Tampa, Florida

===Football===

====Buccaneers====

The [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] began in [[1976 NFL season|1976]] as an expansion team of the [[NFL]]. They struggled at first, losing their first 26 games in a row to set a league record for futility. After a brief taste of success in the late 1970s, the Bucs again returned to their losing ways, and at one point lost at least 10 games for 12 seasons in a row.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/ |title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Encyclopedia - Pro-Football-Reference.com |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 23, 2018 |archive-date=March 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316042248/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The hiring of [[Tony Dungy]] in [[1996 NFL season|1996]] started an improving trend that eventually led to the team's victory in [[Super Bowl XXXVII]] in [[2002 NFL season|2003]] under coach [[Jon Gruden]]. They won their second championship in [[Super Bowl LV]] with quarterback Tom Brady and became the first NFL team to ever win a Super Bowl at their home stadium.

====Storm====
Originally the Pittsburgh Gladiators and a charter member of the [[Arena Football League]] (AFL), the [[Tampa Bay Storm]] relocated from [[Pittsburgh]] in [[1991 Arena Football League season|1991]] and won [[ArenaBowl V]] that year. They later won 4 more [[ArenaBowl]]s ([[ArenaBowl VII|VII]], [[ArenaBowl IX|IX]], [[ArenaBowl X|X]], and [[ArenaBowl XVII|XVII]], and also appeared in [[ArenaBowl I]], [[ArenaBowl III|III]], [[ArenaBowl XII|XII]], [[ArenaBowl XXIII|XXIII]] and [[ArenaBowl XXX|XXX]]), and their five championships were the most in league history.<ref>{{cite web |title=ArenaBowl |url=http://www.arenafootball.com/history/arenabowl.html |website=arenafootball.com |access-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102172741/http://www.arenafootball.com/history/arenabowl.html |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The AFL suffered through several years of decreasing revenue in the 2010s, leading to fewer active franchises. There were only five teams during the [[2017 Arena Football League season|2017 season]], after which the Storm's ownership group suspended operations.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/2017/12/21/tampa-bay-storm-suspending-operations/ |title=Tampa Bay Storm suspending operations |date=December 21, 2017 |access-date=January 9, 2018 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222014736/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightning/2017/12/21/tampa-bay-storm-suspending-operations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Bandits====
Tampa was also home to the [[Tampa Bay Bandits]] of the [[United States Football League]]. The Bandits made the playoffs twice in their three seasons under head coach [[Steve Spurrier]] and drew league-leading crowds to Tampa Stadium, but the team folded along with the rest of the USFL after the [[1985 USFL season|1985 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/story/happy-anniversary-bandits-you-were-fun/ |title=Breakfast Bonus – Tom McEwen- from TBO.com Sports |work=tboblogs.com |access-date=January 16, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716194713/http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/story/happy-anniversary-bandits-you-were-fun/ |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tampa Bay Bandits – USFL (United States Football League) |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/bandits.php |website=oursportscentral.com |access-date=December 25, 2015 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102172739/http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/bandits.php |url-status=live }}</ref> They played at [[Tampa Stadium]], which hosted the 1984 USFL Championship Game.<ref>{{cite web |title=USFL.info – Tampa Bay Bandits |url=http://www.usfl.info/bandits/ |website=usfl.info |access-date=December 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214034029/http://www.usfl.info/bandits/ |archive-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>

====Vipers====
The [[Tampa Bay Vipers]] play in the second edition of the [[XFL (2020)|XFL]]. Their inaugural season was cut short after five weeks due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. The team relocated to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], and now are the [[Las Vegas Vipers]].

====Tornadoes====
The [[Tampa Bay Tornadoes]] were founded in 2020 and describe themselves as the successors to the defunct Tampa Bay Storm. They play in the [[American Arena League]].