	14
John Ward	73	C	6-4	250	28	Oklahoma State	4	2
Mike Washington	40	LCB	6-3	190	23	Alabama	6	6
Ed Williams	43	RB	6-1	245	26	Langston	12	10
Steve Wilson	79	ROG	6-4	266	22	Georgia	10	5
Richard Wood	54	RLB-LLB	6-2	230	23	Southern California	13	10
Roscoe Word	24	LCB-RCB	5-11	170	24	Jackson State	2	2
Randy Young	70	OT	6-5	250	22	Iowa State	9	0
Steve Young	71	LOT	6-8	271	23	Colorado	13	11

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Lee Roy Selmon	DE	Oklahoma
2	30	Jimmy DuBose	RB	Florida
2	60	Dewey Selmon	DT	Oklahoma
3	61	Steve Young	T	Colorado
3	91	Steve Maughan	LB	Utah State
4	121	Rick Appleby	WR	Georgia
4	124	Everett Little	G	Houston
5	125	Michael Kelson	DB	West Texas A&M
5	154	Steve Wilson	T	Georgia
6	158	Curtis Jordan	DB	Texas Tech
7	183	Parnell Dickinson	QB	Mississippi Valley State
9	238	Bruce Welch	G	Texas A&M
10	267	Sid Smith	LB	Brigham Young
11	292	Mel Washington	DB	Colorado State
12	321	George Ragsdale	RB	North Carolina A&T State
13	348	Brad Jenkins	TE	Nebraska
14	377	Carl Roaches	KR	Texas A&M
15	404	Bob Dzierzak	DT	Utah State
16	433	Tommy West	LB	Tennessee
17	460	Jack Berry	QB	Washington & Lee

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	23	37	16	49	125
Opponents Totals	61	130	106	115	412

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		191	71	93	27	51/209 24.4%	/ %	109	875
Opponents Totals		284	136	124	24	88/201 43.8%	/ %	114	935

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Morris Owens	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Dave Green	0	11	14	78.6	8	14	57.1	0	35
Essex Johnson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ed Williams	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Louis Carter	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Davis	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John McKay	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jack Novak	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Danny Reece	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mirro Roder	0	0	0		0	3	0.0	0	0
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	15	11	15	73.3	8	17	47.1	0	125
Opponents Totals	50	48	50	96.0	20	31	64.5	2	412

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dave Green	8	14	57.1	3	45	1/1	1/2	4/7	2/4	0/0
Mirro Roder	0	3	0.0	0		0/0	0/0	0/2	0/1	0/0
Team Totals	8	17	47.1	2	45	1/1	1/2	4/9	2/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	20	31	64.5			3/3	4/12	8/8	4/8	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Louis Carter	171	521	3.0	26	1
Ed Williams	87	324	3.7	19	2
Essex Johnson	47	166	3.5	27	1
Rod McNeill	27	135	5.0	17	0
Charlie Davis	41	107	2.6	13	1
Parnell Dickinson	13	103	7.9	46	0
Jimmy DuBose	20	62	3.1	24	0
Steve Spurrier	12	48	4.0	10	0
Bob Moore	2	23	11.5	22	0
Fred Pagac	1	4	4.0	4	0
Manfred Moore	7	4	0.6	7	0
Vince Kendrick	1	3	3.0	3	0
Morris Owens	2	2	1.0	18	0
Terry Hanratty	1	1	1.0	1	0
Dave Green	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	433	1503	3.5	46	5
Opponents Totals	588	2560	4.4	69t	23

