On the second Throwback game and a day in which late former coach John McKay was honoured, the Bucs found themselves second best again to Atlanta, the back-breaking play being a kick return touchdown in the fourth quarter and then a winning score with under five minutes to play. "We put ourselves in a position to score but we just weren't able to finish it off,'' said Raheem Morris.

GAME SCORING ATL 6:23-1Q Turner 5 run (Bryant kick) TB 0:25-1Q Blount 6 run (Barth kick) ATL 4:37-2Q Mughelli 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick) TB 0:15-2Q M.Williams 1 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 11:34-3Q Barth FG33 TB 10:24-4Q Gilmore 2 pass from Graham (Barth kick) ATL 10:03-4Q Weems 102 return (Bryant kick) ATL 4:31-4Q Jenkins 9 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Bucs go from Morris' biggest win to biggest loss How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton offers his opinions on the loss Josh Freeman thinks about what might have been The 102-yard kick return was the decisive moment Game notes and anecdotes from the Buc locker room Former coach John McKay was honoured at half-time How the Atlanta press saw proceedings Scott Smith's detailed game report The official gamebook and play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 96 Crowder LG 62 Larsen DT 93 McCoy C 52 Faine DT 90 Miller RG 76 Zuttah DE 91 White RT 77 Lee WLB 54 Hayes TE 80 Purvis MLB 51 Ruud TE 88 Gilmore SLB 58 Black WR 17 Benn LCB 25 Talib WR 19 Williams RCB 20 Barber RB 27 Blount SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 41 Lynch PLAYED 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 23 Lewis, 24 Williams, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 65 Trueblood, 71 Bennett, 73 Hardman, 81 Spurlock, 82 Winslow, 85 Stovall, 95 Woods, 97 Magee INACTIVE 12 Carpenter, 22 Asante, 56 Watson, 60 Carter, 61 Barker, 78 Okam, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Blount 20-103, Freeman 4-28, Benn 2-10, C.Williams 2-8, Stroughter 1-2. FALCONS: Turner 24-88, Ryan 3-(-3). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 38-19-181-1-1, Graham 1-1-2-0-1. FALCONS: Ryan 36-18-205-2-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Stroughter 6-48, M.Williams 5-59, Winslow 3-26, C.Williams 2-6, Gilmore 2-6, Benn 1-28, Purvis 1-10. FALCONS: White 7-74, Gonzalez 3-38, Mughelli 3-32, Jenkins 3-30, Douglas 1-21, Johnson 1-10. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Jones 1-31, Lynch 1-0. FALCONS: Grimes 1-33. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 5-119. FALCONS: Weems 4-163, Finneran 1-18. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 3-13. FALCONS: Weems 1-10. SACKS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Babineaux 1-9.