1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
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The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's first season in the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers' played their home games at Tampa Stadium and their inaugural head coach was John McKay. The Buccaneers gained infamy as the first team to play an entire 14-game season without winning or tying a single game (including five games where they never even scored). With the NFL going to a 16-game format in 1978, this became the only time any team ever finished 0–14. The Buccaneers did not score until their third game and did not score a touchdown until their fourth. They lost by more than a touchdown eleven times. Colorful, maverick former USC coach McKay, whose wisecracking remarks occasionally agitated fans and the league, led the team. The only bright spot was future Pr
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La stagione 1976 dei Tampa Bay Buccaneers è stata la 1ª della franchigia nella National Football League. La squadra guadagnò il triste primato di essere stata la prima a non riuscire a vincere alcuna partita in una stagione da 14 gare. Non riuscirono a segnare fino alla terza partita e non segnarono un touchdown fino alla quarta. L'estroverso fu il primo allenatore della squadra. Lee Roy Selmon, il primo giocatore dei Bucs ad essere indotto nella Pro Football Hall of Fame, fece il suo debutto in una stagione tormentata dagli infortuni.
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Jay Randolph and Floyd Little
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First quarter
*SD – Toni Fritsch 48-yard field goal. Chargers 3–0.
Second quarter
*SD – Toni Fritsch 48-yard field goal. Chargers 6–0.
Third quarter
*No scoring plays
Fourth quarter
*SD – Toni Fritsch 22-yard field goal. Chargers 9–0.
*SD – Rickey Young 46-yard run . Chargers 16–0.
*SD – Tom Hayes 37-yard interception return . Chargers 23–0.
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First quarter
*OAK – Mark van Eeghen 1-yard run . Raiders 7–0.
*TB – Ed Williams 2-yard run . Tied 7–7.
Second quarter
*OAK – Mark van Eeghen 1-yard run . Raiders 14–7.
*OAK – Pete Banaszak 2-yard run . Raiders 21–7.
*TB – Dave Green 30-yard field goal. Raiders 21–10.
Third quarter
*OAK – Warren Bankston 9-yard pass from Ken Stabler . Raiders 28–10.
*OAK – Cliff Branch 25-yard pass from Ken Stabler . Raiders 35–10.
*OAK – Carl Garrett 1-yard run . Raiders 42–10.
Fourth quarter
*TB – Morris Owens 9-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Raiders 42–17.
*OAK – Mike Siani 37-yard pass from Mike Rae . Raiders 49–17.
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First quarter
*KC – Jan Stenerud 42-yard field goal. Chiefs 3–0.
Second quarter
*KC – Jan Stenerud 32-yard field goal. Chiefs 6–0.
Third quarter
*KC – Billy Masters 2-yard pass from Mike Livingston . Chiefs 13–0.
*KC – Walter White 2-yard pass from Mike Livingston . Chiefs 20–0.
Fourth quarter
*TB – John McKay Jr. 8-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Chiefs 20–6.
*KC – MacArthur Lane 2-yard run . Chiefs 26–6.
*TB – Essex Johnson 1-yard run . Chiefs 26–12.
*TB – Jack Novak 30-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Chiefs 26–19.
*KC – John Lohmeyer tackled Mike Current in end zone for a safety. Chiefs 28–19.
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First quarter
*NYJ – Clark Gaines 14-yard run . Jets 7–0.
Second quarter
*NYJ – Rich Caster 3-yard pass from Joe Namath . Jets 14–0.
*NYJ – Pat Leahy 21-yard field goal. Jets 17–0.
*NYJ – Steve Davis 5-yard run . Jets 24–0.
Third quarter
*NYJ – Lou Piccone 60-yard punt return . Jets 31–0.
Fourth quarter
*NYJ – Pat Leahy 30-yard field goal. Jets 34–0.
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First quarter
*PIT – Rocky Bleier 7-yard run . Steelers 7–0.
Second quarter
*PIT – Rocky Bleier 1-yard run . Steelers 14–0.
*PIT – Mike Kruczek 1-yard run . Steelers 21–0.
*PIT – Rocky Bleier 1-yard run . Steelers 28–0.
Third quarter
*PIT – Lynn Swann 35-yard pass from Terry Bradshaw . Steelers 35–0.
*PIT – Lynn Swann 23-yard pass from Terry Bradshaw . Steelers 42–0.
Fourth quarter
*No scoring plays
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First quarter
*No scoring plays
Second quarter
*TB – Ed Williams 17-yard run . Buccaneers 7–0.
*NE – Andy Johnson 69-yard run . Tied 7–7.
*TB – Morris Owens 17-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Buccaneers 14–7.
