The win streak came to an end in a close-run battle with the Falcons. Matt Ryan’s 80-yard passing strike to Julio Jones was the big play Atlanta needed. Connor Barth’s 56-yard fieldgoal with 3:37 remaining never had a chance and the offense never got the ball back.

GAME SCORING ATL 7:38-1Q Bryant FG31 TB 1:12-1Q Martin 1 run (Barth kick) ATL 10:25-2Q Rodgers 5 run (Bryant kick) TB 3:37-2Q Barth FG22 TB 8:37-3Q Barth FG42 ATL 8:26-3Q Jones 80 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick) TB 14:56-4Q Martin 1 run (Barth kick) TB 10:28-4Q Barth FG48 ATL 7:55-4Q Turner 3 run (Bryant kick)

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly adds his opinion How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton weighs in with his thoughts Mike Williams turns passer Bucs rueing the missed chances Doug Martin had nowhere to run Donald Penn gives his view on the game Scott Smith's game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 93 McCoy C 62 Larsen DT 90 Miller RG 79 Meredith DE 50 Te’o-Nesheim RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 44 Clark MLB 59 Foster WR 19 Williams SLB 57 Hayward WR 83 Jackson LCB 31 Biggers FB 88 Stocker RCB 29 Johnson RB 22 Martin SS 24 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 20 Barber PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 30 Lewis, 36 Gorrer, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 43 Black, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 65 Trueblood, 73 Allen, 80 Owusu, 82 Byham, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 98 Morgan DID NOT PLAY 6 Orlovsky INACTIVE 21 Wright, 34 Smith, 35 Grimm, 53 Goode, 74 Wallace, 89 Douglas, 97 Masiflio

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 21-50. FALCONS: Rodgers 10-49, Turner 13-17, Ryan 1-13. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 30-19-256-0-0, Williams 1-1-28-0-0. FALCONS: Ryan 32-26-353-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 5-96, Underwood 5-77, Clark 4-65, Williams 3-28, Martin 2-13, Stocker 1-5. FALCONS: Jones 6-147, Gonzalez 5-62, White 5-57, Snelling 3-33, Turner 3-13, Rodgers 2-30, Douglas 2-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-28. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Lewis 3-63. FALCONS: Rodgers 2-73. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Franks 1-10. SACKS BUCS: Biggers 1-8. FALCONS: Robinson 1-7, Biermann 1-1.