Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 New Orleans Saints 20

Josh Freeman threw for 303 yards and two touchdown passes, as Tampa Bay rebounded from the previous week, and beat divisional rival New Orleans by a score of 26–20. Drew Brees threw three interceptions, and the Saints lost a fumble, and Tampa Bay scored 10 points off of turnovers.

Trailing 26–20 midway through the fourth quarter, Brees drove the Saints to the Tampa Bay 4-yard line. On 4th down & 2 with 3:24 remaining, Brees was intercepted in the endzone by Quincy Black. The Buccaneers ran out the clock, and preserved the win.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerome Boger
• UMPIRE: Carl Paganel
• HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
• SIDE JUDGE: Joe Larrew
• BACK JUDGE: Tony Steratore
• FIELD JUDGE: Doug Rosenbaum
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Johnny Grier
• VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 8:19-1Q Barth FG48
• SAINTS: 5:38-1Q Colston 38 pass from Brees (Kasay kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:17-2Q Benn 65 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 5:26-2Q Barth FG42
• BUCCANEERS: 3:40-2Q Parker 19 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• SAINTS: 0:02-2Q Kasay FG33
• SAINTS: 3:18-3Q Kasay FG24
• BUCCANEERS: 0:35-3Q Barth FG42
• SAINTS: 12:59-4Q Ingram 12 run (Kasay kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 7:24-4Q Barth FG38

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #52 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #82 K. Winslow
• WR: #17 A. Benn
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• RB: #34 E. Graham
• FB: #44 E. Lorig

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #71 M. Bennett
• DT: #98 F. Okam
• DT: #92 B. Price
• RE: #94 A. Clayborn
• SLB: #56 D. Watson
• MLB: #59 M. Foster
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #36 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 24 Gaitor, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 46 Yount, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 85 Franklin, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 96 Crowder, 97 G Johnson

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 Johnson

INACTIVE

• 18 Stroughter, 27 Blount, 53 Diles, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee, 88 Stocker, 93 McCoy

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Graham 17-109, Lumpkin 2-13, Freeman 4-3, Parker 1-(-3), Benn 1-(-5).
• SAINTS: Ingram 9-22, Brees 3-21, Sproles 1-16, Thomas 7-11.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 41-23-303-0-2.
• SAINTS: Brees 45-29-383-3-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 6-59, Winslow 5-40, Benn 3-83, Briscoe 2-49, Parker 2-32, Graham 2-22, Lorig 2-9, Pianalto 1-9.
• SAINTS: Sproles 8-46. Graham 7-124, Colston 7-118, Moore 2-46, Meachem 1-23, Henderson 1-12, Ingram 1-6, Thomas 1-5, Collins 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Jackson 1-16, Biggers 1-0, Black 1-0.
• SAINTS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Parker 2-30, Crowder 1-0.
• SAINTS: Sproles 3-69.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Parker 3-24.
• SAINTS: Sproles 1-(-10).

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• SAINTS: none

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