
1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster
Team Record: 4-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (4-11)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Tampa Bay racked up 286 points, while the defense allowed 360. Steve DeBerg tossed for 1,891 yards, and Vinny Testaverde took a significant amount of snaps also. James Wilder caught 40 balls, while Gerald Carter contributed 586 receiving yards, while Calvin Magee provided receiving help, too.
James Wilder rushed for a team-high 488 yards for the Buccaneers.
Paul Tripoli picked off 3 opponent throws. Ron Holmes sacked quarterbacks 8 times.
Ray Perkins coached the team.
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# | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
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23 | Don Anderson | DB | July 8, 1963 | 5'10" | 196 | Purdue | Detroit, MI USA | 11 | 0 |
39 | Cliff Austin | RB | March 2, 1960 | 6'0" | 203 | Clemson | Atlanta, GA USA | 3 | 2 |
42 | Steve Bartalo | RB | July 15, 1964 | 5'9" | 200 | Colorado St. | Limestone, ME USA | 9 | 0 |
39 | Greg Boone | RB | January 8, 1962 | 5'9" | 196 | Duke | Aberdeen, MA USA | 2 | 0 |
52 | Scot Brantley | LB | February 24, 1958 | 6'1" | 230 | Florida | Chester, SC USA | 12 | 2 |
77 | Rufus Brown | G | June 19, 1962 | 6'2" | 295 | Florida A&M | Bartow, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
78 | John Cannon | LDE | July 30, 1960 | 6'5" | 260 | William & Mary | Long Branch, NJ USA | 11 | 11 |
88 | Mark Carrier | WR | October 28, 1965 | 6'0" | 186 | Nicholls St. | Lafayette, LA USA | 10 | 5 |
87 | Gerald Carter | WR | June 19, 1957 | 6'1" | 190 | Texas A&M | Bryan, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
87 | Steve Carter | WR | September 12, 1962 | 5'10" | 170 | Albany State (GA) | New York, NY USA | 3 | 1 |
78 | Walter Carter | DE | December 19, 1957 | 6'4" | 276 | Florida St. | Richmond, VA USA | 2 | 1 |
90 | Mike Clark | DE | March 30, 1959 | 6'4" | 253 | Florida | Dothan, AL USA | 3 | 3 |
22 | Torin Clark | DB | December 31, 1963 | 6'1" | 175 | West Virginia St. | 2 | 2 | |
71 | Mark Cooper | G | February 14, 1960 | 6'5" | 270 | Miami (FL) | Camden, NJ USA | 4 | 2 |
5 | Ray Criswell | P | August 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 192 | Florida | Lake City, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
31 | Ivory Curry | DB | February 6, 1961 | 5'11" | 185 | Florida | Miami, FL USA | 3 | 2 |
58 | Jeff Davis | LILB | January 26, 1960 | 6'0" | 230 | Clemson | Greensboro, NC USA | 11 | 10 |
17 | Steve DeBerg | QB | January 19, 1954 | 6'3" | 210 | San Jose St. | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 8 |
81 | Dwayne Dixon | WR | August 2, 1962 | 6'1" | 205 | Florida | Gainesville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
81 | Phil Freeman | WR | December 9, 1962 | 5'11" | 185 | Arizona | St. Paul, MN USA | 8 | 4 |
36 | Bobby Futrell | KR | August 4, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Elizabeth City St. | Ahoskie, NC USA | 12 | 1 |
