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Final	1	2	3	4	T
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	3	3	10	16
New Orleans Saints	7	10	7	3	27

- Location:
  
  Mercedes-Benz Superdome
  New Orleans, Louisiana
- Attendance:
  
  73,043

1st quarter

Team	Time	Play	TB	NO
	02:27	Lance Moore 3 yd pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)	0	7

2nd quarter

Team	Time	Play	TB	NO
	08:34	Darren Sproles 21 yd pass from Drew Brees (John Kasay kick)	0	14
	01:39	Connor Barth 40 yd FG	3	14
	00:00	John Kasay 21 yd FG	3	17

3rd quarter

Team	Time	Play	TB	NO
	09:29	Connor Barth 48 yd FG	6	17
	03:11	Pierre Thomas 9 yd run (John Kasay kick)	6	24

4th quarter

Team	Time	Play	TB	NO
	11:08	Connor Barth 25 yd FG	9	24
	05:33	Kellen Winslow 5 yd pass from Josh Freeman (Connor Barth kick)	16	24
	01:17	John Kasay 34 yd FG	16	27

Team Stats

	Tampa Bay	New Orleans
1st Downs	18	25
Total Yards	365	453
Passing	281	258
Passing Completions/Attempts	27/37	27/36
Yards/Pass	7.4	7.2
Rushing	84	195
Rushing Attempts	20	28
Yards/Rush	4.2	7.0
Turnovers	0	1
Fumbles lost	0	0
Interceptions Thrown	0	1
Possession	29:56	30:04

Tampa Bay Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Josh Freeman	27	37	281	7.6	1	0

New Orleans Passing

Player	COM	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Drew Brees	27	36	258	7.2	2	1

Tampa Bay Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
LeGarrette Blount	13	72	5.5	0	27
Josh Freeman	3	8	2.7	0	7
Kregg Lumpkin	2	7	3.5	0	4
Josh Johnson	1	1	1.0	0	1
Arrelious Benn	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4

New Orleans Rushing

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Christopher Ivory	15	67	4.5	0	12
Pierre Thomas	8	66	8.2	1	33
Darren Sproles	4	42	10.5	0	35
Drew Brees	1	20	20.0	0	20

Tampa Bay Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Mike Williams	6	46	7.7	0	11
Kregg Lumpkin	4	31	7.8	0	13
Kellen Winslow	4	29	7.2	1	14
Preston Parker	3	56	18.7	0	36
LeGarrette Blount	2	8	4.0	0	11
Erik Lorig	2	12	6.0	0	6
Zack Pianalto	2	24	12.0	0	15
Arrelious Benn	2	22	11.0	0	16
Dezmon Briscoe	1	46	46.0	0	46
Micheal Spurlock	1	7	7.0	0	7

New Orleans Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jimmy Graham	6	78	13.0	0	23
Marques Colston	5	52	10.4	0	20
Darren Sproles	5	57	11.4	1	21
Pierre Thomas	4	25	6.2	0	10
Lance Moore	3	20	6.7	1	11
Devery Henderson	2	13	6.5	0	7
John Gilmore	1	9	9.0	0	9
David Thomas	1	4	4.0	0	4

Tampa Bay Interceptions

Player	INT	INTYDS	INTTD
Ronde Barber	1	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions

Tampa Bay Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Mason Foster	7	0.0	2	9
Quincy Black	7	0.0	2	9
Aqib Talib	6	0.0	0	6
Tanard Jackson	4	0.0	1	5
Ronde Barber	3	0.0	3	6
E.J. Biggers	3	0.0	0	3
Elbert Mack	3	0.0	1	4
Da'Quan Bowers	2	0.0	0	2
Brian Price	2	0.0	0	2
Sean Jones	2	0.0	1	3
Adrian Clayborn	1	0.0	1	2
Dekoda Watson	1	0.0	0	1
Michael Bennett	1	0.0	1	2
Adam Hayward	1	0.0	2	3

New Orleans Tackles

Player	TAK	SACKS	AST	TOT
Roman Harper	8	1.0	1	9
Jabari Greer	5	0.0	1	6
Jo-Lonn Dunbar	5	0.0	2	7
Jonathan Casillas	4	0.0	6	10
Leigh Torrence	3	0.0	2	5
Scott Shanle	2	0.0	2	4
Patrick Robinson	2	0.0	2	4
Malcolm Jenkins	2	0.0	1	3
Aubrayo Franklin	2	0.0	1	3
Cameron Jordan	1	0.0	0	1
Shaun Rogers	1	0.0	0	1
Tom Johnson	1	0.0	1	2

Tampa Bay Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Preston Parker	1	45	45.0	0

New Orleans Kick Returning

Player	KRET	KRYDS	AVG	KRTD
Darren Sproles	2	54	27.0	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Preston Parker	2	16	8.0	0

New Orleans Punt Returning

Player	PRET	PRYDS	AVG	PRTD
Darren Sproles	1	15	15.0	0

Tampa Bay Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Michael Koenen	3	119	49

New Orleans Punting

Player	PUNTS	YDS	LNG
Thomas Morstead	2	113	57

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