Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 New Orleans Saints 19

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rebounded after their week 1 loss, and defeated the New Orleans Saints for the first time since October 2011.

Jameis Winston threw a touchdown pass and ran for a touchdown, as Tampa Bay jumped out to a 23-7 lead. The Saints rallied, and had two chances for a game-tying touchdown in the final 8 seconds. Drew Brees final throw was knocked down at the endline, and the Buccaneers snapped a 7-game losing streak dating back to the 2014 season.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
• UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
• HEAD LINESMAN: Kent Payne
• LINE JUDGE: Tim Podraza
• SIDE JUDGE: Scott Novak
• BACK JUDGE: Terrence Miles
• FIELD JUDGE: Brad Freeman
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Charles Stewart
• VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 0:45-1Q Brindza FG55
• SAINTS: 1:23-2Q Ingram 11 run (Hocker kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 0:12-2Q Jackson 15 pass from Winston (Brindza kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:02-3Q Winston 1 run (Brindza kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 6:04-3Q Brindza FG35
• BUCCANEERS: 2:20-3Q Brindza FG22
• SAINTS: 10:17-4Q Johnson 1 run (pass failed)
• SAINTS: 7:15-4Q Snead 16 pass from Brees (kick blocked)
• BUCCANEERS: 1:51-4Q Brindza FG30

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 R. Shepard
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #70 L. Mankins
• C: #62 E. Dietrich-Smith
• RG: #74 A. Marpet
• RT: #78 G. Cherilus
• TE: #87 A. Seferian-Jenkins
• TE: #88 L. Stocker
• QB: #03 J. Winston
• RB: #22 D. Martin
• TE: #82 B. Myers

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Johnson
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #98 C. McDonald
• RE: #56 J. Smith
• SLB: #51 D. Lansanah
• MLB: #58 K. Alexander
• WLB: #54 L. David
• CB: #21 A. Verner
• CB: #27 J. Banks
• SS: #23 C. Conte
• FS: #30 B. McDougald

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Brindza, 5 Schum, 11 Humphries, 13 Evans, 18 Murphy, 26 Moore, 28 Jennings, 34 Sims, 36 Swearinger, 37 Tandy, 43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 46 Lane, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 52 George, 64 Pamphile, 68 Hawley, 77 McDaniel, 83 Jackson, 90 Melton, 91 Brown, 92 Gholston

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Glennon

INACTIVE

• 4 Griffin, 24 Jenkins, 25 James, 31 Wright, 60 Warren, 65 Masifilo, 96 Fatinikun

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Martin 21-78, Sims 8-38, Winston 6-23.
• SAINTS: Ingram 16-53, Robinson 5-48, Spiller 3-7, Johnson 1-1, Brees 1-(-1), Cooks 1-(-4).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Winston 21-14-207-0-1.
• SAINTS: Brees 38-24-255-1-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Murphy 3-82, Jackson 3-54, Sims 3-14, Seferian-Jenkins 2-29, Martin 2-20, Rainey 1-8.
• SAINTS: Cooks 5-62, Colston 4-69, Snead 4-44, Coleman 3-33, Ingram 3-5, Watson 2-12, Spiller 1-19, Robinson 1-9, Hill 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Conte 1-(-2), Verner 0-28.
• SAINTS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rainey 1-37.
• SAINTS: Murphy 1-23.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rainey 3-34.
• SAINTS: Murphy 1-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 3-25, McCoy 1-11.
• SAINTS: Jordan 1-10, Kihaha 1-2, Edebali 1-1.

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