Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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

Yearbooks

1970s	1979
1990s	1993
2010s	2016 • 2017 • 2019

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