Week 15, 2041

played in New Orleans, LA

75 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	9	0	8	-	20
New Orleans Saints	7	10	3	7	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 NOS - Ernest Morton 44 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
1Q: 05:45 TBY - Jesse Dorsey 24 field goal
2Q: 13:20 TBY - Dominic Custer 4 run (Jesse Dorsey extra point failed)
2Q: 07:06 NOS - Dexter Winslett 50 field goal
2Q: 05:06 TBY - Jesse Dorsey 52 field goal
2Q: 00:30 NOS - Kelly Bronson 26 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
3Q: 04:09 NOS - Dexter Winslett 47 field goal
4Q: 11:57 TBY - Randal Abe 6 pass from Tevin Strickland (Tevin Strickland pass to Randal Abe for conversion)
4Q: 02:40 NOS - Samuel Richard 24 interception return (Dexter Winslett extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:36 NOS - Ernest Morton 44 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
1Q: 05:45 TBY - Jesse Dorsey 24 field goal
2Q: 13:20 TBY - Dominic Custer 4 run (Jesse Dorsey extra point failed)
2Q: 07:06 NOS - Dexter Winslett 50 field goal
2Q: 05:06 TBY - Jesse Dorsey 52 field goal
2Q: 00:30 NOS - Kelly Bronson 26 pass from Jon Smith (Dexter Winslett extra point)
3Q: 04:09 NOS - Dexter Winslett 47 field goal
4Q: 11:57 TBY - Randal Abe 6 pass from Tevin Strickland (Tevin Strickland pass to Randal Abe for conversion)
4Q: 02:40 NOS - Samuel Richard 24 interception return (Dexter Winslett extra point)

Team Statistics TBY NOS
Record 8-6 6-8
First Downs 21 15
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 16 12
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 338 280
- Offensive Plays 68 56
- Yards per Play 4.97 5.00
Net Rushing Yards 71 63
- Rushing Attempts 24 24
- Yards per Rush 2.96 2.63
Net Passing Yards 267 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 25 - 1 30 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 284 235
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/17 2/18
- Yards per Pass Play 6.07 6.78
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/14 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 10.4
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/34 9/49
Punt Returns/Yards 3/22 3/45
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 3/68
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 1/24
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 31:26 28:34

Team Statistics	TBY	NOS
Record	8-6	6-8
First Downs	21	15
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	16	12
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	338	280
- Offensive Plays	68	56
- Yards per Play	4.97	5.00
Net Rushing Yards	71	63
- Rushing Attempts	24	24
- Yards per Rush	2.96	2.63
Net Passing Yards	267	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 25 - 1	30 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	284	235
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/17	2/18
- Yards per Pass Play	6.07	6.78
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/14	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	10.4
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/34	9/49
Punt Returns/Yards	3/22	3/45
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	3/68
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	1/24
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 30
Time of Possession	31:26	28:34

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:40	OWN 25	5	8	Punt
1	10:21	4:42	OWN 25	10	68	Field Goal
1	3:32	5:19	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	7:01	2:01	OWN 25	5	40	Field Goal
2	1:54	1:14	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 25	1	-6	Half
3	12:50	1:59	OWN 49	3	7	Punt
3	7:49	2:02	OWN 15	3	8	Punt
3	4:04	5:03	OWN 9	8	36	Punt
4	12:39	0:48	OPP 20	2	20	Touchdown
4	6:25	1:46	OWN 20	4	19	Punt
4	2:40	0:10	OWN 13	1	0	Interception
4	2:30	2:30	OWN 25	13	70	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:20	1:59	OWN 41	4	59	Touchdown
1	5:39	2:07	OWN 25	5	4	Punt
2	13:13	6:12	OWN 30	11	37	Field Goal
2	5:00	3:06	OWN 40	4	16	Punt
2	0:40	0:24	OPP 40	2	40	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:10	OWN 18	3	8	Punt
3	10:51	3:02	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
3	5:47	1:43	OPP 45	4	15	Field Goal
4	14:01	1:22	OWN 1	4	17	Interception
4	11:51	5:26	OWN 25	9	33	Punt
4	4:39	1:59	OWN 24	4	16	Punt

Game MVP: Jon Smith, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Quintin Young	10	40	4.00	23	2	0
RB Dominic Custer	5	6	1.20	4	0	1
RB J.T. Baxter	5	9	1.80	3	0	0
QB Tevin Strickland	4	16	4.00	8	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Leonard Lang	13	28	2.15	12	1
RB Kelly Bronson	5	18	3.60	10	2
RB Lenny Cobb	4	10	2.50	12	1
QB Jon Smith	2	7	3.50	6	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tevin Strickland	42	25	284	2/17	1	24	1	77.9

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jon Smith	30	21	235	2/18	2	44	1	101.4

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Randal Abe	8	8	99	12.38	36	20	1
WR Britt Moss	7	14	101	14.43	24	24	0
TE Morris Stuart	3	4	32	10.67	15	23	0
TE Richie Gould	3	4	16	5.33	11	16	0
WR Brian Rayburn	2	8	11	5.50	0	8	0
TE Hugh Nixon	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Rod Hall	1	1	19	19.00	2	19	0
WR Melvin Austin	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Marlon Brewer	7	8	74	10.57	27	16	0
TE Ernest Morton	5	7	77	15.40	41	44	1
WR Dashawn Nixon	4	7	48	12.00	10	17	0
WR Dan McNeil	2	3	6	3.00	0	3	0
RB Leonard Lang	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Kelly Bronson	1	1	26	26.00	20	26	1
TE Taylor Edwards	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Phil DiCosimo	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Samuel Richard	1	24	24.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dominique Stiltner	6	256	42.7	31.8	54	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ellis Andrews	6	301	50.2	36.5	71	2

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jesse Dorsey	2/2	1/1	1/1	52	0/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dexter Winslett	2/2	2/2	1/1	50	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
James Garrison	3	22	7.3	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	3	45	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dashawn Nixon	3	68	22.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Joey Ross	7	3	1.0	12	21
CB Kendrick Diaz	6	0	0.0	14	24
DE Earl Shannon	5	1	0.0	16	27
DE Eli Downs	5	0	0.0	16	18
OLB Marshall Fox	4	1	0.0	11	21
CB Rick Penberthy	4	0	0.0	22	31
S Gino Drake	3	0	0.0	24	32
DE Brett Dunning	2	0	1.0	9	5
CB Phil DiCosimo	2	1	0.0	15	25
DE Gregory Davison	2	0	0.0	10	17
DT Efrain Slocum	1	0	0.0	7	6
ILB Ed Giles	1	0	0.0	11	11
DT Byron Horton	1	0	0.0	13	18
CB Martin Reynolds	1	0	0.0	13	10
DE Roderick Bouton	1	0	0.0	15	26
ILB Jimmie Sims	0	1	0.0	21	19

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Glen Hanks	7	2	0.0	14	33
CB Gus Goldblatt	5	1	0.0	10	26
ILB Junior Horner	5	1	0.0	16	27
CB Tim Babin	4	5	0.0	18	38
OLB Micah Jacobs	3	0	1.0	11	12
S Santiago Caldwell	3	5	0.0	20	36
ILB Samuel Richard	3	1	0.0	21	35
S Edgar Salari	2	1	0.0	12	13
OLB Kirk Wiebe	2	1	0.0	7	16
ILB Blake Robertson	2	0	0.0	8	6
S Lester Gilmore	2	0	0.0	6	15
DE Aidan Butler	2	0	0.0	18	38
DT Chad Nicholas	2	0	0.0	6	6
DE Christopher Newton	1	1	0.5	13	23
DE Anthony Farrell	1	0	0.5	18	38
CB James Tatum	1	1	0.0	20	37
CB Shane Sanderson	1	0	0.0	7	19
CB Ryan Haines	1	0	0.0	3	8
CB Earnest Vera	1	0	0.0	19	31
DT Bernie Greene	1	0	0.0	17	27
RB Leonard Lang	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Joey Ross	1.0	0	0	21
DE Brett Dunning	1.0	0	0	5
DE Roderick Bouton	0.0	3	3	26
DT Byron Horton	0.0	1	2	18
DE Gregory Davison	0.0	1	1	17

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Micah Jacobs	1.0	1	0	0	12
DE Anthony Farrell	0.5	0	2	2	38
DE Christopher Newton	0.5	0	2	1	23
DT Bernie Greene	0.0	0	2	2	27
DE Aidan Butler	0.0	0	1	2	38
OLB Glen Hanks	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Kendrick Diaz	6	0	0	24
CB Rick Penberthy	4	0	0	31
OLB Marshall Fox	3	0	0	21
OLB Joey Ross	3	0	0	21
CB Phil DiCosimo	1	0	1	25
ILB Ed Giles	1	0	0	11
DE Earl Shannon	1	0	0	27
DE Gregory Davison	1	0	0	17
S Gino Drake	1	0	0	32
CB James Garrison	0	1	0	7

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Glen Hanks	5	0	0	33
CB Tim Babin	4	1	0	38
CB Gus Goldblatt	4	1	0	26
S Santiago Caldwell	3	1	0	36
ILB Samuel Richard	2	0	1	35
ILB Junior Horner	2	0	0	27
S Edgar Salari	1	0	0	13
CB Ryan Haines	1	0	0	8
CB James Tatum	1	0	0	37
DE Aidan Butler	1	0	0	38
OLB Kirk Wiebe	1	0	0	16

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Jeffrey Welch	3	8	24	0	44
C Sedrick Arcenaux	1	3	24	1	44
C A.J. Summers	0	5	24	0	44
G Karl Herkel	0	4	24	0	44
G Jessie Baxter	0	1	24	1	44

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	2	11	24	0	32
T Lawrence Janis	1	5	24	1	32
TE Ernest Morton	1	1	20	0	32
G Clarence Wentworth	0	3	24	0	32
T Cody Leake	0	2	24	1	32
G Tracy Aycock	0	2	24	0	32

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Efrain Slocum	3	17
Joey Ross	1	25
Frank McInnis	1	19
Johnnie Wilcox	1	8

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Randy Tyler	1	25
Glen Hanks	1	24
Rico Stuart	1	8

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Randal Abe	19	40	---	---	19	78
G Karl Herkel	24	44	---	---	8	76
C Sedrick Arcenaux	24	44	---	---	---	68
C A.J. Summers	24	44	---	---	---	68
C Jeffrey Welch	24	44	---	---	---	68
G Jessie Baxter	24	44	---	---	---	68
QB Tevin Strickland	24	44	---	---	---	68
ILB Jimmie Sims	---	---	21	19	23	63
CB Phil DiCosimo	---	---	15	25	19	59
WR Brian Rayburn	15	33	---	---	11	59
S Gino Drake	---	---	24	32	2	58
WR Britt Moss	15	37	---	---	6	58
OLB Joey Ross	---	---	12	21	25	58
CB Rick Penberthy	---	---	22	31	2	55
TE Morris Stuart	19	35	---	---	---	54
S Frank McInnis	---	---	12	23	19	54
DE Roderick Bouton	---	---	15	26	8	49
DE Earl Shannon	---	---	16	27	2	45
TE Richie Gould	9	8	---	---	25	42
CB Kendrick Diaz	---	---	14	24	2	40
RB J.T. Baxter	7	4	---	---	25	36
DE Eli Downs	---	---	16	18	1	35
OLB Marshall Fox	---	---	11	21	2	34
DT Byron Horton	---	---	13	18	2	33
RB Dominic Custer	9	16	---	---	7	32
CB James Garrison	---	---	12	7	12	31
RB Quintin Young	11	20	---	---	---	31
DT Efrain Slocum	---	---	7	6	17	30
CB Martin Reynolds	---	---	13	10	6	29
DE Gregory Davison	---	---	10	17	1	28
OLB Gary Sampson	---	---	11	11	---	22
ILB Ed Giles	---	---	11	11	---	22
WR Melvin Austin	6	15	---	---	---	21
WR Rod Hall	5	10	---	---	---	15
DE Brett Dunning	---	---	9	5	---	14
TE Hugh Nixon	5	2	---	---	6	13
C Douglas Visconti	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Dominique Stiltner	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Nicky Seinfeld	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Johnnie Wilcox	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Britt Nkwenti	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Jesse Dorsey	0	0	---	---	7	7
QB Benjamin Leyva	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Thomas Wynn	---	---	0	0	---	0
T Owen Connolly	0	0	---	---	---	0
OLB Byron Lindsay	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Santiago Caldwell	---	---	20	36	24	80
OLB Glen Hanks	---	---	14	33	24	71
TE Ernest Morton	20	32	---	---	19	71
CB James Tatum	---	---	20	37	13	70
ILB Samuel Richard	---	---	21	35	12	68
WR Marlon Brewer	23	32	---	---	11	66
WR Dashawn Nixon	23	32	---	---	11	66
G Clarence Wentworth	24	32	---	---	8	64
RB Leonard Lang	13	21	---	---	25	59
CB Tim Babin	---	---	18	38	2	58
DE Aidan Butler	---	---	18	38	2	58
DE Anthony Farrell	---	---	18	38	2	58
QB Jon Smith	24	32	---	---	---	56
T Lawrence Janis	24	32	---	---	---	56
G Roosevelt Rodrigue	24	32	---	---	---	56
T Cody Leake	24	32	---	---	---	56
G Tracy Aycock	24	32	---	---	---	56
CB Earnest Vera	---	---	19	31	1	51
WR Dan McNeil	13	16	---	---	19	48
DT Bernie Greene	---	---	17	27	2	46
ILB Junior Horner	---	---	16	27	---	43
CB Gus Goldblatt	---	---	10	26	---	36
DE Christopher Newton	---	---	13	23	---	36
CB Ryan Haines	---	---	3	8	18	29
CB Shane Sanderson	---	---	7	19	2	28
TE Randy Tyler	2	0	---	---	25	27
S Edgar Salari	---	---	12	13	1	26
OLB Kirk Wiebe	---	---	7	16	2	25
OLB Micah Jacobs	---	---	11	12	1	24
S Lester Gilmore	---	---	6	15	2	23
TE Jessie Ross	7	8	---	---	6	21
TE Taylor Edwards	5	9	---	---	5	19
DT Chad Nicholas	---	---	6	6	6	18
RB Kelly Bronson	8	9	---	---	---	17
ILB Blake Robertson	---	---	8	6	---	14
K Dexter Winslett	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Jeffrey Borges	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Amari Liakos	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Rico Stuart	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Terrance Bruce	0	0	---	---	8	8
P Ellis Andrews	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Damon Springer	---	---	0	0	6	6
RB Lenny Cobb	4	1	---	---	---	5
WR Collin Sohl	2	0	---	---	---	2
QB Amari Galloway	0	0	---	---	2	2
S Eugene Morris	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	-5	-1.3
Middle	15	55	3.7
Right	5	21	4.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	21	3.0
Middle	10	21	2.1
Right	7	21	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tevin Strickland	42	25	4	2	2	3	8	7	1

