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2005 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 300 points (18.8/g), 20th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 274 points (17.1/g), 8th.
 Differential of 26 points (1.6/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 8.9-7.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by Jon Gruden (11-5-0)

2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box W 1-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 24 13 12 345 199 146 2 15 248 215 33 5
2 Sun September 18 box W 2-0 Buffalo Bills 19 3 18 318 127 191 8 147 100 47
3 Sun September 25 box W 3-0 @ Green Bay Packers 17 16 19 293 132 161 1 15 260 185 75 4
4 Sun October 2 box W 4-0 Detroit Lions 17 13 17 353 284 69 4 11 226 135 91 1
5 Sun October 9 box L 4-1 @ New York Jets 12 14 20 285 201 84 1 15 212 150 62 3
6 Sun October 16 box W 5-1 Miami Dolphins 27 13 15 342 162 180 1 13 307 243 64 2
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 30 box L 5-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 10 15 13 275 232 43 3 9 208 50 158
9 Sun November 6 box L 5-3 Carolina Panthers 14 34 18 270 226 44 4 15 287 210 77
10 Sun November 13 box W 6-3 Washington Redskins 36 35 19 340 279 61 1 23 389 204 185 3
11 Sun November 20 box W 7-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 30 27 15 258 118 140 1 26 443 293 150 2
12 Sun November 27 box L 7-4 Chicago Bears 10 13 15 275 168 107 1 15 239 121 118 1
13 Sun December 4 box W 8-4 @ New Orleans Saints 10 3 14 248 115 133 16 279 214 65 4
14 Sun December 11 box W 9-4 @ Carolina Panthers 20 10 17 247 133 114 14 276 194 82 1
15 Sat December 17 box L 9-5 @ New England Patriots 0 28 12 138 108 30 1 22 336 253 83
16 Sat December 24 box W 10-5 Atlanta Falcons 27 24 30 444 270 174 3 19 281 127 154 1
17 Sun January 1 box W 11-5 New Orleans Saints 27 13 14 285 136 149 18 306 235 71 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 7 box L 11-6 Washington Redskins 10 17

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 300 4716 985 4.8 268 303 487 2890 17 14 5.5 161 457 1826 13 4.0 83 23 9 24
Team Defense 274 4444 950 4.7 433 275 476 2929 15 17 5.7 148 438 1515 10 3.5 254 30 13 31
Lg Rank Offense 20 23 25 20 25 23 9 25 15 14 14 14 6 5
Lg Rank Defense 8 1 2 7 6 2 10 12 16 6 7 2 11 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Chris Simms 25 QB 11 10 6-4-0 191 313 61.0 2035 10 3.2 7 2.2 78 6.5 5.8 10.7 185.0 81.4 29 205 5.4 4.7 8.5
Brian Griese 30 qb 6 6 5-1-0 112 174 64.4 1136 7 4.0 7 4.0 80 6.5 5.1 10.1 189.3 79.6 12 76 5.7 4.4 6.5
Team Total 27.2 16 11-5-0 303 487 62.2 3171 17 3.5 14 2.9 80 6.5 5.6 10.5 198.2 80.7 41 281 5.5 4.6 7.8
Opp Total 16 275 476 57.8 2929 15 3.2 17 3.6 6.2 4.9 10.7 183.1 71.5 36 229 5.7 4.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Cadillac Williams 23 RB 14 14 290 1178 6 71 4.1 84.1 20.7 20 81 4.1 0 15 1.4 5.8 1259 6 3
Michael Pittman 30 16 4 70 436 1 64 6.2 27.3 4.4 36 300 8.3 1 41 2.3 18.8 736 2 1
Mike Alstott 32 fb 16 7 34 80 6 9 2.4 5.0 2.1 25 222 8.9 1 24 1.6 13.9 302 7 0
Earnest Graham 25 16 0 28 83 0 16 3.0 5.2 1.8 83 0 1
Chris Simms 25 QB 11 10 19 31 0 10 1.6 2.8 1.7 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.3 28 0 6
Brian Griese 30 qb 6 6 13 12 0 7 0.9 2.0 2.2 12 0 2
Joey Galloway 34 WR 16 16 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 0.1 83 1287 15.5 10 80 5.2 80.4 1291 10 0
Michael Clayton 23 WR 14 10 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 32 372 11.6 0 41 2.3 26.6 374 0 1
Alex Smith 23 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 367 9.0 2 24 2.6 22.9 367 2 0
Ike Hilliard 29 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 282 8.1 1 22 2.2 17.6 282 1 0
Anthony Becht 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 112 7.0 0 17 1.0 7.0 112 0 0
Jameel Cook 26 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 43 6.1 1 11 0.4 2.7 43 1 0
Edell Shepherd 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 103 17.2 1 46 0.4 6.4 103 1 1
Dave Moore 36 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.3 5 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 457 1826 13 71 4.0 114.1 28.6 303 3171 10.5 17 80 18.9 198.2 4997 30 16
Opp Total 16 438 1515 10 3.5 94.7 27.4 275 2929 10.7 15 17.2 183.1 4444 25 25

