Tampa Bay Buccaneers0–9New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 332, New Orleans Saints 215. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 214, New Orleans Saints 154. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 118, New Orleans Saints 61. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16, New Orleans Saints 10. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2.0, New Orleans Saints 4.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, New Orleans Saints 7. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8, New Orleans Saints 5. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0, New Orleans Saints 2. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, New Orleans Saints 6. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30, New Orleans Saints 41. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -16.4, New Orleans Saints -3.7. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -5.6, New Orleans Saints -13.6. The same for the running game.