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jon Smith	30	21	2	0	2	1	5	6	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	142	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	10	112	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	2	30	4.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	13	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	128	9.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	94	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Britt Moss	14	7	0	101	2	37
WR Randal Abe	8	8	0	99	1	40
WR Brian Rayburn	8	2	2	11	0	33
TE Morris Stuart	4	3	0	32	1	35
TE Richie Gould	4	3	0	16	0	8
WR Melvin Austin	2	0	0	0	0	15
TE Hugh Nixon	1	1	0	6	0	2
WR Rod Hall	1	1	0	19	0	10

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Marlon Brewer	8	7	0	74	0	32
TE Ernest Morton	7	5	1	77	1	32
WR Dashawn Nixon	7	4	0	48	0	32
WR Dan McNeil	3	2	1	6	0	16
RB Leonard Lang	3	1	0	-1	0	21
RB Kelly Bronson	1	1	0	26	1	9
TE Taylor Edwards	1	1	0	5	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Dominic Custer	2	6	3.00	1.20
QB Tevin Strickland	1	8	8.00	4.00
RB J.T. Baxter	1	1	1.00	1.80

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tevin Strickland	7	3	25	3.57	6.76

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Randal Abe	3	3	25	8.33	12.38
WR Britt Moss	3	0	0	0.00	7.21
TE Richie Gould	1	0	0	0.00	4.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
QB Tevin Strickland	2	0
RB Dominic Custer	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
RB Leonard Lang	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tevin Strickland	11	7	4

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jon Smith	13	10	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Britt Moss	5	3	3
WR Brian Rayburn	2	1	0
TE Richie Gould	2	2	1
WR Melvin Austin	1	0	0
WR Randal Abe	1	1	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Ernest Morton	4	3	2
WR Marlon Brewer	3	3	1
RB Leonard Lang	3	1	0
WR Dashawn Nixon	2	2	2
WR Dan McNeil	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,200 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,700 (19,900)
End Zone 11,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 10,500 (12,700)
Club Seats 15,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 9,200 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,200 (85,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,700 (19,900)
End Zone	11,200 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	10,500 (12,700)
Club Seats	15,900 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	9,200 (9,900)