New Orleans Saints10–20Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 336, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 262. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 236, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 190. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 100, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 72. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 15, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: New Orleans Saints 1.0, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

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

Takeaways: New Orleans Saints 1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 9, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 60, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 101. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints -16.2, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2.4. 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 -5.8, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -20.6. The same for the running game.