| Summing up the 1976 Bucs Mile High Stadium 13 November 1976 The background The expansion Buccaneers were legendary for all the wrong reasons. Most notable for losing all their 14 games of course, but drafting badly, making poor personnel decisions and generally having everything that could go wrong, actually go wrong. And the expansion draft didn't help either. The Bucs and Seahawks had no real time to prepare their selections from the cast-offs and unknowns left available to them. There were good picks of course (Dave Reavis and Mark Cotney) but also players who frankly should not have been in the NFL let alone a Buccaneer uniform. The game situation The Bucs were tied 10-10 in the third quarter and had missed some real chances in the game including a 25-yard FG miss by Dave Green. Tom Ramsey then threw a pick which Calvin Peterson intercepted and began to return down the left sideline for good yardage. And then his dodgy knee gave way. Peterson fell out of bounds and never played another down of pro football. Click here for game details and statistics |
| 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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