Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers
First Season
1976
Team History
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976-present)
Conference/Division
National Football League (1976–present)
  • National Football Conference (1977–present)
    • NFC South (2002–present)
    • NFC Central (1977-2001)
  • American Football Conference (1976)
    • AFC West (1976)
Venue
Raymond James Stadium (1998-present)
Tampa Stadium (1976-97)
Key People
Players • Head Coaches • Executives


The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team, along with the Seattle Seahawks and played its first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Prior to the 1977 season, Tampa Bay switched conferences and divisions with Seattle, becoming a member of the NFC Central division.

Publications

Programs by season

1970s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1976
preseason July 31 at Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Week 3 September 26 vs. Buffalo Bills Tampa Stadium
Week 10 November 14 at New York Jets Shea Stadium
Week 12 November 28 at Oakland Raiders Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
1977
Week 1 September 18 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
Week 3 October 2 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
Week 5 October 16 at Seattle Seahawks Kingdome
1978
preseason August 5 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Tampa Stadium
preseason August 12 vs. Baltimore Colts Tampa Stadium
Week 1 September 2 vs. New York Giants Tampa Stadium
Week 3 September 17 at Minnesota Vikings Metropolitan Stadium
Week 7 October 15 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
Week 8 October 22 vs. Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium
Week 12 November 19 vs. Buffalo Bills Tampa Stadium
Week 14 December 3 vs. Green Bay Packers Tampa Stadium
1979
preseason August 11 vs. Miami Dolphins Tampa Stadium
preseason August 18 vs. New Orleans Saints Tampa Stadium
Week 1 September 1 vs. Detroit Lions Tampa Stadium
Week 4 September 23 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tampa Stadium
Week 6 October 7 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
Week 8 October 21 vs. Green Bay Packers Tampa Stadium
Week 12 November 18 vs. New York Giants Tampa Stadium
Week 14 December 2 vs. Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium
Week 16 December 16 vs. Kansas City Chiefs Tampa Stadium
postseason December 29 vs. Philadelphia Eagles Tampa Stadium
postseason January 6, 1980 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tampa Stadium

1980s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1980
preseason August 16 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Stadium
Week 4 September 28 vs. Cleveland Browns Tampa Stadium
Week 6 October 12 vs. Green Bay Packers Tampa Stadium
Week 9 November 2 vs. New York Giants Tampa Stadium
Week 13 November 30 at Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
Week 16 December 20 vs. Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium
1981
preseason August 22 vs. Houston Oilers Tampa Stadium
Week 6 October 18 at Oakland Raiders Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Week 8 October 25 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
Week 9 November 1 vs. Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium
Week 11 November 15 vs. Denver Broncos Tampa Stadium
Week 15 December 13 vs. San Diego Chargers Tampa Stadium
postseason January 2, 1982 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
1982
preseason August 14 vs. Philadelphia Eagles Tampa Stadium
preseason August 28 at Houston Oilers Astrodome
preseason September 3 vs. Atlanta Falcons Tampa Stadium
Week 4 November 29 vs. Miami Dolphins Tampa Stadium
postseason January 9, 1983 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
1983
preseason August 6 vs. New Orleans Saints Tampa Stadium
preseason August 13 at Houston Oilers Astrodome
preseason August 20 vs. Atlanta Falcons Tampa Stadium
Week 2 September 11 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
Week 9 October 9 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
Week 8 October 23 vs. New Orleans Saints Tampa Stadium
1984
preseason August 4 vs. Houston Oilers Tampa Stadium
preseason August 11 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Tampa Stadium
Week 4 September 23 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
1985
preseason August 24 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 6 October 13 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tampa Stadium
Week 9 November 3 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
1986
Week 1 September 7 vs. San Francisco 49ers Tampa Stadium
Week 6 October 12 vs. St. Louis Cardinals Tampa Stadium
1987
Week 10 November 15 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
Week 15 December 27 at Indianapolis Colts Hoosier Dome
1988
Week 4 November 1 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 10 November 6 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1989
preseason September 2 at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Stadium

1990s

Week Date Opponent Venue
1990
Week 7 October 21 vs. Dallas Cowboys Tampa Stadium
Week 9 November 11 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 12 November 25 at Green Bay Packers Milwaukee County Stadium
1991
Week 1 September 1 at New York Jets Giants Stadium
Week 5 September 29 at Detroit Lions Pontiac Silverdome
Week 13 December 1 at Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie Stadium
Week 15 December 14 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1992
Week 8 November 1 at New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome
Week 14 December 6 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tampa Stadium
Week 15 December 19 at San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park
1993
preseason August 14 at Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome
Week 2 September 12 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
Week 5 October 10 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
1994
Week 14 December 11 vs. Los Angeles Rams Tampa Stadium
1995
Week 11 November 19 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Tampa Stadium
1996
Week 8 October 27 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
Week 12 November 24 vs. New Orleans Saints Houlihan's Stadium
1997
Week 13 November 30 at New York Giants Giants Stadium
Week 15 December 14 at New York Jets Giants Stadium
postseason January 4, 1998 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
1998
Week 12 November 29 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
1999
preseason August 21 at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium
Week 4 October 3 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
postseason January 23, 2000 at St. Louis Rams Trans World Dome

2000s

Week Date Opponent Venue
2000
Week 3 September 17 at Detroit Lions Pontiac Silverdome
postseason December 31 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
2002
postseason January 19, 2003 at Philadelphia Eagles Veterans Stadium
Super Bowl XXXVII January 26, 2003 vs. Oakland Raiders Qualcomm Stadium
2003
Week 1 September 8 at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field
2004
Week 3 September 26 at Oakland Raiders Network Associates Coliseum
Week 16 January 2, 2005 at Arizona Cardinals Sun Devil Stadium
2005
postseason January 7, 2006 vs. Washington Redskins Raymond James Stadium
2006
preseason August 26 at Jacksonville Jaguars Alltel Stadium
preseason August 31 at Houston Texans Reliant Stadium
Week 9 November 13 at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium
2007
Week 7 October 21 at Detroit Lions Ford Field
2008
Week 8 October 26 at Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium
2009
preseason August 22 at Jacksonville Jaguars Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
Week 7 October 25 vs. New England Patriots Wembley Stadium

2010s

Week Date Opponent Venue
2010
preseason August 14 at Miami Dolphins Sun Life Stadium
2011
preseason August 12 at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium
2012
Week 7 October 25 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome
2014
Week 4 September 28 at Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field
Week 11 November 23 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
2015
preseason September 3 at Miami Dolphins Sun Life Stadium
2016
Week 15 December 24 at New Orleans Saints Mercedes-Benz Superdome
2017
Week 12 December 3 at Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field
2018
Week 4 September 30 at Chicago Bears Soldier Field
2019
Week 6 October 13 vs. Carolina Panthers Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

2020s

Week Date Opponent Venue
2020
Super Bowl LV February 7, 2021 vs. Kansas City Chiefs Raymond James Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1970s 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1994
2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2007 • 2008
2010s 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019
2020s 2020

Yearbooks

1970s 1979
1990s 1993
2010s 2016 • 2017 • 2019
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coaches
John McKay (1976-84) • Leeman Bennett (1985-86) • Ray Perkins (1987-90) • Richard Williamson (1990-91) • Sam Wyche (1992-95) • Tony Dungy (1996-2001) • Jon Gruden (2002-08) • Raheem Morris (2009-11) • Greg Schiano (2012-13) • Lovie Smith (2014-15) • Dirk Koetter (2016-18) • Bruce Arians (2019-21) • Todd Bowles (2022-present)


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