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. 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

NFL Draft

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

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  7 Jeff Carlson 17 Chris Chandler 14 Vinny Testaverde 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 85 Terry Anthony 88 Mark Carrier 80 Lawrence Dawsey 87 Willie Drewrey PR/KR 84 Bruce Hill Tight ends 89 Jesse Anderson 82 Ron Hall 86 Ed Thomas		Offensive linemen 62 Ian Beckles G 69 John Bruhin G 76 Scott Dill T/G 74 Paul Gruber T 61 Tony Mayberry C 70 Charles McRae T/G 73 Tom McHale G 64 Timothy Thomas Ryan G 72 Rob Taylor T 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

Regular season
Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Kickoff^[a]	Game site	TV	Attendance	Record
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	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

1. "Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1991 Stats, History, Awards and More". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
2. 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-20.

External links

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