| 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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