1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Head coach Sam Wyche
Owner Hugh Culverhouse
Home field Tampa Stadium
Results
Record 5–11
Division Place 3rd in NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
AP All-Pros LT Paul Gruber (2nd team)
Team MVP RB Reggie Cobb
Timeline
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The 1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on a 3–13 season. It was the first season of Sam Wyche's four-year spell as Buccaneer head coach. Wyche said before the season that he believed he could turn Vinny Testaverde into a great player. Tampa Bay had lop-sided wins in the first two weeks, and looked like they would prove good the coach's words. They started the season 3–1 but then lost ten of the next eleven, starting with a close heart-breaker to the Indianapolis Colts. The biggest heartbreak of the year was a week-13 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Tampa Bay was rolling in the first half to a 27–3 lead. But the second half was all Rams, and a 27–31 loss took whatever life was left to the team out of it. Special teams suffered too, especially from kickers like Ken Willis making only eight of fourteen field goals. Reggie Cobb became only the third player in the team's history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season and Santana Dotson made the All-Rookie team. The Bucs finished the season the way they started it, with a win over the Arizona Cardinals.

Contents

NFL Draft

Pick Round Player Position School
44 Round 2 Courtney Hawkins Wide Receiver Michigan State
59 Round 3 Mark Wheeler Defensive Tackle Texas A&M
79 Round 3 Tyji Armstrong Tight End Mississippi
86 Round 4 Craig Erickson Quarterback Miami
118 Round 5 Rogerick Green Defensive Back Kansas State
132 Round 5 Santana Dotson Defensive End Baylor
148 Round 6 James Malone Linebacker UCLA
184 Round 7 Ken Swilling Defensive Back Georgia Tech
200 Round 8 Anthony McDowell Running Back Texas Tech
222 Round 8 Mike Pawlawski Quarterback California
254 Round 10 Elijah Alexander Linebacker Kansas State
284 Round 11 Mazio Royster Running Back USC
311 Round 12 Klaus Wilmsmeyer Punter Louisville

The Buccaneers' first-round pick had previously been traded to the Indianapolis Colts in return for quarterback Chris Chandler, and was eventually used to select Quentin Coryatt.

Personnel

Staff

1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff

Front Office

Head Coaches

  • Head Coach/Director of Football Operations – Sam Wyche

Offensive Coaches

  

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams/Tight Ends – George Stewart

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Ray Oliver
  • Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Dennis Green

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Regular season

Schedule

Regular season
Week Date Opponent Result Kickoff[a] Game site TV Attendance Record
1 September 6, 1992 Phoenix Cardinals W 23-7 4:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 41,315 1-0
2 September 13, 1992 Green Bay Packers W 31-3 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 50,051 2-0
3 September 20, 1992 at Minnesota Vikings L 26-20 1:00 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome CBS 48,113 2-1
4 September 27, 1992 at Detroit Lions W 27-23 1:00 Pontiac Silverdome CBS 51,374 3-1
5 October 4, 1992 Indianapolis Colts L 24-14 1:00 Tampa Stadium NBC 56,585 3-2
6 Bye
7 October 18, 1992 at Chicago Bears L 31-14 1:00 Soldier Field CBS 61,412 3-3
8 October 25, 1992 Detroit Lions L 38-7 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 53,995 3-4
9 November 1, 1992 at New Orleans Saints L 23-21 1:00 Louisiana Superdome CBS 68,591 3-5
10 November 8, 1992 Minnesota Vikings L 35-7 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 49,095 3-6
11 November 15, 1992 Chicago Bears W 20-17 4:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 69,102 4-6
12 November 22, 1992 at San Diego Chargers L 29-14 4:00 Jack Murphy Stadium CBS 43,197 4-7
13 November 29, 1992 at Green Bay Packers L 19-14 1:00 Milwaukee County Stadium CBS 52,347 4-8
14 December 6, 1992 Los Angeles Rams L 31-27 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 38,387 4-9
15 December 13, 1992 Atlanta Falcons L 35-7 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 39,056 4-10
16 December 19, 1992 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-14 4:00 Candlestick Park CBS 60,519 4-11
17 December 27, 1992 at Phoenix Cardinals W 7-3 5:00 Sun Devil Stadium CBS 29,645 5-11

Notes:

a All times in North American Eastern Time. (UTC–4 and UTC–5 during Standard Time)

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA
Minnesota Vikings 11 5 0 .688 374 249
Green Bay Packers 9 7 0 .563 276 296
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 11 0 .313 267 365
Chicago Bears 5 11 0 .313 295 361
Detroit Lions 5 11 0 .313 273 332

References

  1. ^ 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. http://www.buccaneers.com/team/mediaguide.aspx. Retrieved 2010-04-06. 
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