Redskins Perfectly Awful at Home : NFC: They end up without a victory at RFK Stadium for the first time as Tampa Bay increases winning streak to four.

The Washington Redskins are struggling through the kind of season usually endured by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Washington wound up winless at home for the first time in franchise history, losing to Tampa Bay, 17-14, Sunday on Errict Rhett’s three-yard touchdown run with seven minutes left.

The Buccaneers (6-9) won their fourth consecutive game, their longest winning streak since starting out 5-0 in 1978. They can avoid their 12th consecutive season of double-digit losses with a victory next week at home against Green Bay.

The Redskins (2-13), meanwhile, finished 0-8 at RFK Stadium, where there were 9,097 no-shows on a sunny, 50-degree day.

Washington, in its first year under Coach Norv Turner, set a team record for most losses in a season. The Redskins also dropped their seventh in a row, their longest losing streak since 1964-65.

“My whole approach to this is that we are going to continue to get better on a weekly basis, on a monthly basis, on a yearly basis, and we’ll find a way to win close ballgames and we’ll win a lot of games,” Turner said.

For the eighth time this season, Washington lost a game in which it led in the second half. Tampa Bay got the winning touchdown after Vernon Turner returned a punt 37 yards and Erickson threw a 13-yard pass to Scott Armstrong.

Rhett, who stung the Redskins two weeks ago by running for 192 yards in a 26-21 victory, was held to only 64 yards in 23 carries. But quarterback Craig Erickson finished 19 for 34 for 267 yards with two interceptions.

“They just did a good job (defending the run),” Tampa Bay Coach Sam Wyche said. “We decided we had to throw the ball.”

The Redskins did not score in the second half. They had a chance to extend a 14-10 lead at the end of the third quarter, but Heath Shuler’s third-down pass from the Tampa Bay 27 went through Henry Ellard’s outstretched arms, and Chip Lohmiller missed a 44-yard kick on the next play.