New Orleans Saints9–26Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 210, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 360. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 140, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 246. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 70, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 114. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 13, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19. 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 3.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New Orleans Saints 3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: New Orleans Saints 1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 7, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 58, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 91. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints -15.9, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7.2. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: New Orleans Saints -6.0, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -5.4. The same for the running game.