1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 0-14-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 0-7-0 (79 points scored, 156 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (46 points scored, 256 allowed) Head Coach: John McKay 125 points scored (28th of 28 teams), 412 points allowed (27th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 181 376 1,503 (25) 3.53 9 20 433 1,503 (26) 3.5 5 3,006 (28) 37 Defense: 178 321 2,241 (19) 6.50 19 9 588 2,560 (24) 4.4 23 4,801 (24) 28
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Isaac Hagins WR 1 5'9 179 22 R Southern 4 Dave Green P 14 5'11 208 27 4 Ohio 5 Mirro Roder K 2 6'1 218 32 3 None 5 Terry Hanratty QB 3 6'1 205 28 8 Notre Dame 11 Steve Spurrier QB 14 6'2 205 31 10 Florida 13 Larry Lawrence QB 1 6'1 208 27 3 Miami 18 Parnell Dickinson QB 8 6'2 185 23 R Mississippi Valley State 19 Essex Johnson RB 14 5'9 200 30 9 Grambling 20 Reggie Pierson DB 5 5'11 185 23 1 Oklahoma State 20 Vince Kendrick RB 1 6'0 239 24 2 Florida 21 Joe Blahak DB 2 5'9 188 26 4 Nebraska 21 Don Martin DB 1 5'11 185 27 3 Yale 22 Rod McNeill RB 11 6'2 215 25 3 Southern California 24 Roscoe Word DB 2 5'11 169 24 3 Jackson State 25 Curtis Jordan DB 11 6'2 182 22 R Texas Tech 26 Charlie Davis RB 6 5'11 200 24 2 Colorado 27 Ricky Davis DB 11 6'0 178 23 2 Alabama 28 Ken Stone DB 14 6'1 180 26 4 Vanderbilt 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 13 6'1 231 27 7 Southern California 32 Louis Carter RB 14 5'11 209 23 2 Maryland 33 Mark Cotney DB 14 6'0 207 24 2 Cameron 34 Cedric Brown DB 1 6'1 190 22 R Kent State 35 Jimmy DuBose RB 14 5'11 217 22 R Florida 40 Mike Washington DB 6 6'3 190 23 1 Alabama 42 Frank Oliver DB 4 6'0 198 24 2 Kentucky State 43 Ed Williams RB 12 6'2 245 26 3 Langston 44 Manfred Moore RB 10 6'0 199 25 3 Southern California 46 Danny Reece DB 11 5'11 187 21 R Southern California 51 Dan Ryczek C 14 6'3 250 27 4 Virginia 52 Steve Reese LB 12 6'2 223 24 3 Louisville 53 Larry Ball LB 13 6'6 235 27 5 Louisville 54 Richard Wood LB 13 6'2 215 23 2 Southern California 55 Jimmy Sims LB 2 6'0 195 22 1 Southern California 55 Charlie Hunt LB 5 6'3 218 25 2 Florida State 56 Bert Cooper LB 12 6'1 242 24 1 Florida State 57 Jim Peterson LB 3 6'5 226 26 3 San Diego State 58 Cal Peterson LB 5 6'3 213 24 3 UCLA 59 Mike Lemon LB 5 6'2 220 25 2 Kansas 61 Dewey Selmon DT 12 6'1 254 22 R Oklahoma 63 Lee Roy Selmon DE 8 6'3 263 22 R Oklahoma 64 Glenn Robinson DE 14 6'6 245 25 2 Oklahoma State 65 Maulty Moore DT 5 6'5 265 30 5 Bethune-Cookman 66 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 244 31 7 Vanderbilt 67 Tom Alward OG 14 6'4 255 24 1 Nebraska 69 Ed McAleney DE 2 6'2 235 23 R Massachusetts 69 Larry Jameson DT 1 6'7 270 23 1 Indiana 70 Randy Young OT 9 6'5 250 22 R Iowa State 71 Steve Young OT 13 6'8 272 23 R Colorado 72 Howard Fest OG 14 6'6 263 30 9 Texas 73 John Ward OG 4 6'4 269 28 6 Oklahoma State 74 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 270 31 10 Ohio State 75 Dave Reavis OT 1 6'5 250 26 3 Arkansas 76 Dave Pear DT 13 6'2 248 23 2 Washington 77 Everett Little OG 10 6'4 265 22 R Houston 78 Council Rudolph DE 14 6'3 255 26 5 Kentucky State 79 Steve Wilson OT 10 6'3 268 22 R Georgia 80 Jack Novak TE 12 6'4 244 23 2 Wisconsin 82 Fred Pagac TE 14 6'0 220 24 2 Ohio State 83 Lee McGriff WR 6 5'9 163 23 1 Florida 84 Freddie Douglas WR 7 5'9 185 22 R Arkansas 85 Morris Owens WR 12 6'0 190 23 2 Arizona State 86 Bob Moore TE 12 6'3 229 27 6 Stanford 88 Barry Smith WR 13 6'1 195 25 4 Florida State 89 John McKay WR 14 5'11 175 23 1 Southern California
