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1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the team’s first in the National Football League. The Buccaneers gained infamy as the first team to play an entire 14-game season without winning or tying a single game. They did not score until their third game and did not score a touchdown until their fourth. They lost by a touchdown or more eleven times. Colorful, maverick former USC coach John McKay, whose wisecracking remarks occasionally agitated fans and the league, led the team. Lee Roy Selmon, the Buccaneers’ first Hall of Fame representative, 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.〔Martz, Ron. “30 Seasons: 1976–2005. From Sinking Ship to World-Class Cruise.” St. Petersburg Times: Sep. 11, 2005〕 After a 19-point 4th-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.〔Associated Press. “Those 1976 Buccaneers Know All About Losing”. si.com. 26 Dec 2008. Accessed 19 Sep 2009 ()〕 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.〔Fitzpatrick, Frank. “Super-Charged at Birth: Panthers, Jaguars Got Head Start with New Expansion Rules.” Los Angeles Daily News, 10 Jan 1997〕
== John McKay ==
Owner Hugh Culverhouse, encouraged by recommendations from Vice President of Operations Ron Wolf and Alabama coaching legend Bear Bryant, chose John McKay, winner of four national championships with the USC Trojans, as the first Buccaneer head coach. Aided by a string of great tailbacks, including Heisman Trophy winners O. J. Simpson and Mike Garrett, McKay was credited with popularizing the I formation. Other candidates considered included Hank Stram, Ara Parseghian, and Joe Paterno. McKay was reportedly offered a five-year contract worth $750,000, plus cars, insurance, and real estate, and turned down an offer from the Seattle Seahawks and a counter-offer from USC to take the job. Critical of the NFL, he had turned down offers from professional teams in the past. McKay cited NCAA cutbacks in finances and recruiting as motivations for leaving the college ranks, saying simply that it was “time to try something else”.〔Cardon, Mark. “Bucs Get Man They Wanted In McKay”. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 1 November 1976〕〔United Press International. “Time Had Come To Try Something Else – McKay”. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 1 Nov 1976〕〔Gurney, Jack. “Bucs’ Rauch Building Offense From The Ground Up”. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 15 Aug 1976〕 McKay’s only promise was that he would beat what he called “Pittsburgh’s timetable”, referencing the fact that it took the Steelers 41 years to win their first championship.〔Underwood, John. “A Wise Old Coach Surveys Pro Scene”. The New York Times. 23 January 1991〕 Coach McKay would prove to be somewhat correct as Tampa Bay won the NFC's Central Division in 1979, the team's third year of existence, though it would take the team 26 seasons to win its first championship, which occurred in the 2002 season.
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