1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (4-11)
Location: Tampa, Florida

1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster
1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 4 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Buccaneers racked up 286 points, but the defense allowed 360. Steve DeBerg tossed for 1,891 yards, and Vinny Testaverde took a significant amount of snaps also. James Wilder caught 40 balls, while Gerald Carter contributed 586 receiving yards. Calvin Magee contributed to the receiving game, too.

James Wilder rushed for a team-high 488 yards for Tampa Bay.

Paul Tripoli picked off 3 opponent throws. Ron Holmes sacked quarterbacks 8 times.

Ray Perkins coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve DeBerg	275	159	57.8	1891	6.9	14	5.1	7	2.5	64	20	185	85.3
Vinny Testaverde	165	71	43.0	1081	6.6	5	3.0	6	3.6	40	18	140	60.2
Jim Zorn	36	20	55.6	199	5.5	0	0.0	2	5.6	26	1	6	48.3
Mike Hold	24	8	33.3	123	5.1	2	8.3	1	4.2	61	3	18	61.6
John Reaves	16	6	37.5	83	5.2	1	6.2	0	0.0	26	1	12	75.8
Steve Bartalo	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	517	264	51.1	3377	6.5	22	4.3	17	3.3	64	43	361

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Wilder	106	488	4.6	21	0
Jeff Smith	100	309	3.1	46	2
Adrian Wright	37	112	3.0	11	0
Bobby Howard	30	100	3.3	31	1
Harold Ricks	24	76	3.2	14	1
Mike Hold	7	69	9.9	35	0
Vinny Testaverde	13	50	3.8	17	1
Eddie Hunter	8	41	5.1	11	0
Cliff Austin	19	32	1.7	8	1
Steve Bartalo	9	30	3.3	6	1
Charles Gladman	12	29	2.4	6	0
Dan Land	9	20	2.2	6	0
Eric Streater	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jim Zorn	4	4	1.0	5	0
Bruce Hill	3	3	1.0	9	0
Derrick Thomas	1	2	2.0	2	0
Greg Boone	1	2	2.0	2	0
Phil Freeman	1	1	1.0	1	0
Ray Criswell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve DeBerg	8	-8	-1.0	0	0
Totals	394	1365	3.5	46	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Wilder	40	328	8.2	32	1
Gerald Carter	38	586	15.4	57	5
Calvin Magee	34	424	12.5	37	3
Mark Carrier	26	423	16.3	38	3
Bruce Hill	23	403	17.5	40	2
Jeff Smith	20	197	9.8	34	2
Ron Hall	16	169	10.6	29	1
Adrian Wright	13	98	7.5	15	1
Steve Holloway	10	127	12.7	26	0
Bobby Howard	10	123	12.3	45	0
Phil Freeman	8	141	17.6	64	2
Eric Streater	5	117	23.4	61	2
Solomon Miller	5	97	19.4	33	0
Cliff Austin	5	51	10.2	20	0
Gene Taylor	2	21	10.5	11	0
Charles Gladman	2	8	4.0	5	0
Eddie Hunter	2	4	2.0	4	0
Dwayne Dixon	1	18	18.0	18	0
Herkie Walls	1	13	13.0	13	0
Steve Carter	1	12	12.0	12	0
Harold Ricks	1	12	12.0	12	0
Steve Bartalo	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	264	3377	12.8	64	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Donald Igwebuike	26	24	92.3	18	14	77.8	66
Van Tiffin	7	7	100.0	6	5	83.3	22
Totals	33	31	93.9	24	19	79.2	88

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frank Garcia	62	2409	38.9	58
Ray Criswell	26	1046	40.2	61
Totals	88	3455	39.3	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Futrell	24	213	8.9	22
Ivory Curry	3	32	10.7	14
Herkie Walls	4	12	3.0	11
Totals	31	257	8.3	22

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Futrell	31	609	19.6	40
Herkie Walls	6	136	22.7	39
Jeff Smith	5	84	16.8	21
Solomon Miller	3	68	22.7	25
Ivory Curry	3	53	17.7	20
Harold Ricks	1	26	26.0	26
Adrian Wright	1	17	17.0	17
Charles Gladman	1	16	16.0	16
Steve Bartalo	1	15	15.0	15
Bruce Hill	1	8	8.0	8
Bobby Howard	1	5	5.0	5
Mark Carrier	1	0	0.0	0
Kevin Walker	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	56	1037	18.5	40

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Paul Tripoli	3	17	5.7	15	1
Ray Isom	2	67	33.5	38	0
Rick Woods	2	63	31.5	42	0
Bobby Futrell	2	46	23.0	23	0
Kevin Walker	2	30	15.0	30	1
Rod Jones	2	9	4.5	9	0
Bobby Kemp	1	11	11.0	11	0
Brian Gant	1	5	5.0	5	0
Sankar Montoute	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	16	248	15.5	42	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Ron Holmes	8.0
Chris Washington	6.5
Kevin Kellin	3.5
Calvin Turner	3.5
Curt Jarvis	3.0
Miles Turpin	2.0
Charles Riggins	2.0
John Cannon	2.0
Sankar Montoute	1.5
Winston Moss	1.5
Roy Harris	1.0
Fred McCallister	1.0
Mike Clark	1.0
Fred Nordgren	1.0
Tyrone Keys	0.5
Totals	38.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ricky Reynolds	70	70	0		0	0	0	0	2
Rod Jones	47	47	0	0	0	1	8	0	0
Vinny Testaverde					7	4	-3	0	0
Paul Tripoli				0	0	3	0	0	0
James Wilder					3	2	0	0	0
Jeff Davis					0	2	3	0	0
Rick Woods				0	1	2	14	0	0
Jim Zorn					3	2	0	0	0
Harold Ricks					3	2	0	0	0
Steve DeBerg					7	2	-2	0	0
Bobby Futrell				0	2	2	0	0	0
Adrian Wright					1	1	0	0	0
Steve Holloway					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Stensrud					0	1	3	0	0
Ron Holmes					0	1	0	0	0
Fred McCallister					0	1	0	0	0
Arthur Wells					0	1	0	1	0
Steve Carter					0	1	0	0	0
Tom McHale					0	1	0	0	0
Conrad Goode					0	1	0	0	0
Winston Moss					0	1	0	1	0
Marcus Quinn					0	1	0	0	0
Herkie Walls					1	1	0	0	0
Don Anderson					0	1	38	0	0
David Jordan					0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Hill					1	1	0	0	0
John Cannon					0	1	0	0	0
Scot Brantley					0	1	0	0	0
Ervin Randle					0	1	0	0	0
Phil Freeman					1	0	0	0	0
Ray Criswell					1	0	0	0	0
Jeff Smith					2	0	0	0	0
John Reaves					1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Howard					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	117	117	0	0	35	40	61	2	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	24	0			66
Gerald Carter	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Jeff Smith	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Van Tiffin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0			22
Mark Carrier	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Calvin Magee	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Eric Streater	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Bruce Hill	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Phil Freeman	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Harold Ricks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Adrian Wright	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
James Wilder	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Arthur Wells	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Winston Moss	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Steve Bartalo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Paul Tripoli	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Cliff Austin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Vinny Testaverde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ron Hall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kevin Walker	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bobby Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	7	22	0	0	0	2	2	0	19	31	0	0	0	286