LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 06 New Orleans Saints 31
Tampa Bay trailed early after Drew Brees completed touchdown passes of 41 yards and 42 yards to Lance Moore and Robert Meachem. New Orleans led Tampa Bay 24–0 at the end of the third quarter. Tampa Bay scored in the fourth quarter with Josh Freeman completing 2-yard touchdown pass to Micheal Spurlock, and avoided a shutout.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
- UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
- SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
- BACK JUDGE: Terrence Miles
- FIELD JUDGE: Mike Weir
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Dick Creed
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- SAINTS: 7:13-1Q Moore 41 pass from Brees (Hartley PAT)
- SAINTS: 14:09-2Q Meacham 42 pass from Brees (Hartley PAT)
- SAINTS: 4:33-2Q Hartley FG27
- SAINTS: 1:23-3Q Evans 4 pass from Brees (Hartley PAT)
- BUCCANEERS: 5:35-4Q Spurlock 2 pass from Freeman (pass failed)
- SAINTS: 1:54-4Q Betts 1 run (Hartley kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #68 K. Vincent
- C: #76 J. Zuttah
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- WR: #18 S. Stroughter
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #24 C. Williams
- TE: #88 J. Gilmore
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #96 T. Crowder
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- RE: #91 S. White
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #51 B. Ruuds
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #35 C. Grimm
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 17 Benn, 21 Piscitelli, 23 Lewis, 31 Biggers, 32 Huggins, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 71 Bennett, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 87 Parker, 92 Price, 98 Sims
DID NOT PLAY
- 62 Larsen
INACTIVE
- 12 Carpenter, 27 Blount, 28 Lumpkin, 33 Mack, 45 Pressley, 52 Faine, 85 Stovall, 94 Moore
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: C.Williams 10-18, Johnson 1-11, Huggins 3-7, Benn 1-4, Freeman 3-2.
- SAINTS: Ivory 15-158, Jones 9-32, Betts 6-20, Brees 2-2.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 43-25-219-0-1 , Johnson 4-2-17-0-0.
- SAINTS: Brees 32-21-263-1-3.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: C.Williams 7-63, Winslow 7-43, M.Williams 4-45, Stroughter 3-51, Spurlock 2-0, Stevens 1-13, Benn 1-9, Huggins 1-7, Gilmore 1-5.
- SAINTS: Colston 5-53, Meacham 4-71, Thomas 3-17, Moore 2-57, Shockey 2-21, Ivory 1-17, Graham 1-11, Jones 1-6, Betts 1-6, Evans 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Grimm 1-13, Jones 0-14.
- SAINTS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 5-83, Spurlock 1-23.
- SAINTS: Roby 1-8, Giordano 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Moore 1-(-3).
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Wilkerson 1-1.