2008 NFC Statistics -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Record	Wins	Losses
	9	3

Date	Opponent	W/L	Score	Attendance
September 07, 2008	at New Orleans	L	20 - 24	69,881
September 14, 2008	Atlanta	W	24 - 9	63,611
September 21, 2008	at Chicago	W	27 - 24	62,051
September 28, 2008	Green Bay	W	30 - 21	64,122
October 05, 2008	at Denver	L	13 - 16	75,480
October 12, 2008	Carolina	W	27 - 3	64,211
October 19, 2008	Seattle	W	20 - 10	64,811
October 26, 2008	at Dallas	L	9 - 13	63,254
November 02, 2008	at Kansas City	W	30 - 27	74,045
November 16, 2008	Minnesota	W	19 - 13	65,278
November 23, 2008	at Detroit	W	38 - 20	49,096
November 30, 2008	New Orleans	W	23 - 20	64,430

	TEAM	OPPONENT
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	223	176
Rushing	74	52
Passing	137	110
Penalty	12	14
3rd Downs	67/172 - 39.0%	54/164 - 32.9%
4th Downs	7/12 - 58.3%	5/13 - 38.5%
POSSESSION AVG.	32:5	27:54
TOTAL NET YARDS	4025	3354
Avg. Yards Per Game	335.4	279.5
Total Plays	787	705
Avg. Yards Per Play	5.1	4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING	1416	1145
Avg. Yards Per Game	118.0	95.4
Total Rushes	348	300
NET YARDS PASSING	2609	2209
Completions/Attempts - Pct	267/419 - 63.7%	212/380 - 55.8%
Avg. Yards Per Game	217.4	184.1
Gross Yards	2709	2373
Times Sacked	20	25
Passes Intercepted	9	17
PUNTS/AVERAGE	57/44.4	64/43.6
NET PUNTING AVERAGE	38.7	35.0
PENALTIES/YARDS	71/616	73/564
FUMBLES/BALL LOST	18/12	12/7
TOUCHDOWNS	28	19
Rushing	8	1
Passing	13	16
Returns	7	2

SCORE BY QUARTERS	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	PTS
TEAM	54	92	51	77	6	280
OPPONENT	57	52	44	47	0	200

SCORING	TD	Ru	Pa	Rt	PAT	FG	S	Pts
Matt Bryant	0	0	0	0	26/26	28/32	0	110
Ike Hilliard	4	0	4	0	0/0	0/0	0	26
Earnest Graham	4	4	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	24
Antonio Bryant	3	0	3	0	0/0	0/0	0	18
Alex Smith	3	0	3	0	0/0	0/0	0	18
Jerramy Stevens	2	0	2	0	0/0	0/0	0	12
Clifton Smith	2	0	0	2	0/0	0/0	0	12
Warrick Dunn	2	2	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	12
John Gilmore	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
Phillip Buchanon	1	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0	6
B.J. Askew	1	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
Geno Hayes	1	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0	6
Ronde Barber	1	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0	6
Carnell Williams	1	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
Gaines Adams	1	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0	6
Jermaine Phillips	1	0	0	1	0/0	0/0	0	6
TEAM	28	8	13	7	26/26	28/32	0	280
OPPONENT	19	1	16	2	18/18	22/24	0	198

2-PT. CONVERSIONS	TEAM	OPPONENT
	1/2	1/1

SACKS	NO.
Gaines Adams	5.5
Greg White	5.0
Jimmy Wilkerson	4.0
Barrett Ruud	3.0
Kevin Carter	3.0
Ronde Barber	2.0
Ryan Sims	1.5
Chris Hovan	1.0

RUSHING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Earnest Graham	132	563	4.3	68	4
Warrick Dunn	145	640	4.4	40	2
Carnell Williams	20	47	2.3	8	1
B.J. Askew	2	4	2.0	3	1
Jeff Garcia	24	87	3.6	20	0
Clifton Smith	7	38	5.4	10	0
Antonio Bryant	2	22	11.0	13	0
Michael Bennett	7	12	1.7	4	0
Michael Clayton	2	5	2.5	4	0
Ike Hilliard	1	0	0.0	0	0
Luke McCown	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Brian Griese	5	-1	-0.2	3	0
TEAM	348	1416	4.1	68	8
OPPPONENT	300	1145	3.8	45	1

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Ike Hilliard	36	331	9.2	36	4
Antonio Bryant	57	736	12.9	47	3
Alex Smith	19	228	12.0	34	3
Jerramy Stevens	25	288	11.5	31	2
John Gilmore	13	130	10.0	36	1
Michael Clayton	30	318	10.6	29	0
Warrick Dunn	31	244	7.9	36	0
Earnest Graham	23	174	7.6	24	0
Joey Galloway	12	134	11.2	22	0
B.J. Askew	10	48	4.8	18	0
Maurice Stovall	3	25	8.3	9	0
Jameel Cook	3	24	8.0	12	0
Clifton Smith	3	15	5.0	13	0
Brian Clark	1	12	12.0	12	0
Michael Bennett	1	2	2.0	2	0
TEAM	267	2709	10.1	47	13
OPPPONENT	212	2373	11.2	84	16

INTERCEPTIONS	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Ronde Barber	2	67	33.5	65	1
Gaines Adams	2	50	25.0	45	1
Phillip Buchanon	2	33	16.5	26	1
Jermaine Phillips	2	71	35.5	58	0
Aqib Talib	3	32	10.7	19	0
Tanard Jackson	1	25	25.0	25	0
Sabby Piscitelli	1	22	22.0	22	0
Barrett Ruud	2	10	5.0	10	0
Cato June	1	1	1.0	1	0
Derrick Brooks	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
TEAM	17	309	18.2	65	3
OPPPONENT	9	170	18.9	62	1

PUNTING	No.	Yds	Avg	TB	In	Lg
Josh Bidwell	57	2528	44.4	5	21	64
TEAM	57	2528	44.4	5	21	64
OPPPONENT	64	2788	43.6	8	9	70

PUNT RETURNS	Ret	Yds	Avg	Long	Fc	Td
Dexter Jackson	20	97	4.9	19	0	0
Clifton Smith	16	281	17.6	70	2	1
Ike Hilliard	2	11	5.5	11	6	0
Aqib Talib	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
TEAM	39	389	10.0	70	8	1
OPPPONENT	27	222	8.2	37	8	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Clifton Smith	19	560	29.5	97	1
Dexter Jackson	14	327	23.4	45	0
Michael Clayton	3	69	23.0	29	0
Brian Clark	2	39	19.5	22	0
Maurice Stovall	1	15	15.0	15	0
Alex Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
TEAM
OPPPONENT	58	1186	20.4	61	0

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Matt Bryant	0/0	10/10	14/14	4/6	0/2
TEAM	0/0	10/10	14/14	4/6	0/2
OPPPONENT	0/0	7/7	6/7	8/9	1/1

PASSING	Att	Cmp	Yds	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Long	Sack	Lost	Rating
Jeff Garcia	271	182	1902	67.2	7.0	8	3.0	3	1.1	47	15	74	92.5
Brian Griese	147	84	804	57.1	5.5	4	2.7	6	4.1	38	5	26	64.6
Earnest Graham	1	1	3	100.0	3.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	3	0	0	118.8
TEAM	419	267	2709	63.7	6.5	13	3.1	9	2.1	47	20	100	83.5
OPPPONENT	380	212	2209	55.8	5.8	16	4.2	17	4.5	84	25	164	68.2

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