dbo:abstract
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- The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's first season in the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers' played their home games at Tampa Stadium and their inaugural head coach was John McKay. The Buccaneers gained infamy as the first team to play an entire 14-game season without winning or tying a single game (including five games where they never even scored). With the NFL going to a 16-game format in 1978, this became the only time any team ever finished 0–14. The Buccaneers did not score until their third game and did not score a touchdown until their fourth. They lost by more than a touchdown eleven times. Colorful, maverick former USC coach McKay, whose wisecracking remarks occasionally agitated fans and the league, led the team. The only bright spot was future Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Lee Roy Selmon, who made his rookie debut in an injury-plagued season. The expansion draft was largely made up of aging veterans, giving the Buccaneers little basis for success. The lack of medical information provided on players in the expansion draft contributed heavily to the team's problems, as they finished the season with 17 players on injured reserve. They were last in the league in points scored, touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns. After a 19-point fourth-quarter performance brought them within striking distance of a victory in week 8 against the Kansas City Chiefs, they were blown out of every game the rest of the season. Subsequent expansion teams were given a more generous allotment of draft picks and expansion draft opportunities, in part to avoid a repeat of the Buccaneers' difficulties. This was the only season in which the Buccaneers were not members of the NFC. Instead, they played in the AFC's West Division, after which they switched conferences with their expansion brethren, the Seattle Seahawks, who took their spot in the AFC West per the NFL's plan to have the two teams play all of the other teams in their first two seasons. From 1977 to 2001, the Buccaneers represented the NFC Central, which was otherwise filled with teams from the Great Lakes region (Bears, Lions, Packers and Vikings). Since 2002, both teams have played in the NFC, with the Buccaneers in the South and the Seahawks in the West. (en)
- La stagione 1976 dei Tampa Bay Buccaneers è stata la 1ª della franchigia nella National Football League. La squadra guadagnò il triste primato di essere stata la prima a non riuscire a vincere alcuna partita in una stagione da 14 gare. Non riuscirono a segnare fino alla terza partita e non segnarono un touchdown fino alla quarta. L'estroverso fu il primo allenatore della squadra. Lee Roy Selmon, il primo giocatore dei Bucs ad essere indotto nella Pro Football Hall of Fame, fece il suo debutto in una stagione tormentata dagli infortuni. L'expansion draft fu composto principalmente da veterani in là con gli anni, dando ai Bucs poche speranze di successo. La mancanza di informazioni mediche sui giocatori presenti nell'expansion draft contribuì grandemente ai problemi della squadra, che terminò con 17 giocatori in lista infortunati. Fu ultima della lega in touchdown, punti segnati e touchdown su corsa. Ai futuri expansion team furono assegnate scelte del draft e nell'expansion draft più generose, in modo da evitare le difficoltà in cui si trovarono i Buccaneers. (it)
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dbp:stats
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- Top passers
*CLE – Brian Sipe – 10/18, 131 yards, TD
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 15/28, 135 yards, TD
Top rushers
*CLE – Cleo Miller – 14 rushes, 49 yards, TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 11 rushes, 39 yards
Top receivers
*CLE – Paul Warfield – 4 receptions, 79 yards, TD
*TB – Bob Moore – 5 receptions, 56 yards (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 8/21, 90 yards
*HOU – Dan Pastorini – 17/27, 194 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*TB – Essex Johnson – 5 rushes, 15 yards
*HOU – Ronnie Coleman – 25 rushes, 142 yards
Top receivers
*TB – John McKay Jr. – 3 receptions, 49 yards
