Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 New Orleans Saints 24

Drew Brees threw for 312 yards and two touchdown passes, as New Orleans defeated Tampa Bay 24-17.

The Saints jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the second quarter, and led 17-10 at halftime. Tampa Bay made the score 24-17 after Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass to Adam Humphries with just under 9 minutes left in regulation. Trailing by 7, the Buccaneers got the ball back with 5:22 to go, but went 3-and-out. The Saints were then able to run out the clock to secure the win.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
• UMPIRE: Jeff Rice
• HEAD LINESMAN: Hugo Cruz
• LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
• SIDE JUDGE: Joe Larrew
• BACK JUDGE: Steve Patrick
• FIELD JUDGE: Terry Brown
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Richard Reels
• VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED

SCORING

• SAINTS: 8:33-1Q Colston 3 pass from Brees (Forbath kick)
• SAINTS: 11:57-2Q Colston 1 pass from Brees (Forbath kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 8:04-2Q Martin 14 run (Barth kick)
• SAINTS: 1:02-2Q Forbath FG23
• BUCCANEERS: 0:03-2Q Barth FG39
• SAINTS: 0:53-3Q Hightower 3 run (Forbath kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 8:56-4Q Humphries 6 pass from Winston (Barth kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 V. Jackson
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #70 L. Mankins
• C: #68 J. Hawley
• RG: #74 A. Marpet
• RT: #78 G. Cherilus
• TE: #88 L. Stocker
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• QB: #03 J. Winston
• RB: #22 D. Martin
• FB: #46 J. Lane

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #92 W. Gholston
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #97 A. Spence
• DE: #95 H. Jonesh
• SLB: #51 D. Lansanah
• MLB: #50 B. Carter
• WLB: #54 L. David
• CB: #26 S. Moore
• CB: #38 J. Adjei-Barimah
• SS: #23 C. Conte
• FS: #30 B. McDougald

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Schum, 10 Barth, 11 Humphries, 17 Dye, 21 Verner, 24 Jenkins, 27 Banks, 31 Wright, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 46 Lane, 48 DePaola, 53 Glanton, 57 Keyes, 59 Brown, 64 Pamphile, 77 McDaniel, 84 Brate, 87 Seferian- Jenkins, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton.

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Glennon, 62 Smith

INACTIVE

• 4 Griffin, 52 George, 56 Smith, 69 Dotson, 82 Myers, 91 Shirley, 94 Johnson.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Martin 11-81, Winston 3-24, Sims 5-10.
• SAINTS: Hightower 28-85, Spiller 3-2, Brees 3-0, Murphy 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Winston 32-18-182-0-1.
• SAINTS: Brees 41-31-312-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Sims 6-64, Evans 3-39, Seferian-Jenkins 3-31, Brate 2-16, Dye 1-16, Humphries 1-6, Martin 1-5, Jackson 1-5.
• SAINTS: Snead 7-122, Watson 7-70, Colston 6-36, Coleman 3-32, Cooks 3-29, Spiller 3-7, Hightower 1-10, Hill 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• SAINTS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rainey 1-31.
• SAINTS: Hill 1-0.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rainey 0-0
• SAINTS: Murphy 1-6, Byrd 1-1.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Carter 1-11, Melton 1-0.
• SAINTS: Gwacham 1-6.

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