Tampa Bay Buccaneers20–24New Orleans Saints

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 301, New Orleans Saints 283. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 122, New Orleans Saints 144. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 179, New Orleans Saints 139. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15, New Orleans Saints 16. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.0, New Orleans Saints 0.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4, New Orleans Saints 2. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

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

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

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, New Orleans Saints 10. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 49, New Orleans Saints 82. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -9.8, New Orleans Saints 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: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -2.5, New Orleans Saints -2.8. The same for the running game.