# 1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

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

## Preseason

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | August 5 | at Cleveland Browns | W 23–10 | 1–0 | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 64,753 |
| 2 | August 10 | Miami Dolphins | L 13–29 | 1–1 | Tampa Stadium | 51,387 |
| 3 | August 17 | at Atlanta Falcons | W 12–7 | 2–1 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 41,983 |
| 4 | August 23 | 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 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 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 | December 14 | 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

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| • Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | 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 |