In week 1, Tampa Bay held a 28-17 halftime lead over the eventual Super Bowl winners the Chicago Bears. In fact, both games vs the Bears provided Tampa Bay halftime leads. Young won his first start against the Detroit Lions before the losses started to pile on, including playing in a foot of snow in Green Bay. The Buccaneers failed to improve on their 6-10 record, and finished 2-14, the worst in the NFL. The Bucs lost their first 9 games before shutting out the Cardinals at home 16-0 to finally get in the win column. One week later, the Buccaneers were humiliated, 62-28, in New York by the Jets. The 62 points allowed during the game were the most points allowed by any team during the 1980s and are the most allowed in franchise history. After a win in overtime against the Lions, the Buccaneers would then lose 3 straight games to end the season.