New Orleans Saints3–23Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Total yards: New Orleans Saints 312, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 240. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: New Orleans Saints 264, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 152. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: New Orleans Saints 48, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 88. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: New Orleans Saints 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: New Orleans Saints 3.0, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: New Orleans Saints 4, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: New Orleans Saints 2, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: New Orleans Saints 1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: New Orleans Saints 8, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: New Orleans Saints 40, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: New Orleans Saints -22.1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -1.8. 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 -6.3, Tampa Bay Buccaneers -6.5. The same for the running game.