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Sunday January 2, 2011 - Away Game

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 New Orleans Saints 13

Looking to secure a playoff spot, the Buccaneers played at New Orleans.

Trailing 3–7 in the second quarter, the Buccaneers took the lead with Josh Freeman completing a 2-yard touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe. The Saints tied the game after Garrett Hartley's 45-yard field goal in the third quarter.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-took the lead after another field goal, then stretched their lead with Freeman's second touchdown pass of the day. The Saints tried to narrow the gap with Hartley making a 38-yard field goal, but the Buccaneers held on to win.

With the win, the Buccaneers finished with a 10–6 record, but the Green Bay Packers victory over the Chicago Bears later that day gave them the 6th seed due to a strength of victory tie-breaker and eliminated the Buccaneers from playoff contention. This was also tied with the Giants but were eliminated because of Green Bay's tie breaker with them and the Giants.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Fair - 50°F. - Humidity 41% - Wind N. 14 mph Wind Chill 45°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Gene Steratore
    • UMPIRE: Butch Hannah
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
    • LINE JUDGE: Ron Marinucci
    • SIDE JUDGE: Mike Weatherford
    • BACK JUDGE: Dino Paganelli
    • FIELD JUDGE: Bob Waggoner
    • REPLAY OFFICAL: Paul Weldner
    • VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
    SCORING
    • BUCCANEERS: 9:58-1Q Barth FG43
    • SAINTS: 4:41-1Q Graham 4 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 6:40-2Q Briscoe 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
    • SAINTS: 10:30-3Q Hartley FG45
    • BUCCANEERS: 8:01-3Q Barth FG32
    • BUCCANEERS: 2:09-3Q M.Williams 18 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
    • SAINTS: 11:17-4Q Hartley FG38
    • BUCCANEERS: 4:01-4Q Barth FG48
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #19 M. Williams
    • LT: #70 D. Penn
    • LG: #62 T. Larsen
    • C: #76 J. Zuttah
    • RG: #73 D. Hardman
    • RT: #77 J. Lee
    • TE: #82 K. Winslow
    • WR: #85 M. Stovall
    • QB: #05 J. Freeman
    • TE: #88 J. Gilmore
    • RB: #27 L. Blount
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LE: #96 T. Crowder
    • DT: #98 F. Okam
    • DT: #90 R. Miller
    • RE: #71 M. Bennett
    • SLB: #57 A. Hayward
    • MLB: #51 B. Ruuds
    • WLB: #54 G. Hayes
    • LCB: #31 E. Biggers
    • RCB: #20 R. Barber
    • SS: #26 S. Jones
    • FS: #41 C. Lynch
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 21 Harris, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 24 Williams, 28 Lumpkin, 33 Mack, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 50 McKenzie, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 77 Lee, 80 Purvis, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 91 White, 95 Woods, 97 Magee
    DID NOT PLAY

    • 60 Carter
    INACTIVE
    • 12 Carpenter, 18 Stroughter, 29 Johnson, 34 Graham, 61 Barker, 67 Johnson, 79 Worthington, 84 Overbay

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Blount 19-66, Freeman 4-11, C.Williams 1-7.
    • SAINTS: Bush 9-70, Ivory 7-33, Jones 4-6, Daniel 1-0, Meacham 1-(-3).
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: Freeman 26-21- 255-0-2, Spurlock 1-0-0-0-0.
    • SAINTS: Brees 38-22-196-1-1, Daniel 3-2-16-0-0.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: C.Williams Briscoe 4-65, M.Williams 4-40, Winslow 3-28, Stovall 2-45, Parker 2-33, Blount 2-2, Lumpkin 1-12, Purvis 1-11, Lorig 1-10, Gilmore 1-9.
    • SAINTS: Arrington 7-79, Moore 6-53, Bush 5-55, Graham 2-15, Jones 2-3, Meacham 1-5, Evans 1-2.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: Asante 1-4.
    • SAINTS: none
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 3-108.
    • SAINTS: Henderson 6-142.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 1-4.
    • SAINTS: Bush 1-7.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: Miller 1-7, Magee 1-4, Hayes 1-2
    • SAINTS: Charleston 1-10, Smith 1-9, Brown 1-3.

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