1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 10-6-0 .625

Head Coach: Tony Dungy

Clyde Christensen	Tight Ends
Herman Edwards	Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs
Chris Foerster	Offensive Line
Monte Kiffin	Defensive Coordinator
Joe Marciano	Special Teams
Rod Marinelli	Defensive Line
Tony Nathan	Running Backs
Kevin O'Dea	Defensive Assistant
Brad Roll	Strength and Conditioning
Mike Shula	Offensive Coordinator
Lovie Smith	Linebackers
Ricky Thomas	Offensive Assistant
Charlie Williams	Wide Receivers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/2/1997	H	Washington Redskins	8-20	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	41360
Sat	8/9/1997	A	Atlanta Falcons	12-17	L		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	34219
Sat	8/16/1997	H	Miami Dolphins	24-10	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	35024
Fri	8/22/1997	H	New York Jets	9-15	L	OT	Orlando, FL	Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium	21342
Sun	8/31/1997	H	San Francisco 49ers	13-6	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	62554
Sun	9/7/1997	A	Detroit Lions	24-17	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	58234
Sun	9/14/1997	A	Minnesota Vikings	28-14	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	63697
Sun	9/21/1997	H	Miami Dolphins	31-21	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	73314
Sun	9/28/1997	H	Arizona Cardinals	19-18	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	53804
Sun	10/5/1997	A	Green Bay Packers	16-21	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	60100
Sun	10/12/1997	H	Detroit Lions	9-27	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	72095
Sun	10/26/1997	H	Minnesota Vikings	6-10	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	66815
Sun	11/2/1997	A	Indianapolis Colts	31-28	W		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	58512
Sun	11/9/1997	A	Atlanta Falcons	31-10	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	46018
Sun	11/16/1997	H	New England Patriots	27-7	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	70479
Sun	11/23/1997	A	Chicago Bears	7-13	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	43955
Sun	11/30/1997	A	New York Giants	20-8	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	68678
Sun	12/7/1997	H	Green Bay Packers	6-17	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	73523
Sun	12/14/1997	A	New York Jets	0-31	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	60122
Sun	12/21/1997	H	Chicago Bears	31-15	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	70930
Sun	12/28/1997	H	Detroit Lions	20-10	W		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	73361
Sun	1/4/1998	A	Green Bay Packers	7-21	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	60327

