
1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics
Team Record: 2-14
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John McKay (2-14)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1983 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1983 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Buccaneers stumbled, scoring only 241 points, and the defense allowed 380. Jack Thompson threw for 2,906 yards. James Wilder led pass catchers, catching 57 balls, while Kevin House contributed 769 receiving yards. Gerald Carter contributed to the receiving game, too.
James Wilder rushed for a team-high 640 yards for Tampa Bay.
Beasley Reece intercepted 6 opponent throws. Lee Selmon topped the defensive unit with 11 quarterback sacks.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Thompson | 423 | 249 | 58.9 | 2906 | 6.9 | 18 | 4.3 | 21 | 5.0 | 80 | 39 | 289 | 73.3 |
Jerry Golsteyn | 97 | 47 | 48.5 | 535 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.1 | 52 | 7 | 52 | 56.9 |
Jeff Komlo | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 29.7 |
Totals | 528 | 300 | 56.8 | 3490 | 6.6 | 18 | 3.4 | 24 | 4.5 | 80 | 49 | 366 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Wilder | 161 | 640 | 4.0 | 75 | 4 |
Mel Carver | 114 | 348 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
James Owens | 96 | 266 | 2.8 | 15 | 5 |
Adger Armstrong | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
Michael Morton | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
Jack Thompson | 26 | 27 | 1.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jeff Komlo | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
Terdell Middleton | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Jerry Golsteyn | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 0 |
Gerald Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Kevin House | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Totals | 428 | 1353 | 3.2 | 75 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Wilder | 57 | 380 | 6.7 | 31 | 2 |
Gerald Carter | 48 | 694 | 14.5 | 56 | 2 |
Kevin House | 47 | 769 | 16.4 | 74 | 5 |
Mel Carver | 32 | 262 | 8.2 | 20 | 1 |
Theo Bell | 25 | 410 | 16.4 | 52 | 2 |
Jimmie Giles | 25 | 349 | 14.0 | 80 | 1 |
Jerry Bell | 18 | 200 | 11.1 | 33 | 1 |
Adger Armstrong | 15 | 173 | 11.5 | 41 | 2 |
James Owens | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 11 | 1 |
Jim Obradovich | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 19 | 1 |
Andre Tyler | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 |
Mark Witte | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
Michael Morton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Totals | 300 | 3490 | 11.6 | 80 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Capece | 26 | 23 | 88.5 | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 53 |
David Warnke | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |
George Yarno | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 29 | 25 | 86.2 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 55 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Garcia | 95 | 4008 | 42.2 | 64 |
Totals | 95 | 4008 | 42.2 | 64 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Tyler | 27 | 208 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
Theo Bell | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
John Holt | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 299 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Morton | 30 | 689 | 23.0 | 50 | 0 |
James Owens | 20 | 380 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 |
Johnny Smith | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 43 | 0 |
Danny Spradlin | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 24 | 0 |
Dwayne O'Steen | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
Mel Carver | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
Adger Armstrong | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Terdell Middleton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Jim Obradovich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 68 | 1314 | 19.3 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beasley Reece | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 |
Cedric Brown | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 36 | 0 |
John Holt | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
Hugh Green | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | 2 |
Mike Washington | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 |
Booker Reese | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
Mark Cotney | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 69 | 1 |
Scot Brantley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 367 | 16.0 | 69 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Lee Selmon | 11.0 | 0.0 | |
David Logan | 9.5 | 0.0 | |
John Cannon | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Hugh Green | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Andy Hawkins | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Scot Brantley | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Davis | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Ed Judie | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Mark Cotney | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Danny Spradlin | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
John Holt | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Booker Reese | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Hasson Arbubakrr | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dave Stalls | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Thompson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Smith | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Golsteyn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Beasley Reece | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robert Thompson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hugh Green | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
Mel Carver | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Judie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Morton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lee Selmon | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sean Farrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Leonard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Neal Colzie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
David Logan | 0 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||
Theo Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Danny Spradlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Stalls | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Obradovich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Randy Grimes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Cotney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Bell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Adger Armstrong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Cannon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Holt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jimmie Giles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeff Komlo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andre Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James Wilder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gerald Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 41 | 69 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bill Capece | 10 | 23 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
James Wilder | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
James Owens | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
Kevin House | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Theo Bell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Hugh Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Gerald Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Adger Armstrong | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mel Carver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jim Obradovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Jimmie Giles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
David Logan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jerry Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
George Yarno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
David Warnke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Totals | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 241 |