Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New Orleans Saints 17
Buccaneers home game loss to division rivals New Orleans.
The Saints dominated the first quarter and entered halftime riding on a 17–3 lead.
Tampa Bay scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including a 77-yard kick return by Micheal Spurlock, to tie the game at 17. As time expired, Garrett Hartley attempted a 37-yard field goal that would have salvaged the game for the Saints, but the kick hooked left.
In overtime, Buccaneers won the coin toss, received the kickoff, and drove down the field to win the game with a field goal, for a final score of 20–17.
This was the first time in franchise history that the Buccaneers defeated the eventual Super Bowl champions.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerome Boger
- UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
- HEAD LINESMAN: John Schleyer
- LINE JUDGE: Gary Arthur
- SIDE JUDGE: Joe Larrew
- BACK JUDGE: Gene Steratore
- FIELD JUDGE: Doug Rosenbaum
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Mark Burns
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- SAINTS: 6:47-1Q Thomas 8 run (Hartley kick)
- SAINTS: 1:32-1Q Meachem 30 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
- SAINTS: 6:39-2Q Hartley FG28
- BUCCANEERS: 0:00-2Q Barth FG34
- BUCCANEERS: 13:14-4Q Williams 23 run (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 2:25-4Q Spurlock 77 punt return (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 8:06-OT Barth FG47
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #85 M. Stovall
- 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: #89 A. Bryant
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- FB: #34 E. Graham
- RB: #24 C. Williams
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #97 J. Wilkerson
- DT: #98 R. Sims
- DT: #95 C. Hovan
- RE: #91 S. White
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #51 B. Ruuds
- WLB: #50 M. McCoy
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
- FS: #36 T. Jackson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 2 Paulescu, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 28 Ward, 29 Roberson, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 54 Hayes, 57 Hayward, 69 Dotson, 80 Clayton, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 92 D.Moore, 93 Miller, 94 K.Moore, 96 Crowder
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 J Johnson, 61 Compas
INACTIVE
- 12 Carpenter, 16 Bradley, 19 Urrutia, 32 Huggins, 71 Bennett, 74 Murphy, 77 Lee, 83 Nunn
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 24-129, Ward 7-32, Graham 1-8, Freeman 2-7.
- SAINTS: Thomas 6-60, Hamilton 7-21, Bell 7-20, Bush 2-16, Meachem 1-7.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 31-21-271-2-0.
- SAINTS: Brees 37-32-258-0-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Bryant 5-52, Winslow 4-76, Graham 4-43, Williams 3-19, Stovall 2-47, Clark 1-15, Clayton 1-10, Stevens 1-7.
- SAINTS: Colston 8-77, Bush 6-37, Meachem 5-66, Henderson 5-35, Thomas 5-25, Hamilton 2-10, Eckel 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Sharper 1-21, Porter 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 5-116.
- SAINTS: Roby 3-65.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 2-80.
- SAINTS: Bush 1-14
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Hayes 1-9.
- SAINTS: Smith 1-3, Grant 1-3, Hargrove 1-2.
