New Orleans Saints27–51Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 324, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 602. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 243, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 325. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 81, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 277. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 16, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28. 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 5.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 2, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New Orleans Saints 4, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

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

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 7, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 70, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 86. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints -13.8, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.2. 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 -4.2, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12.9. The same for the running game.