Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 New Orleans Saints 27
New Orleans jumped out to a 24–6 lead, behind Drew Brees' 258 yards passing and 195 combined rushing yards. However, Tampa Bay tried to rally in the fourth quarter. Josh Freeman threw a touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow with 5:33 to go. The Saints, however, were able to run out the clock, and kicked a game-icing field goal to win 27–16.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
- UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
- HEAD LINESMAN: Kent Payne
- LINE JUDGE: Thomas Symonette
- SIDE JUDGE: Laird Hayes
- BACK JUDGE: Todd Prukop
- FIELD JUDGE: Jimmy Buchanan
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Larry Nemmers
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- SAINTS: 2:27-1Q Moore 3 pass from Brees (Kasay kick)
- SAINTS: 8:34-2Q Sproles 21 pass from Brees (Kasay kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 1:39-2Q Barth FG40
- SAINTS: 0:00-2Q Kasay FG21
- BUCCANEERS: 9:29-3Q Barth FG48
- SAINTS: 3:11-3Q Thomas 9 run (Kasay kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 11:08-4Q Barth FG25
- BUCCANEERS: 5:33-4Q Winslow 5 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- SAINTS: 1:17-4Q Kasay FG34
STARTERS OFFENSE
- TE: #69 D. Dotson
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #62 T. Larsen
- C: #52 J. Faine
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- WR: #17 A. Benn
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- RB: #27 L. Blount
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #92 B. Price
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #57 A. Hayward
- 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, 11 Johnson, 19 M Williams, 22 Asante, 24 Gaitor, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 32 Madu. 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 54 Hayes, 56 Watson, 73 Hardman, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 97 Johnson
DID NOT PLAY
- none
INACTIVE
- 18 Stroughter, 23 Lewis, 53 Diles, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 96 Crowder, 98 Okam
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Blount 13-72, Freeman 3-8, Lumpkin 2-7, Johnson 1-1, Benn 1-(-4).
- SAINTS: Ivory 15-67, P.Thomas 8-66, Sproles 4-42, Brees 1-20.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 37-27-281-0-1.
- SAINTS: Brees 36-27-258-1-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 6-46, Lumpkin 4-31, Winslow 4-29, Parker 3-56, Pianalto 2-24, Benn 2-22, Lorig 2-12, Blount 2-8, Briscoe 1-46, Spurlock 1-7.
- SAINTS: Graham 6-78, Sproles 5-57, Colston 5-52, P.Thomas 4-25, Moore 3-20, Henderson 2-13, Gilmore 1-9, D.Thomas 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-0.
- SAINTS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 1-45.
- SAINTS: Sproles 2-54.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 2-16.
- SAINTS: Sproles 1-15.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Harper 1-0.
