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Johnny Ray Smith

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Los Angeles Chargers · DB

Johnny Ray Smith recorded 26 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 3 rostered seasons with San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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tackles/gm

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playoff games

3

indexed seasons

26

career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Johnny Ray Smith's most significant indexed performances.

Regular Season
1984
LOS ANGELESCHARGERS
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
NOV 4, 1984

Los Angeles Chargers vs Indianapolis Colts

Regular Season · Nov 4, 1984

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DETROITLIONS
DEC 18, 1983

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Dec 18, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
GREEN BAYPACKERS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DEC 12, 1983

Green Bay Packers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Dec 12, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
DEC 4, 1983

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs San Francisco 49ers

Regular Season · Dec 4, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1983
TENNESSEETITANS
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
NOV 27, 1983

Tennessee Titans vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Regular Season · Nov 27, 1983

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Johnny Ray Smith's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1976–1982

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TBSMITH—Johnny Ray Smith
TBSELMON—Lee Roy Selmon
TBWILLIAMS17Doug Williams

A defense gives the creamsicles credibility

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · From 0–26 to the NFC title game

After losing its first 26 games, Tampa Bay reached the 1979 NFC Championship Game behind Selmon and one of the league's best defenses.

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Franchise era

1983–1995

02
TBSMITH—Johnny Ray Smith
TBWILDER32James Wilder
TBGRUBER74Paul Gruber

Instability follows Williams's departure

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · The lost creamsicle years

Ownership decisions and constant coaching change produced fourteen straight losing seasons before new leadership began a cultural reset.

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Franchise era

1978–1985

03
LACSMITH—Johnny Ray Smith
LACFOUTS—Dan Fouts
LACWINSLOW80Kellen Winslow

The passing game points toward the future

Los Angeles Chargers · Air Coryell

Coryell's spacing, motion and downfield aggression led the league in passing year after year and produced the Epic in Miami, though never a Super Bowl trip.

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Career accomplishments

3 NFL seasons26 career gamesJersey: 00 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 12, 1982Most recent: Nov 4, 1984

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history