1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

[@MikeMargolis-j8f]

Absolute GREATEST NFL logo alongside New England - I have a bunch of throwback stuff from both teams, mostly hats.

[@MetalHead-ks9zq]

BALTIMORE RAVENS

[@MikeMargolis-j8f]

@@MetalHead-ks9zq Ummmmm.... okay.... I was talking about Tampa and New England, but.... You think the Ravens have a logo nearly as cool as the Pats and Bucs? If I'm being honest, I think the original Baltimore Colts logo was nicer than the Ravens'. I'll always consider the Colts the real Baltimore NFL team; of course, they still use the horseshoe logo in Indianapolis.....

[@rustyshackleford1114]

And then three years later, those very same Bucs came within 10 point of the Super Bowl.

[@p44r]

Would have been awesome Tampa Bay vs Pittsburgh ….orange vs black ….also bring back these uniforms full time …PLEASE …the present pewter uniforms are horrid

[@TheMARCVISION]

Love those uniform colors

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

Barf.

[@rasungod7257]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joeytb3901]

Coolest logo still today Bucco Bruce !

[@davissae]

He’s a happy little winker

[@EdsterIII]

First of all THANK YOU! This was a absolutely great documentary. The Buccaneers and Seahawks, I remember back when I was a kid and these teams were announced. I was so stoked to see them play, but sadly we couldn't get their games up near Milwaukee. I would beg my Parents or my Grandparents to allow me to stay awake to watch the Monday Night Football's Half-Time Highlights from the day before. That was my only way to see them play. Not much as far as "Highlights" from Tampa Bay, but their look, their logo, and their colors were so awesome! You couldn't help but cheer for them, then they FINALLY GOT THEIR FIRST WIN AGAINST THE New Orleans Saints, or that day the Aints. Archie Manning's comments about how losing to the fledgling Buccaneers would be the biggest disgrace came true. Ah KARMA! Dave Volesky's Channel has that game in HD and it is a glorious game to watch! The 1976 Buccaneers may have lost every game their first season, but they became a tough team a couple years later, in 79 getting to the Championship game, but sadly losing by 10 points. They may have started off rough, but they fought, scraped, and battled every game. Now I have been a Lifelong Packers fan, but you couldn't help but cheer for this team. Now however their "NEW" Look helmet, logo, and uniforms? Nope. Not nearly as good as their 70's look! The Creamsicle uniforms were and are so ICONIC and SPECIAL, and I really wish they'd go back to their original colors and drop the look now. But that's just me. Back to the late 70's Buccaneers, Doug Williams and some other top offensive players turned this offense from a weak and inept offense into a powerhouse offense that could run, pass, and adding their defense, they were headed up. That was fun to see. And their fans DESERVED EVERY BIT OF IT!

[@aaronr6591]

They actually did use their original uniforms in the week 6 game against the Lions last year

[@JoeWhite863]

"We can't stop the pass or a run. Otherwise we're in great shape" 🤣

[@heinz-haraldfrentzen1261]

What the Bucs had to suffer through, was a lesson learned by leagues as they did expansion going forward. You can just simply award a team, and not give them the foundation to have some semblance of competitiveness in their initial years. The Bucs were basically given the #1 draft pick, then the rest of them were on their own. The league allowed teams to protect every essential, and a lot of non-essential players, that what the Bucs got to pick from in terms of talent, would have been players cut in pre-season training camps. Once the leagues saw this, they knew that future expansion couldn't be done in the same way.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Oh those Buccaneers

[@janspup6232]

Mckays one liners were hilarious

[@jasonanderson5980]

Thanks for posting! Love the vibes of these old-school docs; so much more level-headedness and balanced excitement, and (thankfully!) so much less shouting... Maybe, just maybe, we can bring these vibes back somehow.

[@Nightmarette17]

This truly was birth of the Buccaneers

[@Nash55ppp]

AFC West for only one season, before moved to NFC central in 1977.

[@madelinewhitley14]

Ya, what sense did that make at the time? Tampa in AFC west? 🤨

[@andrewschroy6368]

@@madelinewhitley14 About as much sense as Atlanta and New Orleans in the NFC West...

[@madelinewhitley14]

@@andrewschroy6368 Lol, I am way too young to know all of that, I am only 14, but my uncle showed me the old NFL division lineups from about 1984ish, yes, you are right, New Orleans and Atlanta used to be in the NFC west years ago, don't make no sense at all.

[@christopherhoffman2515]

The idea at the time was, that the NFC Central was going to be the permanent alignment for the Bucs, and the AFC West would be for the Seahawks. So, they started them off in the opposite conference so that they could face each established team in the league in the first two seasons. Remember, when Tampa Bay, and Seattle joined the league, the NFL still played a fourteen game schedule. So, the Bucs, and Seattle played 1 game against the 13 teams in their conference, plus 1 vs each other.