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Spurrier	311	156	50.2	143	1628	5.2	10.4	38	7	2.3	12	3.9	32	267	1361	57.1
Parnell Dickinson	39	15	38.5	19	210	5.4	14.0	49	1	2.6	5	12.8	14	124	86	25.5
Terry Hanratty	14	6	42.9	7	32	2.3	5.3	12	0	0.0	1	7.1	3	24	8	20.5
Lee McGriff	1	1	100.0	0	39	39.0	39.0	39	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39	118.8
Louis Carter	5	2	40.0	3	24	4.8	12.0	23	1	20.0	0	0.0	0	0	24	95.0
Ricky Davis	1	1	100.0	0	-7	-7.0	-7.0	-7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-7	79.2
Larry Lawrence	5	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	40.0	1	8	-8	0.0
Team Totals	376	181	48.1	175	1926	5.1	10.6	49	9	2.4	20	5.3	50	423	1503	49.4
Opponents Totals	321	178	55.5	134	2412	7.5	13.6	71t	19	5.9	9	2.8	24	171	2241	87.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Morris Owens	30	390	13.0	27t	6
Essex Johnson	25	201	8.0	38	1
Bob Moore	23	281	12.2	31	0
Ed Williams	23	166	7.2	18	0
John McKay	20	302	15.1	49	1
Louis Carter	20	135	6.8	19	0
Jack Novak	8	130	16.3	30t	1
Rod McNeill	7	33	4.7	9	0
Manfred Moore	5	46	9.2	23	0
Jimmy DuBose	5	26	5.2	18	0
Barry Smith	4	88	22.0	39	0
Freddie Douglas	3	58	19.3	35	0
Charlie Davis	3	32	10.7	23	0
Fred Pagac	2	15	7.5	10	0
Dave Green	1	9	9.0	9	0
Dan Ryczek	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	181	1926	10.6	49	9
Opponents Totals	178	2412	13.6	71t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Cotney	3	25	8.3	25	0
Ken Stone	2	47	23.5	26	0
Curtis Jordan	2	10	5.0	10	0
Cal Peterson	1	15	15.0	15	0
Larry Ball	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	9	99	11.0	26	0
Opponents Totals	20	490	24.5	68t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Green	92	3619	39.3	56	3	12	754	2805	30.5
Team Totals	92	3619	39.3	56	3	12	754	2805	30.5
Opponents Totals	65	2556	39.3	57	6	15	366	2070	31.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Manfred Moore	14	0	106	7.6	21	0
Danny Reece	20	0	143	7.2	30	0
Freddie Douglas	4	0	78	19.5	32	0
Mark Cotney	3	0	26	8.7	9	0
Ken Stone	1	0	11	11.0	11L	0
Isaac Hagins	1	0	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	43	0	366	8.5	32	0
Opponents Totals	71	4	754	10.6	60t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Rod McNeill	17	384	22.6	43
Louis Carter	15	300	20.0	30
Essex Johnson	13	287	22.1	32
Freddie Douglas	7	167	23.9	29
Manfred Moore	7	134	19.1	27
Charlie Davis	4	73	18.3	25
Isaac Hagins	2	35	17.5	21
Jimmy DuBose	1	34	34.0	28
Danny Reece	1	30	30.0	30
Bert Cooper	1	22	22.0	22
Fred Pagac	1	20	20.0	20
Mike Lemon	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	70	1488	21.3	43
Opponents Totals	35	717	20.5	43

SACKS	NO	YDS
Curtis Jordan	1.0
Jim Peterson	1.0
Council Rudolph	5.0
Lee Roy Selmon	5.0
Dave Pear	3.0
Pat Toomay	3.0
Dewey Selmon	2.0
(Unidentified)	2.0
Team Totals	24.0	171.0
Opponents Totals	50.0	423.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Larry Ball	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Blahak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Louis Carter	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bert Cooper	0	0	0	2	2	10	0
Mike Current	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Davis	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Parnell Dickinson	3		2	0	2	0	0
Jimmy DuBose	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Green	1		1	0	1	-9	0
Jimmy Gunn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Terry Hanratty	1		0	0	0	0	0
Essex Johnson	3		0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Jordan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rod McNeill	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Moore	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Manfred Moore	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jack Novak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Morris Owens	1		2	0	2	0	0
Cal Peterson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Danny Reece	2		1	2	3	53	1
Steve Reese	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Council Rudolph	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dan Ryczek	1		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Spurrier	5		2	0	2	-3	0
Pat Toomay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Williams	2		0	0	0	0	0
Richard Wood	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Steve Young	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	30	17	13	18	31	51	1
Opponents Totals	33	19	12	17	29		3

Willie Brown	Wide Receivers
Wayne Fontes	Defensive Secondary
Jerry Frei	Offensive Line
Dennis Fryzel	Special Teams
Abe Gibron	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Phil Krueger	Offensive Backs
John Rauch	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Dick Voris	Linebackers