The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida.When the franchise entered the league in 1976, the Buccaneers lost their first 26 games. After a brief winning era in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the team suffered through fourteen consecutive losing seasons. From 1997 to 2007 they were consistent playoff contenders, and won Super Bowl XXXVII at the end of the 2002 season.
