New Orleans Saints36–27Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 367, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 446. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 215, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 375. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 152, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 71. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 20, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: New Orleans Saints 3.0, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 4, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New Orleans Saints 6, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: New Orleans Saints 3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 2, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 10, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 99. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints 0.1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0.3. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: New Orleans Saints -0.5, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -2.1. The same for the running game.