National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 24, Tampa Bay 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 7, 2008
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alberto Riveron
Attendance: 69881
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 733720
New Orleans 7010724
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:27
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 0
David Patten 39 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
1st Quarter - 8:24
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 7
Phillip Buchanon 26 yd. interception return (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:03
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 10
Matt Bryant 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:49
New Orleans FG New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 10
Martin Gramatica 34 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:33
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 10 - Tampa Bay 13
Matt Bryant 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:13
New Orleans TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 13
Devery Henderson 84 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
4th Quarter - 10:38
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 20
Ike Hilliard 2 yd. pass from Jeff Garcia (Matt Bryant kick)
4th Quarter - 7:38
New Orleans TD New Orleans 24 - Tampa Bay 20
Reggie Bush 42 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Martin Gramatica kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay New Orleans
1st Downs 18 16
Rushing 4 5
Passing 14 11
Penalty 0 0
3rd Down Conversions 2-12 5-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 8-44.1 7-44.3
Return Yards 150 79
Punts-Returns 6-40 2-10
Kickoffs-Returns 4-84 5-67
Int-Returns 1-26 1-2
Penalties-Yards 7-66 7-51
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 28:28 31:32
Total Net Yards 352 438
Total Plays 63 60
Average Gain 5.6 7.3
Net Yards Rushing 146 101
Rushes 20 27
Average/Rush 7.3 3.7
Net Yards Passing 206 337
Comp-Att 24-41 23-32
Yards/Pass 4.8 10.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-6
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 0 0
Passing 1 3
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 2-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 0-1-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-0-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Garcia 24/41 221 1 1
New Orleans Saints (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 23/32 343 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
E. Graham 10 91 9.1 0 46
W. Dunn 9 54 6.0 0 14
J. Garcia 1 1 1.0 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 10 52 5.2 0 18
R. Bush 14 51 3.6 0 26
D. Brees 3 -2 -0.7 0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Galloway 6 56 9.3 0 13
I. Hilliard 6 45 7.5 1 11
A. Bryant 3 43 14.3 0 26
E. Graham 3 27 9.0 0 18
B. Askew 3 20 6.7 0 13
A. Smith 2 19 9.5 0 11
W. Dunn 1 11 11.0 0 11
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. Bush 8 112 14.0 1 42
D. Henderson 1 84 84.0 1 84
J. Shockey 6 54 9.0 0 26
D. Patten 1 39 39.0 1 39
M. Colston 3 26 8.7 0 16
L. Moore 2 17 8.5 0 9
P. Thomas 2 11 5.5 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. Buchanon 1 26 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. Fujita 1 2 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
G. White 1.0 6.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Grant 1.0 8.0
B. McCray 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
B. Ruud 9 1
T. Jackson 7 0
C. Hovan 6 1
P. Buchanon 4 0
R. Barber 3 0
D. Brooks 3 0
J. Phillips 3 1
C. June 3 2
G. White 2 1
E. Mack 1 0
S. Piscitelli 1 0
J. Wilkerson 1 0
A. Talib 1 0
M. McCoy 1 0
J. Haye 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
S. Fujita 7 1
J. Vilma 7 2
K. Kaesviharn 6 1
R. Harper 5 0
R. Gay 5 0
C. Grant 3 0
S. Shanle 3 1
A. Glenn 2 1
W. Smith 2 1
T. Porter 2 1
K. Clancy 1 0
B. McCray 1 0
S. Ellis 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Brees 1