Charles Douglas "Charlie" Davis (born January 16, 1952 in West Columbia, Texas

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) is a former American football

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 running back

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 for the Cincinnati Bengals

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 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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 of the National Football League

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. A 1974

1974 NFL Draft

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 draft choice from the University of Colorado

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, he rushed 72 times for 375 yards and caught 19 passes for 171 yards as a rookie

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, but suffered a preseason knee injury that prevented him from playing in 1975. In 1976

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, he was traded to the expansion

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 Buccaneers for a future draft choice, which turned out to be a 1977

1977 NFL Draft

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 4th-rounder. Davis scored the Buccaneers' first-ever offensive touchdown

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, a 1-yard run in week 4 of the 1976 season

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

The NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers played their debut season in 1976, making league history as the first team to play an entire 14-game season without winning or tying a single game. They did not score until their third game and did not score a touchdown until their fourth. They lost by a touchdown or...

 against the Baltimore Colts

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, but later suffered another knee injury and spent the remainder of the 1976 season and the 1977 season

1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

The 1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season continued the losing streak that encompassed the entire 1976 season, and extended it to 26 games, which as of remains a record in the modern National Football League. Fear of becoming the Buccaneers' first victim provided motivation to opposing teams...

 on injured reserve

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.