Third quarter
*NE – Andy Johnson 9-yard run . Tied 14–14.
Fourth quarter
*NE – Sam Hunt 68-yard interception return . Patriots 21–14.
*NE – John Smith 30-yard field goal. Patriots 24–14.
*NE – Steve Grogan 1-yard run . Patriots 31–14.
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First quarter
*TB – Dave Green 39-yard field goal. Buccaneers 3–0.
*TB – Dave Green 24-yard field goal. Buccaneers 6–0.
Second quarter
*BUF – Bob Chandler 58-yard pass from Joe Ferguson . Bills 7–6.
Third quarter
*No scoring plays
Fourth quarter
*TB – Dave Green 19-yard field goal. Buccaneers 9–7.
*BUF – Reuben Gant 15-yard pass from Joe Ferguson . Bills 14–9.
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First quarter
*TB – Dave Green 40-yard field goal. Buccaneers 3–0.
Second quarter
*BAL – Roosevelt Leaks 1-yard run . Colts 7–3.
*BAL – Toni Linhart 32-yard field goal. Colts 10–3.
*BAL – Roosevelt Leaks 1-yard run . Colts 17–3.
*BAL – Roger Carr 48-yard pass from Bert Jones . Colts 24–3.
Third quarter
*BAL – Lydell Mitchell 24-yard pass from Bert Jones . Colts 30–3.
*BAL – Toni Linhart 38-yard field goal. Colts 33–3.
Fourth quarter
*BAL – Don McCauley 2-yard run . Colts 40–3.
*BAL – Parnell Dickinson tackled in end zone. Colts 42–3.
*TB – Danny Reece 44-yard fumble return . Colts 42–10.
*TB – Charlie Davis 1-yard run . Colts 42–17.
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First quarter
*TB – Dave Green 38-yard field goal. Buccaneers 3–0.
Second quarter
*SEA – Sam McCullum 15-yard pass from Jim Zorn . Seahawks 7–3.
*SEA – John Leypoldt 25-yard field goal. Seahawks 10–3.
*SEA – John Leypoldt 39-yard field goal. Seahawks 13–3.
Third quarter
*TB – Morris Owens 1-yard pass from Louis Carter . Seahawks 13–10.
Fourth quarter
*No scoring plays
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First quarter
*CLE – Cleo Miller 2-yard run . Browns 7–0.
Second quarter
*TB – Essex Johnson 12-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Tied 7–7.
Third quarter
*CLE – Paul Warfield 15-yard pass from Brian Sipe . Browns 14–7.
Fourth quarter
*CLE – Joe Jones fumble recovery in end zone . Browns 21–7.
*CLE – Don Cockroft 32-yard field goal. Browns 24–7.
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First quarter
*MIA – Garo Yepremian 28-yard field goal. Dolphins 3–0.
*TB – Morris Owens 18-yard pass from Parnell Dickinson . Buccaneers 7–3.
Second quarter
*MIA – Benny Malone 6-yard run . Dolphins 10–7.
*MIA – Don Nottingham 1-yard run . Dolphins 17–7.
Third quarter
*MIA – Garo Yepremian 24-yard field goal. Dolphins 20–7.
*TB – Morris Owens 20-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Dolphins 20–13.
Fourth quarter
*TB – Morris Owens 7-yard pass from Steve Spurrier . Tied 20–20.
*MIA – Garo Yepremian 29-yard field goal. Dolphins 23–20.
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First quarter
*DEN – Jim Turner 19-yard field goal. Broncos 3–0.
*DEN – Otis Armstrong 36-yard pass from Steve Ramsey . Broncos 10–0.
Second quarter
*TB – Louis Carter 3-yard run . Broncos 10–7.
*TB – Dave Green 45-yard field goal. Tied 10–10.
Third quarter
*TB – Dave Green 35-yard field goal. Buccaneers 13–10.
*DEN – Haven Moses 71-yard pass from Steve Ramsey . Broncos 17–13.
*DEN – Randy Gradishar 31-yard interception return . Broncos 24–13.
Fourth quarter
*DEN – Jim Turner 33-yard field goal. Broncos 27–13.
*DEN – Lonnie Perrin 9-yard run . Broncos 34–13.
*DEN – John Rowser 32-yard interception return . Broncos 41–13.
*DEN – Randy Poltl 26-yard fumble return . Broncos 48–13.
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First quarter
*No scoring plays
Second quarter
*HOU – Fred Willis 13-yard pass from Dan Pastorini . Oilers 7–0.
Third quarter
*HOU – Skip Butler 33-yard field goal. Oilers 10–0.
