Tampa Bay Buccaneers played their first season in 1976 as the league expanded to 28 teams along with the Seattle Seahawks. This had been agreed as one of the conditions in 1966 whith the AFL-NFL merger which called for the league to expand to 28 teams by the 1970 season or soon after. The team is owned by the Glazer Family who also own Manchester United of the English Premier League and which is the most profitable football clubs in the world.

'Tampa Bay' is often used as a geographic metropolitan area that includes cities around a body of water known as Tampa Bay that includes Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater and several smaller cities. Tampa Bay is used by many local teams including Lightning (NHL), Rays (MLB), Rowdies (USL) and former teams Storm (Arena Football League) and Mutiny (MLS).

Buccaneers was chosen as the team name as a reference to the pirates that were present along Florida's Gulf coast during the 17th century. They have experienced difficult seasons including losing 26 consecutive games from 1976-1977 but won their first Super Bowl (XXXVII) for the 2002 season and more recently Super Bowl LV (2020 season). Prior to the 2020 season, they had not appeared in the playoffs since 2007, a playoff drought of 12 seasons.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

NAMES

Tampa Bay Buccaneers(1976-PRESENT)

LOCATION

Tampa,FL(1976-PRESENT)

AFFILIATIONS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE(1976-)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE(1976)
West Division(1976)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE(1977-)
Central Division(1977-2001)
NFC South (2002-)

SEASONS

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Franchise records according to Pro-Football-Reference.com

SEASON LEAGUE CONF DIVISION FINISH W L T PLAYOFFS
1976 NFL AFC WEST 5th 0 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1977 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 2 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1978 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1979 NFL NFC Central 1ST 10 6 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 24-17
LOST NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (Rams) 9-0
1980 NFL NFC CENTRAL 4TH 5 10 1 DID NOT QUALIFY
1981 NFL NFC CENTRAL 1ST 9 7 0 LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (COWBOYS) 38-0
1982 NFL NFC 7TH 5 4 0 LOST FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS (COWBOYS) 30-17
1983 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 2 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1984 NFL NFC CENTRAL 3RD 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1985 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 2 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1986 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 2 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1987 NFL NFC CENTRAL 4TH 4 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1988 NFL NFC CENTRAL 3RD 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1989 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1990 NFL NFC CENTRAL 2ND 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1991 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 3 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1992 NFL NFC CENTRAL 3RD 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1993 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1994 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1995 NFL NFC CENTRAL 5th 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1996 NFL NFC CENTRAL 4TH 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1997 NFL NFC CENTRAL 2ND 10 6 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (LIONS) 20-10
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (PACKERS) 21-7
1998 NFL NFC CENTRAL 3RD 8 8 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
1999 NFL NFC Central 1ST 11 5 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (REDSKINS) 14-13
LOST NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (Rams) 11-6
2000 NFL NFC CENTRAL 2ND 10 6 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 3-21
2001 NFL NFC CENTRAL 3RD 9 7 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 9-31
2002 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 12 4 0 WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (49ERS) 31-6
WON NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (Eagles) 27-10
WON SUPER BOWL XXXVII (1) (Raiders) 48-21
2003 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2004 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2005 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 11 5 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (REDSKINS) 17-10
2006 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 4 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2007 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 9 7 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (GIANTS) 24-14
2008 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 9 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2009 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 3 13 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2010 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 10 6 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2011 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 4 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2012 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2013 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 4 12 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2014 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 2 14 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2015 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 6 10 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2016 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 9 7 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2017 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2018 NFL NFC SOUTH 4TH 5 11 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2019 NFL NFC SOUTH 3RD 7 9 0 DID NOT QUALIFY
2020 NFL NFC SOUTH 2ND 11 5 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (FOOTBALL TEAM) 31-23
WON DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (SAINTS) 30-20
WON NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (PACKERS) 31-26
WON SUPER BOWL LV (2) (Chiefs) 31-9
2021 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 13 4 0 WON WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (Eagles) 31-15
LOST DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS  (Rams) 30-27
2022 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 8 9 0 LOST WILD CARD PLAYOFFS  (COWBOYS) 31-14
2023 NFL NFC SOUTH 1ST 9 8 0 Won WILD CARD PLAYOFFS (Eagles) 32-9
Lost DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS (Lions) 23-31

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS

2
2002 | 2020

SUPER BOWL APPEARANCES

SUPER BOWL SEASON W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY APP
XXXVII 2002 W
OAKLAND
RAIDERS		 48-21 SAN DIEGO 1 1
LV 2020 W
KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS		 31-9 TAMPA 2 2

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

NFC22002, 2020

DIVISION TITLES

9
NFC CENTRAL31979, 1981, 1999
NFC SOUTH62002, 2005, 2007, 2021,2022-2023

PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES

NFL141979, 1981-1982, 1997, 1999-2002, 2005, 2007, 2020-2023

LOGOS

(1976-1996) (1997-2013) (2014-)

HELMETS

(1976-1996) (1997-2013) (2014-2019) (2020-)

STADIUMS

TAMPA STADIUM
(TAMPA, FL)
(1976-1997)
 RAYMOND JAMES
STADIUM
(TAMPA, FL)
(1998-)