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Tampa Bay

Buccaneers

HC Tony Dungy OC Mike Shula DC Monte Kiffin

1997 season
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10–6 Regular season · +36 point diff Lost Div · 7–21 @ GB

Franchise 51 seasons 327–471–1 all-time 15 playoff trips 2 Super Bowls

18.7 Points / game #23 of 30
16.4 Allowed / game #2 of 30
286 Yards / game #29 of 30
310 Yds allowed / game #3 of 30
44 Sacks #10 of 30
12 Giveaways #9 of 30

Results

  1. W1 W 13–6
  2. @ W2 W 24–17
  3. @ W3 W 28–14
  4. W4 W 31–21
  5. W5 W 19–18
  6. @ W6 L 16–21
  7. W7 L 9–27
  8. W8Bye
  9. W9 L 6–10
  10. @ W10 W 31–28
  11. @ W11 W 31–10
  12. W12 W 27–7
  13. @ W13 L 7–13
  14. @ W14 W 20–8
  15. W15 L 6–17
  16. @ W16 L 0–31
  17. W17 W 31–15
  18. WC W 20–10
  19. @ DIV L 7–21

Team leaders

Passing Trent Dilfer 2,555 yds · 21 TD · 11 INT
Rushing Warrick Dunn 978 yds · 4 TD · 4.4 Y/C
Receiving Karl Williams 33 rec · 486 yds · 4 TD
Tackles Hardy Nickerson 147 tkl · 105 solo
Sacks Warren Sapp 10.5 sacks · 3 FF
Interceptions Donnie Abraham 5 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. +7 1
  2. +7 2
  3. +14 3
  4. +10 4
  5. +1 5
  6. −5 6
  7. −18 7
  8. −4 9
  9. +3 10
  10. +21 11
  11. +20 12
  12. −6 13
  13. +12 14
  14. −11 15
  15. −31 16
  16. +16 17
  17. +10 WCW
  18. −14 DIVD