1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-11
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Ray Perkins (5-11)
Location: Tampa, Florida

1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster
1988 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

The Buccaneers scored 261 points, but the defensive squad allowed 350. Vinny Testaverde triggered the aerial attack, throwing for 3,240 yards. Bruce Hill led pass catchers, catching 58 balls for 1,040 yards. Mark Carrier provided receiving help, too.

Lars Tate rushed for a team-high 467 yards for Tampa Bay, and William Howard also aided the ground game.

Harry Hamilton intercepted 6 opponent throws. Ron Holmes topped the defensive unit with 4 sacks.

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
Vinny Testaverde	466	222	47.6	3240	7.0	13	2.8	35	7.5	59	33	292	48.8
Joe Ferguson	46	31	67.4	368	8.0	3	6.5	1	2.2	34	1	8	104.3
Totals	512	253	49.4	3608	7.0	16	3.1	36	7.0	59	34	300

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lars Tate	122	467	3.8	47	7
William Howard	115	452	3.9	29	1
James Wilder	86	343	4.0	19	1
Kerry Goode	63	231	3.7	22	0
Vinny Testaverde	28	138	4.9	24	1
Jeff Smith	20	87	4.4	23	0
Don Smith	13	46	3.5	15	1
Joe Ferguson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Criswell	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce Hill	2	-11	-5.5	3	0
Totals	452	1753	3.9	47	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bruce Hill	58	1040	17.9	42	9
Mark Carrier	57	970	17.0	59	5
Ron Hall	39	555	14.2	37	0
Jeff Smith	16	134	8.4	22	0
Frank Pillow	15	206	13.7	34	1
James Wilder	15	124	8.3	24	0
Don Smith	12	138	11.5	25	0
William Howard	11	97	8.8	16	0
Calvin Magee	9	103	11.4	25	0
Kerry Goode	7	68	9.7	22	0
Gene Taylor	5	53	10.6	14	0
Lars Tate	5	23	4.6	9	1
Stephen Starring	3	75	25.0	53	0
Jeff Parks	1	22	22.0	22	0
Totals	253	3608	14.3	59	16

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Donald Igwebuike	21	21	100.0	25	19	76.0	78
John Carney	6	6	100.0	5	2	40.0	12
Ray Criswell	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	28	28	100.0	30	21	70.0	91

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ray Criswell	68	2477	36.4	62
Totals	68	2477	36.4	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Futrell	27	283	10.5	40
Jeff Smith	8	45	5.6	20
Donnie Elder	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	36	328	9.1	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Donnie Elder	34	772	22.7	51
Don Smith	9	188	20.9	30
Jeff Smith	10	180	18.0	26
Derrick McAdoo	4	108	27.0	31
Bobby Futrell	2	38	19.0	20
Frank Pillow	3	38	12.7	17
William Howard	2	21	10.5	12
Totals	64	1345	21.0	51

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Hamilton	6	123	20.5	58	0
Ricky Reynolds	4	7	1.8	7	0
Donnie Elder	3	9	3.0	9	0
Mark Robinson	2	28	14.0	28	0
Odie Harris	2	26	13.0	24	0
Kevin Murphy	1	35	35.0	35	1
Eugene Marve	1	29	29.0	29	0
Bobby Futrell	1	26	26.0	26	0
Rod Jones	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	21	283	13.5	58	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Ron Holmes	4.0
Reuben Davis	3.0
John Cannon	3.0
Curt Jarvis	2.5
Robert Goff	2.0
Shawn Lee	2.0
Eugene Marve	1.5
Henry Rolling	1.0
Kevin Murphy	1.0
Totals	20.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Ricky Reynolds	74	74	0	0	0	2	0	1
Reuben Davis	61	61	0
Odie Harris	46	46	0	0	0	1	0	0
Robert Goff	24	24	0		0	3	0	0
Rod Jones	20	20	0	0
Shawn Lee	13	13	0
Victor Jones	3	3	0
Henry Rolling	1	1	0		0	2	0	0
Paul Gruber					0	2	0	0
Vinny Testaverde					8	2	0	0
Harry Hamilton				0	1	2	0	0
Dan Turk					1	1	-19	0
Ray Criswell					1	1	-31	0
Kevin Murphy				0	0	1	4	0
Donnie Elder				0	1	1	6	0
Chris Washington					0	1	0	0
Sidney Coleman					0	1	0	0
Bobby Futrell				0	4	1	0	0
Bruce Hill					2	1	0	0
John Cannon					0	1	0	0
Tom McHale					1	0	-4	0
Joe Ferguson					1	0	0	0
Lars Tate					2	0	0	0
Mark Carrier					2	0	0	0
William Howard					2	0	0	0
James Wilder					1	0	0	0
Totals	242	242	0	0	27	23	-44	1

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	19	21	0			78
Bruce Hill	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Lars Tate	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Mark Carrier	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
John Carney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0			12
James Wilder	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kevin Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Don Smith	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
Frank Pillow	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
William Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kerry Goode	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Ray Criswell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	11	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	28	0	0	1	261