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Mark Jones 25 RET 16 0 51 492 0 31 9.6 5 95 0 24 19.0 587
Torrie Cox 25 RET 15 0 24 464 0 30 19.3 464
Edell Shepherd 25 16 0 20 414 0 30 20.7 517
Earnest Graham 25 16 0 4 74 0 22 18.5 157
Michael Pittman 30 16 4 3 85 0 37 28.3 821
Mike Alstott 32 fb 16 7 1 2 0 2 2.0 304
Jon Bradley 24 13 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Alex Smith 23 TE 16 10 1 12 0 12 12.0 379
Team Total 27.2 16 51 492 0 31 9.6 59 1148 0 37 19.5 6637
Opp Total 16 49 0 63 1368 1 21.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Josh Bidwell* 29 P 16 0 90 4101 61 0 45.6
Matt Bryant 30 K 15 0 4 2 8 8 11 10 2 1 25 21 84.0% 31 31 100.0%
Todd France 25 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 50.0% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 27.2 16 5 3 8 8 12 10 2 1 27 22 81.5% 32 32 100.0% 90 4101 61 0 45.6
Opp Total 16 33 26 78.8% 27 26 96.3% 80 3512 43.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Simeon Rice 31 RDE 15 15 14.0 1 6 0 6 4 6 0 0 0 0 33 7
Ronde Barber*+ 30 RCB 16 16 2.0 5 105 0 42 20 0 0 1 4 0 83 16
Chris Simms 25 QB 11 10 6 1 -1 0
Dewayne White 26 16 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 52 1 31 5
Brian Kelly 29 LCB 16 16 1.0 4 19 0 14 16 1 0 0 0 0 43 9
Will Allen 23 fs 13 8 3 26 0 26 4 0 0 1 33 1 34 14
Derrick Brooks*+ 32 RLB 16 16 3.0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 93 32
Anthony McFarland 28 RDT 15 15 2.0 0 0 2 0 1 18 9
Greg Spires 31 LDE 16 16 4.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 35 12
Cadillac Williams 23 RB 14 14 3 1 0 0
Brian Griese 30 qb 6 6 2 1 0 0
Ellis Wyms 26 16 1 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 5
Juran Bolden 31 16 2 2 46 0 28 7 35 7
Chris Hovan 27 LDT 16 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 35 10
Dexter Jackson 28 FS 11 10 1.0 1 21 0 21 5 32 13
Mark Jones 25 RET 16 0 1 1 0 0
Ryan Nece 26 LLB 16 14 2.0 45 27
Michael Pittman 30 16 4 1 1 0 0
Shelton Quarles 34 MLB 16 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 103 30 1
Michael Clayton 23 WR 14 10 1 0 0 0
Earnest Graham 25 16 0 1 0 0 0
Sean Mahan 25 RG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Kalvin Pearson 27 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 24 5
Barrett Ruud 22 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 2
Edell Shepherd 25 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 35.0 17 223 0 42 80 17 16 19 88 3 765 229 1
Opp Total 16 41 25 12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Matt Bryant 30 K 15 0 31 21 94
Joey Galloway 34 WR 16 16 10 60
Mike Alstott 32 fb 16 7 6 1 1 44
Cadillac Williams 23 RB 14 14 6 36
Michael Pittman 30 16 4 1 1 12
Alex Smith 23 TE 16 10 2 12
Will Allen 23 fs 13 8 1 6
Jameel Cook 26 16 0 1 6
Ike Hilliard 29 16 2 1 6
Anthony McFarland 28 RDT 15 15 1 6
Edell Shepherd 25 16 0 1 6
Dewayne White 26 16 1 1 6
Todd France 25 1 0 1 1 4
Shelton Quarles 34 MLB 16 16 1 2
Team Total 27.2 16 13 17 3 1 32 22 1 300
Opp Total 16 10 15 1 1 26 26 274