Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 09 New Orleans Saints 13

A Bobby Hebert first-quarter touchdown pass and two Morten Andersen field goals lifted the New Orleans Saints past the Buccaneers. The matchup faced Hebert, the NFC's highest-rated passer, against Testaverde, the NFC's lowest-rated.

Testaverde was sacked four times and hurried repeatedly by a constant Saints pass rush, but was only intercepted once.

After failing to block several blitzers, Lars Tate was replaced with Kerry Goode, who led the team in rushing with ten carries for 44 yards in his NFL debut. Goode also ran for a touchdown which was erased by a penalty, and dropped a pass in the end zone.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Fred Silva
• UMPIRE: Dave Hamilton
• LINE JUDGE: Jack Johnson
• SIDE JUDGE: Merrill Douglas
• HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Williams
• BACK JUDGE: Louis Richard
• FIELD JUDGE: Bob Lewis
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Royal Cathcart

SCORING

• SAINTS: 8:25-1Q Hill 5 pass from Hebert (Andersen kick)
• SAINTS: 4:25-1Q Andersen FG28
• BUCCANEERS: 14:50-2Q Igwebuike FG25
• SAINTS: 12:31-2Q Andersen FG41
• BUCCANEERS: 7:15-2Q Igwebuike FG35
• BUCCANEERS: 6:51-3Q Igwebuike FG35

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 M. Carrier
• LT: #88 P. Gruber
• LG: #68 R. Mallory
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #50 D. Turk
• RT: #R. Tayloy
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #32 J. Wilder
• RB: #34 L. Tate

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davise
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #53 S. Coleman
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LC: #29 R. Reynolds
• RC: #36 B. Futrell
• SS: #30 M. Robinson
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris, 22 Jones, 27 Goode, 33 McAdoo, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 51 Washington, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 69 Bruhin, 70 Swayne, 71 Cooper, 78 Cannon, 81 Starring, 86 Magee, 94 Goff, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• 12 Ferguson, 64 Thomas, 80 Pillow

INACTIVE

• 54 Randle, 73 McHale

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Goode 10-44, Wilder 10-38, Tate 3-10.
• SAINTS: Hilliard 18-47, Heyward 9-36, Perriman 1-17, Mayes 2-17, Hebert 4-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 33-14-230-1-0.
• SAINTS: Hebert 28-16-159-1-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Hill 4-91, Carrier 4-66, Wilder 3-25, Hall 2-26, Goode 1-22.
• SAINTS: Hill 6-73, Tice 2-34, Hilliard 2-15, Martin 2-9, Heyward 2-3, Mayes 1-15, Perriman 1-10.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Reynolds 1-7.
• SAINTS: Jakes 1-39.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 2-51.
• SAINTS: Atkins 2-84, Gray 2-36.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• SAINTS: Gray 1-22.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Jarvis 1-8.
• SAINTS: Geathers 1-8, Wilks 1-8, V.Johnson 1-7, Swilling 1-3.

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