The 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 16th season in the National Football League.

In Richard Williamson's only 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 Williamson was 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, the most notable being quarterback Doug Williams in the early 1980s.

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staffFront 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

Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 at Cleveland Browns W 23–10 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 64,753 2 Miami Dolphins L 13–29 1–1 Tampa Stadium 51,387 3 at Atlanta Falcons W 12–7 2–1 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,983 4 Kansas City Chiefs W 20–7 3–1 Tampa Stadium 33,996

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 1 at New York Jets L 13–16 0–1 Giants Stadium 61,204 2 September 8 Chicago Bears L 20–21 0–2 Tampa Stadium 65,625 3 September 15 at Green Bay Packers L 13–15 0–3 Lambeau Field 58,114 4 September 22 Buffalo Bills L 10–17 0–4 Tampa Stadium 57,323 5 September 29 at Detroit Lions L 3–31 0–5 Pontiac Silverdome 44,479 6 October 6 Philadelphia Eagles W 14–13 1–5 Tampa Stadium 41,219 7 Bye 8 October 20 at New Orleans Saints L 7–23 1–6 Louisiana Superdome 68,591 9 October 27 Green Bay Packers L 0–27 1–7 Tampa Stadium 40,275 10 November 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 13–28 1–8 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,737 11 November 10 Detroit Lions W 30–21 2–8 Tampa Stadium 37,742 12 November 17 at Atlanta Falcons L 7–43 2–9 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 41,274 13 November 24 New York Giants L 14–21 2–10 Tampa Stadium 63,698 14 December 1 at Miami Dolphins L 14–33 2–11 Joe Robbie Stadium 51,036 15 December 8 Minnesota Vikings L 24–26 2–12 Tampa Stadium 41,091 16 at Chicago Bears L 0–27 2–13 Soldier Field 54,719 17 December 22 Indianapolis Colts W 17–3 3–13 Tampa Stadium 28,043 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 6

Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Oct-20.

Standings

References

External links 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Pro-Football-Reference.com