| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics | 
| Date: September 7, 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA | 
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 69811 | 
| Weather: Indoors | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | David Patten 39 pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick) | 0 | 7 | 
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Phillip Buchanon 26 interception return (Matt Bryant kick) | 7 | 7 | 
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Antonio Bryant 37 FG | 10 | 7 | 
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Martin Gramatica 34 FG | 10 | 10 | 
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Antonio Bryant 33 FG | 13 | 10 | 
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Devery Henderson 84 pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick) | 13 | 17 | 
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ike Hilliard 2 pass from Jeff Garcia (Matt Bryant kick) | 20 | 17 | 
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Reggie Bush 42 pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick) | 20 | 24 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Antonio Bryant | 
| 84 | WR | Joey Galloway | 
| 70 | LOT | Donald Penn | 
| 78 | LOG | Arron Sears | 
| 52 | C | Jeff Faine | 
| 76 | ROG | Jeremy Zuttah | 
| 65 | ROT | Jeremy Trueblood | 
| 81 | TE | Alex Smith | 
| 7 | QB | Jeff Garcia | 
| 34 | RB | Earnest Graham | 
| 35 | FB | B.J. Askew | 
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Kevin Carter | 
| 71 | DT | Jovan Haye | 
| 95 | DT | Chris Hovan | 
| 90 | RDE | Gaines Adams | 
| 59 | SLB | Cato June | 
| 51 | MLB | Barrett Ruud | 
| 55 | WLB | Derrick Brooks | 
| 31 | LCB | Phillip Buchanon | 
| 23 | SS | Jermaine Phillips | 
| 36 | FS | Tanard Jackson | 
| 20 | RCB | Ronde Barber | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 12 | WR | Marques Colston | 
| 70 | LOT | Jammal Brown | 
| 67 | LOG | Jamar Nesbit | 
| 76 | C | Jonathan Goodwin | 
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans | 
| 78 | ROT | Jon Stinchcomb | 
| 83 | TE | Billy Miller | 
| 88 | TE | Jeremy Shockey | 
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees | 
| 25 | RB | Reggie Bush | 
| 23 | RB | Pierre Thomas | 
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Charles Grant | 
| 98 | DT | Sedrick Ellis | 
| 71 | NT | Kendrick Clancy | 
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith | 
| 55 | SLB | Scott Fujita | 
| 51 | MLB | Jonathan Vilma | 
| 58 | WLB | Scott Shanle | 
| 20 | LCB | Randall Gay | 
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper | 
| 43 | FS | Kevin Kaesviharn | 
| 22 | RCB | Tracy Porter | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Earnest Graham | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 46 | 0 | 
| Warrick Dunn | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 | 
| Jeff Garcia | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Pierre Thomas | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 18 | 0 | 
| Reggie Bush | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 26 | 0 | 
| Drew Brees | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Jeff Garcia | 41 | 24 | 58.5 | 1 | 221 | 5.4 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 71.3 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 1 | 343 | 10.7 | 84t | 3 | 1 | 6 | 124.9 | 
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Joey Galloway | 13 | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 | 
| Ike Hilliard | 6 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 11 | 1 | 
| Antonio Bryant | 9 | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 | 
| Earnest Graham | 3 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| B.J. Askew | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 | 
| Alex Smith | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reggie Bush | 9 | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 42t | 1 | 
| Jeremy Shockey | 6 | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 | 
| Marques Colston | 6 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 | 
| Lance Moore | 4 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | 
| Pierre Thomas | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | 
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 1 | 84 | 84.0 | 84t | 1 | 
| David Patten | 2 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 
| Mark Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Phillip Buchanon | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Scott Fujita | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Josh Bidwell | 8 | 353 | 44.1 | 61 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Steve Weatherford | 7 | 310 | 44.3 | 61 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dexter Jackson | 5 | 0 | 29 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 | 
| Ike Hilliard | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Lance Moore | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Reggie Bush | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Matt Bryant | 5 | 314 | 62.8 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Martin Gramatica | 5 | 326 | 65.2 | 1 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dexter Jackson | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Alex Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Mark Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Stylez G. White | 1.0 | 6.0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Charles Grant | 1.0 | 8.0 | 
| Bobby McCray | 1.0 | 7.0 | 
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Barrett Ruud | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tanard Jackson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Chris Hovan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cato June | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Phillip Buchanon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jermaine Phillips | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ronde Barber | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Derrick Brooks | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Stylez G. White | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Sabby Piscitelli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Byron Storer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jimmy Wilkerson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jovan Haye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Elbert Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Matt McCoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Aqib Talib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Will Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Quincy Black | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Maurice Stovall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ike Hilliard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Gaines Adams | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Scott Fujita | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jonathan Vilma | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Roman Harper | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Randall Gay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Scott Shanle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Charles Grant | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tracy Porter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| Aaron Glenn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Will Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Chris Reis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Sedrick Ellis | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Bobby McCray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kendrick Clancy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Josh Bullocks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jason Craft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jo-Lonn Dunbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Marvin Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
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