National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 48,
New Orleans 40
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 9, 2018
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 73038
Where: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 73038
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Tampa Bay | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 48 |
| New Orleans | 10 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 40 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 11:41 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 0 Alvin Kamara 5 yd. run (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 9:41 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 7 DeSean Jackson 58 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 4:25 | ||
| New Orleans | FG |
New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 7 Wil Lutz 36 yd. field goal |
| 1st Quarter - 1:58 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 14 Ryan Fitzpatrick 3 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 14:54 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 14 Ted Ginn Jr. 28 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 11:12 | ||
| Tampa Bay | FG |
New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 17 Chandler Catanzaro 33 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:42 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 24 Chris Godwin 9 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:27 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 31 Justin Evans 34 yd. fumble recovery (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:55 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 31 Michael Thomas 6 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 11:24 | ||
| Tampa Bay | FG |
New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 34 Chandler Catanzaro 36 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 2:58 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 41 Mike Evans 50 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 12:19 | ||
| Tampa Bay | TD |
New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 48 DeSean Jackson 36 yd. pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick (Chandler Catanzaro kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 8:54 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 32 - Tampa Bay 48 Alvin Kamara 1 yd. run (Alvin Kamara run) |
| 4th Quarter - 3:31 | ||
| New Orleans | TD |
New Orleans 40 - Tampa Bay 48 Alvin Kamara 7 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Ted Ginn Jr. pass from Drew Brees) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Tampa Bay | New Orleans | |
| 1st Downs | 26 | 26 |
| Rushing | 5 | 5 |
| Passing | 17 | 19 |
| Penalty | 4 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 8-13 | 4-9 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Punts-Average | 1-42.0 | 3-52.0 |
| Return Yards | 52 | 69 |
| Punts-Returns | 3-19 | 1-0 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-33 | 3-69 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 7-70 | 8-77 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Time of Possession | 32:09 | 27:51 |
| Total Net Yards | 529 | 475 |
| Total Plays | 62 | 59 |
| Average Gain | 8.5 | 8.1 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 112 | 43 |
| Rushes | 34 | 13 |
| Average/Rush | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Net Yards Passing | 417 | 432 |
| Comp-Att | 21-28 | 37-45 |
| Yards/Pass | 14.9 | 9.4 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 0-0 | 1-7 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 6 | 5 |
| Rushing | 1 | 2 |
| Passing | 4 | 3 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 6-6 | 5-5 |
| Field Goals | 2-3 | 1-1 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 2-4-50% | 4-5-80% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 1-2-50% | 1-1-100% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
(1-0)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 21/28 | 417 | 4 | 0 |
New Orleans Saints
(0-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Brees | 37/45 | 439 | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| P. Barber | 19 | 69 | 3.6 | 0 | 23 |
| R. Fitzpatrick | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 1 | 12 |
| S. Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Rodgers | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Kamara | 8 | 29 | 3.6 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Gillislee | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Ginn Jr. | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Evans | 7 | 7 | 147 | 21.0 | 1 | 50 |
| D. Jackson | 5 | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 2 | 58 |
| O. Howard | 2 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 35 |
| C. Godwin | 4 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | 16 |
| A. Humphries | 5 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 20 |
| J. Rodgers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| F. Martino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Brate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| V. Curry | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| No sacks | ||
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| V. Hargreaves | 6 | 1 |
| L. David | 6 | 3 |
| C. Conte | 5 | 2 |
| K. Alexander | 5 | 4 |
| M. Stewart | 4 | 0 |
| J. Evans | 4 | 1 |
| R. Smith | 3 | 0 |
| C. Davis | 3 | 1 |
| V. Curry | 1 | 0 |
| A. Taylor | 1 | 0 |
| G. McCoy | 1 | 2 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| M. Williams | 5 | 1 |
| D. Davis | 5 | 3 |
| K. Crawley | 4 | 1 |
| M. Lattimore | 3 | 0 |
| V. Bell | 3 | 1 |
| M. Te'o | 3 | 1 |
| A. Anzalone | 3 | 1 |
| C. Jordan | 3 | 3 |
| P. Robinson | 2 | 0 |
| A. Okafor | 2 | 0 |
| A. Klein | 1 | 1 |
| K. Coleman | 1 | 2 |
| S. Rankins | 1 | 2 |
| T. Davison | 1 | 3 |
| M. Davenport | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| G. McCoy | 1.0 |
| K. Alexander | 1.0 |
| V. Curry | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| T. Davison | 1.0 |
| A. Klein | 1.0 |
| D. Davis | 1.0 |