91 | Brian Gant | LB | September 6, 1965 | 6'0" | 235 | Illinois St. | Gary, IN USA | 11 | 3 |
5 | Frank Garcia | P | June 5, 1957 | 6'0" | 205 | Arizona St. | Tucson, AZ USA | 12 | 0 |
33 | Jeff George | DB | December 24, 1957 | 6'1" | 185 | Illinois St. | Atchison, KS USA | 2 | 1 |
32 | Charles Gladman | RB | September 2, 1966 | 5'11" | 205 | Pittsburgh | Akron, OH USA | 2 | 0 |
79 | Conrad Goode | T | January 19, 1962 | 6'6" | 285 | Missouri | St. Louis, MO USA | 11 | 2 |
31 | Sonny Gordon | DB | July 30, 1965 | 5'11" | 192 | Ohio St. | Lynn, MA USA | 7 | 0 |
53 | Don Graham | LB | January 31, 1964 | 6'2" | 244 | Penn St. | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 2 | 0 |
60 | Randy Grimes | C | July 20, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | Baylor | Tyler, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
82 | Ron Hall | TE | March 15, 1964 | 6'4" | 245 | Cal Poly-Pomona | Fort Huachuca, AZ USA | 10 | 3 |
67 | Roy Harris | DE | March 26, 1961 | 6'2" | 264 | Florida | Winter Garden, FL USA | 3 | 2 |
66 | Dave Heffernan | G | October 28, 1962 | 6'4" | 255 | Miami (FL) | Boston, MA USA | 2 | 0 |
73 | Ron Heller | RT | August 25, 1962 | 6'5" | 298 | Penn St. | East Meadow, NY USA | 12 | 10 |
84 | Bruce Hill | WR | February 29, 1964 | 6'0" | 178 | Arizona St. | Fort Dix, NJ USA | 8 | 1 |
11 | Mike Hold | QB | March 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 190 | South Carolina | Phoenix, AZ USA | 2 | 0 |
83 | Derek Holloway | WR | January 17, 1961 | 5'7" | 166 | Arkansas | Riverside, NJ USA | 1 | 0 |
80 | Steve Holloway | TE | August 23, 1964 | 6'3" | 235 | Tennessee St. | Montgomery, AL USA | 6 | 4 |
90 | Ron Holmes | RDE | August 26, 1963 | 6'4" | 261 | Washington | Fort Benning, GA USA | 10 | 8 |
25 | Bobby Howard | RB | June 1, 1964 | 6'0" | 213 | Indiana | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
71 | Jim Huddleston | G | September 22, 1962 | 6'4" | 280 | Virginia | San Pedro, CA USA | 1 | 1 |
72 | John Hunt | T-G | November 6, 1962 | 6'4" | 254 | Florida | Orlando, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
37 | Eddie Hunter | RB | January 20, 1965 | 5'10" | 205 | Virginia Tech | Reno, NV USA | 3 | 0 |
1 | Donald Igwebuike | K | December 27, 1960 | 5'9" | 181 | Clemson | Anamba, Nigeria | 12 | 0 |
28 | Ray Isom | FS | December 27, 1965 | 5'9" | 190 | Penn St. | Harrisburg, PA USA | 6 | 6 |
84 | David Jackson | WR | January 2, 1965 | 5'8" | 175 | SE Missouri St. | Baltimore, MD USA | 1 | 0 |
91 | Cam Jacobs | LB | March 10, 1962 | 6'2" | 230 | Kentucky | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 3 | 0 |
95 | Curt Jarvis | NT-DE-DT | January 28, 1965 | 6'2" | 266 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL USA | 2 | 0 |
73 | Hoss Johnson | T | June 8, 1963 | 6'4" | 295 | Alabama | Huntsville, AL USA | 1 | 0 |
22 | Rod Jones | RCB | March 31, 1964 | 6'0" | 185 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
61 | David Jordan | G | June 14, 1962 | 6'6" | 274 | Auburn | Birmingham, AL USA | 3 | 3 |
75 | Kevin Kellin | DT | November 16, 1959 | 6'6" | 267 | Minnesota | Hampton, VA USA | 7 | 1 |
33 | Bobby Kemp | SS | May 29, 1959 | 6'0" | 189 | Cal State-Fullerton | Oakland, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
98 | Tyrone Keys | DE-LB | October 24, 1959 | 6'7" | 272 | Mississippi St. | Jackson, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
23 | Tim King | DB | March 7, 1960 | 6'2" | 190 | Delaware St. | New York, NY USA | 3 | 2 |
24 | Dan Land | DB | July 3, 1965 | 6'0" | 195 | Albany State (GA) | Donalsonville, GA USA | 3 | 2 |
77 | J.D. Maarleveld | T | October 24, 1961 | 6'6" | 300 | Notre Dame | Jersey City, NJ USA | 11 | 3 |
86 | Calvin Magee | TE | April 23, 1963 | 6'3" | 240 | Southern | New Orleans, LA USA | 11 | 11 |
68 | Rick Mallory | RG | October 21, 1960 | 6'2" | 265 | Washington | Seattle, WA USA | 12 | 12 |
53 | Fred McCallister | LB | February 17, 1962 | 6'1" | 250 | Florida | Melbourne, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
73 | Tom McHale | G | February 25, 1963 | 6'4" | 290 | Maryland | Gaithersburg, MD USA | 3 | 0 |
21 | Vito McKeever | DB | October 8, 1961 | 6'0" | 180 | Florida | Inverness, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
83 | Solomon Miller | WR | December 6, 1964 | 6'1" | 185 | Utah St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
82 | Jeff Modesitt | TE | January 1, 1964 | 6'5" | 245 | Delaware | Terre Haute, IN USA | 1 | 0 |
56 | Sankar Montoute | LB | February 2, 1961 | 6'3" | 230 | Wisconsin | , Trinidad | 3 | 3 |
57 | Winston Moss | ROLB | December 24, 1965 | 6'3" | 245 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | 12 | 6 |
59 | Kevin Murphy | LB | September 8, 1963 | 6'2" | 233 | Oklahoma | Plano, TX USA | 9 | 0 |
76 | Fred Nordgren | NT | December 11, 1959 | 6'0" | 240 | Portland St. | Hillsboro, OR USA | 3 | 3 |
60 | Paul O'Connor | G | November 7, 1962 | 6'3" | 270 | Miami (FL) | Summit, NJ USA | 2 | 2 |
29 | Lee Paige | DB | October 16, 1960 | 6'0" | 197 | Florida St. | Jackson, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
59 | Leon Pennington | LB | December 25, 1963 | 6'1" | 225 | Florida | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 3 | 0 |
55 | Chuck Pitcock | C | February 20, 1958 | 6'4" | 272 | Tulane | Homestead, FL USA | 2 | 2 |
74 | Marvin Powell | T | August 30, 1955 | 6'5" | 268 | USC | Fort Bragg, NC USA | 6 | 4 |
64 | Don Pumphrey | G | November 22, 1963 | 6'4" | 275 | Valdosta St. | Tallahassee, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
40 | Marcus Quinn | DB | June 27, 1959 | 6'1" | 205 | LSU | Tylertown, MS USA | 3 | 3 |
98 | Jim Ramey | DE | March 9, 1957 | 6'4" | 261 | Kentucky | Louisville, KY USA | 3 | 0 |
54 | Ervin Randle | RILB | October 12, 1962 | 6'1" | 250 | Baylor | Hearne, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
7 | John Reaves | QB | March 2, 1950 | 6'3" | 210 | Florida | Anniston, AL USA | 2 | 2 |
29 | Ricky Reynolds | LCB | January 19, 1965 | 5'11" | 190 | Washington St. | Sacramento, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
