The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) South Division. [2] The Buccaneers have played their home games at Raymond James Stadium since 1998. [1] Founded in 1974 by Hugh Culverhouse, the Buccaneers joined the NFL in 1976 as members of the AFC West. [3] [4] The following year, they moved to the NFC Central, where they stayed until division realignment in 2002, at which point they were moved to the NFC South. [5] The Tampa Bay expansion franchise was originally awarded to Tom McCloskey, a construction company owner from Philadelphia, but was later awarded to Culverhouse after McCloskey backed out. [6] They were purchased by Malcolm Glazer in 1995 for $192 million, following Culverhouse's death. [7] Glazer owned the team until his death in 2014, at which point the team passed on to his six children. [8] The team has been owned and run by the Glazer family since then. [9] [10]
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The franchise has made it to the Super Bowl twice, first in Super Bowl XXXVII during the 2002 season and again in Super Bowl LV during the 2020 season. [11] The Buccaneers are one of two NFL franchises to have at least two Super Bowl appearances without a loss, along with the Baltimore Ravens. [12] Until the 2008 Detroit Lions went winless, the Buccaneers were the only team in the Super Bowl-era to go winless in a season that was not shortened by a strike, [A] doing so in their inaugural 1976 season. [14]
As of the end of the 2024 season, the Buccaneers have an all-time record of 318 wins, 457 losses, and a single tie in the regular season, with an additional 12 wins and 13 losses in the playoffs. [15] The team has made the playoffs 15 times and won their division ten times, three of which were as a part of the NFC Central and seven as part of the NFC South. [16] [17]