The Buccaneers did not get off to a very good start in the NFL when they first became a team. After losing a league-record 26 consecutive games, the Bucs finally won their first game on December 11, 1977. Two years later, they stunned the football world by reaching the 1979 NFC championship game in their forth season. After defeating Philadelphia, 24-17, early in the playoffs, the Bucs lost the NFC Championship to the Los Angeles Rams in a hard-fought, 9-0 game.
     Now the Bucs are Super Bowl champions in the year 2003. They defeated the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 37.