INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Ward 9-32, Graham 2-16, Williams 7-9, Leftwich 1-0. BILLS: Jackson 28-163, Edwards 3-24, Owens 1-13, Omon 2-9, Parrish 1-9. PASSING BUCS: Leftwich 50-26-296-2-3. BILLS: Edwards 31-21-230-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Winslow 7-90, Williams 7-56, Stovall 3-80, Stevens 3-24, Clayton 2-27, Stroughter 1-10, Ward 1-5, Graham 1-3, Smith 1-1. BILLS: Schoumann 6-62, Jackson 6-25, Reed 4-46, Owens 3-52, Evans 1-32, Nelson 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Piscitelli 1-4, Ruud 0-21. BILLS: Whitner 1-76, Scott 1-27. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Smith 4-101. BILLS: Jones 3-70, Phillips 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Smith 1-5. BILLS: Parrish 3-15, Youboty 0-16. SACKS BUCS: Wilkerson 1-8, Miller 1-2. BILLS: Stroud 1-0, Denney 1-0.

In a game shown live on British TV, the Bills jumped out to an early 17-0 lead and then were able to withstand the Bucs’ attempts to claw their way back into contention as Byron Leftwich’s near 300-yard game was countered by his two early crucial interceptions. The defense also allowed Fred Jackson to rush for 163 yards and they gave up over 200 on the ground in all. "You can't win in this league if you can't stop the run," Barrett Ruud said. The Bucs were also penalised 13 times including no less that four face-mask penalties as they fell to 0-2 on the season. Leftwich did throw three touchdown passes but the early hole that the team just left them too much to do later in the game.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Buffalo Bills 33 Sunday 20 September 2009 at Ralph Wilson Stadium

SCORING BUF 11:31-1Q Evans 32 pass from Edwards (Lindell kick) BUF 6:16-1Q Whitner 76 interception return (Lindell kick) BUF 0:09-1Q Lindell FG31 TB 12:55-2Q Winslow 42 pass from Leftwich (Nugent kick) BUF 9:50-2Q Lindell FG43 TB 0:27-2Q Williams 8 pass from Leftwich (Nugent kick) BUF 11:23-4Q Lindell FG27 BUF 9:16-4Q Owens 43 pass from Edwards (Lindell kick) TB 5:27-4Q Stevens 6 pass from Leftwich (pass failed) BUF 1:57-4Q Lindell FG20

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Ralph Wilson Stadium Joe Henderson wonders about the possibility of going 0-16 How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton adds his own comments on the performance Another defensive performance of big mistakes and errors Some of the stories from the locker room More game notes and anecdotes Three big plays that turned the game Scott Smith's official game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn LDE 97 Wilkerson LG 76 Zuttah UT 98 Sims C 79 Mahan DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph RDE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes WR 80 Clayton MLB 51 Ruud TE 86 Stevens SLB 58 Black TE 82 Winslow LCB 25 Talib FB 35 Askew SS 21 Piscitelli RB 24 Williams FS 23 Phillips QB 7 Leftwich RCB 20 Barber SUBSTITUTIONS 4 Nugent, 8 D Johnson, 11 J Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 28 Ward, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 37 Cargile, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Wilson, 57 Hayward, 72 M Johnson, 85 Stovall, 87 Clark, 91 White, 93 Miller, 96 Crowder DID NOT PLAY 61 Compas GAMEDAY INACTIVES 5 Freeman, 52 Faine, 62 Dile, 69 Dotson, 88 Gilmore, 89 Bryant, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore

COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Darryl Johnston

GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Byron Leftwich connects with Kellen Winslow for the first Bucs’ touchdown Sabby Piscitelli’s fumble return, the third-longest such play in franchise history Cadillac Williams’ touchdown reception which came on the very next play