NFC EAST NFC NORTH NFC SOUTH NFC WEST Dallas 12-4 Green Bay 12-4 Carolina 7-8-1 Seattle 12-4 Philadelphia 10-6 Detroit 11-5 New Orleans 7-9 Arizona 11-5 NY Giants 6-10 Minnesota 7-9 Atlanta 6-10 San Francisco 7-9 Washington 4-12 Chicago 5-11 Tampa Bay 2-14 St.Louis 5-11 AFC EAST AFC CENTRAL AFC SOUTH AFC WEST New England 12-4 Pittsburgh 11-5 Indianapolis 11-5 Denver 12-4 Buffalo 9-7 Cincinnati 10-5-1 Houston 9-7 Kansas City 9-7 Miami 8-8 Baltimore 10-6 Jacksonville 3-13 San Diego 9-7 NY Jets 4-12 Cleveland 7-9 Tennessee 2-14 Oakland 3-13 WILD CARD GAMES Dallas 24 Detroit 20 Carolina 17 Arizona 16 Baltimore 30 Pittsburgh 17 Indianapolis 26 Cincinnati 10 DIVISIONAL GAMES Seattle 31 Carolina 17 Green Bay 26 Dallas 21 New England 35 Baltimore 31 Indianapolis 24 Denver 13 CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES Seattle 28 Green Bay 22 New England 45 Indianapolis 7 SUPER BOWL XIX at Glendale, Arizona New England 28 Seattle 24

The 2014 season had seen the arrival of a former Buccaneer assistant coach as Lovie Smith took over the head coaching reins and tried to rebuild the image of the franchise as it had been done under Tony Dungy nearly 20 years earlier. A number of high-priced free agents arrived but nearly all under-performed and the offense struggled all season leaving the Bucs with their worst record in nearly three decades at 2-14 and the first overall pick in the 2015 draft.