Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise, went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as starter and played in the 1979 NFC Championship game. During his time in Tampa Bay, Williams improved his completion percentage each season.

Nov 4, 2009 · Those grand '79 Bucs came within a game of the Super Bowl, but lost 9-0 to the Rams in the NFC championship game on Jan. 6 in the old Tampa Stadium. It was a heartbreaker, but still,...

Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback to win the Super Bowl. Read the game-by-game narrative of the 1987 Washington Redskins.

Nov 5, 2009 · The Bucs upset Philadelphia in their first playoff game and hosted the L.A. Rams for in the NFC Championship game for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. But Williams got hurt in that contest...

Williams became the first African-American quarterback taken in the first round of an NFL draft. Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as the starter and played in the 1979 NFC Championship game.

Feb 8, 2013 · He was the first quarterback to see extended success in Tampa, helping the team win their first playoff games and reaching the NFC Championship game in 1979. He was tremendously gifted, with a...

Doug Williams was the team's MVP and was only the second active quarterback to pass the career 10,000 yard passing mark in only four seasons. However in the Divisional round of the playoffs against the Dallas Cowboys, Williams was intercepted four times and pressured throughout a lopsided 38-0 pounding in Texas Stadium.

Doug Williams was the first African American quarterback to win MVP in a Super Bowl. As quarterback for the Washington Redskins football team, he not only helped win the game, but was named the Most Valuable Player in Super Bowl XXII on Jan. 31, 1988 in San Diego, California.

Dec 9, 2024 · In the 1978 NFL Draft, Williams was selected 17th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, becoming the first African-American quarterback drafted in the first round. During his tenure, he led the Buccaneers to three playoff appearances, …

His 9-yard TD pass to Jimmie Giles in the fourth quarter supplied the winning margin. The following week, the Bucs fell to the Los Angeles Rams, 9-0, in the conference championship game narrowly missing a chance to reach the Super Bowl. Williams’s finest seasons in …