1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Head coach	Richard Williamson
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
Timeline
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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

Pick	Round	Player	Position	School
7	Round 1	Charles McRae	Tackle	Tennessee
66	Round 3	Lawrence Dawsey	Wide Receiver	Florida State
80	Round 3	Robert Wilson	Running Back	Texas A&M
93	Round 4	Tony Covington	Defensive Back	Virginia
120	Round 5	Terry Bagsby	Linebacker	East Texas State
136	Round 5	Tim Ryan	Guard	Notre Dame
147	Round 6	Rhett Hall	Defensive Tackle	California
174	Round 7	Calvin Tiggle	Linebacker	Georgia Tech
207	Round 8	Marty Carter	Defensive Back	MTSU
233	Round 9	Treamelle Taylor	Wide Receiver	Nevada
260	Round 10	Pat O'Hara	Quarterback	USC
265	Round 10	Hyland Hickson	Running Back	Michigan State
287	Round 11	Mike Sunvold	Defensive Tackle	Minnesota
314	Round 12	Al Chamblee	Linebacker	Virginia Tech

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

Roster

1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 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 E. 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	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)

Standings

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

References

• Buccaneers on Pro Football Reference