1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tony Dungy (6-10)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tony Dungy (6-10)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Tampa Bay managed just 221 points, worst in the league, while the defensive squad surrendered 293. Trent Dilfer threw for 2,859 yards. Mike Alstott led pass catchers, catching 65 balls for 557 yards. Courtney Hawkins and Robb Thomas were targeted regularly, too.
Errict Rhett rushed for a team-high 539 yards for the Buccaneers.
Donnie Abraham intercepted 5 opponent throws. Warren Sapp sacked opposing passers 9 times.
Tony Dungy coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Dilfer | 482 | 267 | 55.4 | 2859 | 5.9 | 12 | 2.5 | 19 | 3.9 | 45 | 28 | 207 | 64.8 |
| Casey Weldon | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 76 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 44.0 |
| Scott Milanovich | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 70.1 |
| Totals | 494 | 274 | 55.5 | 2944 | 6.0 | 12 | 2.4 | 20 | 4.0 | 45 | 30 | 217 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Errict Rhett | 176 | 539 | 3.1 | 35 | 3 |
| Mike Alstott | 96 | 377 | 3.9 | 39 | 3 |
| Reggie Brooks | 112 | 368 | 3.3 | 56 | 2 |
| Trent Dilfer | 32 | 124 | 3.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerry Ellison | 35 | 106 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Tommy Barnhardt | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Leroy Thompson | 14 | 25 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Casey Weldon | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Totals | 472 | 1589 | 3.4 | 56 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Alstott | 65 | 557 | 8.6 | 29 | 3 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 46 | 544 | 11.8 | 45 | 1 |
| Robb Thomas | 33 | 427 | 12.9 | 31 | 2 |
| Jackie Harris | 30 | 349 | 11.6 | 36 | 1 |
| Dave Moore | 27 | 237 | 8.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Karl Williams | 22 | 246 | 11.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Alvin Harper | 19 | 289 | 15.2 | 40 | 1 |
| Jerry Ellison | 18 | 208 | 11.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Leroy Thompson | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Errict Rhett | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Reggie Brooks | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Marvin Marshall | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Totals | 274 | 2944 | 10.7 | 45 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Barnhardt | 70 | 3015 | 43.1 | 62 |
| Totals | 70 | 3015 | 43.1 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Williams | 13 | 274 | 21.1 | 88 | 1 |
| Nilo Silvan | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Marvin Marshall | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 481 | 11.7 | 88 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilo Silvan | 28 | 626 | 22.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 14 | 383 | 27.4 | 63 | 0 |
| Marvin Marshall | 12 | 264 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1287 | 23.4 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnie Abraham | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| John Lynch | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Melvin Johnson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Charles Dimry | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Mincy | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Martin Mayhew | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 26 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Sapp | 9.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lonnie Marts | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Chidi Ahanotu | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
| Regan Upshaw | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Hardy Nickerson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Curry | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Culpepper | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
| Marcus Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| John Lynch | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Martin Mayhew | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Brooks | 112.5 | 92 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hardy Nickerson | 98 | 76 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Lynch | 88.5 | 74 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Melvin Johnson | 70.5 | 61 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Mayhew | 69 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lonnie Marts | 62.5 | 52 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Donnie Abraham | 54 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Sapp | 46 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chidi Ahanotu | 42 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Culpepper | 35 | 28 | 14 | ||||||
| Charles Dimry | 30 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Regan Upshaw | 22.5 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Marcus Jones | 21 | 17 | 8 | ||||||
| Tony Bouie | 11 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| Tyoka Jackson | 10 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Eric Curry | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Charles Mincy | 7.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Gooch | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Demetrious DuBose | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tyrone Legette | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Todd Scott | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Smith | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Jason Maniecki | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Steve White | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Trent Dilfer | 10 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Ellison | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Odom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Mayberry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Karl Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Errict Rhett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Marvin Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvin Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Courtney Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Casey Weldon | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Reggie Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 812.5 | 686 | 253 | 0 | 28 | 23 | -2 | 0 | 18 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Michael Husted | 25 | 18 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Errict Rhett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Dave Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Reggie Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Robb Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| Courtney Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Alvin Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Karl Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Totals | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 221 |
