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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Started out in AFC West in 1976; moved to NFC Central
in 1977. Tampa Bay went 0-14 in their inaugural
season, and started their second season 0-12 before
recording their first win. The club also did not
win a game in which the temperature at kickoff time
was below 40°F until the last week of the 2002
regular season, having lost 20 consecutive such
games prior. They also once lost 27 consecutive
games played both outdoors and on artificial turf;
this streak began after a victory over the Bengals
at Cincinnati in the 1980 season opener and lasted
until they defeated the Eagles in Philadelphia on
the first week of the 1995 season.
The team made a habit of losing. The Buccaneers
lost at least ten games in 17 of their first 21
seasons, including 12 straight from 1983 to 1994.
After a particularly dismal effort in the late 1970's,
longtime Buc's coach John McKay gave perhaps the
quintessential comment on the organization's plight:
A reporter asked McKay about his team's execution
during the game. McKay responded "I'm in favour
of it." Besides their poor performance the
team's bright creamsicle uniform and logo (pictured
right) were often mocked. In the mid 1990's the
team was sold by original owner Hugh Culverhouse
to the Glazer family, who's financial support allowed
them to finally become competitive. The team's performance
dramatically improved when the Glazers brought in
Tony Dungy to coach. The Bucs also abandoned their
traditional team colours of orange and white in
favour of dark red, black, and pewter.
With league realignment in 2002, the Bucs moved
into new NFC South division, along with the Atlanta
Falcons, Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints.
They are 1-0 in Super Bowls, having defeated the
Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII in January,
2003, and they are 1-2 in NFC Championship games,
having defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on the road
on January 18, 2003), and losing to the Rams twice,
in 1979 to the Los Angeles Rams at home, and in
1999 to the St. Louis Rams on the road.
The 2002 Buccaneers became the first team ever
to win the Super Bowl after not having made selections
in either of the first two rounds of the previous
spring's college draft (having traded these selections
to the Oakland Raiders for the rights to head coach
Jon Gruden), the first team ever to win the Super
Bowl after having lost at home on opening day, the
first team ever to win the Super Bowl after having
gained less than 100 yards rushing per game during
the regular season, and the first team ever to win
the Super Bowl after having been eliminated in the
wild-card round of the prior season's playoffs.
The 2003 season proved to be a losing one for the
Buccaneers. Finishing the regular season 7-9, it
marked the first time in the decade of the 2000s
that both Super Bowl teams from the previous season
did not even make the playoffs; Tampa Bay was thus
unable to successfully defend their Super Bowl title.
In the 2004 season, the Bucs started out 1-5 after
losing two of their best defensive players (John
Lynch, Warren Sapp) and one offensive player (Keyshawn
Johnson) after deactivating him ten games into the
2003 season. This is Tampa's worst start since Jon
Gruden took over the Bucs in 2002.