Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 New Orleans Saints 41

Josh Freeman threw for 279 yards, no touchdowns, and threw 4 interceptions. Doug Martin rushed for a season low 16 yards. On defense, Daquan Bowers had the only sack. Mark Barron led the team in tackles. The Tampa Bay defense allowed the Saints to rush for 149 yards. The Buccaneers were shut out throughout the entire game.

The last shut out the Buccaneers had was during week 3 of the 2009 season, when the New York Giants beat the Buccaneers 24–0. More importantly the loss mathematically eliminated the Buccaneers from playoff contention.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Mike Carey
• UMPIRE: Chad Brown
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
• LINE JUDGE: Tim Podraza
• SIDE JUDGE: Doug Rosenbaum
• BACK JUDGE: Kirk Dornan
• FIELD JUDGE: Mike Weir
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Dale Hamer
• VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED

SCORING

• SAINTS: 11:12-1Q Thomas 9 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
• SAINTS: 13:23-2Q Hartley FG25
• SAINTS: 4:57-2Q Sproles 2 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
• SAINTS: 0:09-2Q Moore 7 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
• SAINTS: 9:05-3Q Morgan 34 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
• SAINTS: 8:09-4Q Hartley FG36
• SAINTS: 4:54-4Q Ingram 11 run (Hartley kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 V. Jackson
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #62 T. Larsen
• RG: #79 J. Meredith
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• TE: #44 D. Clark
• WR: #19 M. Williams
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• TE: #88 L. Stocker
• RB: #22 D. Martin

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #71 M. Bennett
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 R. Miller
• RE: #50 D. Te'o-Nesheim
• MLB: #59 M. Foster
• WLB: #54 L. David
• LCB: #31 E. Biggers
• RCB: #26 A. Gaitor
• SS: #24 M. Barron
• FS: #20 R. Barber
• CB: #36 D. Gorrer

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 6 Orlovsky, 9 Koenen, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 33 McDonald, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 43 A Black, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 74 Wallace, 78 Levingston, 80 Owusu, 82 Byham, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 98 Morgan

DID NOT PLAY

• 10 Barth

INACTIVE

• 30 L.Lewis, 34 Smith, 53 Goode, 73 Allen, 89 Douglas, 96 Irvin, 97 Masiflio

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Blount 4-25, Tandy 1-18, Martin 9-16, Freeman 2-8.
• SAINTS: Ingram 14-90, Sproles 5-22, Henderson 1-13, Thomas 4-13, Brees 1-11.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 47-26-279-4-0, Orlovsky 7-4-51-0-0.
• SAINTS: Brees 39-26-307-0-4.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Clark 8-42, Jackson 6-81, Williams 4-63, Underwood 3-46, Stocker 3-23, Martin 3-19, Ware 2-32, Owusu 1-24.
• SAINTS: Graham 5-69, Sproles 5-21, Moore 4-42, Colston 3-60, Thomas 3-26, Morgan 2-61, Thomas 2-21, Collins 1-4, Cadet 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• SAINTS: Greer 2-3, Bush 1-40, Quddus 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Parrish 3-63, Ware 1-7.
• SAINTS: Cadet 1-30.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Parrish 1-39.
• SAINTS: Sproles 3-38.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Bowers 1-9.
• SAINTS: Jordan 1-7, Smith 1-4.

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