1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-14
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Leeman Bennett (2-14)
Location: Tampa, Florida

1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Roster
1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Results

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 2 wins and 14 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Tampa Bay chalked up 294 points, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 448. Steve DeBerg threw for 2,488 yards. James Wilder led the receiving corps, catching 53 balls, while Kevin House contributed 803 receiving yards. Jimmie Giles, Gerald Carter and Jerry Bell each were targeted regularly, too.

James Wilder rushed for a team-high 1,300 yards for the Buccaneers.

Jeremiah Castille snatched 7 opponent throws. David Logan sacked quarterbacks 6.5 times.

Leeman Bennett coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve DeBerg	370	197	53.2	2488	6.7	19	5.1	18	4.9	57	19	143	71.3
Steve Young	138	72	52.2	935	6.8	3	2.2	8	5.8	59	21	158	56.9
Totals	508	269	53.0	3423	6.7	22	4.3	26	5.1	59	40	301

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Wilder	365	1300	3.6	28	10
Steve Young	40	233	5.8	20	1
Ron Springs	16	54	3.4	11	0
Steve DeBerg	9	28	3.1	13	0
Gerald Carter	1	13	13.0	13	0
Alan Risher	1	10	10.0	10	0
Adger Armstrong	2	6	3.0	8	0
Totals	434	1644	3.8	28	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Wilder	53	341	6.4	20	0
Kevin House	44	803	18.2	59	5
Jimmie Giles	43	673	15.7	44	8
Jerry Bell	43	496	11.5	27	2
Gerald Carter	40	557	13.9	40	3
Calvin Magee	26	288	11.1	35	3
Theo Bell	12	189	15.8	24	0
Ron Springs	3	44	14.7	22	0
Mark Witte	3	28	9.3	13	0
Adger Armstrong	2	4	2.0	3	1
Totals	269	3423	12.7	59	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Donald Igwebuike	32	30	93.8	32	22	68.8	96
Totals	32	30	93.8	32	22	68.8	96

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frank Garcia	77	3233	42.0	61
Totals	77	3233	42.0	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leon Bright	12	124	10.3	29
Mike Prior	13	105	8.1	19
Totals	25	229	9.2	29

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Phil Freeman	48	1085	22.6	58
Leon Bright	11	213	19.4	47
Mike Prior	10	131	13.1	27
Ron Springs	5	112	22.4	34
David Verser	4	61	15.2	18
Calvin Magee	2	20	10.0	15
Totals	80	1622	20.3	58

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeremiah Castille	7	49	7.0	20
David Greenwood	5	15	3.0	7
Keith Browner	1	25	25.0	25
Jeff Davis	1	22	22.0	22
Ivory Sully	1	20	20.0	20
Cecil Johnson	1	12	12.0	12
John Holt	1	3	3.0	3
Ervin Randle	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	18	146	8.1	25

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
David Logan	6.5
John Cannon	4.5
Ron Holmes	4.5
Karl Morgan	4.0
David Greenwood	3.0
Hugh Green	2.5
Jeff Davis	2.5
Chris Washington	2.0
Keith Browner	1.5
Ervin Randle	1.0
Don Fielder	1.0
Craig Curry	1.0
Cecil Johnson	1.0
Totals	35.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Mike Prior	4	4	0		4	3	0	0
John Cannon					0	3	0	0
John Holt				0	0	2	0	0
Jeff Davis				0	0	2	0	0
Jeremiah Castille				0	1	2	0	0
Ervin Randle				0	0	2	0	0
Karl Morgan					0	2	0	0
Ron Holmes					0	2	0	0
Chris Lindstrom					0	1	0	0
Keith Browner				0	1	1	0	0
Mark Witte					0	1	0	0
Steve Young					4	1	-1
James Wilder					9	1	0
Kevin House					0	1	0
Steve Courson					0	1	2	0
Cecil Johnson				0	0	1	0	0
Ivory Sully				0	0	1	0	0
Adger Armstrong					0	1	0
David Greenwood				0	2	1	9	0
Chris Washington					0	1	0	0
David Logan					0	1	2	0
David Verser					1	0	0	0
Jimmie Giles					3	0	0
Steve DeBerg					3	0	0	0
Leon Bright					4	0	0	0
Calvin Magee					1	0	0
Phil Freeman					1	0	0	0
Gerald Carter					1	0	0
Jerry Bell					2	0	0
Totals	4	4	0	0	37	31	12	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Donald Igwebuike									22	30	0			96
James Wilder	10	0							0	0	0			60
Jimmie Giles		8							0	0	0			48
Kevin House		5							0	0	0			30
Gerald Carter	0	3							0	0	0			18
Calvin Magee		3		0					0	0	0			18
Jerry Bell		2							0	0	0			12
Steve Young	1								0	0	0			6
Adger Armstrong	0	1							0	0	0			6
Totals	11	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	30	0	0	0	294