| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 68183 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Joey Galloway 18 pass from Bruce Gradkowski (Matt Bryant kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Carney 21 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Deuce McAllister 24 run (John Carney kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Ernie Conwell 9 pass from Drew Brees (John Carney kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mike Alstott 1 run (Matt Bryant kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Alex Smith 3 pass from Bruce Gradkowski (Matt Bryant kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 65 punt return (John Carney kick) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Michael Clayton |
| 84 | WR | Joey Galloway |
| 69 | LOT | Anthony Davis |
| 72 | LOG | Dan Buenning |
| 76 | C | John Wade |
| 79 | ROG | Sean Mahan |
| 65 | ROT | Jeremy Trueblood |
| 88 | TE | Anthony Becht |
| 7 | QB | Bruce Gradkowski |
| 24 | RB | Cadillac Williams |
| 40 | FB | Mike Alstott |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Greg Spires |
| 95 | LDT | Chris Hovan |
| 92 | RDT | Anthony McFarland |
| 97 | RDE | Simeon Rice |
| 56 | LLB | Ryan Nece |
| 53 | MLB | Shelton Quarles |
| 55 | RLB | Derrick Brooks |
| 25 | LCB | Brian Kelly |
| 23 | SS | Jermaine Phillips |
| 26 | FS | Will Allen |
| 20 | RCB | Ronde Barber |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston |
| 87 | WR | Joe Horn |
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown |
| 67 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit |
| 52 | C | Jeff Faine |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb |
| 80 | TE | Mark Campbell |
| 85 | TE | Ernie Conwell |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 26 | RB | Deuce McAllister |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant |
| 66 | DT | Brian Young |
| 99 | NT | Hollis Thomas |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita |
| 53 | MLB | Mark Simoneau |
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle |
| 34 | LCB | Mike McKenzie |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 29 | FS | Josh Bullocks |
| 22 | RCB | Fred Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cadillac Williams | 20 | 111 | 5.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Michael Clayton | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bruce Gradkowski | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Deuce McAllister | 15 | 123 | 8.2 | 57 | 1 |
| Reggie Bush | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Bruce Gradkowski | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 0 | 225 | 7.3 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 107.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 33 | 21 | 63.6 | 0 | 171 | 5.2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Alex Smith | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
| Joey Galloway | 8 | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 52 | 1 |
| Ike Hilliard | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 4 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Anthony Becht | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Clayton | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 11 | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 8 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 6 | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Ernie Conwell | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Josh Bidwell | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 55 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 8 | 358 | 44.8 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mark Jones | 6 | 2 | 51 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 0 | 75 | 25.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Matt Bryant | 4 | 263 | 65.8 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| John Carney | 5 | 317 | 63.4 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Michael Pittman | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Terrance Copper | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jamal Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Charles Grant | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Scott Fujita | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Brian Kelly | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juran Bolden | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Spires | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simeon Rice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Ruud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Cash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Josh Bullocks | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Fujita | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Shanle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Simoneau | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Harper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Young | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Craft | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Melton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Leisle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollis Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alfred Fincher | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrance Copper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Gleason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamal Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Stoutmire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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