1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics

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

1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster
1989 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Tampa Bay scored 320 points, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 419. Vinny Testaverde passed for 3,133 yards. Mark Carrier led the receiving corps, catching 86 balls for 1,422 yards.

Lars Tate rushed for a team-high 589 yards for the Buccaneers.

The larcenous defense manufactured 39 turnovers. Harry Hamilton and Mark Robinson each picked off 6 opponent throws. Kevin Murphy sacked opposing passers 6 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
Vinny Testaverde	480	258	53.8	3133	6.5	20	4.2	22	4.6	78	38	294	68.9
Joe Ferguson	90	44	48.9	533	5.9	3	3.3	6	6.7	69	5	37	50.8
Totals	570	302	53.0	3666	6.4	23	4.0	28	4.9	78	43	331

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lars Tate	167	589	3.5	48	8
William Howard	108	357	3.3	15	1
James Wilder	70	244	3.5	14	0
Sylvester Stamps	29	141	4.9	21	1
Vinny Testaverde	25	139	5.6	16	0
Don Smith	7	37	5.3	17	0
Joe Ferguson	4	6	1.5	7	0
Danny Peebles	2	-6	-3.0	1	0
Totals	412	1507	3.7	48	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mark Carrier	86	1422	16.5	78	9
Bruce Hill	50	673	13.5	53	5
James Wilder	36	335	9.3	27	3
Ron Hall	30	331	11.0	32	2
William Howard	30	188	6.3	18	1
Sylvester Stamps	15	82	5.5	21	0
Willie Drewrey	14	157	11.2	18	1
Danny Peebles	11	180	16.4	32	0
William Harris	11	102	9.3	21	1
Lars Tate	11	75	6.8	19	1
Don Smith	7	110	15.7	44	0
Alvin Mitchell	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	302	3666	12.1	78	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Donald Igwebuike	35	33	94.3	28	22	78.6	99
Chris Mohr	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	36	34	94.4	28	22	78.6	100

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Mohr	84	3311	39.4	58
Totals	84	3311	39.4	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Drewrey	20	220	11.0	55
Bobby Futrell	12	76	6.3	15
Totals	32	296	9.2	55

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Donnie Elder	40	685	17.1	30
Sylvester Stamps	9	145	16.1	36
William Howard	5	82	16.4	19
Bobby Futrell	4	58	14.5	22
James Wilder	2	42	21.0	23
Willie Drewrey	1	26	26.0	26
Frank Pillow	1	17	17.0	17
Totals	62	1055	17.0	36

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Hamilton	6	70	11.7	30	0
Mark Robinson	6	44	7.3	16	0
Ricky Reynolds	5	87	17.4	68	1
Odie Harris	1	19	19.0	19	0
Reuben Davis	1	13	13.0	13	1
Bobby Futrell	1	1	1.0	1	0
Donnie Elder	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	21	234	11.1	68	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Kevin Murphy	6.0
Winston Moss	5.5
Robert Goff	4.0
Curt Jarvis	3.0
Reuben Davis	3.0
Mark Robinson	2.5
Rhondy Weston	2.0
Broderick Thomas	2.0
Sean Smith	1.0
Ray Seals	1.0
Ervin Randle	1.0
John Cannon	1.0
Shawn Lee	1.0
Totals	33.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Rod Jones	92	92	0
Ricky Reynolds	71	71	0	0	0	2	0	2
Reuben Davis	61	61	0	0	0	2	0	0
Robert Goff	31	31	0		0	1	0	0
Broderick Thomas	27	27	0		0	0	0	1
Shawn Lee	21	21	0
Odie Harris	10	10	0	0
Henry Rolling	4	4	0		0	1	0	0
Ray Seals	1	1	0
Mark Robinson				0	0	3	0	0
Vinny Testaverde					4	2	0	0
Sylvester Stamps					2	2	0	0
Kevin Murphy					0	2	0	0
William Howard					2	2	4	0
Rhondy Weston					0	1	0	0
Harry Hamilton				0	0	1	0	0
Curt Jarvis					0	1	0	0
Danny Peebles					1	1	0	0
James Wilder					2	1	0	0
Donnie Elder				0	2	1	0	0
Bobby Futrell				0	1	1	0	0
Peter Najarian					0	1	0	0
Sherman Cocroft					0	1	0	0
Eugene Marve					0	1	0	0
Ron Hall					0	1	0	0
Joe Ferguson					1	0	0	0
Bruce Hill					2	0	0	0
Mark Carrier					1	0	0	0
Lars Tate					2	0	0	0
Don Smith					1	0	0	0
Totals	318	318	0	0	21	28	4	3

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	22	33	0			99
Lars Tate	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Mark Carrier	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Bruce Hill	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
James Wilder	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Ricky Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0			12
William Howard	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ron Hall	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Sylvester Stamps	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Willie Drewrey	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
William Harris	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Reuben Davis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Sherman Cocroft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Sean Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Chris Mohr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	10	23	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	34	0	0	2	320