GALLERY: Shots from Tampa Bay’s Week 6 loss to the Lions

Throw it back to the 1970s with some of our favorite shots from Sunday’s creamsicle game:

The game didn’t go as hoped, but the first Tampa Bay Buccaneers throwback since 2012 still delivered some iconic looks.

The team donned its throwback “creamsicle” uniforms against the Detroit Lions, but it wasn’t just the uniforms — the Bucs threw it back to the era entirely, with new field decorum, old traditions and more. It was an event in Tampa Bay, and as such, there were quite a few cool photos taken all across the day from the start of the game to the finish.

Here are some of our favorite shots from Sunday’s throwback matchup:[anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media]

Six great Bucs players of the ‘creamsicle’ era

In honor of Tampa Bay’s return to the creamiscles on Sunday, here are some of the best players of the creamsicle era in Tampa Bay from 1976 to 1996:

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are bringing out their throwback “creamsicle” uniforms on Sunday, and they’ll be looking to win in a uniform that doesn’t have a whole lot of history of seeing many.

The orange and white era of Bucs history is far more often dire than not, but that doesn’t mean that every player on those teams was bad. There were actually quite a few contributors who donned a helmet with Bucco Bruce on the side, with some of them earning a spot in the Bucs’ Ring of Honor and beyond to the Hall of Fame.

In honor of the Bucs wearing those uniforms against the Lions on Sunday, we compiled (in no particular order) six great Buccaneers players from the “creamsicle” era of Tampa Bay football: