Head coach Ray Perkins and Bucs players were getting criticized by fans with his 3-a-day training camp practices.
Leaving many players complaining of fatigue late in the year, and with injuries that never really healed themselves throughout the end of the season.
Still, after starting 4–2 via four wins against divisional opponents, the Buccaneers dropped two out of three games to a weak Dallas Cowboys team.
Later in the year, quarterback Vinny Testaverde and receiver Willie Drewrey combined on an 89-yard touchdown pass in week 13 for the longest play in franchise history.
Tax records showed 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 gain income.