Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 Dallas Cowboys 31 Saturday 17 December 2011 at Raymond James Stadium

SCORING DAL 8:44-1Q Austin 8 pass from Romo (Bailey kick) DAL 0:18-1Q Bryant 8 pass from Romo (Bailey kick) DAL 4:42-2Q Robinson 9 pass from Romo (Bailey kick) DAL 0:20-2Q Romo 1 run (Bailey kick) TB 13:39-3Q Watson 7 fumble return (Barth kick) DAL 6:38-3Q Bailey FG30 TB 0:23-3Q Briscoe 13 pass from Freeman (Winslow pass from Freeman)

The Bucs had a chance to salvage some kind of respect in a nationally-televised Saturday game but were 28-0 down by half-time and the losing streak extended to eight games. Raheem Morris’ team were held to under 200 yards of total offense. "We found a little groove there, finally, in the third quarter," Jeff Faine said. "Unfortunately, we couldn't find that in the first half."

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Freeman 4-37, Blount 9-21. COWBOYS: Jones 22-108, Morris 12-53, Romo 3-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 27-17-148-0-1. COWBOYS: Romo 30-23-249-0-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Lumpkin 5-50, Winslow 4-37, Briscoe 3-36, Madu 2-8, Pianalto 1-7, Spurlock 1-6, Stocker 1-4. COWBOYS: Austin 5-53, Witten 4-77, Bryant 4-40, Robinson 3-29, Jones 3-23, Bennett 3-23, Ogletree 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COWBOYS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Parker 3-70, Pianalto 1-0. COWBOYS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 1-(-2). COWBOYS: Bryant 4-15. SACKS BUCS: Bennett 1-6, Clayborn 1-4. COWBOYS: Ware 1-6, Lissemore 1-6, Scandrick 1-4.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 91 Bowers LG 76 Zuttah DT 95 Haynesworth C 52 Faine DT 92 Price RG 75 Joseph DE 94 Clayborn RT 65 Trueblood SLB 58 Black TE 88 Stocker MLB 59 Foster WR 89 Briscoe WLB 54 Hayes WR 19 Williams LCB 25 Talib FB 44 Lorig RCB 20 Barber RB 27 Blount SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 24 Gaitor, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 32 Madu, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 43 Black, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o- Nesheim, 53 Reed , 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 71 Bennett, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 82 Winslow, 87 Parker, 90 Miller, 98 Okam DID NOT PLAY 11 Johnson INACTIVE 12 Carpenter, 17 Benn, 18 Stroughter, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee

COMMENTARY CREW Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports on an eighth straight loss Martin Fennelly cannot believe Bucs were once 4-2 How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton weighs in with his opinions Protection issues hurt Bucs all night Talib leaves early leaving secondary vulnerable Defense unable to stop Dallas on third down Early Freeman turnover helps set tone Other Buccaneer notes on the game Scott Smith's game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play