2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
OwnerThe Glazer family
PresidentDarcie Glazer Kassewitz
Head coachBruce Arians
General managerJason Licht
Offensive coordinatorByron Leftwich
Defensive coordinatorTodd Bowles
Home fieldRaymond James Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place2nd NFC South
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs (at Washington) 31–23
Won Divisional Playoffs (at Saints) 30–20
Won NFC Championship (at Packers) 31–26
Won Super Bowl LV (vs.[A] Chiefs) 31–9
Pro BowlersOLB Jason Pierre-Paul
AP All-ProsLB Devin White (2nd team)
LB Lavonte David (2nd team)
Uniform

The 2020 season was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 45th in the National Football League (NFL) and their second under head coach Bruce Arians.

Final roster

2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 28 Leonard Fournette
  • 27 Ronald Jones II
  • 25 LeSean McCoy
  • 30 Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 73 Joe Haeg T
  • 66 Ryan Jensen C
  • 62 Ted Larsen G
  • 74 Ali Marpet G
  • 76 Donovan Smith T
  • 64 Aaron Stinnie G
  • 72 Josh Wells T
  • 78 Tristan Wirfs T

Defensive linemen

  • 94 Khalil Davis DE
  • 92 William Gholston DE
  • 95 Jeremiah Ledbetter DE
  • 96 Steve McLendon NT
  • 56 Rakeem Nuñez-Roches NT
  • 79 Pat O'Connor DE
  • 93 Ndamukong Suh DE
  • 50 Vita Vea NT
 Linebackers
  • 58 Shaquil Barrett OLB
  • 41 Deone Bucannon MLB
  • 54 Lavonte David ILB
  • 49 Cam Gill OLB
  • 51 Kevin Minter ILB
  • 98 Anthony Nelson OLB
  • 90 Jason Pierre-Paul OLB
  • 45 Devin White ILB

Defensive backs

  • 26 Andrew Adams SS
  • 43 Ross Cockrell CB
  • 24 Carlton Davis CB
  • 35 Jamel Dean CB
  • 32 Mike Edwards FS
  • 23 Sean Murphy-Bunting CB
  • 29 Ryan Smith CB
  • 33 Jordan Whitehead SS
  • 31 Antoine Winfield Jr. FS

Special teams

  •  8 Bradley Pinion P
  •  3 Ryan Succop K
  • 97 Zach Triner LS
 Reserve lists
  • 44 Kenjon Barner RB (IR-DFR)
  • 65 Alex Cappa G (IR)
  • 48 Jack Cichy MLB (IR)
  •  5 John Franklin III WR (IR)
  • 80 O. J. Howard TE (IR)
  • 22 T. J. Logan RB (IR)
  • 62 Brad Seaton OT (Opt-out)
  • 62 A. Q. Shipley C (IR)


Practice squad

  • 57 Quinton Bell OLB
  • 15 Cyril Grayson WR
  • 34 Javon Hagan S
  • 16 Travis Jonsen WR
  •  1 Greg Joseph K (Protected)
  • 86 Codey McElroy TE
  • 36 Herb Miller CB
  • 75 John Molchon G (Protected)
  • 89 Josh Pearson WR
  • 91 Benning Potoa'e NT
  • 52 Garrison Sanborn LS
  • 71 Kobe Smith DE
  • 70 Earl Watford G
  •  9 Matt Wile P


Rookies in italics
 53 active, 9 inactive, 16 practice squad

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Stadium Result
1 August 14 at Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2 August 22 Jacksonville Jaguars Raymond James Stadium
3 August 29 Tennessee Titans Raymond James Stadium
4 September 3 at Cleveland Browns FirstEnergy Stadium

