Week 1, 2033

played in Tampa Bay, FL

85 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Orleans Saints	7	14	0	6	-	27
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	3	0	7	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:19 TBY - Jason Salinas 24 field goal
1Q: 00:44 NOS - Preston Stevenson 8 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
2Q: 14:20 NOS - Preston Stevenson 5 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
2Q: 06:50 TBY - Jason Salinas 26 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Rick Collins 2 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
4Q: 12:00 NOS - Bernard Richard 47 field goal
4Q: 08:54 NOS - Bernard Richard 30 field goal
4Q: 04:45 TBY - Britt England 76 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 04:19 TBY - Jason Salinas 24 field goal
1Q: 00:44 NOS - Preston Stevenson 8 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
2Q: 14:20 NOS - Preston Stevenson 5 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
2Q: 06:50 TBY - Jason Salinas 26 field goal
2Q: 02:00 NOS - Rick Collins 2 pass from Bryan Harding (Bernard Richard extra point)
4Q: 12:00 NOS - Bernard Richard 47 field goal
4Q: 08:54 NOS - Bernard Richard 30 field goal
4Q: 04:45 TBY - Britt England 76 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)

Team Statistics NOS TBY
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 21 14
- by Rushing 8 4
- by Passing 12 8
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 326 290
- Offensive Plays 71 52
- Yards per Play 4.59 5.58
Net Rushing Yards 142 95
- Rushing Attempts 42 20
- Yards per Rush 3.38 4.75
Net Passing Yards 184 195
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 19 - 1 30 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 188 203
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 2/8
- Yards per Pass Play 6.34 6.09
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 9/17 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 8.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/23 7/60
Punt Returns/Yards 2/25 3/28
Kick Returns/Yards 3/95 4/83
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 22
Time of Possession 37:31 22:29

Team Statistics	NOS	TBY
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	21	14
- by Rushing	8	4
- by Passing	12	8
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	326	290
- Offensive Plays	71	52
- Yards per Play	4.59	5.58
Net Rushing Yards	142	95
- Rushing Attempts	42	20
- Yards per Rush	3.38	4.75
Net Passing Yards	184	195
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 19 - 1	30 - 11 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	188	203
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	2/8
- Yards per Pass Play	6.34	6.09
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	9/17	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	8.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/23	7/60
Punt Returns/Yards	2/25	3/28
Kick Returns/Yards	3/95	4/83
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 22
Time of Possession	37:31	22:29

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:24	OWN 14	6	13	Punt
1	10:27	1:19	OWN 37	3	5	Punt
1	4:14	3:40	OPP 44	6	44	Touchdown
2	15:00	0:51	OPP 9	3	9	Touchdown
2	6:44	4:53	OWN 39	9	61	Touchdown
2	0:38	0:38	OWN 19	2	45	Half
3	13:27	5:10	OWN 22	10	35	Punt
3	6:43	0:35	OPP 46	2	3	Interception
3	5:09	5:09	OWN 20	8	42	Punt
4	13:49	1:56	OWN 41	4	29	Field Goal
4	11:18	2:29	OPP 23	5	10	Field Goal
4	7:17	2:32	OWN 21	3	9	Punt
4	4:28	4:28	OWN 20	11	31	Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:36	1:09	OWN 34	3	-11	Punt
1	9:08	4:54	OWN 30	10	63	Field Goal
1	0:34	0:34	OWN 19	1	-5	Fumble
2	14:09	7:25	OWN 10	14	81	Field Goal
2	1:51	1:13	OWN 24	3	4	Punt
3	15:00	1:33	OWN 22	3	-4	Punt
3	8:17	1:34	OWN 3	3	6	Punt
3	6:08	0:59	OWN 36	3	0	Punt
4	15:00	1:11	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
4	11:53	0:35	OWN 33	1	3	Fumble
4	8:49	1:32	OWN 20	7	59	Downs
4	4:45	0:17	OWN 24	1	76	Touchdown

Game MVP: Bryan Harding, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Grant Guthrie	15	40	2.67	11	1
Jeffrey Cote	11	41	3.73	9	0
Bryan Harding	9	40	4.44	14	1
Tyrell Summers	4	3	0.75	3	0
Rex Dunn	2	18	9.00	10	1
Mercury Hopkins	1	0	0.00	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Donald Scukanec	14	42	3.00	9	0	0
Ernest Hancock	6	53	8.83	17	3	0

Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bryan Harding	28	19	188	1/4	3	31	1	107.4

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Todd Downs	30	11	203	2/8	1	76	0	71.9

Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Preston Stevenson	6	10	93	15.50	40	31	2
WR Roger Hayes	4	5	36	9.00	12	22	0
WR Rick Collins	3	4	22	7.33	1	10	1
RB Tyrell Summers	2	2	4	2.00	0	4	0
TE Joe Raymond	2	5	19	9.50	13	11	0
RB Grant Guthrie	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Mercury Hopkins	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Edward Wyant	4	11	49	12.25	6	21	0
FB Myron Sutter	2	3	3	1.50	2	2	0
WR Britt England	2	4	95	47.50	62	76	1
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	6	17	17.00	4	17	0
FB Tommie Carty	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Warren Davidson	1	1	36	36.00	2	36	0
RB Donald Scukanec	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Benjamin Worthy	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Ernest Hancock	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kendall Frazer	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Joe Raymond	1	0	0
Rex Dunn	0	1	0
Jorge Templeton	0	1	0
Roderick Iadevaia	0	1	0
Max Tank	0	0	1
Steve Ziel	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Force
Todd Downs	1	0
Tommie Carty	1	0
Donnell Welch	0	1

Punting Statistics

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Darnell Briggs	5	219	43.8	34.2	53	2

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Norm Burton	6	297	49.5	45.3	60	1

