1984 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 6-10-0 .375

Head Coach: John McKay

John Brunner	Offensive Moderator
Joe Diange	Strength
Boyd Dowler	Quarterbacks
Wayne Fontes	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Secondary
Abe Gibron	Defensive Line
Kim Helton	Offensive Line
Chip Myers	Receivers
Howard Tippett	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/28/1984	N	Seattle Seahawks	0-38	L		Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	22520
Sat	8/4/1984	H	Houston Oilers	30-17	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	32774
Sat	8/11/1984	H	Cincinnati Bengals	21-13	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	33588
Sat	8/18/1984	A	Atlanta Falcons	21-52	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	29610
Fri	8/24/1984	H	Miami Dolphins	14-13	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	53023
Sun	9/2/1984	A	Chicago Bears	14-34	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58789
Sun	9/9/1984	A	New Orleans Saints	13-17	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	54686
Sun	9/16/1984	H	Detroit Lions	21-17	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	44560
Sun	9/23/1984	A	New York Giants	14-17	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	72650
Sun	9/30/1984	H	Green Bay Packers	30-27	W	OT	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47487
Sun	10/7/1984	H	Minnesota Vikings	35-31	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	47405
Sun	10/14/1984	A	Detroit Lions	7-13	L	OT	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	44308
Sun	10/21/1984	H	Chicago Bears	9-44	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	60003
Sun	10/28/1984	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-24	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	41710
Sun	11/4/1984	A	Minnesota Vikings	24-27	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	54949
Sun	11/11/1984	H	New York Giants	20-17	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	46534
Sun	11/18/1984	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-24	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	57704
Sun	11/25/1984	H	Los Angeles Rams	33-34	L		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	42242
Sun	12/2/1984	A	Green Bay Packers	14-27	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	46800
Sun	12/9/1984	H	Atlanta Falcons	23-6	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	33808
Sun	12/16/1984	H	New York Jets	41-21	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	43817

