Tampa Bay Buccaneers17–16New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 357, New Orleans Saints 316. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 281, New Orleans Saints 250. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 76, New Orleans Saints 66. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23, New Orleans Saints 13. 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 1.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, New Orleans Saints 6. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, New Orleans Saints 2. 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 4, New Orleans Saints 6. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 39, New Orleans Saints 84. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0.4, New Orleans Saints 5.2. 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 -1.0, New Orleans Saints -6.8. The same for the running game.