Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 New Orleans Saints 11
The Buccaneers won their fifth consecutive game after another impressive showing from the defense. The defense picked off Drew Brees three times, including one to seal the win. They also held the Saints offense to zero offensive touchdowns.
The win puts the Buccaneers at 8–5, and they now have a chance to finish the season with a record over .500, the first since the 2010 season.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Walt Anderson
- UMPIRE: Butch Hannah
- HEAD LINESMAN: Jerod Phillips
- LINE JUDGE: Byron Boston
- SIDE JUDGE: Laird Hayes
- BACK JUDGE: Greg Wilson
- FIELD JUDGE: John Jenkins
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Billy Smith
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 8:04-1Q Aguayo FG41
- BUCCANEERS: 14:50-2Q Martin 1 run (Aguayo kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 8:26-2Q Aguayo FG39
- SAINTS: 5:29-2Q Lutz FG42
- SAINTS: 5:20-2Q Safety - Martin tackled in endzone
- SAINTS: 0:00-2Q Lutz FG34
- SAINTS: 3:35-3Q Lutz FG22
- BUCCANEERS: 12:46-4Q Aguayo FG26
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #89 R. Shepard
- TE: #84 C. Brate
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #64 K. Pamphile
- C: #68 J. Hawley
- RG: #74 A. Marpet
- RT: #78 G. Cherilus
- WR: #13 M. Evans
- TE: #82 B. Myers
- QB: #03 J. Winston
- RB: #22 D. Martin
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #91 R. Ayers
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #98 C. McDonald
- DE: #92 W. Gholston
- SLB: #51 D. Smith
- MLB: #58 K. Alexander
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #28 V. Hargreaves
- CB: #24 B. Grimes
- S: #37 K. Tandy
- S: #30 B. McDougald
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Anger, 15 Huff, 16 Martino, 17 Dye, 19 Aguayo, 21 Verner, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 31 Wright, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 62 Smith, 66 Wester, 70 Siliga, 96 Russell, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon
INACTIVE
- 4 Griffin, 11 Humphries, 23 Conte, 69 Dotson, 75 Lambert, 77 Benenoch, 88 Stocker
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 23-66, Sims 4-17, Winston 5-16, Huff 1-5, Rodgers 1-0.
- SAINTS: Hightower 6-31, Ingram 7-14, Brees 1-2, Kuhn 1-0, Cadet 1-(-1).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Winston 26-18-184-0-0.
- SAINTS: Brees 41-25-257-3-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Brate 4-47, Evans 4-42, Sims 3-33, Martin 2-19, Shepard 1-17, Huff 1-17, Myers 1-9.
- SAINTS: Snead 6-85, Cooks 5-61, Coleman 5-47, Cadet 4-30, Ingram 1-9, Hightower 1-8, Phillips 1-8, Fleener 1-6, Kuhn 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Grimes 1-5, Hargreaves 1-0, Tandy 1-0.
- SAINTS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Huff 1-0.
- SAINTS: Lewis 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Hargreaves 3-15
- SAINTS: Lewis 1-6.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Ayers 1-9.
- SAINTS: Fairley 1-7, Jordan 0.5-5.5, Bell 0.5-5.5.
