A kickoff return for a touchdown!

Since 1976 and 1,865 tries by 140 players Tampa Bay finally returned a kickoff for a touchdown! For most teams, a kickoff return is something that happens every so often and with players such as Chicago's Devin Hester something that happens several times a year.
Against the Atlanta Falcons, Micheal (really, that's the way he spells it) Spurlock gathered a kick at the Bucs 10-yard line, ducked behind the wedge, burst through a hole near the middle of the field and walked a tightrope down the right sideline until he ran into the history books. Quite exciting but one wonders if now we are just like any other team? That was a unique record shared with no other team. Every game we would expect to hear the announcers say those words - "in their history, Tampa Bay has never returned a kickoff for a touchdown". Never more.

Before Sunday, December 16, 2007 the Bucs had ...

31-plus

Seasons without a kickoff return for a TD

511

Games without a kickoff return for a TD

1,864

Kickoff returns without a TD

37,395

Total kickoff return yardage without a TD