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Steve Spurrier 311 156 50.2 1,628 5.23 10.4 7 2.3 12 3.9 32 267 57.1 Parnell Dickinson 39 15 38.5 210 5.38 14.0 1 2.6 5 12.8 14 124 25.5 Terry Hanratty 14 6 42.9 32 2.29 5.3 0 0.0 1 7.1 3 24 20.5 Louis Carter 5 2 40.0 24 4.80 12.0 1 20.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.0 Larry Lawrence 5 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 2 40.0 1 8 0.0 Lee McGriff 1 1 100.0 39 39.00 39.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Ricky Davis 1 1 100.0 -7 -7.00 -7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Morris Owens 30 390 13.0 6 Essex Johnson 25 201 8.0 1 Bob Moore 24 289 12.0 0 Ed Williams 23 166 7.2 0 John McKay 20 302 15.1 1 Louis Carter 20 135 6.8 0 Jack Novak 8 130 16.2 1 Rod McNeill 7 33 4.7 0 Manfred Moore 5 46 9.2 0 Jimmy DuBose 5 26 5.2 0 Barry Smith 4 88 22.0 0 Freddie Douglas 3 58 19.3 0 Charlie Davis 3 32 10.7 0 Fred Pagac 2 15 7.5 0 Dave Green 1 9 9.0 0 Dan Ryczek 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Louis Carter 171 521 3.0 1 Ed Williams 87 324 3.7 2 Essex Johnson 47 166 3.5 1 Rod McNeill 27 135 5.0 0 Charlie Davis 41 107 2.6 1 Parnell Dickinson 13 103 7.9 0 Jimmy DuBose 20 62 3.1 0 Steve Spurrier 12 48 4.0 0 Bob Moore 2 23 11.5 0 Fred Pagac 1 4 4.0 0 Manfred Moore 7 4 0.6 0 Vince Kendrick 1 3 3.0 0 Morris Owens 2 2 1.0 0 Terry Hanratty 1 1 1.0 0 Dave Green 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rod McNeill 17 384 22.6 0 Louis Carter 15 300 20.0 0 Essex Johnson 13 287 22.1 0 Freddie Douglas 7 167 23.9 0 Manfred Moore 7 134 19.1 0 Charlie Davis 4 73 18.2 0 Isaac Hagins 2 35 17.5 0 Jimmy DuBose 1 34 34.0 0 Danny Reece 1 30 30.0 0 Bert Cooper 1 22 22.0 0 Fred Pagac 1 20 20.0 0 Mike Lemon 1 2 2.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Danny Reece 20 143 7.2 0 0 Manfred Moore 14 106 7.6 0 0 Freddie Douglas 4 78 19.5 0 0 Mark Cotney 3 26 8.7 0 0 Ken Stone 1 11 11.0 0 0 Isaac Hagins 1 2 2.0 0 0 |
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 DE Lee Roy Selmon 121 Oklahoma 2 30 RB Jimmy Dubose 33 Florida 2 60 DT Dewey Selmon 80 Oklahoma 3 61 OT Steve Young 27 Colorado 3 91 LB Steve Maughan Utah State 4 121 WR Richard Appleby Georgia 4 124 OG Everett Little 10 Houston 5 125 DB Michael Kelson West Texas State 5 154 OT Steve Wilson 125 Georgia 6 158 DB Curtis Jordan 145 Texas Tech 7 183 QB Parnell Dickinson 8 Mississippi Valley State 9 238 OG Bruce Welch Texas A&M 10 267 LB Sid Smith Brigham Young 11 292 DB Melvin Washington Colorado State 12 321 RB George Ragsdale 39 North Carolina A&T 13 348 TE Brad Jenkins Nebraska 14 377 WR Carl Roaches 76 Texas A&M 15 404 DT Bob Dzierzak Utah State 16 433 LB Tommy West Tennessee 17 460 QB Jack Berry Washington & Lee
Traded draft picks: #2 to SF (Eddie Lewis), #3 to BAL (Ron Lee), #4 to LA (Gerald Taylor), #5 to LA (Dwight Scales), #8 to NYJ (Joe Davis)
Transactions:
| 01-1976 | traded Tampa's #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Jets for Steve Reese |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Anthony Davis from Jets in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Barry Smith from Packers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bob Moore from Raiders in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bruce Elia from Dolphins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bubba Bridges from Broncos in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Bubba Broussard from Bears in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Cal Peterson from Cowboys in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Council Rudolph from Cardinals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dan Ryczek from Redskins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dan Yochum from Eagles in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dave Reavis from Steelers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dave