1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Head coach	Richard Williamson
General manager	Phil Krueger
Owner	Hugh Culverhouse
Home field	Tampa Stadium
Results
Record	3–13
Division place	5th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Team MVP	LB Broderick Thomas

The 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 6–10 season. Vinny Testaverde was replaced by Chris Chandler at quarterback early in the season. Reggie Cobb had a three touchdown game late in the season. Testaverde threw almost twice as many interceptions as touchdowns. Williamson was released after a season ending win over the Indianapolis Colts.

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

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers draft
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

Staff

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff

Front Office

Owner – Hugh Culverhouse
President – Gay Culverhouse
General Manager – Phil Krueger
Director of Player Personnel – Jerry Angelo

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Richard Williamson

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs – Hank Kuhlmann
Quarterbacks – Morris Watts
Receivers – Tim Harkness
Offensive Line – Carl Mauck
Offensive Assistant – Tom Schertz

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Floyd Peters
Defensive Line Assistant – Ray Hamilton
Linebackers – Dale Lindsey
Defensive Backs – Steve Shafer
Defensive Assistant – Jeff FitzGerald
Defensive Assistant – Richard Wood

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams/Tight Ends – Alan Lowry

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Kent Johnston

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Roster

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

40 Gary Anderson KR
34 Reggie Cobb
36 Robert Hardy
32 Alonzo Highsmith FB
37 Chuck Weatherspoon
20 Robert Wilson FB

Wide receivers

Tight ends

89 Jesse Anderson
82 Ron Hall
86 Ed Thomas

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

79 Reuben Davis DT
52 Keith McCants DE
97 Darryl Grant DT
66 Rhett Hall DT
92 Dexter Manley DE
96 Tim Newton DT
77 Gerald Nichols DT
98 Ray Seals DE

Linebackers

56 Sam Anno MLB
57 Al Chamblee
99 Eugene Marve MLB
59 Kevin Murphy OLB
55 Maurice Oliver OLB
54 Jesse Soloman MLB
51 Broderick Thomas OLB
58 Calvin Tiggle OLB

Defensive backs

44 Carl Carter CB
23 Marty Carter FS
25 Tony Covington SS
33 William Frizzell CB/S
27 Darrell Fullington FS
45 Wayne Haddix CB
39 Harry Hamilton FS
22 Alonzo Hampton CB
24 Roger Jones CB
29 Ricky Reynolds CB
21 Glenn Rogers Jr. CB

Special teams

2 Steve Christie K
3 Mark Royals P

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Kickoff^[a]	Game site	TV	Attendance	Record
Regular season
1	September 1, 1991	at New York Jets	L 16–13	1:00	The Meadowlands	CBS	61,204	0–1
2	September 8, 1991	Chicago Bears	L 21–20	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	65,625	0–2
3	September 15, 1991	at Green Bay Packers	L 15–13	1:00	Lambeau Field	CBS	58,114	0–3
4	September 22, 1991	Buffalo Bills	L 17–10	4:00	Tampa Stadium	NBC	57,323	0–4
5	September 29, 1991	at Detroit Lions	L 31–3	1:00	Pontiac Silverdome	CBS	44,479	0–5
6	October 6, 1991	Philadelphia Eagles	W 14–13	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	41,219	1–5
7	Bye
8	October 20, 1991	at New Orleans Saints	L 23–7	1:00	Louisiana Superdome	CBS	68,591	1–6
9	October 27, 1991	Green Bay Packers	L 27–0	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	40,275	1–7
10	November 3, 1991	at Minnesota Vikings	L 28–13	1:00	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	CBS	35,737	1–8
11	November 10, 1991	Detroit Lions	W 30–21	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	37,742	2–8
12	November 17, 1991	at Atlanta Falcons	L 43–7	1:00	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	CBS	41,274	2–9
13	November 24, 1991	New York Giants	L 21–14	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	63,698	2–10
14	December 1, 1991	at Miami Dolphins	L 33–14	1:00	Joe Robbie Stadium	CBS	51,036	2–11
15	December 8, 1991	Minnesota Vikings	L 26–24	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	41,091	2–12
16	December 14, 1991	at Chicago Bears	L 27–0	12:30	Soldier Field	CBS	54,719	2–13
17	December 22, 1991	Indianapolis Colts	W 17–3	1:00	Tampa Stadium	NBC	28,043	3–13

Notes:

^a All times in North American Eastern Time. (UTC–4 and UTC–5 during Standard Time)

Season summary

Week 6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	0	13	0	13
• Buccaneers	0	0	0	14	14

Date: October 6
Location: Tampa Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 77°F; wind 8

Scoring summary

Q3	PHI	Ruzek 18 yard field goal	PHI 3–0

Q3	PHI	Ruzek 45 yard field goal	PHI 6–0

Q3	PHI	Joyner recovered fumble in end zone	PHI 13–0

Q4	TB	Wilson 8 yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)	PHI 13–7

Q4	TB	Hill 5 yard pass from Chandler (Christie kick)	TB 14–13

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Standings

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

References

↑ "Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1991 Stats, History, Awards and More". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
↑ 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-20.

External links

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pro-Football-Reference.com

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Founded in 1976
Based in Tampa, Florida

Franchise

Stadiums

Tampa Stadium
Raymond James Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Division Championships (6)

Super Bowl appearances (1)

XXXVII

League Championships (1)

2002

Playoff Appearances (10)

Hall of Fame Members

Retired Numbers

Current league affiliations

League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: NFC South

Seasons (40)

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Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearence

1991 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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