Tampa Bay Gives Green Bay the Boot : NFC: Husted’s 47-yard field goal in overtime sends the Buccaneers to a 13-10 victory.

Michael Husted gauged the wind correctly, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still alive for a playoff spot.

Husted delivered his third winning kick of the year Sunday night, converting a 47-yard field goal into a stiff breeze with 11:14 remaining in overtime to send the Buccaneers past the Green Bay Packers, 13-10.

The game-winner--from the same area of the field where Green Bay’s Chris Jacke missed in the closing seconds of regulation--curled just inside the right upright, assuring the end of Tampa Bay’s NFL-record streak of 12 consecutive seasons with double-digit losses.

“There was a little bit of wind from right to left and I just didn’t want to over-kick it and pull it,” Husted said. “I wasn’t worried about Jacke’s miss. I just wanted to concentrate on hitting the ball good.”

Trent Dilfer moved the Buccaneers (7-7) into scoring position with completions of 23 yards to Horace Copeland and seven yards to Courtney Hawkins. Husted kicked a 38-yard field goal to tie the score with 4:48 remaining in regulation.

The Buccaneers hadn’t won more than six games in a season since 1981, the last time the franchise finished with a winning record.

The victory stopped Green Bay (9-5) from clinching a playoff berth and moving closer to its first outright NFC Central title since 1972. The Buccaneers last made the playoffs with a 5-4 record during the strike-shortened 1982 season.

Embattled Buccaneer Coach Sam Wyche said the streak that had hovered over his head for four years was “the last thing on our minds” when Husted’s kick sailed through the goal posts.

“We weren’t thinking about winning seven games. We’re trying to make the playoffs,” he said.

Green Bay’s lead in the NFC Central was trimmed to a game over Detroit and Minnesota.

The Packers were hurt by the loss of defensive leader Reggie White, who sat out a game for the first time in his 11-year career after pulling his left hamstring against Cincinnati last week.