*HOU – Ken Burrough – 5 receptions, 92 yards, TD (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 4/10, 58 yards, INT
*PIT – Mike Kruczek – 6/7, 84 yards
Top rushers
*TB – Jimmy DuBose – 5 receptions, 32 yards
*PIT – Rocky Bleier – 29 rushes, 118 yards, 3 TD
Top receivers
*TB – Jack Novak – 2 receptions, 30 yards
*PIT – Lynn Swann – 5 receptions, 92 yards, 2 TD (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 16/32, 131 yards, INT
*DEN – Steve Ramsey – 9/18, 200 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 16 rushes, 39 yards, TD
*DEN – Otis Armstrong – 18 rushes, 116 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Bob Moore – 5 receptions, 43 yards
*DEN – Otis Armstrong – 3 receptions, 64 yards, TD (en)
- Top passers
*KC – Mike Livingston – 17/30, 183 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 20/36, 212 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
*KC – Tommy Reamon – 18 rushes, 60 yards
*TB – Jimmy DuBose – 4 rushes, 12 yards
Top receivers
*KC – Walter White – 3 receptions, 42 yards, TD
*TB – Essex Johnson – 8 receptions, 85 yards (en)
- Top passers
*MIA – Bob Griese – 8/15, 132 yards, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 13/21, 143 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*MIA – Benny Malone – 22 rushes, 118 yards, TD
*TB – Louis Carter – 15 rushes, 51 yards
Top receivers
*MIA – Nat Moore – 2 receptions, 36 yards
*TB – Morris Owens – 6 receptions, 88 yards, 3 TD (en)
- Top passers
*NE – Steve Grogan – 4/14, 40 yards, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/17, 145 yards, TD, INT
Top rushers
*NE – Andy Johnson – 14 rushes, 127 yards, 2 TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 15 rushes, 58 yards, TD
Top receivers
*NE – Steve Burks – 1 reception, 17 yards
*TB – Jack Novak – 3 receptions, 55 yards (en)
- Top passers
*SD – Dan Fouts – 14/21, 154 yards
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 3/10, 13 yards
Top rushers
*SD – Rickey Young – 13 rushes, 85 yards, TD
*TB – Parnell Dickinson – 3 receptions, 54 yards
Top receivers
*SD – Charlie Joiner – 3 receptions, 59 yards
*TB – Bob Moore – 2 receptions, 17 yards (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 8/19, 75 yards
*NYJ – Joe Namath – 7/12, 94 yards, TD
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 19 rushes, 70 yards
*NYJ – Clark Gaines – 27 rushes, 103 yards, TD
Top receivers
*TB – John McKay Jr. – 1 reception, 49 yards
*NYJ – Clark Gaines – 4 receptions, 76 yards (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/29, 128 yards, TD, 2 INT
*OAK – Ken Stabler – 15/23, 245 yards, 2 TD, INT
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 13 rushes, 40 yards
*OAK – Mark van Eeghen – 21 rushes, 93 yards, 2 TD
Top receivers
*TB – Freddie Douglas – 2 receptions, 46 yards
*OAK – Cliff Branch – 5 receptions, 110 yards, TD (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 2/9, 36 yards
*BAL – Bert Jones – 15/24, 186 yards, 2 TD
Top rushers
*TB – Louis Carter – 12 rushes, 35 yards
*BAL – Lydell Mitchell – 14 rushes, 98 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Barry Smith – 1 reception, 39 yards
*BAL – Roger Carr – 2 receptions, 54 yards, TD (en)
- Top passers
*BUF – Joe Ferguson – 12/22, 188 yards, 2 TD
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 13/27, 170 yards, INT
Top rushers
*BUF – Jeff Kinney – 12 rushes, 62 yards
*TB – Louis Carter – 12 rushes, 72 yards
Top receivers
*BUF – Bob Chandler – 5 receptions, 110 yards, TD
*TB – Bob Moore – 4 receptions, 65 yards (en)
- Top passers
*SEA – Jim Zorn – 11/27, 167 yards, TD, INT
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 18/30, 170 yards
Top rushers
*SEA – Sherman Smith – 10 rushes, 45 yards
*TB – Louis Carter – 15 rushes, 66 yards
Top receivers
*SEA – Sam McCullum – 5 receptions, 64 yards, TD
*TB – Ed Williams – 4 receptions, 42 yards (en)
- Top passers
*TB – Steve Spurrier – 12/22, 122 yards, 2 INT
*CIN – Ken Anderson – 10/15, 98 yards, TD
Top rushers
*TB – Charlie Davis – 16 rushes, 40 yards
*CIN – Lenvil Elliott – 12 rushes, 60 yards
Top receivers
*TB – Morris Owens – 4 receptions, 62 yards
*CIN – Billy Brooks – 3 receptions, 37 yards (en)
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