Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 New Orleans Saints 31
The Buccaneers playoff hopes took hits after a second loss in a row, this time to the New Orleans Saints.
The Tampa Bay defense was shaky, as they allowed 13 points in the first half of the game, and 18 points in the second half. This put the Buccaneers outside the playoff picture, and left them requiring victory in week 17 as well as hoping for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers to both lose. Mark Ingram scored two touchdowns, during the game, and Jameis Winston was picked off twice during the game, unlike the previous meeting of the two teams a couple weeks ago.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerome Boger
- UMPIRE: Richard Hall
- HEAD LINESMAN: Ed Camp
- LINE JUDGE: Dana McKenzie
- SIDE JUDGE: Walt Coleman IV
- BACK JUDGE: Tony Steratore
- FIELD JUDGE: Eugene Hall
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Carl Madsen
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- SAINTS: 0:57-1Q Ingram 6 run (Lutz kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 10:50-2Q Brate 12 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
- SAINTS: 6:45-2Q Lutz FG42
- SAINTS: 0:00-2Q Lutz FG34
- SAINTS: 14:01-3Q Ingram 14 run (Lutz kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 8:38-3Q Rodgers 3 run (Aguayo kick)
- SAINTS: 6:20-3Q Cadet 11 pass from Brees (Ingram run)
- BUCCANEERS: 1:52-3Q Evans 34 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
- SAINTS: 11:55-4Q Lutz FG21
- BUCCANEERS: 2:00-4Q Aguayo FG35
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #89 R. Shepard
- TE: #84 C. Brate
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #62 E. Smith
- C: #68 J. Hawley
- RG: #74 A. Marpet
- RT: #64 K. Pamphile
- WR: #13 M. Evans
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- QB: #03 J. Winston
- RB: #32 J. Rodgers
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #91 R. Ayers
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #98 C. McDonald
- DE: #75 D. Lambert
- 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, 11 Humphries, 15 Huff, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21 Verner, 23 Conte, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 66 Wester, 70 Siliga, 77 Benenoch, 82 Myers, 96 Russell, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon
INACTIVE
- 4 Griffin, 18 Reedy, 22 Martin, 67 Hughes, 69 Dotson, 78 Cherilus, 92 Gholston
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Rodgers 15-63, Winston 3-14, Sims 3-12.
- SAINTS: Ingram 18-90, Hightower 8-29, Kuhn 1-3, Brees 4-1.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Winston 35-23-277-2-2.
- SAINTS: Brees 34-23-299-0-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Evans 7-97, Sims 4-30, Shepard 3-61, Huff 2-24, Myers 2-21, Rodgers 2-15, Brate 1-12, Humphries 1-12, Cross 1-5.
- SAINTS: Thomas 6-98, Cooks 5-98, Fleener 2-30, Snead 2-21, Cadet 2-16, Philips 2-15, Ingram 2-3, Hightower 1-11, Kuhn 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- SAINTS: Byrd 2-35.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Huff 2-17.
- SAINTS: none
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Humphries 2-24.
- SAINTS: Lewis 0-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: David 1-4, McDonald 1-1.
- SAINTS: Rankins 1-10, Jordan 1-7.
