With their 30-19 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers moved to 5-1 on the season, the best record in the NFC and tied with the Indianapolis Colts for the best record in the NFL. The start also matches the best record after six games in franchise history, as this is the sixth time the Buccaneers have achieved a 5-1 mark . In each of the other five seasons – 1979, 1997, 2002, 2005 and 2021 – the team went on to make the playoffs, winning its division in all but the '97 campaign.

Dating back to the 2021 season, when the Buccaneers began their current run of four straight NFC South division titles, the team has held at least a share of the NFC South lead for 64 of the last 78 regular-season weeks. In 2024, the Buccaneers entered their Week 11 bye with a 4-6 r

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