BUC BIRTHDAYS - MAY 19th
Steve Wilson turns 65 today. He started
over 100 games at center for the Bucs during
a 10-year career that began as a 5th round
pick in the 1976 expansion season. He was
also a wonderful dinner partner at Selmon’s
restaurant a few years ago in which he and
Steve Young told some fantastic stories
about the early days of the Buccaneers. KR
Leon Bright (64) played parts of the 1984
and 1985 seasons on special teams whilst G
Ruben Brown (57) played two of the 1987
strike team games.
THE 2019 SCHEDULE
The official NFL schedule was released with all the
usual leaks and previews being totally wrong and of
course the Bucs were discriminated against by the
NFL. Some things never change.
The Carolina game will be played in London at
Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground which opened last
month. The Bucs’ two previous games in the UK
were both played at Wembley Stadium.
The Bucs do go seven weeks without a home game
at Raymond James Stadium due to the London trip
which counts as one of their eight regular season
home games this season.
Sep 8
San Francisco
H
4.25pm
Sep 12
Carolina
A
8.20pm
Sep 22
NY Giants
H
4.05pm
Sep 29
LA Rams
A
4.05pm
Oct 6
New Orleans
A
1.00pm
Oct 13
Carolina
Lon
9.30am
Oct 27
Tennessee
A
1.00pm
Nov 3
Seattle
A
1.00pm
Nov 10
Arizona
H
1.00pm
Nov 17
New Orleans
H
1.00pm
Nov 24
Atlanta
A
1.00pm
Dec 1
Jacksonville
A
1.00pm
Dec 8
Indianapolis
H
1.00pm
Dec 15
Detroit
A
1.00pm
Dec 21/22
Houston
H
tbd
Dec 29
Atlanta
H
1.00pm
All games on Fox Sports except the home game with
the Colts which will be on CBS and the Thursday
night game in Carolina which will be on the NFL
Network. The Houston home game could be
switched to the Saturday otherwise it will be a CBS
game on the Sunday.
THE 2019 DRAFT PAGE IS COMPLETED
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have now selected 412 players in
NFL drafts. From Lee Roy Selmon in 1976 through to Terry
Beckner with their 7th round selection last month. From a 17-
round draft in that first season down to first 12 rounds and then the
current seven. Every pick is on our draft history section. And you
can also see all the NFL selections for each of those years so you
can cry in your Corn Flakes over Ray Perkins taking Keith
McCants in 1990 and then watching Hall of Famer Junior Seau
selected with the very next pick.
Devin White is the fourth linebacker that the Bucs have taken in
the first round. Hugh Green was pretty good in 1981, Broderick
Thomas disappointed in 1989 but there was some guy called
Brooks in 1995 who turned out pretty well. McCants does not
count because he allegedly was also a defensive end as well as a
linebacker. The jury remains out on both of those facts.
Click here for the 2019 draft screen
Click on the link above for the full BUCPOWER draft menu
THE BUCS COMING TO LONDON
I have been asked by many people for advice on travelling to the UK to watch the Buccaneers playing the Panthers on
October 13th. I have put together a guide on this for Bucs Life News and the Bucs London Bound Facebook pages
which you can also find at the link below. Travel tips, accomodation, tourist attractions and the game itself - any other
questions can be addressed through those Facebook pages or directly to me at editor@bucpower.com.
Click here for the London Bucs guide
