Tampa Bay Buccaneers27–19New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 400, New Orleans Saints 304. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 221, New Orleans Saints 240. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 179, New Orleans Saints 64. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17, New Orleans Saints 18. 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 6, New Orleans Saints 1. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, New Orleans Saints 6. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0, New Orleans Saints 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12, New Orleans Saints 8. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 90, New Orleans Saints 77. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9.4, New Orleans Saints -1.1. 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 4.7, New Orleans Saints 1.2. The same for the running game.