According to Terry Pluto's book, Loose Balls, Downey was one of the owners of the New Orleans Buccaneers basketball team in the American Basketball Association in the late 1960s.

The Saints failed to make the playoffs in 2001 and 2002, although in the latter year they had the distinction of beating the eventual Super Bowl XXXVII champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both of their regular season meetings, only the second team to do so in NFL history.

A loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers brought the record to 4-2, but the team bounced back with a blowout win against the struggling Indianapolis Colts.

They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ), and joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( often shortened as the Bucs ) are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U. S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ) – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West.

The Buccaneers are the first post-merger expansion team to win a division title, win a playoff game, and to host and play in a conference championship game, this was accomplished during the 1979 season.

Instead of a traditional division schedule of playing each division opponent twice, the Buccaneers played every conference team once, plus the Seahawks.

The Celebration Hotel hosted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during training camp until the 2009 season when the team moved training camp back to Tampa Bay.

Two shortened variations, " Bucs " and " Buccos ", are also commonly used for both the American football team and MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Reading Buccaneers Drum and Bugle Corps.

This season also saw the Cavs lose 63, including losing 26 games in a row, which set an NBA record and tied the 1976 – 77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the longest losing streak in any American professional team sport.

* Jeff Davis, ( American football ) ( born 1960 ), former NFL football player ( Tampa Bay Buccaneers ), member of Clemson's 1981 national championship team, attended Dudley High School.

* James Wilder, a former NFL player who was an All-Pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he set numerous team records.

However, the Buccaneers ' defense was still the strength of the team, leading the NFL in total defense ( 252. 8 yards per game ), pass defense ( 155. 6 yards per game ), points allowed ( 12. 3 points per game ), passing touchdowns allowed ( 10 ), interceptions ( 31 ), and opponent passer rating ( 48. 4 ).

The Buccaneers became the first ( and, as of Super Bowl XLVI, only ) team in Super Bowl history to score three defensive touchdowns.

* Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a professional football team in the Tampa Bay Area

The Los Angeles Buccaneers were a traveling team in the National Football League during their one season 1926, ostensibly representing the city of Los Angeles, California.

The historian Michael McCambridge has stated that the Buccaneers originally planned to play in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and became a road team only after the Coliseum Commission banned pro teams from its stadium.

Like the area's football team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the " mutiny " moniker referred to the area's celebrated pirate history, going back to José Gaspar.

On December 30, two days before the Saints ' final game of the 2005 season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Benson announced at a press conference that the Saints will return to their Metairie facility at the end of the 2005 season, and that the team would play as many of their home games as possible during the 2006 season in the Louisiana Superdome, which he said could be ready as early as mid-September, 2006.

The team that eventually became the Baltimore Claws had earlier competed in the ABA as the New Orleans Buccaneers from 1967 through 1970, as the Memphis Pros from 1970 through 1972, as the Memphis Tams from 1972 through 1974 and as the Memphis Sounds during the 1974-75 season.

* Tampa Bay Buccaneers – While current team ownership has wanted the Culverhouse-era jerseys erased because of the futility of the Buccaneers during that era, in 2009, for the Ring of Honor, the team officially allowed Culverhouse-era orange jerseys to be worn for such occasions.

It was the first time in Super Bowl history that the league's # 1 ranked offense ( Raiders ) was pitted against the league's # 1 ranked defense ( Buccaneers ).

For most of their history, the Buccaneers were regarded as losers, only making the playoffs 3 times in their first 20 seasons.

The Buccaneers defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 31-6, and the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10, in the playoffs, to make the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.

His 77 sacks with the Buccaneers is second in the team's history.

During the Carolina Panthers ' Monday Night Football game against the Buccaneers on November 13, 2006, Johnson became the first player in NFL history to score a touchdown on Monday Night Football with four different teams ( Jets, Buccaneers, Cowboys and Panthers ).

In 2001 and 2002, he became the first player in Buccaneers history to record consecutive 1, 000-yard receiving seasons when he registered 1, 266 yards in 2001 and 1, 088 in 2002.

Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers first performed the original Roto-Rooter jingle on WLS in the early 1950s, and the recorded version became one of the longest-running tunes in the history of advertising, featuring Tom Fouts ' bass voice in " Away go Troubles Down the Drain.

On November 25, 2007, he took the record from Donnie Abraham for the most interceptions in Buccaneers team history by catching his 32nd against the Washington Redskins.

Alstott rushed for 15 yards and the first Super Bowl touchdown in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history.

Brooks played 14 years for the Buccaneers and is widely considered one of the best ( if not the best ) players in franchise history and one of the best linebackers in NFL history.

The Buccaneers won their first playoff game in team history by holding the Eagles to 48 rushing yards, while running back Ricky Bell recorded 142 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns.

This special features two new segments: The story of two teams whose history was filled with follies-the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the lovable losers the New Orleans Saints, who had gone 78-203 in their history with only one season at. 500 ( both teams would win Super Bowls in the decades following the special ); the special also included outtakes from the NFL's Best Ever Coaches ( produced in 1981 ), focusing on head coaches ( notably Dick Vermeil and Hank Stram at Super Bowl IV ) who were wired for sound.

He is currently ranked 5th all time in quarterback sacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise history with 34. 5 Sacks.

He is currently ranked 5th all time in quarterback sacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise history with 34. 5 Sacks.

The two penalties incurred by McDougle greatly enhanced the Buccaneers ' field position, leading to a Buccaneers field goal, which proved the difference in the game's outcome, which ultimately was won by Tampa Bay on a 62-yard Buccaneers ' field goal ( the third longest in NFL history ) as time expired.

The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were possibly the worst team in NFL history and the only team to finish a season 0-14 at the time.

* Remember the ABA New Orleans Buccaneers page

* Remember the ABA New Orleans Buccaneers owners and rosters page

He spent nine seasons with the Buccaneers where he earned seven trips to the Pro Bowl and a Super Bowl ring in 2002.

A Pro Bowl selection with the Vikings in 2002, Bennett has also been a member of the New Orleans Saints, Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders.

During his career, Alstott was selected to six Pro Bowls and was the starting fullback / running back with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII.

An eleven-time Pro Bowl selection and nine-time All-Pro, Brooks was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII.

In Brooks last year with the Buccaneers in 2008, he recorded 73 tackles and an interception and was selected to his 11th Pro Bowl.

A Pro Bowl selection with the Cardinals in 2001, Boston also played for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A two-time Pro Bowl selection, McCardell won two Super Bowl rings with the Redskins in 1991 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002.

He became the team ’ s primary receiver late in the 2003 season, making his second Pro Bowl, mainly due to a dispute between receiver Keyshawn Johnson and the Buccaneers organization, which ultimately ended in Johnson being traded to the Dallas Cowboys for Joey Galloway.