1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tony Dungy (10-6)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tony Dungy (10-6)
Location: Tampa, Florida
1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1997 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Buccaneers ran up 299 points, and the rigid defensive squad surrendered 263. Warrick Dunn rushed for a team-high 978 yards for Tampa Bay.
Trent Dilfer passed for 2,555 yards. Warrick Dunn caught 39 balls, while Karl Williams contributed 486 receiving yards. Horace Copeland and Reidel Anthony contributed to the receiving game also.
Donnie Abraham intercepted 5 opponent throws. Warren Sapp topped pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 44 sacks.
Tony Dungy coached the team. The 1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Trent Dilfer | 386 | 217 | 56.2 | 2555 | 6.6 | 21 | 5.4 | 11 | 2.8 | 59 | 32 | 196 | 82.8 | Steve Walsh | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 58 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | Tommy Barnhardt | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
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| Totals | 404 | 224 | 55.4 | 2638 | 6.5 | 21 | 5.2 | 12 | 3.0 | 59 | 32 | 196 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Warrick Dunn | 224 | 978 | 4.4 | 76 | 4 | Mike Alstott | 176 | 665 | 3.8 | 47 | 7 | Trent Dilfer | 33 | 99 | 3.0 | 17 | 1 | Errict Rhett | 31 | 96 | 3.1 | 21 | 3 | Reidel Anthony | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 26 | 0 | Jerry Ellison | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Karl Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Patrick Hape | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Steve Walsh | 6 | -4 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 479 | 1934 | 4.0 | 76 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Warrick Dunn | 39 | 462 | 11.8 | 59 | 3 | Reidel Anthony | 35 | 448 | 12.8 | 38 | 4 | Karl Williams | 33 | 486 | 14.7 | 55 | 4 | Horace Copeland | 33 | 431 | 13.1 | 49 | 1 | Mike Alstott | 23 | 178 | 7.7 | 26 | 3 | Dave Moore | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 28 | 4 | Jackie Harris | 19 | 197 | 10.4 | 39 | 1 | Robb Thomas | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 21 | 0 | Patrick Hape | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 13 | 1 | John Davis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 | Tony Bouie | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Jerry Ellison | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Andrew Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 224 | 2638 | 11.8 | 59 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Sean Landeta | 54 | 2274 | 42.1 | 74 | Tommy Barnhardt | 29 | 1304 | 45.0 | 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 83 | 3578 | 43.1 | 74 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Karl Williams | 46 | 597 | 13.0 | 63 | 1 | Warrick Dunn | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 25 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 645 | 12.6 | 63 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Reidel Anthony | 25 | 592 | 23.7 | 51 | 0 | Karl Williams | 15 | 277 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 | Warrick Dunn | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | Jerry Ellison | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 49 | 0 | Errict Rhett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Mike Alstott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Steve White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 1075 | 21.1 | 51 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 28 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Warren Sapp | 10.5 | 0.0 | Chidi Ahanotu | 10.0 | 0.0 | Brad Culpepper | 8.5 | 0.0 | Regan Upshaw | 7.5 | 0.0 | Tyoka Jackson | 2.5 | 0.0 | Derrick Brooks | 1.5 | 0.0 | Hardy Nickerson | 1.0 | 0.0 | Jason Maniecki | 1.0 | 0.0 | Anthony Parker | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rufus Porter | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Hardy Nickerson | 126 | 105 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Derrick Brooks | 123.5 | 102 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | John Lynch | 92 | 75 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Anthony Parker | 68.5 | 57 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Sapp | 52.5 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | Donnie Abraham | 49 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Brad Culpepper | 51 | 43 | 16 | 0 | Melvin Johnson | 46 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Chidi Ahanotu | 43 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles Mincy | 39 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tyrone Legette | 29 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Rufus Porter | 29 | 26 | 6 | 0 | Regan Upshaw | 25.5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jeff Gooch | 22 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Floyd Young | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | Reggie Rusk | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Steve White | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Tyoka Jackson | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Tony Bouie | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronde Barber | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Marcus Jones | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jason Maniecki | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shelton Quarles | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Curry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Greg Bellisari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Warrick Dunn | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trent Dilfer | 9 | 3 | -22 | 0 | 0 | Steve Walsh | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jorge Diaz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Williams | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Ellison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Wunsch | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Gruber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Horace Copeland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Patrick Hape | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Pyne | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Mike Alstott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 850 | 729 | 242 | 0 | 31 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 11 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Michael Husted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 71 | Mike Alstott | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Warrick Dunn | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Karl Williams | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Reidel Anthony | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dave Moore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Errict Rhett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Patrick Hape | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alshermond Singleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Horace Copeland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Trent Dilfer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jackie Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 299 |
