High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1987 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was a year of great change for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers` organization in the National Football League. The season began with the hiring of former New York Giants and University of Alabama head coach Ray Perkins. Perkins had only needed three seasons to build the Giants into a playoff team, and it was hoped that he would be able to repeat the feat with the Buccaneers.