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1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
OwnerHugh Culverhouse
General managerPhil Krueger
Head coachRichard Williamson
Home fieldTampa Stadium
Results
Record3–13
Division place5th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Team MVPLB Broderick Thomas

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

In Richard Williamson's first 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 Coach Williamson would be 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.

Offseason

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NFL Draft

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1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 7 Charles McRae  OT Tennessee
3 66 Lawrence Dawsey  WR Florida State
3 80 Robert Wilson  RB Texas A&M
4 93 Tony Covington  DB Virginia
5 120 Terry Bagsby  LB East Texas State
5 136 Tim Ryan  OG Notre Dame
6 147 Rhett Hall  DT California
7 174 Calvin Tiggle  LB Georgia Tech
8 207 Marty Carter  DB Middle Tennessee St
9 233 Treamelle Taylor  WR Nevada
10 260 Pat O'Hara  QB USC
10 265 Hyland Hickson  RB Michigan State
11 287 Mike Sunvold  DT Minnesota
12 314 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

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Staff

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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

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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

Practice squad

Reserve

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

Preseason

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 August 5 at Cleveland Browns W 23–10 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 64,753
2 August 10 Miami Dolphins L 13–29 1–1 Tampa Stadium 51,387
3 August 17 at Atlanta Falcons W 12–7 2–1 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,983
4 August 23 Kansas City Chiefs W 20–7 3–1 Tampa Stadium 33,996

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Regular season

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 1 at New York Jets L 13–16 0–1 Giants Stadium 61,204
2 September 8 Chicago Bears L 20–21 0–2 Tampa Stadium 65,625
3 September 15 at Green Bay Packers L 13–15 0–3 Lambeau Field 58,114
4 September 22 Buffalo Bills L 10–17 0–4 Tampa Stadium 57,323
5 September 29 at Detroit Lions L 3–31 0–5 Pontiac Silverdome 44,479
6 October 6 Philadelphia Eagles W 14–13 1–5 Tampa Stadium 41,219
7 Bye
8 October 20 at New Orleans Saints L 7–23 1–6 Louisiana Superdome 68,591
9 October 27 Green Bay Packers L 0–27 1–7 Tampa Stadium 40,275
10 November 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 13–28 1–8 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,737
11 November 10 Detroit Lions W 30–21 2–8 Tampa Stadium 37,742
12 November 17 at Atlanta Falcons L 7–43 2–9 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,274
13 November 24 New York Giants L 14–21 2–10 Tampa Stadium 63,698
14 December 1 at Miami Dolphins L 14–33 2–11 Joe Robbie Stadium 51,036
15 December 8 Minnesota Vikings L 24–26 2–12 Tampa Stadium 41,091
16 December 14 at Chicago Bears L 0–27 2–13 Soldier Field 54,719
17 December 22 Indianapolis Colts W 17–3 3–13 Tampa Stadium 28,043
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

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Week 6

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1 234Total
Eagles 0 0130 13
• Buccaneers 0 0014 14
  • 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
Q3PHIRuzek 18-yard field goalPHI 3–0
Q3PHIRuzek 45-yard field goalPHI 6–0
Q3PHIJoyner recovered fumble in end zonePHI 13–0
Q4TBWilson 8-yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)PHI 13–7
Q4TBHill 5-yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)TB 14–13

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Standings

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NFC Central
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) Detroit Lions 12 4 0 .750 6–2 8–4 339 295 W6
(4) Chicago Bears 11 5 0 .688 7–1 9–3 299 269 L1
Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 .500 3–5 8–6 301 306 L1
Green Bay Packers 4 12 0 .250 3–5 3–9 273 313 W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 13 0 .188 1–7 2–10 199 365 W1

References

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  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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