| 2024 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | The Glazer family |
| General manager | Jason Licht |
| Head coach | Todd Bowles |
| Home field | Raymond James Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 10–7 |
| Division place | 1st NFC South |
| Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Commanders) 20–23 |
| Pro Bowlers | T Tristan Wirfs DT Vita Vea WR Mike Evans |
| All-Pros | LT Tristan Wirfs (1st team) |
| Uniform | |
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The 2024 season was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 49th in the National Football League (NFL), their eleventh under the leadership of general manager Jason Licht, their 27th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium and their third under head coach Todd Bowles. They entered the season as the three-time defending NFC South champions. After winning the division and leading the team to the Divisional Round of the playoffs one year earlier, Baker Mayfield signed a three-year contract extension to continue as starting quarterback.[1]
The Buccaneers started off the season 3–1, with wins against playoff-bound teams Washington, Detroit, and Philadelphia. However, they lost five of their next six games to slide to 4–6. The mid-season slump saw two overtime losses, a last-second loss to the 49ers, but most troublesome, a season sweep by division rival Atlanta, along with a season-ending injury to wide receiver Chris Godwin. The team rebounded after their bye week, winning six out of their final seven games to finish 10–7. Tampa Bay improved on their 9–8 record from 2023 and won the NFC South for a franchise-best fourth consecutive season following a victory against the New Orleans Saints to close out the regular season.[2] The Buccaneers lost in the Wild Card playoff game at home to the Washington Commanders by a score of 23–20.
Despite missing three games due to a hamstring injury, wide receiver Mike Evans finished the regular season with 1,004 receiving yards. Evans tied the NFL record held by Jerry Rice for most consecutive seasons with 1,000+ receiving yards (11), as well as extending his own current record for most such seasons consecutively from the start of a career.[3]
- ^ Smith, Scott (March 11, 2024). "More Time to Bake! Baker Mayfield Agrees to New Deal with Bucs". Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Saints vs. Buccaneers highlights: Tampa Bay wins NFC South tilt, 27–19". FOX Sports. January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
- ^ "Bucs rally to win NFC South; late catch gives Evans 1K yards". ESPN.com. January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.