Week 9, 2028

played in Tampa Bay, FL

55 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	7	21	3	0	-	31
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	7	7	7	-	28

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:47 TBY - Jessie Kelley 92 punt return (Moe Curtis extra point)
1Q: 06:34 NOS - Nolan Walters 21 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 14:11 NOS - Phillip Newman 31 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 08:56 TBY - Henry Garcia 88 run (Moe Curtis extra point)
2Q: 05:20 NOS - Rex Dunn 9 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 01:16 NOS - Lenny Shields 11 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 12:12 TBY - Dwayne Gelbart 19 pass from Henry Garcia (Moe Curtis extra point)
3Q: 07:30 NOS - Burt McCalla 34 field goal
4Q: 05:14 TBY - Mark Mueller 11 pass from Henry Garcia (Moe Curtis extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:47 TBY - Jessie Kelley 92 punt return (Moe Curtis extra point)
1Q: 06:34 NOS - Nolan Walters 21 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 14:11 NOS - Phillip Newman 31 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 08:56 TBY - Henry Garcia 88 run (Moe Curtis extra point)
2Q: 05:20 NOS - Rex Dunn 9 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
2Q: 01:16 NOS - Lenny Shields 11 pass from Alan Poole (Burt McCalla extra point)
3Q: 12:12 TBY - Dwayne Gelbart 19 pass from Henry Garcia (Moe Curtis extra point)
3Q: 07:30 NOS - Burt McCalla 34 field goal
4Q: 05:14 TBY - Mark Mueller 11 pass from Henry Garcia (Moe Curtis extra point)

Team Statistics NOS TBY
Record 7-1 2-6
First Downs 23 16
- by Rushing 8 6
- by Passing 12 10
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 414 405
- Offensive Plays 69 61
- Yards per Play 6.00 6.64
Net Rushing Yards 154 219
- Rushing Attempts 35 21
- Yards per Rush 4.40 10.43
Net Passing Yards 260 186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 23 - 0 38 - 16 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 260 197
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 7.65 4.65
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 7.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/35 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/8 3/99
Kick Returns/Yards 4/100 3/43
Interception Ret./Yards 3/4 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:08 25:52

Team Statistics	NOS	TBY
Record	7-1	2-6
First Downs	23	16
- by Rushing	8	6
- by Passing	12	10
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	414	405
- Offensive Plays	69	61
- Yards per Play	6.00	6.64
Net Rushing Yards	154	219
- Rushing Attempts	35	21
- Yards per Rush	4.40	10.43
Net Passing Yards	260	186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 23 - 0	38 - 16 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	260	197
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	7.65	4.65
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	7.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/35	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/8	3/99
Kick Returns/Yards	4/100	3/43
Interception Ret./Yards	3/4	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:08	25:52

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:21	OWN 21	8	22	Punt
1	10:39	4:18	OWN 35	11	65	Touchdown
1	2:28	0:45	OWN 16	2	13	Fumble
1	1:37	1:45	OWN 23	3	9	Punt
2	14:11	0:13	OPP 31	1	31	Touchdown
2	12:08	2:04	OWN 32	5	14	Punt
2	8:45	3:33	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	3:42	2:34	OWN 37	5	63	Touchdown
2	0:20	0:12	OPP 32	1	6	Missed FG
3	12:05	4:43	50	7	33	Field Goal
3	1:14	1:14	OWN 34	3	7	Punt
4	13:45	2:20	OWN 44	6	29	Missed FG
4	8:59	1:38	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	5:06	2:14	OWN 31	3	-6	Punt
4	2:17	2:11	OWN 19	6	30	Punt

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	6:21	3:53	OWN 17	9	44	Interception
1	1:43	0:06	OPP 29	1	6	Fumble
2	14:52	0:41	OWN 14	2	2	Interception
2	13:58	1:50	OWN 27	3	7	Punt
2	10:04	1:19	OWN 3	3	97	Touchdown
2	5:12	1:30	OWN 25	3	1	Punt
2	1:08	0:48	OWN 20	2	-1	Interception
2	0:08	0:08	OWN 33	1	2	Half
3	15:00	2:55	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
3	7:22	6:08	OWN 20	12	53	Missed FG
4	15:00	1:15	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
4	11:25	2:26	OWN 34	5	33	Punt
4	7:21	2:15	OWN 26	7	74	Touchdown
4	2:52	0:35	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
4	0:06	0:06	OWN 20	1	0	Game

Game MVP: Alan Poole, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bobby Irwin	16	95	5.94	19	3
Roy Wallace	6	16	2.67	5	0
Hunter Woodson	5	18	3.60	10	1
Alan Poole	4	18	4.50	10	1
Rex Dunn	4	7	1.75	2	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Omar Michaelson	12	51	4.25	14	1	0
Henry Garcia	4	102	25.50	88	2	1
Jackie Andersen	3	61	20.33	49	1	0
Ike Perez	2	5	2.50	3	0	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Alan Poole	34	23	260	0/0	4	41	0	129.5

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Henry Garcia	38	16	197	2/11	2	48	3	43.4

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Nolan Walters	6	8	58	9.67	12	21	1
WR Phillip Newman	4	7	49	12.25	6	31	1
WR Stephen Granberry	4	6	49	12.25	3	41	0
TE Mitchell Emmons	2	4	15	7.50	8	14	0
FB Rex Dunn	2	2	19	9.50	4	10	1
TE Lenny Shields	2	3	39	19.50	18	28	1
RB Bobby Irwin	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
FB Junior Blair	1	1	11	11.00	11	11	0
WR Rick Collins	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dwayne Gelbart	3	5	62	20.67	8	27	1
WR D.J. Carpenter	3	10	12	4.00	0	6	0
WR Mark Mueller	3	6	21	7.00	0	11	1
WR Rod McCullough	2	9	16	8.00	0	10	0
TE Bennie Walton	2	3	63	31.50	24	48	0
FB Ike Perez	1	1	-1	-1.00	1	-1	0
RB Omar Michaelson	1	2	12	12.00	2	12	0
TE O.J. DeVries	1	2	12	12.00	3	12	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg
OLB Willie Rexin	1	0	0.00
CB Ty Covington	1	0	0.00
S Antonio Flannery	1	4	4.00

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Alan Poole	1	0	0
Steve Ziel	1	0	0
Dale Landolt	0	1	0
Bubba Reese	0	1	0
Tommie Grange	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Omar Michaelson	1	0	0
Brock Robinson	0	1	0
Thurman Clancy	0	0	1
Bennie Walton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	7	357	51.0	37.3	59	3

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jack Bashford	5	187	37.4	31.8	44	1

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Burt McCalla	1/3	0/2	0/0	34	4/4

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Moe Curtis	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Steve Ziel	2	8	4.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tito Garrison	2	7	3.5	0
Jessie Kelley	1	92	92.0	1

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bobby Irwin	4	100	25.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jessie Kelley	2	32	16.0	0
Thurman Clancy	1	11	11.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jose Barfield	7	3	0.0	15	29
CB Danny Cortez	5	1	0.0	17	35
S Tommie Grange	4	1	0.0	16	22
ILB Dale Landolt	4	1	0.0	9	12
OLB Willie Rexin	3	2	0.0	17	31
DT Junior Reeves	2	1	1.0	14	22
S Marc Stanton	2	0	0.0	12	19
DE Tony Nixon	1	0	1.0	5	11
CB Howie Lord	1	1	0.0	14	24
DT Burt Tamaarkin	1	1	0.0	7	18
DT Johnny Rasmussen	1	0	0.0	10	23
OLB Otis Wallis	1	0	0.0	2	4
CB Ty Covington	1	0	0.0	12	27
DE Max Tank	1	0	0.0	16	29
OLB Byron Bennett	1	0	0.0	4	9
CB Bubba Reese	1	0	0.0	9	14
S Steve Ziel	0	1	0.0	14	35

