1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season 16 Brief

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.

		PRESEASON
Date		Opponent	Week/Record	Outcome
Monday Aug. 5		@ Cleveland Browns Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH	PS - wk 1 1-0	Won 23-10
Saturday Aug. 10		Miami Dolphins CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA	PS - wk 2 1-1	Lost 13-29
Saturday Aug. 17		@ Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	PS - wk 3 2-1	Won 12-7
Friday Aug. 23		Kansas City Chiefs Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	PS - wk 4 3-1	Won 20-7
1991 Season Results Record: 3-13, DIV: 1-7 (5th in NFC Central)
Date		Opponent	Week/Record	Outcome
Sunday Sep. 1		@ New York Jets Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ	RS - wk 1 0-1	Lost 13-16
Sunday Sep. 8		Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 2 0-2	Lost 20-21
Sunday Sep. 15		@ Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI	RS - wk 3 0-3	Lost 13-15
Sunday Sep. 22		Buffalo Bills Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 4 0-4	Lost 10-17
Sunday Sep. 29		@ Detroit Lions Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI	RS - wk 5 0-5	Lost 3-31
Sunday Oct. 6		Philadelphia Eagles Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 6 1-5	Won 14-13
Sunday Oct. 13		BYE	RS - wk 7 1-5
Sunday Oct. 20		@ New Orleans Saints Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA	RS - wk 8 1-6	Lost 7-23
Sunday Oct. 27		Green Bay Packers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 9 1-7	Lost 0-27
Sunday Nov. 3		@ Minnesota Vikings Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN	RS - wk 10 1-8	Lost 13-28
Sunday Nov. 10		Detroit Lions Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 11 2-8	Won 30-21
Sunday Nov. 17		@ Atlanta Falcons Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, GA	RS - wk 12 2-9	Lost 7-43
Sunday Nov. 24		New York Giants Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 13 2-10	Lost 14-21
Sunday Dec. 1		@ Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL	RS - wk 14 2-11	Lost 14-33
Sunday Dec. 8		Minnesota Vikings Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 15 2-12	Lost 24-26
Saturday Dec. 14		@ Chicago Bears Soldier Field, Chicago, IL	RS - wk 16 2-13	Lost 0-27
Sunday Dec. 22		Indianapolis Colts Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 17 3-13	Won 17-3
		PLAYOFFS
Date		Opponent	NFC/Superbowl	Outcome
Season Ended		@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	None None	00-00

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