Fourth quarter
*HOU – Ken Burrough 42-yard pass from Dan Pastorini . Oilers 17–0.
*HOU – Skip Butler 44-yard field goal. Oilers 20–0.
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First quarter
*CIN – Bob Trumpy 10-yard pass from Ken Anderson . Bengals 7–0.
*CIN – Boobie Clark 3-yard run . Bengals 14–0.
Second quarter
*No scoring plays
Third quarter
*CIN – Tommy Casanova 25-yard fumble return . Bengals 21–0.
Fourth quarter
*No scoring plays
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Week Two: San Diego Chargers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Thirteen: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary
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Week One: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Oilers – Game summary
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Week Fourteen: New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Twelve: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
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Week Seven: Miami Dolphins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Eleven: Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Nine: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos – Game summary
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Week Four: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Baltimore Colts – Game summary
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Week Three: Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Five: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
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Week Six: Seattle Seahawks at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Eight: Kansas City Chiefs at Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Game summary
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Week Ten: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets – Game summary
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Top passers
*CLE – Brian Sipe – 10/18, 131 yards, TD
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 15/28, 135 yards, TD
Top rushers
*CLE – Cleo Miller – 14 rushes, 49 yards, TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 11 rushes, 39 yards
Top receivers
*CLE – Paul Warfield – 4 receptions, 79 yards, TD
*TB – Bob Moore – 5 receptions, 56 yards
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 8/21, 90 yards
*HOU – Dan Pastorini – 17/27, 194 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*TB – Essex Johnson – 5 rushes, 15 yards
*HOU – Ronnie Coleman – 25 rushes, 142 yards
Top receivers
*TB – John McKay Jr. – 3 receptions, 49 yards
*HOU – Ken Burrough – 5 receptions, 92 yards, TD
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 4/10, 58 yards, INT
*PIT – Mike Kruczek – 6/7, 84 yards
Top rushers
*TB – Jimmy DuBose – 5 receptions, 32 yards
*PIT – Rocky Bleier – 29 rushes, 118 yards, 3 TD
Top receivers
*TB – Jack Novak – 2 receptions, 30 yards
*PIT – Lynn Swann – 5 receptions, 92 yards, 2 TD
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 16/32, 131 yards, INT
*DEN – Steve Ramsey – 9/18, 200 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 16 rushes, 39 yards, TD
*DEN – Otis Armstrong – 18 rushes, 116 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Bob Moore – 5 receptions, 43 yards
*DEN – Otis Armstrong – 3 receptions, 64 yards, TD
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Top passers
*KC – Mike Livingston – 17/30, 183 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 20/36, 212 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
*KC – Tommy Reamon – 18 rushes, 60 yards
*TB – Jimmy DuBose – 4 rushes, 12 yards
Top receivers
*KC – Walter White – 3 receptions, 42 yards, TD
*TB – Essex Johnson – 8 receptions, 85 yards
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Top passers
*MIA – Bob Griese – 8/15, 132 yards, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 13/21, 143 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*MIA – Benny Malone – 22 rushes, 118 yards, TD
*TB – Louis Carter – 15 rushes, 51 yards
Top receivers
*MIA – Nat Moore – 2 receptions, 36 yards
*TB – Morris Owens – 6 receptions, 88 yards, 3 TD
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Top passers
*NE – Steve Grogan – 4/14, 40 yards, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/17, 145 yards, TD, INT
Top rushers
*NE – Andy Johnson – 14 rushes, 127 yards, 2 TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 15 rushes, 58 yards, TD
Top receivers
*NE – Steve Burks – 1 reception, 17 yards
*TB – Jack Novak – 3 receptions, 55 yards
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Top passers
*SD – Dan Fouts – 14/21, 154 yards
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 3/10, 13 yards
Top rushers
*SD – Rickey Young – 13 rushes, 85 yards, TD
*TB – Parnell Dickinson – 3 receptions, 54 yards
Top receivers
*SD – Charlie Joiner – 3 receptions, 59 yards
*TB – Bob Moore – 2 receptions, 17 yards
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 8/19, 75 yards
*NYJ – Joe Namath – 7/12, 94 yards, TD
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 19 rushes, 70 yards
*NYJ – Clark Gaines – 27 rushes, 103 yards, TD
Top receivers
*TB – John McKay Jr. – 1 reception, 49 yards
*NYJ – Clark Gaines – 4 receptions, 76 yards
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/29, 128 yards, TD, 2 INT
*OAK – Ken Stabler – 15/23, 245 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 13 rushes, 40 yards
*OAK – Mark van Eeghen – 21 rushes, 93 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
*TB – Freddie Douglas – 2 receptions, 46 yards
*OAK – Cliff Branch – 5 receptions, 110 yards, TD
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 2/9, 36 yards
*BAL – Bert Jones – 15/24, 186 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 12 rushes, 35 yards
*BAL – Lydell Mitchell – 14 rushes, 98 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Barry Smith – 1 reception, 39 yards
*BAL – Roger Carr – 2 receptions, 54 yards, TD
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Top passers
*BUF – Joe Ferguson – 12/22, 188 yards, 2 TD
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 13/27, 170 yards, INT
Top rushers
*BUF – Jeff Kinney – 12 rushes, 62 yards
*TB – Louis Carter – 12 rushes, 72 yards
Top receivers
*BUF – Bob Chandler – 5 receptions, 110 yards, TD
*TB – Bob Moore – 4 receptions, 65 yards
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Top passers
*SEA – Jim Zorn – 11/27, 167 yards, TD, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 18/30, 170 yards
Top rushers
*SEA – Sherman Smith – 10 rushes, 45 yards
*TB – Louis Carter – 15 rushes, 66 yards
Top receivers
*SEA – Sam McCullum – 5 receptions, 64 yards, TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 4 receptions, 42 yards
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Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/22, 122 yards, 2 INT
*CIN – Ken Anderson – 10/15, 98 yards, TD
Top rushers
*TB – Charlie Davis – 16 rushes, 40 yards
*CIN – Lenvil Elliott – 12 rushes, 60 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Morris Owens – 4 receptions, 62 yards
*CIN – Billy Brooks – 3 receptions, 37 yards
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* Owner – Hugh Culverhouse
* general manager – Ron Wolf
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The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's first season in the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers' played their home games at Tampa Stadium and their inaugural head coach was John McKay. The Buccaneers gained infamy as the first team to play an entire 14-game season without winning or tying a single game (including five games where they never even scored). With the NFL going to a 16-game format in 1978, this became the only time any team ever finished 0–14. The Buccaneers did not score until their third game and did not score a touchdown until their fourth. They lost by more than a touchdown eleven times. Colorful, maverick former USC coach McKay, whose wisecracking remarks occasionally agitated fans and the league, led the team. The only bright spot was future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Lee Roy Selmon, who made his rookie debut in an injury-plagued season. The expansion draft was largely made up of aging veterans, giving the Buccaneers little basis for success. The lack of medical information provided on players in the expansion draft contributed heavily to the team's problems, as they finished the season with 17 players on injured reserve. They were last in the league in points scored, touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. After a 19-point fourth-quarter performance brought them within striking distance of a victory in week 8 against the Kansas City Chiefs, they were blown out of every game the rest of the season. Subsequent expansion teams were given a more generous allotment of draft picks and expansion draft opportunities, in part to avoid a repeat of the Buccaneers' difficulties. This was the only season in which the Buccaneers were not members of the NFC. Instead, they played in the AFC's West Division, after which they switched conferences with their expansion brethren, the Seattle Seahawks, who took their spot in the AFC West per the NFL's plan to have the two teams play all of the other teams in their first two seasons. From 1977 to 2001, the Buccaneers represented the NFC Central, which was otherwise filled with teams from the Great Lakes region (Bears, Lions, Packers and Vikings). Since 2002, both teams have played in the NFC, with the Buccaneers in the South and the Seahawks in the West.
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La stagione 1976 dei Tampa Bay Buccaneers è stata la 1ª della franchigia nella National Football League. La squadra guadagnò il triste primato di essere stata la prima a non riuscire a vincere alcuna partita in una stagione da 14 gare. Non riuscirono a segnare fino alla terza partita e non segnarono un touchdown fino alla quarta. L'estroverso fu il primo allenatore della squadra. Lee Roy Selmon, il primo giocatore dei Bucs ad essere indotto nella Pro Football Hall of Fame, fece il suo debutto in una stagione tormentata dagli infortuni. L'expansion draft fu composto principalmente da veterani in là con gli anni, dando ai Bucs poche speranze di successo. La mancanza di informazioni mediche sui giocatori presenti nell'expansion draft contribuì grandemente ai problemi della squadra, che terminò con 17 giocatori in lista infortunati. Fu ultima della lega in touchdown, punti segnati e touchdown su corsa. Ai futuri expansion team furono assegnate scelte del draft e nell'expansion draft più generose, in modo da evitare le difficoltà in cui si trovarono i Buccaneers.
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* Linebackers – Dick Voris
* Linebackers – Tom Bass
* Secondary – Wayne Fontes
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* Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – John Rauch
* Offensive backs – Phil Krueger
* Wide receivers – Willie Brown
* Offensive line – Jerry Frei
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