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Today in Bucs History: "CHAMPS!"



Originally posted: January 26, 2003

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are Super Bowl Champions.

Forget the details for now. Simply contemplate those eight words. Roll them around in your mouth. Open the door, if you must, and scream them to your neighborhood. Feels good, doesn’t it? Feels right.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are Super Bowl Champions!

"It's the greatest thing ever," said Head Coach Jon Gruden. "This is for our fans and our players. It's awesome. Hopefully, we earned a lot of respect today."

The quest that Malcolm Glazer began on January 16, 1995, just a few short months before future Hall of Famers DT Warren Sapp and LB Derrick Brooks were drafted, was realized on January 26, 2003 in Super Bowl XXXVII.