| Those who live in the Miami area may - | | | | to a sixteen game season, in 1978, several |
| worried that they will be shunned from | | | | teams have gone 1-15, but no one has gone |
| restaurants and country clubs - claim to be | | | | 0-16. During the 1982 season, which was |
| Dolphins fans, growing fins and living | | | | shortened by a strike, the Baltimore Colts |
| underwater in their spare time. But Miami, | | | | had no victories, but they had one tie to |
| like any other city in a state with multiple | | | | accompany their eight losses. |
| football teams, likely has its fair share of | | | | |
| Tampa Bay fans. Perhaps these folks once | | | | He could go all the way…but he won't: |
| lived in Tampa Bay and moved to Miami. | | | | The Buccaneers are the only NFL team that has |
| Perhaps they grew up watching Tampa Bay or | | | | never scored a touchdown on a kickoff return |
| know someone who played for them. Perhaps, | | | | during a regular season game, a feat that |
| they (gasp!) would just rather be a Buccaneer | | | | has, up till the start of the 2006 season, |
| than a Dolphin. For you Tampa Bay fans | | | | been done over 1700 times by other teams. The |
| lingering in the city of Miami, this article | | | | Bucs have, however, scored five touchdowns on |
| is one you'll likely want to pirate. | | | | kickoff returns during preseason games. |
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| Every NFL team has its fair share of history | | | | A Pirate's Curse: No team that has lost a |
| and trivia. But, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers | | | | regular season game to Tampa Bay has ever won |
| possess some of the most interesting trivia | | | | the Super Bowl. This, because of its years in |
| around. Those who disagree will have to walk | | | | existence, is known as The Tampa Bay Curse |
| the plank. | | | | and haunts anyone who falls to the Bucs |
| | | | before season's end. |
| Kings of the South: Tampa Bay is the only | | | | |
| team in the NFC South to prevail as Super | | | | The Warm Weather Factor: Until the final |
| Bowl Champions. Though Atlanta and Carolina | | | | regular season game of 2002, in which Tampa |
| have reached the Super Bowl, they have yet to | | | | Bay defeated the Chicago Bears in Chicago, |
| be victorious. New Orleans, on the other end | | | | the Buccaneers had never won a game where the |
| of the spectrum, is one of a handful of teams | | | | temperature at kickoff was less than 40 |
| to have never made it to the championship. | | | | degrees Fahrenheit. Before beating the Bears, |
| | | | the Bucs had lost the twenty previous games |
| The Rich Get Richer: The owner of the | | | | played in cold weather. |
| Buccaneers, Malcolm Glazer, also owns the | | | | |
| Manchester United, an England soccer team. | | | | Keeping it Real: Not only did the Bucs not |
| The Manchester United is considered the | | | | do well in cold weather, but they also didn't |
| richest sports organization in the entire | | | | do well playing on artificial grass. They |
| world. | | | | once lost 27 games in a row played on |
| | | | artificial turf in outdoor stadiums. This |
| Oops: The 1976 Buccaneers are the only team | | | | losing streak spanned 15 years, from the 1980 |
| in modern day NFL history to lose every | | | | season to the 1995 season. |
| single game in a season. Since the NFL went | | | | |