Nov 4, 2009 · Those grand '79 Bucs came within a game of the Super Bowl, but lost 9-0 to the Rams in the NFC championship game on Jan. 6 in the old Tampa Stadium. It was a heartbreaker, but still,...

Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise, went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as starter and played in the 1979 NFC Championship game.

The Bucs recorded their first-ever playoff win by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 24–17, behind Bell's 142 yards rushing. Tampa Bay hosted the 1979 NFC Championship Game the following week but lost 9–0 to the Los Angeles Rams.

Nov 5, 2009 · The Bucs upset Philadelphia in their first playoff game and hosted the L.A. Rams for in the NFC Championship game for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. But Williams got hurt in that contest...

Williams became the first African-American quarterback taken in the first round of an NFL draft. Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as the starter and played in the 1979 NFC Championship game.

In his four years in Tampa Bay, Williams led the team to the playoffs three times, including in 1979, the team’s first trip to the NFC Championship game. After two years in the USFL playing for the Oklahoma/Arizona Outlaws, Williams then signed with Washington in 1986.

Jan 30, 2018 · Doug Williams is surrounded by members of the media after he led the Redskins to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos. Williams completed 18 of 29 attempts and was named Most Valuable Player.

Feb 8, 2023 · Williams earned the start in Washington's opening-round playoff game vs. the Bears, a 21-17 win. He filled in under center once more for the NFC championship game victory vs. Minnesota.

Jan 1, 2005 · His 9-yard TD pass to Jimmie Giles in the fourth quarter supplied the winning margin. The following week, the Bucs fell to the Los Angeles Rams, 9-0, in the conference championship game narrowly missing a chance to reach the Super Bowl. Williams’s finest seasons in Tampa came in 1980 and 1982.

Feb 1, 2023 · Doug Williams was the fist Black QB to win a Super Bowl. Williams led Washington to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII in San Diego on Jan. 31, 1988.