
1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McKay (5-11)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1978 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Tampa Bay stumbled, scoring only 241 points, while the defense gave up 259. Ricky Bell rushed for a team-high 679 yards for the Buccaneers.
Doug Williams tossed for 1,170 yards. Morris Owens led the receiving corps, catching 32 balls for 640 yards.
Cedric Brown picked off 6 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Williams | 194 | 73 | 37.6 | 1170 | 6.0 | 7 | 3.6 | 8 | 4.1 | 56 | 6 | 69 | 53.4 |
Mike Rae | 118 | 57 | 48.3 | 705 | 6.0 | 4 | 3.4 | 7 | 5.9 | 33 | 37 | 288 | 53.8 |
Gary Huff | 36 | 15 | 41.7 | 169 | 4.7 | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 8.3 | 31 | 5 | 54 | 30.9 |
Louis Carter | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 87 | 17.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
Dave Green | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 92.4 |
Mike Boryla | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4 | 57 | 47.9 |
Totals | 361 | 151 | 41.8 | 2171 | 6.0 | 12 | 3.3 | 18 | 5.0 | 66 | 52 | 468 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Bell | 185 | 679 | 3.7 | 56 | 6 |
Johnny Davis | 97 | 370 | 3.8 | 18 | 3 |
Jimmy DuBose | 93 | 358 | 3.8 | 12 | 4 |
Louis Carter | 81 | 275 | 3.4 | 17 | 1 |
Mike Rae | 20 | 186 | 9.3 | 42 | 0 |
George Ragsdale | 25 | 121 | 4.8 | 18 | 1 |
Charlie White | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
Larry Mucker | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
Doug Williams | 27 | 23 | 0.9 | 7 | 1 |
Gary Huff | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
Dave Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmie Giles | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 549 | 2098 | 3.8 | 56 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morris Owens | 32 | 640 | 20.0 | 66 | 5 |
Jimmie Giles | 23 | 324 | 14.1 | 38 | 2 |
Louis Carter | 19 | 139 | 7.3 | 17 | 0 |
Ricky Bell | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 |
Jim Obradovich | 14 | 219 | 15.6 | 28 | 3 |
Larry Mucker | 13 | 271 | 20.8 | 48 | 0 |
John McKay | 9 | 166 | 18.4 | 28 | 1 |
Frank Grant | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
Isaac Hagins | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 21 | 0 |
Johnny Davis | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
George Ragsdale | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 31 | 1 |
Charlie White | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
Danny Reece | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 151 | 2171 | 14.4 | 66 | 12 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil O'Donoghue | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 64 |
Dave Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | |||
Totals | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 67 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dave Green | 100 | 4092 | 40.9 | 61 |
Totals | 100 | 4092 | 40.9 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Reece | 44 | 393 | 8.9 | 50 | 0 |
Larry Mucker | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Mark Cotney | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 10 | 0 |
Isaac Hagins | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
Cedric Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 62 | 512 | 8.3 | 50 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Ragsdale | 24 | 555 | 23.1 | 46 | 0 |
Danny Reece | 11 | 240 | 21.8 | 32 | 0 |
Louis Carter | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 21 | 0 |
Isaac Hagins | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 20 | 0 |
Jimmie Giles | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
Jim Obradovich | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
Alvin Maxson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Larry Mucker | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 1095 | 19.6 | 46 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedric Brown | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 29 | 0 |
Jeris White | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 31 | 0 |
Mike Washington | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 |
Dave Lewis | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
Curtis Jordan | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 22 | 0 |
Mark Cotney | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
Cecil Johnson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
Danny Reece | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Aaron Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Dewey Selmon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 312 | 10.8 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Crowder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Wilson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Cotney | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Doug Williams | 5 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||
Cecil Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Aaron Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Reavis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Rae | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Huff | 2 | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Kollar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louis Carter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charlie White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Morris Owens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Pear | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Mucker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy DuBose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Charley Hannah | 1 | 1 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||
William Cesare | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Boryla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Giles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Danny Reece | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
George Ragsdale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ricky Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Isaac Hagins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cedric Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 26 | -42 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Neil O'Donoghue | 13 | 25 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||||
Ricky Bell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Morris Owens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Jimmy DuBose | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Johnny Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Jim Obradovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
George Ragsdale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jimmie Giles | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
John McKay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Doug Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mike Washington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Louis Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Dave Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
Totals | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |