2024 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

The 2024 season was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 49th in the National Football League (NFL), their eleventh under the leadership of general manager Jason Licht, their 27th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium and their third under head coach Todd Bowles. They entered the season as the three-time defending NFC South champions. After winning the division and leading the team to the Divisional Round of the playoffs one year earlier, Baker Mayfield signed a three-year contract extension to continue as starting quarterback.

Much like their previous season, the Buccaneers started off the year 3–1, but saw a mid season slump, losing five of their next six games to slide to 4–6. This mid-season slump saw two overtime losses, a last-second loss to the 49ers, and a season sweep by division rival Atlanta Falcons. Wide receiver Chris Godwin was lost with a season-ending injury against Baltimore, and Mike Evans also missed playing time. But like the 2023 season, the Buccaneers had a late season rebound. They won six out of their final seven games to finish 10–7. Tampa Bay improved on their 9–8 record from 2023, and won the NFC South for a franchise-best fourth consecutive season and a record-tying seventh title following a victory against the New Orleans Saints in Week 18. They also qualified for the postseason for a team record fifth consecutive year. The Buccaneers lost at home in the Wild Card round to the Washington Commanders 23–20, despite having defeated them in the season opener 37–20.

Despite missing three games due to a hamstring injury, wide receiver Mike Evans finished the regular season with 1,004 receiving yards. Evans tied the NFL record held by Jerry Rice for most consecutive seasons with 1,000+ receiving yards (11), as well as extended his own active record for most such seasons consecutively from the start of a player's career. Evans tied the record in somewhat dramatic fashion. Inside the two-minute warning of the final game of the regular season, Evans was a mere 5 yards short of the milestone. Tampa Bay unexpectedly got the ball back with 36 seconds remaining. Evans caught a 9-yard pass on the final play of regulation to lift him over the 1,000-yard mark.