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
21	Donnie Abraham	LCB	5-10	191	24	East Tennessee State	16	16
72	Chidi Ahanotu	LDE	6-2	285	27	California	16	15
40	Mike Alstott	FB	6-0	248	24	Purdue	15	15
85	Reidel Anthony	WR	5-11	180	21	Florida	16	13
20	Ronde Barber	CB	5-10	184	22	Virginia	1	0
6	Tommy Barnhardt	P	6-2	228	34	East Carolina; North Carolina	6	0
52	Greg Bellisari	LB	6-0	236	22	Ohio State	14	0
23	Tony Bouie	RCB	5-10	190	25	Arizona	16	1
55	Derrick Brooks	WLB	6-0	235	24	Florida State	16	16
88	Horace Copeland	WR	6-3	208	26	Miami (Florida)	13	11
77	Brad Culpepper	NT	6-1	271	28	Florida	16	16
75	Eric Curry	LDE	6-6	277	27	Alabama	6	1
87	John Davis	TE	6-4	260	24	Cisco JC; Emporia State	8	2
64	Jorge Diaz	ROG-LOG	6-4	309	24	Kilgore JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	16
12	Trent Dilfer	QB	6-4	231	25	Fresno State	16	16
28	Warrick Dunn	RB	5-9	181	22	Florida State	16	10
37	Jerry Ellison	FB	5-10	207	26	Tennessee-Chattanooga	16	0
29	Kenneth Gant	S	5-11	215	30	Albany State	9	0
50	Jeff Gooch	SLB	5-11	225	23	Austin Peay State	14	5
74	Paul Gruber	LOT	6-5	291	32	Wisconsin	16	16
82	Patrick Hape	TE	6-4	261	23	Alabama	14	3
80	Jackie Harris	TE	6-3	251	29	Louisiana-Monroe	12	11
19	Brice Hunter	WR	6-0	219	23	Georgia	3	0
5	Michael Husted	K	6-0	193	27	Virginia	16	0
97	Tyoka Jackson	DT	6-2	279	26	Penn State	12	0
25	Melvin Johnson	FS	6-0	201	25	Kentucky	16	7
78	Marcus Jones	UT	6-6	283	24	North Carolina	7	1
48	Andrew Jordan	TE	6-6	263	25	North Greenville JC; Western Carolina	2	0
7	Sean Landeta	P	6-0	207	35	Towson	10	0
45	Tyrone Legette	RCB	5-9	178	27	Nebraska	16	1
47	John Lynch	SS	6-2	219	26	Stanford	16	16
90	Jason Maniecki	DT	6-4	291	25	Wisconsin	10	0
61	Tony Mayberry	C	6-4	297	30	Wake Forest	16	16
73	Frank Middleton	ROG-LOG	6-3	335	23	Fort Scott CC; Arizona	15	2
22	Charles Mincy	FS	6-0	195	28	Pasadena CC; Washington	16	9
83	Dave Moore	TE	6-2	250	28	Pittsburgh	16	7
56	Hardy Nickerson	MLB	6-2	234	32	California	16	16
70	Jason Odom	ROT	6-5	309	23	Florida	16	16
27	Anthony Parker	RCB	5-10	181	31	Arizona State	15	14
69	Pete Pierson	OT	6-5	308	26	Washington	15	0
59	Rufus Porter	SLB	6-1	227	32	Southern University	11	10
60	Jim Pyne	LOG	6-2	297	26	Virginia Tech	15	14
53	Shelton Quarles	LB	6-1	228	26	Vanderbilt	16	0
32	Errict Rhett	RB	5-11	211	27	Florida	11	0
26	Reggie Rusk	CB	5-10	190	25	San Francisco CC; Kentucky	4	0
99	Warren Sapp	UT	6-2	297	25	Miami (Florida)	15	15
51	Al Singleton	LB	6-2	232	22	Temple	12	0
84	Robb Thomas	WR	5-11	176	31	Oregon State	16	1
91	Regan Upshaw	RDE	6-4	265	22	California	15	15
4	Steve Walsh	QB	6-3	210	31	Miami (Florida)	12	0
94	Steve White	RDE	6-2	270	24	Tennessee	15	1
86	Karl Williams	WR	5-10	177	26	Tyler JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	7
71	Jerry Wunsch	OT	6-6	338	23	Wisconsin	16	0
31	Floyd Young	CB	6-0	176	22	Scottsdale CC; Texas A&M-Kingsville	12	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Warrick Dunn	RB	Florida State
1	16	Reidel Anthony	WR	Florida
2	37	Jerry Wunsch	T	Wisconsin
3	63	Frank Middleton	G	Arizona
3	66	Ronde Barber	DB	Virginia
4	128	Al Singleton	LB	Temple
5	137	Patrick Hape	TE	Alabama
6	169	Al Harris	DB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
6	197	Nigea Carter	WR	Michigan State
7	209	Anthony DeGrate	DT	Stephen F. Austin State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	73	78	65	83
Opponents Totals	36	85	76	66

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	29:22	249	88	134	27	79/204 38.7%	5/14 35.7%	77	660
Opponents Totals	30:38	265	96	155	14	75/220 34.1%	11/117 9.4%	93	814

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Michael Husted	0	32	35	91.4	0	0	13	17	76.5	0	71
Mike Alstott	10	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	60
Warrick Dunn	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	42
Karl Williams	5	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	30
Reidel Anthony	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Dave Moore	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	24
Errict Rhett	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Horace Copeland	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Trent Dilfer	1	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	6
Patrick Hape	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jackie Harris	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Al Singleton	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Team Totals	38	32	35	91.4	0	3	13	17	76.5	0	299
Opponents Totals	29	25	25	100.0	4	4	18	29	62.1	1	263

