| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 2012 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Mercedes-Benz Superdome Attendance: 73096 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Thomas 9 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Darren Sproles 2 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lance Moore 7 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Joseph Morgan 34 pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Garrett Hartley 36 FG | 0 | 34 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Mark Ingram 11 run (Garrett Hartley kick) | 0 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Vincent Jackson |
| 19 | WR | Mike Williams |
| 70 | LOT | Donald Penn |
| 76 | LOG | Jeremy Zuttah |
| 62 | C | Ted Larsen |
| 79 | ROG | Jamon Meredith |
| 69 | ROT | Demar Dotson |
| 44 | TE | Dallas Clark |
| 88 | TE | Luke Stocker |
| 5 | QB | Josh Freeman |
| 22 | RB | Doug Martin |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Michael Bennett |
| 93 | LDT | Gerald McCoy |
| 90 | RDT | Roy Miller |
| 50 | RDE | Daniel TeÕo-Nesheim |
| 59 | MLB | Mason Foster |
| 54 | WLB | Lavonte David |
| 31 | LCB | E.J. Biggers |
| 24 | SS | Mark Barron |
| 20 | FS | Ronde Barber |
| 26 | RCB | Anthony Gaitor |
| 36 | DB | Danny Gorrer |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 16 | WR | Lance Moore |
| 13 | WR | Joe Morgan |
| 74 | LOT | Jermon Bushrod |
| 66 | LOG | Ben Grubbs |
| 60 | C | Brian De La Puente |
| 73 | ROG | Jahri Evans |
| 68 | ROT | Will Robinson |
| 80 | TE | Jimmy Graham |
| 85 | TE | Dave Thomas |
| 9 | QB | Drew Brees |
| 28 | RB | Mark Ingram |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Cameron Jordan |
| 77 | LDT | Brodrick Bunkley |
| 98 | RDT | Sedrick Ellis |
| 91 | RDE | Will Smith |
| 50 | MLB | Curtis Lofton |
| 51 | WLB | Jonathan Vilma |
| 33 | LCB | Jabari Greer |
| 41 | SS | Roman Harper |
| 42 | FS | Isa Abdul-Quiddus |
| 21 | RCB | Patrick Robinson |
| 44 | DB | Elbert Mack |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| LeGarrette Blount | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Keith Tandy | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Josh Freeman | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 31 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Brees | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Josh Freeman | 47 | 26 | 55.3 | 4 | 279 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 37.5 |
| Dan Orlovsky | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 51 | 7.3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Drew Brees | 39 | 26 | 66.7 | 0 | 307 | 7.9 | 34t | 4 | 1 | 0 | 124.6 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dallas Clark | 12 | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 12 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 7 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Tiquan Underwood | 6 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Luke Stocker | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 5 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 4 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chris Owusu | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Nate Byham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jimmy Graham | 9 | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 8 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 1 |
| Lance Moore | 5 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Marques Colston | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 4 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Morgan | 3 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 34t | 1 |
| Dave Thomas | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jabari Greer | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Michael Koenen | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 58 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Thomas Morstead | 5 | 268 | 53.6 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Roscoe Parrish | 1 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Darren Sproles | 3 | 1 | 38 | 12.7 | 37 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Michael Koenen | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Thomas Morstead | 8 | 497 | 62.1 | 4 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Roscoe Parrish | 3 | 0 | 63 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Travaris Cadet | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Da'Quan Bowers | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Cameron Jordan | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Will Smith | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mark Barron | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lavonte David | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Foster | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Gorrer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Hayward | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Gaitor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Biggers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lazarius Levingston | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Da'Quan Bowers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel TeÕo-Nesheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmad Black | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Lorig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demar Dotson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerald McCoy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Roman Harper | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isa Abdul-Quiddus | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbert Mack | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabari Greer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Galette | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Smith | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Lofton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Vilma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Bush | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Herring | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Patrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Casillas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Humber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martez Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brodrick Bunkley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Ellis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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