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 When the team began play in 1976, Culverhouse initially picked team colors of red, green, orange and white. However, the shade of green was too close to that used by the Miami Dolphins. A medium shade of orange was substituted for green, and the garish "Creamsicle" home uniform of orange jerseys with white numbers and pants was the result.The white numbers were later outlined with red. Even in the Bucs' brief glory days in the late 1970s and early 1980s, their uniforms made them the butt of jokes throughout the league.Long-time Tampa Tribune cartoonist Lamar Sparkman designed the first team logo. Faced with the difficulty of designing a logo that didn't look too much like that of the other "pirates" in the league, the Raiders, Sparkman came up with a pirate in a plumed hat and a cutlass in his mouth. The pirate appeared to be winking. He came to be known as "Buccaneer Bruce" or "Bucco Bruce". Sports writer/commentator Nick Bakay once noted it "struck fear in the hearts of no one." When the Bucs changed to their new uniforms in 1997, the Bucco Bruce mascot was to be made to walk the plank of a Gasparilla pirate ship in Tampa Bay, but a last-minute pardon from Florida governor Lawton Chiles stayed the execution.In 1992, the Bucs introduced orange pants to be worn with the white jerseys. Prior to the team's season finale in 1995 against the Detroit Lions, lame-duck coach Sam Wyche suggested that the Bucs wear the orange pants with their orange jerseys, but the idea was vetoed by, among others, Pro Bowl linebacker Hardy Nickerson.For the 1997 season, the Glazers worked with the NFL to develop a more marketable and intimidating look in order to improve the team's image, and success on the field coincidentally followed this change. The Bucs changed their team colors to dark red, black, and pewter with white and orange striping. "Bucco Bruce" was replaced by a red flag displaying a white pirate skull and crossed sabres. The flag was mounted on another sabre. The "Buccaneers" team name was written in a new font, Totally Gothic, and was either red with shadows of gray, or red and white. Orange was used on the uniform to maintain a visual link to the old logo. The football in the new logo is orange, and orange stripes appear on the pants and numerals. Chris Berman nicknamed them "the pirates of the pewter pants," a play on the Gilbert and Sullivan opera The Pirates of Penzance.The team's uniform was also redesigned in 1997 to include a combination of either red or white jerseys, and either pewter or white pants. In 2003, the Bucs introduced a practice jersey that featured orange piping. In 2004, a pewter practice jersey was used, with numerals in the romulan falcon font. Since the change in 1997, the Buccaneers have never worn the old uniform again, even during league-sponsored "throwback" weekends.The Bucs sometimes wore their red jerseys and white jerseys with white pants. Although they still occasionally wear them with the white jerseys, the red-white look has not appeared since 2002. The Bucs became one of the first teams to wear dark pants with the dark jersey when they wear the pewter pants with the red jersey. Since 2002, most teams with dark pants have paired those with the dark jersey in at least one game.Like many other NFL teams located in subtropical climates, the Bucs traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to suffer in the darker colors during the hot summers and autumns in Tampa. Additionally, the visitors' bench of Raymond James Stadium is located on the east side of the stadium, which is in direct sunlight for 1:00 games. The west sideline is in the shade.The Bucs' 1997 uniform change prompted a 2003 lawsuit by the Raiders, who claimed that the NFL and the Buccaneers had infringed upon key trademark elements of the Raiders' brand, including the Raiders' pirate logo. In the same suit, the Raiders challenged the Carolina Panthers' color scheme, which included silver and black. The Raiders wanted the courts to bar the Buccaneers and Panthers from wearing their uniforms while playing in California. However, since the lawsuit was filed in a state California court, the lawsuit was tossed out because only federal courts have jurisdiction on intellectual property issues. The Raiders have yet to appeal the ruling.
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