Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were 5-11 in 1978. They finished 5th in the NFC Central and 13th in the NFC.

Scores & Schedules

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sun 12/17	vs	NO	L 10-17
Sun 12/10	@	SF	L 3-6
Sun 12/3	vs	GB	L 7-17
Sun 11/26	@	CHI	L 3-14
Sun 11/19	vs	BUF	W 31-10

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,170

Williams

RUSH YDS

679

Bell

REC YDS

640

Owens

1978 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	T	PCT
Packers	8	7	1	.531
Vikings	8	7	1	.531
Bears	7	9	0	.438
Lions	7	9	0	.438
Buccaneers	5	11	0	.313

Latest Tampa Bay Buccaneers News

Bengals force 4 turnovers, Burrow throws for TD in 33-27 win over the Buccaneers

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Sep 9, 2026

1978 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	16	241	3,801	962	4.0	2,098	549	3.8	2,171	361	6.0	52	468	238	111	101	26	100	860
Team Rank		25th	28th	26th	26th	19th	20th	18th	27th	26th	25th	27th	3rd	27th	20th	24th	16th	9th	12th
Opponent	16	259	4,328	1,047	4.1	2,049	595	3.4	2,535	419	6.1	33	256	256	109	131	16	101	963
Opponent Rank		7th	4th	18th	2nd	7th	19th	1st	4th	10th	2nd	15th	16th	5th	7th	13th	2nd	14th	10th
Net		-18	-527	-85	-0.2	+49	-46	+0.4	-364	-58	0.0	+19	+212	-18	+2	-30	+10	-1	-103
Net Rank		17th	22nd	25th	19th	12th	19th	8th	20th	22nd	18th	25th	2nd	18th	11th	25th	3rd	11th	10th

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

410

Shough

387

Love

361

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

173

Walker

156

Gibbs

144

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

182

Olave

150

Flowers

147

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

4

Lawrence

3

Shough

3

Dart

Rush TD Leaders

3

Swift

3

Henry

2

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

2

Jeanty

2

Watson

2

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

150.6

Lawrence

134.2

Dart

130.5

Allen

Sack Leaders

2.0

Hutchinson

2.0

Watt

2.0

Paye

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.0

41.0

39.0

37.0

36.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

419.0

409.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

5.0

4.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

34.3

Henry

31.4

Swift

31.1

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

26.7

Watson

25.8

Coker

23.2

Jefferson

Fantasy TE Rankings

19.8

Likely

19.7

Goedert

15.5

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

19

McPherson

16

Ryland

15

Sanders

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000