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