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jerald Tallent	7	5	0.0	25	33
ILB Al Bornstein	6	1	0.0	28	24
OLB Buddy Fogle	5	1	0.0	24	20
S Thurman Clancy	4	0	0.0	32	27
DE Andrew Shorter	4	0	0.0	13	9
DE Alfred Thompson	3	1	0.0	21	23
CB Jessie Kelley	3	0	0.0	24	27
DT C.J. Mayes	3	0	0.0	16	18
CB Cory Claire	3	0	0.0	23	19
S Norm Leat	3	0	0.0	8	7
DT Clarence Rice	2	1	0.0	28	25
OLB Jeremy Enman	2	0	0.0	11	14
CB Bart Fabbrizzi	2	0	0.0	27	24
OLB Dominic Galloway	2	0	0.0	9	11
CB Tito Garrison	1	1	0.0	25	16
DE Joel Cowher	1	1	0.0	14	12
OLB Leroy Terrell	1	1	0.0	5	7
WR Rod McCullough	1	0	---	---	---
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	0	---	---	---
WR Mark Mueller	1	0	---	---	---
DT Brock Robinson	0	1	0.0	22	21
ILB Rex Quartucci	0	1	0.0	7	10

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tony Nixon	1.0	0	1	0	11
DT Junior Reeves	1.0	0	0	1	22
DE Cary Clinton	0.0	1	1	1	20
DT Johnny Rasmussen	0.0	1	0	0	23
DE Max Tank	0.0	0	3	2	29
DE Brent Robbins	0.0	0	1	1	20
DT Eddie Bloomer	0.0	0	1	0	16
S Steve Ziel	0.0	0	1	0	35

Tampa Bay	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Joel Cowher	2	0	12
DE Nathan McIntyre	1	0	25
DT Brock Robinson	0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Danny Cortez	3	0	0	35
OLB Willie Rexin	2	0	1	31
S Tommie Grange	2	0	0	22
S Marc Stanton	2	0	0	19
ILB Jose Barfield	1	2	0	29
S Antonio Flannery	1	1	1	20
CB Howie Lord	1	0	0	24
OLB Otis Wallis	1	0	0	4
DT Burt Tamaarkin	1	0	0	18
ILB Dale Landolt	1	0	0	12
CB Bubba Reese	1	0	0	14
CB Ty Covington	0	1	1	27
S Steve Ziel	0	1	0	35

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Jerald Tallent	5	1	33
CB Cory Claire	3	1	19
ILB Al Bornstein	3	0	24
CB Bart Fabbrizzi	2	1	24
OLB Dominic Galloway	2	1	11
OLB Buddy Fogle	2	0	20
S Thurman Clancy	2	0	27
CB Jessie Kelley	1	1	27
OLB Jeremy Enman	1	0	14
DE Joel Cowher	1	0	12
S Norm Leat	1	0	7
CB Herb Mulcahy	0	1	2

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Cris Scott	4	6	1	35	33
Cedric Flournoy	2	6	0	24	24
Donnell Pritchett	2	4	0	35	34
Mitchell Maloney	1	5	0	17	18
Alex Priestley	1	3	0	21	18
Marlon Finley	0	5	0	28	31
Mitchell Emmons	0	1	0	19	19
Rex Dunn	0	1	0	24	14

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Perry Dubose	3	4	18	0	30
Johnnie Hogrefe	1	2	14	0	30
Ike Perez	1	2	17	0	21
Allen Esposito	1	2	17	0	33
Leon Green	1	1	18	1	32
Bert Elkon	0	3	18	0	36
Joey Griese	0	2	7	0	10
Craig Caldwell	0	1	6	0	14
Lenny Sinclair	0	0	3	1	8

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Tommie Grange	3	19
Steve Ziel	1	17
Rick Collins	1	15
Hunter Woodson	0	21
Lenny Shields	0	20
Bobby Irwin	0	18
Roy Wallace	0	15
Pat Brooks	0	14
Junior Blair	0	13
Marc Stanton	0	11
Byron Bennett	0	11
Marlon Finley	0	10
Otis Wallis	0	10
Mitchell Maloney	0	10
Cedric Flournoy	0	10
Alex Priestley	0	10
Roger Vaughn	0	10
Burt McCalla	0	9
Darnell Briggs	0	7
Bubba Reese	0	6
Junior Reeves	0	5
Howie Lord	0	5
Dale Landolt	0	5
Tony Nixon	0	4
Billy Joe Beckett	0	3
Jose Barfield	0	3
Brent Robbins	0	3
Rex Dunn	0	3
Eddie Bloomer	0	2
Nolan Walters	0	1
Willie Rexin	0	1
Johnny Rasmussen	0	1
Mitchell Emmons	0	1
Cary Clinton	0	1
Danny Cortez	0	1
Ty Covington	0	1
Burt Tamaarkin	0	1