Thompson from Saints in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Dave Pear from Colts in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Doug Swift from Dolphins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Durwood Keeton from Patriots in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Earl Douthitt from Bears in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Frank Oliver from Bills in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Harold Hart from Raiders in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Howard Fest from Bengals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ira Gordon from Chargers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected J.K. McKay from Browns in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Jimmy Gunn from Giants in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Jim Kearney from Chiefs in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Joe Blahak from Vikings in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected John Ward from Vikings in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ken Stone from Redskins in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Larry Ball from Lions in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Larry Ely from Bears in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Lawrence Williams from Chiefs in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Louis Carter from Raiders in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Manfred Moore from 49ers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Mark Cotney from Oilers in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Mike Current from Broncos in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Morris LaGrand from Saints in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Pat Toomay from Bills in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Ricky Davis from Bengals in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Steve Colovito from Eagles in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Vince Kendrick from Falcons in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | selected Willie McGee from Rams in expansion draft |
| 04-1976 | traded Jim Kearney to Saints for Johnny Fuller |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Tampa's #3 pick in the 1976 draft and cash to Colts for Mike Washington |
| 04-02-1976 | traded Bruce Elia, Willie McGee and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1976 draft to 49ers for Steve Spurrier |
| 04-08-1976 | traded Tampa's #4 and #5 picks in the 1976 draft to Rams for Jim Peterson |
| 07-02-1976 | traded cash to Colts for Rod Garcia |
| 08-03-1976 | placed Jon Bradford on injured reserve |
| 08-03-1976 | claimed Steadman Scavella on waivers from Lions |
| 08-08-1976 | traded Johnny Fuller to Cardinals for Pete Barnes |
| 08-20-1976 | Cardinals returned Johnny Fuller (after failing physical) |
| 09-08-1976 | traded Tampa's #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Jets for Richard Wood |
1976 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at Houston Oilers L 0-20 0-1-0 09/19/76 vs San Diego Chargers L 0-23 0-2-0 09/26/76 vs Buffalo Bills L 9-14 0-3-0 10/03/76 at Baltimore Colts L 17-42 0-4-0 10/10/76 at Cincinnati Bengals L 0-21 0-5-0 10/17/76 vs Seattle Seahawks L 10-13 0-6-0 10/24/76 vs Miami Dolphins L 20-23 0-7-0 10/31/76 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 19-28 0-8-0 11/07/76 at Denver Broncos L 13-48 0-9-0 11/14/76 at New York Jets L 0-34 0-10-0 11/21/76 vs Cleveland Browns L 7-24 0-11-0 11/28/76 at Oakland Raiders L 16-49 0-12-0 12/05/76 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0-42 0-13-0 12/12/76 vs New England Patriots L 14-31 0-14-0