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Founded: 1976
Stadium: Raymond James Stadium
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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Buccaneers | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 246 | 324 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 80 - 148 - 18 | 129 - 171 - 24 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 71/218 | 86/214 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 9/22 | 9/15 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 4600 | 5849 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 961 - 4.8 | 1039 - 5.6 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 1627 | 2531 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 404 - 4.0 | 529 - 4.8 |
| Total Passing Yds | 2973 | 3318 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 279 - 524 - 29 - 6.0 | 301 - 482 - 19 - 7.2 |
| Sacks | 28 | 33 |
| Field Goals | 16/26 | 26/32 |
| Touchdowns | 28 | 46 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 5 - 18 - 2 - 3 | 16 - 28 - 0 - 2 |
| Time of Possession | 28:43 | 31:42 |
| Turnover Ratio | -5 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Josh Freeman | 290 | 158 | 1855 | 54.5 | 6.4 | 10 | 3.4 | 18 | 6.2 | 42 | 20 | 102 | 59.8 |
| Josh Johnson | 125 | 63 | 685 | 50.4 | 5.5 | 4 | 3.2 | 8 | 6.4 | 35 | 11 | 59 | 50.9 |
| Byron Leftwich | 107 | 58 | 594 | 54.2 | 5.6 | 4 | 3.7 | 3 | 2.8 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 71.2 |
| Michael Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dirk Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Cadillac Williams | 211 | 823 | 3.9 | 35 | 4 |
| Derrick Ward | 114 | 409 | 3.6 | 28 | 1 |
| Josh Freeman | 30 | 161 | 5.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Josh Johnson | 22 | 148 | 6.7 | 29 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 14 | 66 | 4.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Byron Leftwich | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Clifton Smith | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| B.J. Askew | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Pressley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Kellen Winslow | 77 | 884 | 11.5 | 42 | 5 |
| Antonio Bryant | 39 | 600 | 15.4 | 42 | 4 |
| Sammie Stroughter | 31 | 334 | 10.8 | 35 | 1 |
| Cadillac Williams | 28 | 217 | 7.8 | 22 | 3 |
| Maurice Stovall | 24 | 366 | 15.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Derrick Ward | 20 | 150 | 7.5 | 38 | 2 |
| Michael Clayton | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 47 | 1 |
| Jerramy Stevens | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Earnest Graham | 14 | 109 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Brian Clark | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| John Gilmore | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Clifton Smith | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| B.J. Askew | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Donald Penn | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chris Pressley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Connor Barth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Dirk Johnson | 62 | 41.3 | 3 | 16 | 63 | 0 |
| Sam Paulescu | 24 | 42.6 | 5 | 8 | 61 | 0 |
| Connor Barth | 1 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 87 | 41.7 | 8 | 24 | 63 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 70 | 42.8 | 4 | 22 | 63 | 2 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Clifton Smith | 23 | 8 | 10.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Sammie Stroughter | 12 | 0 | 9.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Micheal Spurlock | 3 | 0 | 30.0 | 77 | 1 |
| Yamon Figurs | 2 | 2 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 40 | 10 | 11.6 | 77 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 38 | 17 | 8.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Clifton Smith | 31 | 902 | 29.1 | 83 | 0 |
| Sammie Stroughter | 11 | 324 | 29.5 | 97 | 1 |
| Micheal Spurlock | 8 | 170 | 21.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Yamon Figurs | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Kareem Huggins | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Maurice Stovall | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tim Crowder | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Adam Hayward | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 62 | 1630 | 26.3 | 97 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 46 | 878 | 19.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Barrett Ruud | 142 | 107 | 35 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Geno Hayes | 98 | 80 | 18 | 3.0 | 1 |
| Quincy Black | 84 | 69 | 15 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 77 | 69 | 8 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Sabby Piscitelli | 80 | 66 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Tanard Jackson | 71 | 60 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Aqib Talib | 64 | 56 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Tim Crowder | 43 | 37 | 6 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Stylez G. White | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Jimmy Wilkerson | 46 | 29 | 17 | 6.0 | 2 |
| Roy Miller | 33 | 27 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 33 | 26 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Elbert Mack | 29 | 26 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Sims | 33 | 25 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Adam Hayward | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt McCoy | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Niko Koutouvides | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kyle Moore | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Maurice Stovall | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brian Clark | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dre Moore | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Corey Lynch | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Trueblood | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Zuttah | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Rod Wilson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Clifton Smith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Sammie Stroughter | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Derrick Roberson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dirk Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Josh Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Michael Clayton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Davin Joseph | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Faine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| John Gilmore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Connor Barth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Donald Penn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Antonio Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kareem Huggins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andrew Economos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Derrick Ward | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1106 | 909 | 197 | 28 | 10 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1002 | 805 | 197 | 33 | 14 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Aqib Talib | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Tanard Jackson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 35 | 2 |
| Elbert Mack | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Geno Hayes | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Sabby Piscitelli | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Barrett Ruud | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Quincy Black | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 19 | 275 | 14.5 | 36 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 29 | 492 | 17.0 | 76 | 2 |