- Tampa Bay Buccaneers seasons
:"For complete team history, see
History of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers " to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.The Buccaneers first joined the
NFL in 1976 as members of theAFC West . The following year, they moved to theNFC Central . The Tampa Bay expansion franchise was originally awarded to Tom McCloskey, a construction company owner fromPhiladelphia . It soon became apparent that McCloskey had financial problems, so the NFL found a replacement inHugh Culverhouse . They were purchased byMalcolm Glazer in 1995 for $192 million, following Culverhouse's death. The front office staff of the team includesBryan Glazer ,Edward Glazer andJoel Glazer .The Buccaneers won one
Super Bowl Championship in 2002 and,as of 2008 , are one of only two NFC teams to win theNFL Championship in the 21st century. This was also the teams' only Super Bowl appearance, having reached the NFC conference championship on two other occasions. The Buccaneers have been divisional champions six times, three of them in theNFC Central and the other three inNFC South . They were the first team to win the NFC South after the NFL restructure in 2002 and are to date the only team to win it on multiple occasions. In their 32-year history, the Buccaneers have played over 500 regular and post-season games and have appeared in the post-season ten times.easons
"The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list."{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
-!rowspan="2"| NFL Season!rowspan="2"|Team season!rowspan="2"|League!rowspan="2"|Conference!rowspan="2"|Division!colspan="4"|Regular Season!rowspan="2"|Post Season Results!rowspan="2"|Awards
-!Finish!Wins!Losses!Ties
-!align="center"|1976
align="center"|1976
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|AFC
align="center"|West
align="center"|5th
align="center"|0
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1977
align="center"|1977
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|12
align="center"|0
valign="top"
|
-!align="center"|1978 [For the 1978 season, the NFL expanded from a 14-game season to a 16-game season.]
align="center"|1978
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1979 [The Buccaneers finished ahead of theChicago Bears in the NFC Central based on a better division record of 6–2 to the Bears 5–3]
align="center"|1979
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|Central
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Won Divisional Playoff (Eagles) (24–17)
Lost NFC Championship (Rams) (0–9)Lee Roy Selmon (AP DPY)Lee Roy Selmon (UPI DPY)
-!align="center"|1980
align="center"|1980
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|4th
align="center"|5
align="center"|10
align="center"|1||
-!align="center"|1981
align="center"|1981
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|Central
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Cowboys) (0–38)Lee Roy Selmon (Pro Bowl MVP)
-!align="center"|1982 [1982 was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.]
align="center"|1982
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"
align="center" bgcolor="#96CDCD"|7th
align="center"|5
align="center"|4
align="center"|0
Lost First Round (at Cowboys) (17–30)|
-!align="center"|1983
align="center"|1983
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1984
align="center"|1984
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1985
align="center"|1985
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1986
align="center"|1986
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|2
align="center"|14
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1987
align="center"|1987
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|4th
align="center"|4
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1988
align="center"|1988
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1989
align="center"|1989
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1990
align="center"|1990
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|2nd
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1991
align="center"|1991
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|3
align="center"|13
align="center"|0|Lawrence Dawsey (UPI ROY)
-!align="center"|1992
align="center"|1992
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1993
align="center"|1993
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1994
align="center"|1994
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1995
align="center"|1995
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|5th
align="center"|7
align="center"|9
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1996
align="center"|1996
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|4th
align="center"|6
align="center"|10
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1997
align="center"|1997
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center" style="background: #96CDCD;"|2nd
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Won Wild Card Playoff (Lions) (20–10)
Lost Divisional Playoff (at Packers) (7–21)Warren Sapp (DPM- September)Warrick Dunn (OROY)Tony Dungy (Maxwell COY)
-!align="center"|1998
align="center"|1998
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|8
align="center"|8
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|1999
align="center"|1999
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|Central
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
Won Divisional Playoff (Redskins) (14–13)
Lost NFC Championship (at Rams) (6–11)
|Warren Sapp (DPM- September)Warren Sapp (DPY)
-!align="center"|2000
align="center"|2000
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center" style="background: #96CDCD;"|2nd
align="center"|10
align="center"|6
align="center"|0
Lost Wild Card Playoff (at Eagles) (3–21)Derrick Brooks (DPM -November)Derrick Brooks (WPMOY)
-!align="center"|2001
align="center"|2001
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|Central
align="center" style="background: #96CDCD;"|3rd
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0
valign="top"|Lost Wild Card Playoff (at Eagles) (9–31)Simeon Rice (DPM- December)
-!align="center"|2002
align="center"|2002
align="center" style="background: #FFCCCC"|NFL
align="center" style="background: #ddffdd;"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|South
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st [ThePhiladelphia Eagles clinched the NFC number 1 seed ahead of the Buccaneers based on better conference record of 11–1 to the Buccaneers's 9–3.] [The Buccaneers clinched the NFC number 2 seed ahead of theGreen Bay Packers based on better head-to-head record.]
align="center"|12
align="center"|4
align="center"|0
style="background: #FFCCCC;" valign="top"|Won Divisional Playoff (49ers) (31–6)
Won NFC Championship (at Eagles) (27–10)
WonSuper Bowl XXXVII (Raiders) (48-21)Derrick Brooks (DPM- October)Simeon Rice (DPM- November)Derrick Brooks (DPY)
Dexter Jackson (Super Bowl MVP )
-!align="center"|2003
align="center"|2003
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|South
align="center"|3rd
align="center"|7
align="center"|9
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|2004
align="center"|2004
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|South
align="center"|4th
align="center"|5
align="center"|11
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|2005
align="center"|2005
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|South
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st [The Buccaneers finished ahead of theCarolina Panthers in theNFC South on a better divisional record of 5–1 to the Panthers 4–2.] [The Chicago Bears clinched the NFC number 2 seed ahead of the Buccaneers based on a better conference record of 10–2 to the Buccaneers 9–3.]
align="center"|11
align="center"|5
align="center"|0
valign="top"|Lost Wild Card playoff (Redskins) (17–10)Carnell Williams (OROY)
Derrick Brooks (Pro Bowl MVP)
-!align="center"|2006
align="center"|2006
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|South
align="center"|4th
align="center"|4
align="center"|12
align="center"|0||
-!align="center"|2007
align="center"|2007
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|South
align="center" style="background: #D0E7FF;"|1st
align="center"|9
align="center"|7
align="center"|0
valign="top"|Lost Wild Card playoff (Giants) (24-14)Barrett Ruud (DPM- September)
-!align="center"|2008
align="center"|2008
align="center"|NFL
align="center"|NFC
align="center"|South
align="center"|-
align="center"|0
align="center"|0
align="center"|0
valign="top"
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-!align="center" rowSpan="3" colSpan="6"|Total
align="center"|196
align="center"|303
align="center"|1
colSpan="2"|1976–2007 (regular season only)
-
align="center"|6
align="center"|9
align="center"
colSpan="2"|1976–2007 (postseason only)
-!align="center"|202!align="center"|312!align="center"|1
colSpan="2"|1976–2007 (regular & postseason)
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*External links
* [http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teampage.htm?tm=tam&lg=nfl Tampa Bay Buccaneers season database]
* [http://www.buccaneers.com Buccaneers official site]----
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