The 140 players
Profile pages on every player, pictures and career details

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The actual games
Reports, statistics, pictures and participation details

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Play-by-play details
For the first time, the actual play-by-plays from the 14 games

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The expansion draft
How the Buccaneers were originally stocked with veteran players
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More details on 1976
The actual playing roster, draft, participation details and standings

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All the great stories
Click on any of the links below for the best features and stories about the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers ever made available in one location.

Coach John McKay - finding something to laugh about in 1976 was hard

A pre-season interview with John McKay - makes great reading in light of what happened

Classic John McKay quotes

Future Buc GM Rich McKay was a ball-boy on that team and remembers them well

Some of the best stories from 1976

The amazing story of John C Wilson and NFL Films tracking him down in 2001

Fred Pagac played TE for the 1976 Bucs and is now the LB coach of the Minnesota Vikings

The glory in being worst - celebrating like the 1972 Dolphins do every year

Another feature on that first season

Pat Toomay played for the 1976 Bucs and is now a respected sports writer

30 years on, many of the 1976 Bucs got together to remember those days

Some of the funny stories and myths surrounding the 1976 Buccaneers

NFL Films somehow made a highlight film in 1976 - and then re-visited it in 2001l


They said it - more great quotes concerning the 1976 team
Acknowledgements
Scott Smith, Jeff Kamis & the Buccaneers PR team, NFL Films, The Tampa Tribune, The St.Petersburg Times, Jake Jahimiak, Pat Toomay, Fred Pagac, Joey Johnston & Chris Harry..