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Tito Garrison	2	19
Jessie Kelley	1	18
Bennie Walton	1	16
Herb Mulcahy	1	15
D.J. Carpenter	1	5
Jackie Andersen	0	20
Thurman Clancy	0	15
Ike Perez	0	14
Jeremy Enman	0	14
Mark Mueller	0	14
Dwayne Gelbart	0	12
Brian Krumrei	0	11
Norm Leat	0	11
Andrew Shorter	0	9
Dominic Galloway	0	8
Alfred Thompson	0	7
O.J. DeVries	0	7
Johnnie Hogrefe	0	6
Roger Wellins	0	6
Jack Bashford	0	6
Moe Curtis	0	6
Craig Caldwell	0	6
Bart Fabbrizzi	0	5
Jerald Tallent	0	5
Allen Esposito	0	4
Clarence Rice	0	4
Joey Griese	0	4
Marshall Andersen	0	4
Al Bornstein	0	4
Buddy Fogle	0	3
Omar Michaelson	0	3
Lenny Sinclair	0	3
Nathan McIntyre	0	2
Brock Robinson	0	2
Rex Quartucci	0	2
Cory Claire	0	2
Leroy Terrell	0	2
Perry Dubose	0	1
Rod McCullough	0	1
C.J. Mayes	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	49	4.5
Middle	9	55	6.1
Right	14	51	3.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	29	7.3
Middle	14	185	13.2
Right	3	5	1.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Alan Poole	34	23	4	1	1	6	3	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Henry Garcia	38	16	2	1	3	5	8	5	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	21	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	11	86	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	60	7.5
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	93	13.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	7	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	5	36	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	5	60	3.5
Long (19+ Yds)	10	3	94	9.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Nolan Walters	8	6	0	58	1	25
WR Phillip Newman	7	4	0	49	1	33
WR Stephen Granberry	6	4	0	49	1	11
TE Mitchell Emmons	4	2	0	15	0	19
TE Lenny Shields	3	2	1	39	1	14
FB Rex Dunn	2	2	0	19	0	14
WR Rick Collins	2	1	0	11	0	9
RB Bobby Irwin	1	1	0	9	0	21
FB Junior Blair	1	1	0	11	0	11

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR D.J. Carpenter	10	3	1	12	0	32
WR Rod McCullough	9	2	0	16	0	23
WR Mark Mueller	6	3	0	21	0	19
WR Dwayne Gelbart	5	3	1	62	1	28
TE Bennie Walton	3	2	1	63	1	10
RB Omar Michaelson	2	1	0	12	0	30
TE O.J. DeVries	2	1	0	12	0	21
FB Ike Perez	1	1	0	-1	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Roy Wallace	2	8	4.00	2.67
Bobby Irwin	1	7	7.00	5.94
Rex Dunn	1	2	2.00	1.75

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Alan Poole	4	2	20	5.00	7.65

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Henry Garcia	5	2	30	6.00	5.18

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Phillip Newman	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
FB Rex Dunn	1	1	9	9.00	9.50
WR Stephen Granberry	1	0	0	0.00	8.17
TE Lenny Shields	1	1	11	11.00	13.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rod McCullough	1	0	0	0.00	1.78
WR Dwayne Gelbart	1	1	19	19.00	12.40
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	0	0	0.00	1.20
RB Omar Michaelson	1	0	0	0.00	6.00
WR Mark Mueller	1	1	11	11.00	3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Alan Poole	2	0
Roy Wallace	2	0
Bobby Irwin	1	1
Hunter Woodson	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Henry Garcia	2	2
Omar Michaelson	1	1
Jackie Andersen	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Alan Poole	7	3	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Henry Garcia	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Mitchell Emmons	3	1	0
WR Nolan Walters	2	1	0
WR Rick Collins	1	0	0
WR Stephen Granberry	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR D.J. Carpenter	3	2	0
WR Mark Mueller	3	1	1
WR Dwayne Gelbart	2	1	1
TE Bennie Walton	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 38,700 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 8,600 (17,700)
End Zone 8,600 (12,700)
Mezzanine 4,800 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 6,900 (11,200)
Club Seats 7,200 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	38,700 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	8,600 (17,700)
End Zone	8,600 (12,700)
Mezzanine	4,800 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	6,900 (11,200)
Club Seats	7,200 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (4,800)