47 | Harold Ricks | RB | December 26, 1962 | 5'10" | 200 | Tenn-Chattanooga | 3 | 1 | |
94 | Charles Riggins | DE | November 9, 1959 | 6'5" | 295 | Bethune-Cookman | Sanford, FL USA | 3 | 0 |
81 | Stanley Shakespeare | WR | February 5, 1963 | 6'0" | 190 | Miami (FL) | Auburn, NY USA | 1 | 0 |
93 | Dan Sileo | DT | January 3, 1964 | 6'2" | 282 | Maryland | Stamford, CT USA | 10 | 0 |
35 | Jeff Smith | RB | March 22, 1962 | 5'9" | 201 | Nebraska | Wichita, KS USA | 12 | 8 |
68 | Reggie Smith | T | August 29, 1961 | 6'5" | 295 | Kansas | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
94 | Mike Stensrud | NT | February 19, 1956 | 6'5" | 280 | Iowa St. | Forest City, IA USA | 12 | 12 |
89 | Eric Streater | WR | March 21, 1964 | 5'11" | 165 | North Carolina | Sylva, NC USA | 3 | 3 |
70 | Harry Swayne | T | February 2, 1965 | 6'5" | 290 | Rutgers | Philadelphia, PA USA | 8 | 2 |
41 | Craig Swoope | DB | February 3, 1964 | 6'1" | 205 | Illinois | Fort Pierce, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
95 | Gene Taylor | WR | November 12, 1962 | 6'2" | 189 | Fresno St. | Oakland, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
72 | Rob Taylor | LT | November 14, 1960 | 6'6" | 293 | Northwestern | St. Charles, IL USA | 5 | 5 |
52 | Pat Teague | LB | October 22, 1963 | 6'1" | 225 | North Carolina St. | Asheville, NC USA | 1 | 1 |
14 | Vinny Testaverde | QB | November 13, 1963 | 6'5" | 235 | Miami (FL) | Brooklyn, NY USA | 6 | 4 |
36 | Derrick Thomas | RB | March 8, 1965 | 6'0" | 232 | Arkansas | Paducah, KY USA | 1 | 0 |
1 | Van Tiffin | K | September 6, 1965 | 5'9" | 155 | Alabama | Tupelo, MS USA | 3 | 0 |
24 | Paul Tripoli | DB | December 14, 1961 | 6'0" | 197 | Alabama | Utica, NY USA | 13 | 4 |
50 | Dan Turk | C | June 25, 1962 | 6'4" | 290 | Drake | Milwaukee, WI USA | 13 | 3 |
70 | Calvin Turner | DE | April 10, 1960 | 6'4" | 270 | West Virginia | Fairmont, WV USA | 3 | 0 |
45 | Miles Turpin | LB | May 15, 1964 | 6'4" | 230 | California | Minneapolis, MN USA | 4 | 2 |
56 | Jackie Walker | LOLB | November 3, 1962 | 6'5" | 245 | Jackson St. | Monroe, LA USA | 12 | 6 |
37 | Kevin Walker | DB | October 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | East Carolina | Greensboro, NC USA | 3 | 3 |
83 | Herkie Walls | WR | July 18, 1961 | 5'8" | 159 | Texas | Garland, TX USA | 2 | 2 |
51 | Chris Washington | LOLB | March 6, 1962 | 6'4" | 231 | Iowa St. | Jackson, MS USA | 12 | 12 |
85 | Arthur Wells | TE | February 1, 1963 | 6'4" | 236 | Grambling St. | Shreveport, LA USA | 2 | 0 |
32 | James Wilder | FB | May 12, 1958 | 6'3" | 225 | Missouri | Sikeston, MO USA | 12 | 12 |
20 | Rick Woods | FS | November 16, 1959 | 6'0" | 196 | Boise St. | Boise, ID USA | 5 | 5 |
34 | Adrian Wright | RB | October 13, 1961 | 6'1" | 230 | Virginia Union | Charleston, WV USA | 3 | 3 |
66 | George Yarno | LG | August 12, 1957 | 6'2" | 260 | Washington St. | Spokane, WA USA | 11 | 8 |
10 | Jim Zorn | QB | May 10, 1953 | 6'2" | 200 | Cal Poly-Pomona | Whittier, CA USA | 1 | 1 |