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Michael Husted	13	17	76.5	0/0	5/5	2/3	5/6	1/3
Team Totals	13	17	76.5	0/0	5/5	2/3	5/6	1/3
Opponents Totals	18	29	62.1	0/0	5/5	9/13	4/10	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Warrick Dunn	224	978	4.4	76	4	34	6	4	2
Mike Alstott	176	665	3.8	47t	7	34	3	1	4
Trent Dilfer	33	99	3.0	17	1	8	0	0	5
Errict Rhett	31	96	3.1	21	3	7	1	0	0
Reidel Anthony	5	84	16.8	26	0	4	2	0	0
Jerry Ellison	2	10	5.0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Karl Williams	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Hape	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Walsh	6	-4	-0.7	7	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	479	1934	4.0	76	15	88	11	5	13
Opponents Totals	420	1617	3.9	82t	10	96	8	2	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Trent Dilfer	386	217	56.2	158	2555	6.6	11.8	59t	21	5.4	11	2.8	32	196	2359	132	31	6	82.8
Steve Walsh	17	6	35.3	10	58	3.4	9.7	38	0	0.0	1	5.9	0	0	58	1	1	0	21.2
Tommy Barnhardt	1	1	100.0	0	25	25.0	25.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	25	1	1	0	118.8
Team Totals	404	224	55.4	168	2638	6.5	11.8	59t	21	5.2	12	3.0	32	196	2442	134	33	6	80.4
Opponents Totals	518	325	62.7	180	3342	6.5	10.3	79	13	2.5	13	2.5	44	334	3008	155	26	7	79.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Warrick Dunn	39	462	11.8	59t	3	18	7	3	1
Reidel Anthony	35	448	12.8	38t	4	23	6	0	0
Karl Williams	33	486	14.7	55	4	25	6	1	0
Horace Copeland	33	431	13.1	49	1	19	5	2	3
Mike Alstott	23	178	7.7	26	3	13	1	0	1
Dave Moore	19	217	11.4	28	4	13	4	0	0
Jackie Harris	19	197	10.4	39	1	12	2	0	0
Robb Thomas	13	129	9.9	21	0	6	1	0	0
Patrick Hape	4	22	5.5	13	1	2	0	0	0
John Davis	3	35	11.7	16	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Bouie	1	25	25.0	25	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Ellison	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Jordan	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	224	2638	11.8	59t	21	134	33	6	5
Opponents Totals	325	3342	10.3	79	13	155	26	7	4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Donnie Abraham	5	16	3.2	16	0
John Lynch	2	28	14.0	28	0
Derrick Brooks	2	13	6.5	13	0
Melvin Johnson	1	19	19.0	19	0
Charles Mincy	1	14	14.0	14	0
Anthony Parker	1	5	5.0	5	0
Tyrone Legette	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	95	7.3	28	0
Opponents Totals	12	370	30.8	77t	4

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Sean Landeta	54	2274	42.1	74	1	6	15	4	7	278	1876	34.1
Tommy Barnhardt	29	1304	45.0	61	0	3	12	3	2	110	1134	39.1
Team Totals	84	3578	42.6	74	1	9	27	7	9	388	3010	35.8
Opponents Totals	88	3661	41.6	65	2	8	20			645	2856	32.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Karl Williams	46	12	597	13.0	63	1	12	2	4
Warrick Dunn	5	0	48	9.6	25	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	51	12	645	12.6	63	1	13	2	4
Opponents Totals	42	16	388	9.2	57	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Michael Husted	67	4588	68.5	0	24	43	949	1	0	0
Sean Landeta	1	44	44.0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0
Team Totals	68	4632	68.1	0	24	44	957	1	0	0
Opponents Totals						51	1075	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Reidel Anthony	25	592	23.7	51	0	16	3	0
Karl Williams	15	277	18.5	28	0	8	0	1
Warrick Dunn	6	129	21.5	30	0	4	0	1
Jerry Ellison	2	61	30.5	49	0	1	1	0
Errict Rhett	1	16	16.0	16	0	0	0	0
Mike Alstott	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve White	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	51	1075	21.1	51	0	29	4	2
Opponents Totals	44	957	21.8	101t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Warren Sapp	10.5
Chidi Ahanotu	10.0
Brad Culpepper	8.5
Regan Upshaw	7.5
Tyoka Jackson	2.5
Derrick Brooks	1.5
Jason Maniecki	1.0
Hardy Nickerson	1.0
Anthony Parker	1.0
Rufus Porter	0.5
Team Totals	44.0	334.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	196.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Donnie Abraham	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Chidi Ahanotu	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Alstott	5		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Bouie	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Derrick Brooks	1		0	1	1	0	0
Horace Copeland	3		0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Diaz	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Trent Dilfer	9		3	0	3	-22	0
Warrick Dunn	4		4	0	4	0	0
Jerry Ellison	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Gruber	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Patrick Hape	1		0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Lynch	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jason Maniecki	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charles Mincy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hardy Nickerson	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Anthony Parker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Pyne	1		0	0	0	-5	0
Shelton Quarles	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Warren Sapp	0	0	0	1	1	23	0
Regan Upshaw	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Steve Walsh	1		2	0	2	0	0
Karl Williams	5		1	0	1	0	0
Jerry Wunsch	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	31	14	17	13	30	-2	0
Opponents Totals	21	13	8	11	19		1