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THE GREATEST BUCCANEER HISTORICAL PROJECT
The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a legendary team for all the wrong reasons.
They were the first modern-day team to go winless in a season and some of the stories
from the staff from that year are now part of NFL history. “What do you think of your
team’s execution” a reporter asked Coach John McKay. “I’m all in favour of it”.
Nearly 150 players were involved in that first season from the expansion draft to the
selection of future Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon. From Tom Alward to Steve Young,
every player has their story told here.
All the games, pictures, reports and video clips as the word highlights probably is not
applicable. Welcome to the expansion Buccaneers on BUCPOWER.COM.
Click here for the full feature
ON THIS DAY IN BUCCANEER HISTORY
August 18, 2018 - Tampa Bay 30 Tennessee 14
This was the day that the Bucs gave up 52 points in a pre-season game to
Atlanta in 1984 and also scored 44 against the Patriots in 1990 but we have
no coverage of those games so we will go back four years to a win over the
Tennessee Titans.
WR Justin Watson was a 5th round pick in 2018 who would go on to only
catch 23 passes and two scores in his Buc career but he did have this one
from Jameis Winston. He did become the only offensive player ever to
record a sack when he stopped a fake punt in a win over the Panthers in
2020.
This was the Bucs’ second straight win of the 2018 pre-season and the four
Tampa passers racked up 378 yards with three scores. Blaine Gabbert had
a touchdown pass in a back-up role for the Titans.
BUCCANEER BIRTHDAYS
The only member of the all-time roster with a birthday
on August 18th is Dan Orlovsky who is 39 today.
He was a veteran quarterback who backed up for two
seasons and saw action in only three games throwing
all his Buccaneer passes in a 2012 blowout loss in
New Orleans.
Signed as a free agent
having spent 2011 with the
Indianapolis Colts where he
started the final five games
and led them to their only two
wins of the season.
He had previously spent four
years in Detroit and two in
Houston having originally
been a 5th round pick of the
Lions in2005. Returned to the
Lions as a free agent after
the 2013 season.
THOUGHTS FROM THE FIRST EXHIBITION GAME
At least there are only three of them in 2022 but to maintain a level of fan excitement
about a game like this is so hard - even I do not stay up all night to watch it live. But it
went to the wire and gave Scott Bradford another new kicker to dislike.
We asked a Gator fan for their opinion of Kyle Trask’s performance. “He was brilliant,
a future star in the NFL”. We also asked a Seminole fan the same question. “Totally
inept, the interception and fumble cost us the game”.
And there you have why you rely on the coaching staff for their critique. But Trask is
the No.3 behind Brady and Gabbert. It is pretty clear Ryan Griffin is in camp simply to
throw balls whilst Brady is away and to save other arms. The football equivalent of Yu
Chang pitching the 9th inning for the Rays.
Other notables were the play of the rookie tight ends in the first half, Robert Hainsey
did pretty well at center and both Chris Myers and Ronde Barber were in top form
from the first play. But some of the hairstyles on the bench? Since when did the
Bucs sign Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons?
BUCCANEER ROSTER MOVES
Signed RB Patrick Laird (ex-Miami) and DE Carl Nassib (former
Buccaneer), both unsigned free agents. Released DB Ross
Cockrell. Waived TE Ben Baise, OL Curtis Blackwell and WR
Kameron Brown. Released with injury settlements LB JoJo
Ozougwu and OL Jonathan Hubbard.