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
27	Fred Acorn	RCB	5-10	180	23	Texas	16	1
2	Obed Ariri	K	5-8	170	28	Clemson	16	0
46	Adger Armstrong	FB	6-0	230	27	Texas A&M	15	9
82	Jerry Bell	TE	6-5	230	25	Arizona State	16	11
83	Theo Bell	WR	5-11	180	31	Arizona	15	0
71	Byron Braggs	DE	6-4	270	25	Alabama	14	0
52	Scot Brantley	RILB	6-1	230	26	Florida	16	16
29	Leon Bright	RB	5-9	192	29	Florida State	12	0
34	Cedric Brown	RS	6-1	190	30	Kent State	9	9
57	Keith Browner	LOLB-ROLB	6-6	245	22	Southern California	16	10
77	Glenn Bujnoch	LOG-ROG	6-6	265	31	Texas A&M	8	3
78	John Cannon	LDE	6-5	262	24	William & Mary	16	16
86	Jay Carroll	TE	6-4	230	23	Minnesota	16	2
87	Gerald Carter	WR	6-1	188	27	Tyler JC; Texas A&M	16	9
28	Mel Carver	FB	5-11	215	25	Laney JC; Nevada-Las Vegas	5	1
23	Jeremiah Castille	LCB	5-10	175	23	Alabama	16	16
31	Randy Clark	CB-S	6-0	204	22	Florida	2	0
33	Mark Cotney	LS	6-0	205	32	New Mexico Highlands; Cameron	16	9
72	Steve Courson	LOG-ROG	6-1	270	29	South Carolina	14	12
31	Craig Curry	S	6-0	187	23	Texas	5	0
75	Phil Darns	DE	6-3	245	25	Mississippi Valley State	2	0
58	Jeff Davis	LILB	6-0	230	24	Clemson	16	16
17	Steve DeBerg	QB	6-3	210	30	Fullerton JC; San Jose State	16	13
25	Scott Dierking	FB	5-11	225	29	Purdue	8	2
81	Dwayne Dixon	WR	6-2	203	22	Florida	10	0
62	Sean Farrell	ROG	6-3	260	24	Penn State	15	14
5	Frank Garcia	P	6-0	200	27	Nevada-Las Vegas; Arizona	16	0
88	Jimmie Giles	TE	6-3	242	30	Alcorn State	14	14
53	Hugh Green	ROLB	6-2	226	25	Pittsburgh	8	8
60	Randy Grimes	C-ROG	6-4	273	24	Baylor	10	3
24	Maurice Harvey	S	5-10	189	28	Ball State	15	0
73	Ron Heller	ROT	6-6	280	22	Penn State	14	14
21	John Holt	RCB	5-11	180	25	West Texas A&M	15	15
89	Kevin House	WR	6-1	185	27	Southern Illinois	16	16
65	Noah Jackson	LOG	6-2	264	33	Tampa	6	3
56	Cecil Johnson	LOLB	6-2	230	29	Pittsburgh	8	6
79	Ken Kaplan	LOT	6-4	275	24	New Hampshire	16	2
16	Blair Kiel	QB	6-0	207	23	Notre Dame	10	0
76	Dave Logan	NT	6-2	250	28	Pittsburgh	16	16
75	Brison Manor	DE	6-4	248	32	Pratt CC; Arkansas	6	0
67	Karl Morgan	NT	6-1	255	23	UCLA	13	0
1	Michael Morton	RB	5-8	175	24	Nevada-Las Vegas	16	0
26	James Owens	RB	5-11	188	29	UCLA	4	0
38	George Peoples	RB	6-0	213	24	Auburn	6	0
43	Beasley Reece	LS-RS	6-1	186	30	North Texas	16	14
66	Booker Reese	DE	6-6	260	25	Bethune-Cookman	1	0
74	Gene Sanders	LOT	6-3	285	28	Texas A&M	16	14
63	Lee Roy Selmon	RDE	6-3	256	30	Oklahoma	16	16
55	Danny Spradlin	LB	6-1	238	25	Tennessee	15	0
70	Kelly Thomas	ROT	6-6	270	24	Southern California	10	2
41	Norris Thomas	CB	5-11	175	30	Southern Mississippi	15	0
84	Zach Thomas	WR	6-0	185	24	South Carolina State	2	0
14	Jack Thompson	QB	6-3	220	28	Washington State	5	3
59	Robert Thompson	LOLB	6-3	223	24	Michigan	9	1
81	Perry Tuttle	WR	6-0	178	25	Clemson	3	0
51	Chris Washington	ROLB	6-4	230	22	Iowa State	16	7
40	Mike Washington	CB	6-3	190	31	Alabama	1	0
32	James Wilder	TB	6-3	225	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Missouri	16	16
50	Steve Wilson	C	6-4	266	30	Georgia	16	13
85	Mark Witte	TE	6-3	240	25	North Texas	16	0
54	Richard Wood	LB	6-2	230	31	Southern California	16	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	30	Keith Browner	LB	Southern California
4	57	Fred Acorn	DB	Texas
4	107	Michael Gunter	RB	Tulsa
4	112	Ron Heller	T	Penn State
6	142	Chris Washington	LB	Iowa State
7	169	Jay Carroll	TE	Minnesota
8	198	Fred Robinson	DE	Miami (Florida)
9	225	Rick Mallory	G	Washington
10	254	Jim Gallery	K	Minnesota
11	281	Blair Kiel	QB	Notre Dame
12	310	Thad Jemison	WR	Ohio State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	57	102	64	109	3
Opponents Totals	54	108	76	136	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:17	344	114	209	21	94/219 42.9%	7/17 41.2%	118	875
Opponents Totals	28:43	311	139	157	15	93/212 43.9%	7/16 43.8%	136	1078

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Obed Ariri	0	38	40	95.0	19	26	73.1	95
James Wilder	13	0	0		0	0		78
Adger Armstrong	5	0	0		0	0		30
Gerald Carter	5	0	0		0	0		30
Kevin House	5	0	0		0	0		30
Jerry Bell	4	0	0		0	0		24
Steve DeBerg	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jimmie Giles	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jay Carroll	1	0	0		0	0		6
Scott Dierking	1	0	0		0	0		6
Dave Logan	1	0	0		0	0		6
James Owens	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	40	38	40	95.0	19	26	73.1	335
Opponents Totals	47	44	46	95.7	18	27	66.7	380

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Obed Ariri	19	26	73.1	0/0	7/7	6/7	6/10	0/2
Team Totals	19	26	73.1	0/0	7/7	6/7	6/10	0/2
Opponents Totals	18	27	66.7	0/0	5/6	6/10	5/7	2/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Wilder	407	1544	3.8	37	13
Steve DeBerg	28	59	2.1	14	2
Mel Carver	11	44	4.0	12	0
Jack Thompson	5	35	7.0	13	0
Adger Armstrong	10	34	3.4	9	2
Michael Morton	16	27	1.7	8	0
Gerald Carter	1	16	16.0	16	0
Scott Dierking	3	14	4.7	9	0
George Peoples	1	2	2.0	2	0
James Owens	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	483	1776	3.7	37	17
Opponents Totals	511	2233	4.4	51	27

