1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

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1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Owner Hugh Culverhouse
General manager Phil Krueger
Head coach Richard Williamson
Home stadium Tampa Stadium
Results
Record3–13
Division place5th NFC Central
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Team MVPLB Broderick Thomas

The 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League.

Contents

In Richard Williamson's only full season as coach, the Buccaneers started by losing their first five games, on the way to another last place 3–13 season. Among the major disappointments was quarterback Vinny Testaverde, who was replaced by Chris Chandler at quarterback early in the season, who passed for 1,994 yards and eight touchdown passes to 15 interceptions. Following the season Williamson was fired and replaced by Sam Wyche.

Tax records would later show that the Buccaneers were one of the most profitable teams during this time, even though owner Hugh Culverhouse announced the Bucs were losing money and needed to play games in Orlando, Florida to get income. Such records revealed Culverhouse ran the Bucs as a profit first business, often releasing better players who would deserve big contracts, the most notable being quarterback Doug Williams in the early 1980s.

Offseason

NFL draft

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
17 Charles McRae   OT Tennessee
366 Lawrence Dawsey   WR Florida State
380 Robert Wilson   RB Texas A&M
493 Tony Covington   DB Virginia
5120Terry Bagsby  LB East Texas State
5136 Tim Ryan   OG Notre Dame
6147 Rhett Hall   DT California
7174 Calvin Tiggle  LB Georgia Tech
8207 Marty Carter  DB Middle Tennessee St
9233 Treamelle Taylor  WR Nevada
10260 Pat O'Hara   QB USC
10265Hyland Hickson RB Michigan State
11287Mike Sunvold DT Minnesota
12314 Al Chamblee  LB Virginia Tech
      Made roster    †    Pro Football Hall of Fame     *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/running backs – Hank Kuhlmann
  • Quarterbacks – Morris Watts
  • Receivers – Tim Harkness
  • Offensive line – Carl Mauck
  • Offensive assistant – Tom Schertz
 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Kent Johnston

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Roster

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

 Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
45 active, 8 reserve, 3 practice squad

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1August 5at Cleveland Browns W 23–101–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 64,753
2August 10 Miami Dolphins L 13–291–1 Tampa Stadium 51,387
3August 17at Atlanta Falcons W 12–72–1 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,983
4August 23 Kansas City Chiefs W 20–73–1Tampa Stadium33,996

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 1at New York Jets L 13–160–1 Giants Stadium 61,204
2September 8 Chicago Bears L 20–210–2 Tampa Stadium 65,625
3September 15at Green Bay Packers L 13–150–3 Lambeau Field 58,114
4September 22 Buffalo Bills L 10–170–4Tampa Stadium57,323
5September 29at Detroit Lions L 3–310–5 Pontiac Silverdome 44,479
6October 6 Philadelphia Eagles W 14–131–5Tampa Stadium41,219
7 Bye
8October 20at New Orleans Saints L 7–231–6 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
9October 27 Green Bay Packers L 0–271–7Tampa Stadium40,275
10November 3at Minnesota Vikings L 13–281–8 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,737
11November 10 Detroit Lions W 30–212–8Tampa Stadium37,742
12November 17at Atlanta Falcons L 7–432–9 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,274
13November 24 New York Giants L 14–212–10Tampa Stadium63,698
14December 1at Miami Dolphins L 14–332–11 Joe Robbie Stadium 51,036
15December 8 Minnesota Vikings L 24–262–12Tampa Stadium41,091
16December 14at Chicago Bears L 0–272–13 Soldier Field 54,719
17December 22 Indianapolis Colts W 17–33–13Tampa Stadium28,043
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 6

Team1234Total
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• Buccaneers0001414
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Tampa Stadium
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h)
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • Television network: CBS
Scoring summary
Q3PHI Ruzek 18-yard field goalPHI 3–0
Q3PHIRuzek 45-yard field goalPHI 6–0
Q3PHI Joyner recovered fumble in end zonePHI 13–0
Q4TB Wilson 8-yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)PHI 13–7
Q4TB Hill 5-yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)TB 14–13

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Standings

NFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(2) Detroit Lions 1240.7506–28–4339295W6
(4) Chicago Bears 1150.6887–19–3299269L1
Minnesota Vikings 880.5003–58–6301306L1
Green Bay Packers 4120.2503–53–9273313W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3130.1881–72–10199365W1

References

  1. ↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1991 Stats, History, Awards and More". Archived from the original on October 5, 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  2. ↑ 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ "1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-20.
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