Unfortunately the magic of the two previous weeks’ road victories eluded the Bucs back in their home confines and a disapppinting home loss to Atlanta brought an end to the 3- 13 season under first-year head coach Raheem Morris. The Bucs were tied at 10-10 midway through the 4th quarter but Matt Ryan’s second touchdown pass of the game put the Falcons ahead and this time, rookie QB Josh Freeman had no magic left in his tank to bring his young team back from the brink once more. "To see how this team stuck together for what we've been through, it's enough for me, “ said Ronde Barber. “We knew he (Raheem Morris) went through some growing pains as a head coach, but we stuck together."

GAME SCORING TB 13:27-1Q Barth FG48 ATL 4:09-2Q Bryant FG36 ATL 0:00-2Q Peelle 2 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick) TB 11:34-4Q Bryant 8 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) ATL 7:18-4Q White 12 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick) ATL 1:00-4Q Bryant FG36

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Joe Henderson checks on Ronde Barber's view on the season How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton is now in the keep Raheem camp The dean of Tampa sports writers, Tom McEwen Raheem Morris refuses to talk about his future Ground game goes cold in season finale Optimism remains the word in the Buc locker room Game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's official game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn LDE 96 Crowder LG 76 Zuttah DT 98 Sims C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph RDE 91 White RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes WR 89 Bryant MLB 51 Ruud WR 85 Stovall SLB 58 Black TE 82 Winslow LCB 25 Talib FB 45 Pressley SS 21 Piscitelli RB 24 Williams FS 36 Jackson QB 5 Freeman RCB 20 Barber PLAYED 2 Paulescu, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 29 Roberson, 32 Huggins, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 69 Dotson, 71 Bennett, 74 Murphy, 80 Clayton, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 92 D.Moore, 93 Miller, 94 K.Moore DID NOT PLAY 11 J Johnson, 61 Compas INACTIVES 12 Carpenter, 16 Bradley, 19 Urrutia, 28 Ward, 43 Hall, 46 Purvis, 77 Lee, 83 Nunn

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 19-40, Freeman 3-(-2). FALCONS: Snelling 25-147, Norwood 9-27, Mughelli 2-6, Ryan 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 32-16-174-2-1. FALCONS: Ryan 35-23-223-2-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Winslow 5-56, Williams 4-35, Bryant 2-15, Stovall 1-27, Clayton 1-16, Stevens 1-14, Gilmore 1-9, Pressley 1-2. FALCONS: White 6-66, Jenkins 4-45, Norwood 4-23, Peelle 3-38, Gonzalez 3- 30, Snelling 3-21. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Jackson 1-19 , Piscitelli 1-3. FALCONS: Owens 1-13, Grimes 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 3-47. FALCONS: Weems 3-64. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 1-10. FALCONS: Weems 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Hayes 1-9. FALCONS: Davis 1-6.

VIDEO CLIPS Tanard Jackson opens the game by forcing a fumble Ronde Barber gets himself another interception Antonio Bryant scores the final Buccaneer TD of the 2009 season