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve DeBerg	509	308	60.5	183	3554	7.0	11.5	55	19	3.7	18	3.5	35	308	3246	79.3
Jack Thompson	52	25	48.1	22	337	6.5	13.5	74t	2	3.8	5	9.6	10	54	283	42.4
James Wilder	1	1	100.0	0	16	16.0	16.0	16t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	16	158.3
Frank Garcia	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	563	334	59.3	206	3907	6.9	11.7	74t	22	3.9	23	4.1	45	362	3545	76.4
Opponents Totals	490	286	58.4	186	3480	7.1	12.2	77t	20	4.1	18	3.7	32	239	3241	78.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
James Wilder	85	685	8.1	50	0
Kevin House	76	1005	13.2	55	5
Gerald Carter	60	816	13.6	74t	5
Jerry Bell	29	397	13.7	27	4
Jimmie Giles	24	310	12.9	38	2
Theo Bell	22	350	15.9	29	0
Adger Armstrong	22	180	8.2	18	3
Dwayne Dixon	5	69	13.8	21	0
Jay Carroll	5	50	10.0	17	1
Mel Carver	3	27	9.0	12	0
James Owens	2	13	6.5	9	1
Scott Dierking	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Team Totals	334	3907	11.7	74t	22
Opponents Totals	286	3480	12.2	77t	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Cotney	5	123	24.6	29	0
Scot Brantley	3	55	18.3	38	0
Jeremiah Castille	3	38	12.7	30	0
Dave Logan	1	27	27.0	27t	1
John Holt	1	25	25.0	25	0
Fred Acorn	1	14	14.0	14	0
Cedric Brown	1	14	14.0	14	0
Beasley Reece	1	12	12.0	12	0
John Cannon	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jeff Davis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	18	308	17.1	38	1
Opponents Totals	23	249	10.8	61	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Frank Garcia	68	2849	41.9	60	9	12	310	2359	34.7
Team Totals	68	2849	41.9	60	9	12	310	2359	34.7
Opponents Totals	68	2787	41.0	60	9	19	207	2400	35.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Leon Bright	23	1	173	7.5	21
John Holt	6	3	17	2.8	8
Theo Bell	4	1	10	2.5	8
Zach Thomas	1	0	7	7.0	7
Team Totals	34	5	207	6.1	21
Opponents Totals	36	11	310	8.6	31

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Michael Morton	38	835	22.0	43
Leon Bright	16	303	18.9	33
James Owens	8	168	21.0	36
Richard Wood	5	43	8.6	16
Danny Spradlin	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	68	1354	19.9	43
Opponents Totals	67	1336	19.9	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Lee Roy Selmon	8.0
Dave Logan	5.5
Chris Washington	5.0
Hugh Green	4.0
John Cannon	3.5
Mark Cotney	2.0
Keith Browner	2.0
Brison Manor	1.0
Scot Brantley	1.0
Team Totals	32.0	239.0
Opponents Totals	45.0	362.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Adger Armstrong	1		1	0	1	0
Jerry Bell	0	0	1	0	1	0
Theo Bell	1		0	0	0	0
Scot Brantley	0	0	0	2	2	0
Leon Bright	2		1	0	1	0
Keith Browner	0	0	0	1	1	0
John Cannon	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jay Carroll	0	0	0	1	1	0
Gerald Carter	1		0	1	1	0
Mel Carver	1		0	0	0	0
Jeremiah Castille	0	0	0	2	2	16
Mark Cotney	0	0	0	2	2	3
Jeff Davis	0	0	0	1	1	0
Steve DeBerg	15		2	0	2	-8
Sean Farrell	0	0	2	0	2	0
John Holt	0	0	0	1	1	0
Kevin House	0	0	1	0	1	0
Michael Morton	3		2	0	2	0
Lee Roy Selmon	0	0	0	2	2	0
Jack Thompson	1		1	0	1	0
James Wilder	10		4	0	4	0
Steve Wilson	1		0	0	0	0
Mark Witte	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	36	20	16	14	30	11
Opponents Totals	27	14	13	20	33