the tampa bay buccaneers won a superbowl in super bowl xxxvii.
when did the tampa bay buccaneers win a superbowl?
super bowl xxxvii
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the buccaneers' losing streak was so famous that johnny carson frequently mocked the team on "the tonight show". mckay joked that to break the jinx he had tried sleeping on his left and right sides, had worn many different outfits during games, and might try coaching naked. fearful of the perceived humiliation of being the first to lose to tampa bay, opponents prepared carefully for the buccaneers. dallas cowboys quarterback roger staubach said, "...we didn't want to be the first. psychologically, it could have wrecked our year". new york giants coach john mcvay said after a victory, "in 25 years of coaching i've never had as much pressure on me as i did this week". a popular tampa area t-shirt depicted a sinking pirate ship with the inscription "go for 0". the franchise finally broke through to victory in a week 13 road game against the new orleans saints that led saints head coach hank stram to lament, "what a nightmare. it was the worst experience of my coaching career. we're all ashamed for our people, for our fans, for our organization". stram, an early head coaching candidate for the expansion buccaneers, was fired the following week. the first buccaneer home victory came in the following week's season-ending game against the st. louis cardinals. cardinals coach don coryell, already feuding with team owner bill bidwill, was also fired shortly after the loss. the two-game winning streak ended the buccaneers’ losing streak at 0–26. saints safety tom myers said "we've been made the laughingstocks of the business ... i'm too embarrassed to say that i play for the team that got beat by tampa bay". he, stram, and others described the game as a saints loss, not a buccaneers win; stram insisted that his team was better overall.
1977 tampa bay buccaneers season