| The Hi-C double somersault The Georgia Dome 31 October 1993 The background In the 1993 draft, the Bucs took a pair of Miami receivers, Lamar Thomas and Horace "Hi-C" Copeland. The latter turned out to be the better pick and soon formed a brief but successful partnership with his former college QB Craig Erickson in the NFL with the Buccaneers. The Bucs jumped out to a 31-3 lead in this Halloween road game in Atlanta but eventually ended up hanging on by their finger nails to take one of their five wins on the season. But there were a pair of touchdowns for the orange and white earlier in the game that definitely deserved to make this countdown. The game situation The Bucs led 17-3 late in the third quarter when Erickson twice connected with Copeland on long scoring plays. And Horace celebrated in his own unique way with backflip somersaults in the endzone, the second of which came as a result of a poor tackle (his word not ours" by Deion Sanders of the Falcons. Click here for more on this game |
| The 100 Greatest Plays in Buccaneer history Welcome to the next and best countdown that we have ever run on BUCPOWER.COM. Featuring every one of the 32 years that the Bucs have played NFL football, we have clips of memorable touchdowns, bloopers, decisive moments and trick plays. From the ridiculous to the sublime, this is a countdown to bring back a lot of memories for Buccaneer fans of all ages around the world. Whereas the top 20-30 plays do stand out and are able to be ranked subjectively (and have been by some of the Tampa media), the early plays are generally spread out across the years and can only be placed approximately in terms of their importance. |
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