*But only four years later (1983) they would embark on a streak of 14 consecutive losing seasons, another record of NFL futility. Around this time the team, after the death of its original owner, was surprisingly found to be on the brink of insolvency, and was nearly relocated to [[Baltimore]], but at the last minute was saved by Malcolm Glazer, who committed to keeping the team in Tampa if the voters would agree to build a new stadium (which they did). | *But only four years later (1983) they would embark on a streak of 14 consecutive losing seasons, another record of NFL futility. Around this time the team, after the death of its original owner, was surprisingly found to be on the brink of insolvency, and was nearly relocated to [[Baltimore]], but at the last minute was saved by Malcolm Glazer, who committed to keeping the team in Tampa if the voters would agree to build a new stadium (which they did). |