McNabb overthrew one pass, a receiver fell on another and, on fourth down, holder Koy Detmer's pass to rookie L.J. Smith on a fake field goal was dropped.
"It's devastating when you get to the 1 and don't score," running back Duce Staley said.
It was the last time the Eagles threatened. "I take the responsibility for our negligence and performance," Reid said.
The Bucs took the fever out of the crowd of 67,772 by deflecting Dirk Johnson's punt. Jermaine Phillips tipped it and the ball rolled just 7 yards to the Philadelphia 31.
Philadelphia held near its goal line and Martin Gramatica hit from 26 yards early in the second quarter to open the scoring.
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