Tampa Bay Buccaneers23–28New England Patriots

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 386, New England Patriots 436. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 273, New England Patriots 270. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 113, New England Patriots 166. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23, New England Patriots 14. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1.0, New England Patriots 2.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6, New England Patriots 5. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, New England Patriots 6. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

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

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6, New England Patriots 5. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 40, New England Patriots 49. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1.0, New England Patriots 6.3. 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 2.0, New England Patriots 3.1. The same for the running game.