Regular season

Week Date Opponent Result Record Stadium Recap
1 September 13 at New Orleans Saints L 23–34 0–1 Mercedes-Benz Superdome Recap
2 September 20 Carolina Panthers W 31–17 1–1 Raymond James Stadium Recap
3 September 27 at Denver Broncos W 28–10 2–1 Empower Field at Mile High Recap
4 October 4 Los Angeles Chargers W 38–31 3–1 Raymond James Stadium Recap
5 October 8 at Chicago Bears L 19–20 3–2 Soldier Field Recap
6 October 18 Green Bay Packers W 38–10 4–2 Raymond James Stadium Recap
7 October 25 at Las Vegas Raiders W 45–20 5–2 Allegiant Stadium Recap
8 November 2 at New York Giants W 25–23 6–2 MetLife Stadium Recap
9 November 8 New Orleans Saints L 3–38 6–3 Raymond James Stadium Recap
10 November 15 at Carolina Panthers W 46–23 7–3 Bank of America Stadium Recap
11 November 23 Los Angeles Rams L 24–27 7–4 Raymond James Stadium Recap
12 November 29 Kansas City Chiefs L 24–27 7–5 Raymond James Stadium Recap
13 Bye
14 December 13 Minnesota Vikings W 26–14 8–5 Raymond James Stadium Recap
15 December 20 at Atlanta Falcons W 31–27 9–5 Mercedes-Benz Stadium Recap
16 December 26 at Detroit Lions W 47–7 10–5 Ford Field Recap
17 January 3 Atlanta Falcons W 44–27 11–5 Raymond James Stadium Recap

Standings

Division

NFC South
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(2) New Orleans Saints 12 4 0 .750 6–0 10–2 482 337 W2
(5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 492 355 W4
Carolina Panthers 5 11 0 .313 1–5 4–8 350 402 L1
Atlanta Falcons 4 12 0 .250 1–5 2–10 396 414 L5

Conference

NFC
# Team Division W L T PCT DIV CONF SOS SOV STK
Division leaders
1 Green Bay Packers North 13 3 0 .813 5–1 10–2 .428 .387 W6
2[a] New Orleans Saints South 12 4 0 .750 6–0 10–2 .459 .406 W2
3[a] Seattle Seahawks West 12 4 0 .750 4–2 9–3 .447 .404 W4
4 Washington Football Team East 7 9 0 .438 4–2 5–7 .459 .388 W1
Wild cards
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers South 11 5 0 .688 4–2 8–4 .488 .392 W4
6 Los Angeles Rams West 10 6 0 .625 3–3 9–3 .494 .484 W1
7[b] Chicago Bears North 8 8 0 .500 2–4 6–6 .488 .336 L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
8[b] Arizona Cardinals West 8 8 0 .500 2–4 6–6 .475 .441 L2
9 Minnesota Vikings North 7 9 0 .438 4–2 5–7 .504 .366 W1
10[c] San Francisco 49ers West 6 10 0 .375 3–3 4–8 .549 .448 L1
11[c][d] New York Giants East 6 10 0 .375 4–2 5–7 .502 .427 W1
12[d] Dallas Cowboys East 6 10 0 .375 2–4 5–7 .471 .333 L1
13[e] Carolina Panthers South 5 11 0 .313 1–5 4–8 .531 .388 L1
14[e] Detroit Lions North 5 11 0 .313 1–5 4–8 .508 .350 L4
15 Philadelphia Eagles East 4 11 1 .281 2–4 4–8 .537 .469 L3
16 Atlanta Falcons South 4 12 0 .250 1–5 2–10 .551 .391 L5
Tiebreakers[f]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 New Orleans finished ahead of Seattle based on conference record.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chicago finished and clinched the 7th and final playoff spot ahead of Arizona based on better win percentage in common games (against Detroit, the NY Giants, Carolina, and the LA Rams, Chicago finished 3–2, while Arizona finished 1–4).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 San Francisco finished ahead of the NY Giants based on head-to-head victory. Division tie break was initially used to eliminate Dallas (see below).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NY Giants won tiebreaker over Dallas based on division record.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Carolina finished ahead of Detroit based on head-to-head victory.
  6. ↑ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Postseason

See also: 2020–21 NFL playoffs
Playoff round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap
Wild Card January 9 at Washington Football Team (4) W 31–23 1–0 FedExField Recap
Divisional January 17 at New Orleans Saints (2) W 30–20 2–0 Mercedes-Benz Superdome Recap
NFC Championship January 24 at Green Bay Packers (1) W 31–26 3–0 Lambeau Field Recap
Super Bowl LV February 7 vs.[A] Kansas City Chiefs (A1) W 31–9 4–0 Raymond James Stadium Recap

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite being played in the Buccaneers home stadium, the Super Bowl is still officially considered a neutral site game.

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