The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were 9-7 in 1981. They finished 1st in the NFC Central and 4th in the NFC. They fell to the Dallas Cowboys, 38 to 0, in the 1981 NFC divisional game.

1981 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
315
5,160
950
5.4
1,731
458
3.8
3,565
473
7.5
19
136
269
95
159
15
89
779
Team Rank
18th
18th
27th
5th
24th
25th
21st
13th
22nd
7th
2nd
27th
26th
24th
16th
27th
3rd
5th
Opponent
16
268
5,312
1,115
4.8
2,172
551
3.9
3,297
541
6.1
23
157
320
123
174
23
79
650
Opponent Rank
4th
13th
26th
5th
22nd
23rd
12th
7th
22nd
2nd
26th
2nd
19th
17th
23rd
7th
28th
28th
Net
+47
-152
-165
+0.7
-441
-93
-0.2
+268
-68
+1.4
-4
-21
-51
-28
-15
-8
+10
+129
Net Rank
12th
17th
28th
2nd
23rd
24th
19th
10th
25th
2nd
10th
17th
25th
24th
20th
23rd
24th
25th

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM