1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 0-14
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John McKay (0-14)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 0-14
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: John McKay (0-14)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 0 wins and 14 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Buccaneers scored only 125 points, worst in the league, and the shaky defensive squad allowed 412. Louis Carter rushed for a team-high 521 yards for Tampa Bay.
Steve Spurrier threw for 1,628 yards. Morris Owens caught 30 balls for 390 yards. Essex Johnson, Bob Moore and John McKay each contributed to the receiving game as well.
Mark Cotney picked off 3 opponent throws.
John McKay coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier | 311 | 156 | 50.2 | 1628 | 5.2 | 7 | 2.3 | 12 | 3.9 | 38 | 32 | 267 | 57.1 |
| Parnell Dickinson | 39 | 15 | 38.5 | 210 | 5.4 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 12.8 | 49 | 14 | 124 | 25.5 |
| Lee McGriff | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Terry Hanratty | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 32 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 20.5 |
| Louis Carter | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 24 | 4.8 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 |
| Larry Lawrence | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 376 | 181 | 48.1 | 1926 | 5.1 | 9 | 2.4 | 20 | 5.3 | 49 | 50 | 423 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 433 | 1503 | 3.5 | 46 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Owens | 30 | 390 | 13.0 | 27 | 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 | 16.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Rod McNeill | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Manfred Moore | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 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 |
| Totals | 181 | 1926 | 10.6 | 49 | 9 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Green | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 35 |
| Mirro Roder | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 14 | 11 | 78.6 | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 35 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Green | 92 | 3619 | 39.3 | 56 |
| Totals | 92 | 3619 | 39.3 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Reece | 20 | 143 | 7.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Manfred Moore | 14 | 106 | 7.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Freddie Douglas | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Mark Cotney | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 43 | 366 | 8.5 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod McNeill | 17 | 384 | 22.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Louis Carter | 15 | 300 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 13 | 287 | 22.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Freddie Douglas | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 29 | 0 |
| Manfred Moore | 7 | 134 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Davis | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Danny Reece | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bert Cooper | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Pagac | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Lemon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 70 | 1488 | 21.3 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 9 | 99 | 11.0 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Reece | 2 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Wood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Spurrier | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bert Cooper | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Reese | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Young | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Parnell Dickinson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morris Owens | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Gunn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Novak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Green | 1 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |||
| Ricky Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manfred Moore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Blahak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cal Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Toomay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Ball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Council Rudolph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Current | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terry Hanratty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod McNeill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Ryczek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 31 | 51 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Morris Owens | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Dave Green | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ed Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jack Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| John McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charlie Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Danny Reece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