[@madelinewhitley14]

@@christopherhoffman2515 That actually makes sense now, explained that way!!!

[@brucewaynedk83]

My pops!! Richard “Batman” Wood

[@terrancethomas9792]

I remember TB was part of the AFC their first year. The Seahawks were NFC that year. They switched the two expansion teams conferences the next year where they stayed. TB in the NFC Central, with Midwest teams and Seattle in the AFC West. The Seahawks changed conferences in the 90’s.

[@rustyshackleford1114]

The year I was born.

[@martinfelsenfeld6012]

The year my nephew Joshua was born!

[@LinkRocks]

Same.

[@jimmydeanpatterson1422]

The year Tommy Thompson was born.

[@AndySinyard]

Me too

[@chrismaile617]

Culverhouse was such a tightwad

[@AndreiKenshin24]

0-26 Begins

[@sandratutkute1933]

26:30 The stadium is half full

[@davidlucasmachado2831]

1976

[@thecjethecharlesjohnsonexp3291]

Read "The Yucks" by Jason Vuic. Hilarious account of the mid-70's Buccaneers. Highly recommended. 😅

[@242bleek]

How/why would they make a professionally done 27 minute documentary on an expansion team getting absolutely throttled?

[@starwarsROXmy]

they did it for every team after every season back then

[@chrismaile617]

The rules for expansion teams were very different back then. You got the castoffs and your draft. That's it.

[@TylerManter-ng9xm]

I love My Saints . I Hate the Buccaneers . But i respect John Mckay .

[@StFidjnr]

So bad that we are showing the lead up to opening home game

[@jdcapps21]

This narrator really hated the Bucs. 😂

[@RoyPage1970]

They need to bring these uniforms and helmets back and keep them

[@mactheknife7049]

Say what you want about the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but they kept a murderer under better containment than the LAPD did.

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

How was it that Bucs an NFC central team played the... -Oilers (AFC Cent) -Chargers (AFC West) -Bills (AFC North) all in the same season. Their inaugural season ?? Makes no sense because normally (back then) every year specific divisions from each conf are designated to play one another. Like the NFC East plays the AFC west. The next year the NFC East plays the AFC East. The next year the AFC Central and so on...

[@christopherhoffman2515]

In their first seasons, the Bucs and Seahawks started in the opposite conference of what their permanent alignment would be, in order that both teams would face each of the established clubs during their first two seasons. Remember, at that time, the NFL played a 14 game season, so the scheduling formula of which you mention didn't launch until the 1978 season.

[@thecelebratedmisterk]

(A) That scheduling scenario came along in 1978 and (B) With Seattle and Tampa Bay in the NFC West and AFC West, respectively, they played each other team in their conference (13 games) and each other (1) game. In 1977, they went to the AFC West and NFC Central and played the other 13 teams in their new conferences once plus each other. (When Dallas came into the league as the 13th team in 1960, they played each of the other 12 teams once as well.)

[@thecelebratedmisterk]

NFL Films calls Andy Johnson of the Patriots “Andy Williams.” An almost five decade old mistake now!

[@brandonmorris92]

Why was Tampa in the AFC West? 🙁

[@classicsports5057]

Why were they in the NFC Central for 35 years?

[@MatthewBaumgarten]

I was glad when they were moved into the NFC South with New Orleans, Atlanta and Carolina

[@andrewschroy6368]

@@classicsports5057 You mean 25 years, right?

[@DaveHogan-v4y]

The NFL wanted both Seattle and Tampa to play every nfl team in the NFL I. The teams first 2years.

[@scottmitchell3641]

Orange all over the place in two of the games. 13:01 and 21:17

[@nickalkire1187]

Until the late 90s…they got rid of their creamsicle uniforms.

[@astrosjer822]

An awful start that turned into one of the best NFL teams from 1979-1982.

[@Carson_TK]

1983-1994 were 12 years of nothing but HELL on earth for Bucs fans. 1995-2003 made up for it since we won the super bowl though.

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

@@Carson_TK then 2004-2019 too

[@Carson_TK]

@@andrewsucksatvideos4482 2005-08 were good years. I’d rather say 2011-19 since 2010 was also a good year

[@jeffreybanks0519]

They were 29-27-1 during those years. Decent compared to where they were but far from the elite of the league. Solid D but never McKay never had an explosive offense...

[@andymurday4538]

2020-2022 was also a Golden Era for them.

[@LinkRocks]

The ol' ball coach wasn't a very good QB.

[@jeffreybanks0519]

“Bunch of UCLA rejects” 😂😂

[@ace942]

The 1976 Buccaneers were probably the worst football team ever assembled.

[@Fireyninjadog]

Tampa bay yucks