WEMBLEY, England (AP) -- The tone was set by an early turnover, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could do little to get back in rhythm.
Bucs quarterback Josh Johnson threw the first of his three interceptions on only the fifth play from scrimmage and Brandon Meriweather returned it for a touchdown that set the pace for the New England Patriots in a 35-7 win Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
The loss is the 11th in a row for the Buccaneers (0-7). St. Louis (0-7) and Tennessee (0-6) are the only other teams still searching for a victory.
"I have to eliminate turnovers," Johnson said. "Turnovers in this league is what changes the game around, because that's all it takes."
The Bucs have a bye next week, so they'll have plenty of time to try to figure out a way to get a win before they host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 8.
"We need to work on fundamentals -- tackling, catching, blocking. Everything," said Sammie Stroughter, the intended receiver on that first interception. "We have to go back to basics."
The Bucs trailed 21-0 in the second quarter before Johnson found Antonio Bryant on a 33-yard touchdown pass. That, combined with a pair of interceptions off errant passes from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, gave the Bucs some hopeful moments.
"The thing was 21-7 for a while," Bucs coach Raheem Morris said. "The defense came up with some big plays on Tom Brady with two interceptions. Two huge plays."
No play, however, ended up being bigger than that first interception.
"We had a route where he gets to choose if he wants to break it or hook it and he hooked it," Johnson said. "I kind of anticipated that he might break it out because I knew the coverage they were playing so he hooked it and I threw it.
"My fault."
Meriweather was the one who benefited from the miscommunication.
"The quarterback and receiver were on two different pages," he said, "and he just happened to throw it to me."
In the fourth quarter, with the score 28-7, Morris replaced Johnson with rookie Josh Freeman, who made his NFL debut. The Bucs, however, didn't score again. Freeman was 2 of 4 for 16 yards and was sacked twice. Johnson was 9 of 26 for 156 yards.
On the ground, the Buccaneers gained only 89 yards rushing, but Morris still sees a win coming from his team.
"You've seen them get better every single week besides the one setback against the Giants, which I really felt was a setback," Morris said. "You came out today and played a really dominant team against the Patriots, nobody blinked and everybody remained unwavered."
For the Buccaneers, who gave up a home game to play in London, fell to 0-7 and saw their losing streak extended to 11 games overall.
Tampa Bay and quarterback Josh Johnson mustered little offense. The Bucs' only score came on a 33-yard pass from Johnson to Antonio Bryant near the end of the first half. Johnson finished 9 of 26 for 156 yards and three interceptions. He was taken out midway through the fourth quarter and replaced by rookie Josh Freeman.
The game was played before a sellout crowd of 84,254 at Wembley, England's national stadium.
It's the third straight year the NFL has come to London for a regular-season game. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said last week he envisions playing multiple regular-season games in Britain in coming years with the possibility of London having its own franchise.
The loss capped a bad day for the Glazer family, which owns the Buccaneers. The Glazers' also control English soccer powerhouse Manchester United, which lost to Liverpool 2-0 earlier in the day and missed a chance to regain first place in the Premier League from Chelsea. Brothers Bryan and Joel Glazer were at Wembley for the Bucs game.
The Bucs' 11-game losing streak is their longest since 1976-77 when they endured an NFL-record 0-26 skid.
Morris said his team just couldn't stop Brady.
"Tom, he's the guy that changed the game. He's the guy you worry about constantly," he said. "When you have a great quarterback like that, that's what he does and that's what he will do for you."
The tone of the game was set on the first series when Meriweather stepped in front of Sammie Stroughter on a short slant, picked off Johnson's throw and ran untouched into the end zone.
"I just happened to have a good break on the ball," Meriweather said. "I think the quarterback and receiver were on two different pages, and he just happened to throw it to me. Any big play sets the mood."
Brady hit Welker with a 14-yard TD pass after a 37-yard completion to Randy Moss. Welker took the quick throw behind the line of scrimmage, then weaved his way through the defenders into the end zone with 2:16 left in the first quarter.
The Patriots were driving for a third score early in the second quarter when Brady, who had completed his first seven passes, scrambled out of the pocket and lofted a pass into the end zone for Moss that was picked off by Tanard Jackson.
But Brady came back on his next series, ducked away from the rush and dumped the ball over the middle to Aiken, who slipped a tackle by Bucs linebacker Barrett Ruud and went down the sideline for a 54-yard score to make it 21-0 with 11:18 left in the half.
Brady was picked off for the second time in four passes when he made a deep throw over the middle to Brandon Tate that was intercepted by a leaping Aqib Talib.
After an anemic Tampa Bay passing performance for the most of the first half, Bryant beat cornerback Darius Butler down the right sideline and hauled in Johnson's scoring pass.
Brady led the Patriots on a 73-yard, 10-play drive to open the second half, hitting tight end Watson with a 35-yard pass over linebacker Geno Hayes to make it 28-7.
