Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 20, New Orleans 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 27, 2009
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Jerome Boger
Attendance: 70021
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 03014320
New Orleans 14300017
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:47
New Orleans TD New Orleans 7 - Tampa Bay 0
Pierre Thomas 8 yd. run (Garrett Hartley kick)
1st Quarter - 1:32
New Orleans TD New Orleans 14 - Tampa Bay 0
Robert Meachem 30 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Garrett Hartley kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:39
New Orleans FG New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 0
Garrett Hartley 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 3
Connor Barth 34 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:14
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 10
Carnell Williams 23 yd. run (Connor Barth kick)
4th Quarter - 2:25
Tampa Bay TD New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 17
Michael Spurlock 77 yd. punt return (Connor Barth kick)
Overtime - 8:06
Tampa Bay FG New Orleans 17 - Tampa Bay 20
Connor Barth 47 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay New Orleans
1st Downs 24 23
Rushing 10 9
Passing 14 12
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 7-12 6-11
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 3-39.0 4-40.3
Return Yards 196 100
Punts-Returns 2-80 1-14
Kickoffs-Returns 5-116 3-65
Int-Returns 0-0 2-21
Penalties-Yards 7-42 2-14
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Time of Possession 36:15 30:39
Total Net Yards 439 373
Total Plays 68 61
Average Gain 6.5 6.1
Net Yards Rushing 176 124
Rushes 34 23
Average/Rush 5.2 5.4
Net Yards Passing 263 249
Comp-Att 21-31 32-37
Yards/Pass 7.7 6.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-8 1-9
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 2-2 2-2
Field Goals 2-2 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 0-3-0% 1-3-33%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-12)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Freeman 21/31 271 0 2
New Orleans Saints (13-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 32/37 258 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Williams 24 129 5.4 1 23
D. Ward 7 32 4.6 0 16
E. Graham 1 8 8.0 0 8
J. Freeman 2 7 3.5 0 8
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
P. Thomas 6 60 10.0 1 26
L. Hamilton 7 21 3.0 0 19
M. Bell 7 20 2.9 0 8
R. Bush 2 16 8.0 0 13
R. Meachem 1 7 7.0 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
K. Winslow 8 4 76 19.0 0 35
A. Bryant 8 5 52 10.4 0 22
M. Stovall 3 2 47 23.5 0 29
E. Graham 6 4 43 10.8 0 14
C. Williams 3 3 19 6.3 0 7
B. Clark 1 1 15 15.0 0 15
M. Clayton 1 1 10 10.0 0 10
J. Stevens 1 1 9 9.0 0 9
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Colston 9 8 77 9.6 0 16
R. Meachem 5 5 66 13.2 1 30
R. Bush 7 6 37 6.2 0 15
D. Henderson 7 5 35 7.0 0 10
D. Thomas 6 5 25 5.0 0 9
L. Hamilton 2 2 10 5.0 0 12
K. Eckel 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Sharper 1 21 0
T. Porter 1 0 0
Sks
  NO. YDS
E. Hayes 1.0 9.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
C. Grant 1.0 3.0
W. Smith 1.0 3.0
A. Hargrove 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
E. Hayes 9 1
R. Barber 8 1
S. Piscitelli 6 0
A. Talib 6 1
T. Jackson 4 0
E. Mack 4 0
Q. Black 3 0
B. Ruud 3 1
M. McCoy 2 0
S. White 2 0
T. Crowder 2 0
C. Hovan 2 1
R. Miller 1 0
K. Moore 1 0
D. Moore 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
M. Jenkins 8 2
W. Smith 7 0
T. Porter 6 0
S. Ellis 5 1
J. Vilma 5 1
R. Harper 5 1
D. Sharper 4 3
C. Grant 4 4
J. Casillas 4 6
A. Hargrove 3 0
R. Ayodele 2 1
S. Fujita 2 4
M. McKenzie 1 0
M. Mitchell 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Freeman 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Colston 1