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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Saturday, December 17, 2005

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: NFL • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 28-0 loss in Foxboro dropped their record to 9-5. It was the third time in the last nine seasons that Tampa Bay was shut out after having already won at least nine games in that season. In 1997, the 9-5 Buccaneers lost to the Jets, 31-0, at Giants Stadium; in 1999, Tampa Bay carried a 9-4 record into Oakland, and lost 45-0. Over the same span in which the Buccaneers have suffered three such de ...

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