Kicking Statistics

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bernard Richard	2/2	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Salinas	2/2	0/0	0/0	26	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Hayes	2	25	12.5	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Warren Davidson	2	23	11.5	0
Benjamin Worthy	1	5	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marlon Cox	2	75	37.5	0
R.J. Braddock	1	20	20.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Britt England	4	83	20.8	0

Defensive Statistics

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S R.J. Braddock	5	1	0.0	20	32
OLB Byron Bennett	3	3	0.0	19	32
ILB Lamar McCarthy	3	2	0.0	17	17
DT Burt Tamaarkin	3	1	0.0	15	24
DE Max Tank	2	1	1.0	18	31
DE Brent Robbins	2	0	1.0	17	30
DT Junior Reeves	2	1	0.0	12	17
DT Jorge Templeton	2	1	0.0	10	22
OLB Rodney Whalen	2	1	0.0	10	9
CB Roderick Iadevaia	2	0	0.0	18	29
CB Ty Covington	1	1	0.0	13	17
S Karl Tucker	1	1	0.0	11	22
S Duane Sterritt	1	0	0.0	9	18
CB Norbert Dawson	1	0	0.0	8	17
OLB Skip Lindsay	1	0	0.0	1	3
TE Joe Raymond	1	0	---	---	---
S Steve Ziel	0	1	0.0	9	9
DE Rich Banks	0	1	0.0	8	5

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ken Greer	10	2	0.0	37	26
CB Ronnie Akroyd	8	2	0.0	32	22
DE Xavier Flagg	4	2	0.0	37	25
DE Hardy Adderly	3	1	1.0	23	16
OLB Walt Harding	3	3	0.0	18	18
OLB Rico Fredrickson	3	1	0.0	23	17
CB Jose Alcott	3	1	0.0	37	23
DT Clarence Rice	3	0	0.0	27	18
ILB Al Bornstein	3	0	0.0	23	15
S Kendall Frazer	3	0	0.0	29	22
OLB Vinny Compton	3	0	0.0	17	11
S Calvin Shields	2	2	0.0	17	9
ILB Donnell Welch	2	1	0.0	18	17
DT Tyrone Sawyers	2	0	0.0	15	13
OLB Robert Berggren	2	0	0.0	9	10
OLB Donald Abrams	1	3	0.0	25	9
CB Rick Reese	1	1	0.0	16	10
DE Jimmie Checovetes	1	1	0.0	19	14
TE Edward Wyant	1	0	---	---	---
QB Todd Downs	1	0	---	---	---
CB Emmanuel Gillespie	1	0	0.0	22	12

Pass Rush Statistics

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Brent Robbins	1.0	1	3	3	30
DE Max Tank	1.0	0	3	1	31
DE Rich Banks	0.0	1	0	0	5
DT Junior Reeves	0.0	0	1	0	17
DT Burt Tamaarkin	0.0	0	1	0	24

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Hardy Adderly	1.0	0	1	0	16
DE Xavier Flagg	0.0	1	0	0	25
DT Clarence Rice	0.0	0	1	0	18
OLB Walt Harding	0.0	0	0	1	18
OLB Rico Fredrickson	0.0	0	0	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Byron Bennett	2	0	32
S R.J. Braddock	1	2	32
CB Roderick Iadevaia	1	2	29
CB Norbert Dawson	1	1	17
S Duane Sterritt	1	0	18
CB Ty Covington	1	0	17
DT Burt Tamaarkin	1	0	24
ILB Dale Landolt	1	0	15
S Karl Tucker	1	0	22
S Steve Ziel	1	0	9

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jose Alcott	3	3	0	23
S Kendall Frazer	3	0	1	22
DE Xavier Flagg	3	0	0	25
S Ken Greer	3	0	0	26
CB Ronnie Akroyd	2	0	0	22
OLB Walt Harding	1	0	0	18
OLB Robert Berggren	1	0	0	10
CB Rick Reese	1	0	0	10
ILB Donnell Welch	1	0	0	17
OLB Vinny Compton	1	0	0	11

Blocking Statistics

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Shawn Fadiman	2	8	1	33	0	21
Dwayne Peyton	2	7	0	34	0	20
Mel Harper	2	6	0	33	0	19
Marvin Buckner	2	5	0	35	0	23
Vernon Huffman	1	1	0	16	0	17
Leo Gaylor	1	1	0	8	0	8
Cris Scott	0	4	0	41	1	29
Rex Dunn	0	1	0	29	0	16
Jimmy Roberts	0	1	0	12	0	5
Dusty Tobias	0	1	0	4	0	5

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Emerson	2	5	1	18	0	25
Myron Sutter	2	2	0	8	0	13
Norbert Mahoney	1	2	0	11	0	16
Kendall Short	1	2	0	9	0	11
Donald Peterson	0	3	0	17	1	26
Tommie Carty	0	3	0	10	0	14
Randal Schechter	0	2	0	18	1	27
Adrian Rhyne	0	1	0	13	0	25

Special Teams Statistics

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Marlon Cox	3	13
Dusty Tobias	2	17
Norbert Dawson	1	12
Dale Kiburz	1	6
Tyrell Summers	0	23
Preston Stevenson	0	16
Rex Dunn	0	14
Jimmy Roberts	0	14
Rodney Whalen	0	14
Rick Collins	0	12
Duane Sterritt	0	11
Skip Lindsay	0	10
Brent Robbins	0	8
Burt Tamaarkin	0	8
Bubba Reese	0	8
Bernard Richard	0	8
Darnell Briggs	0	7
Trent Sinclair	0	7
Leo Gaylor	0	7
Ellis Tornberg	0	7
Byron Bennett	0	6
Roger Hayes	0	6
Mel Harper	0	6
Lamar McCarthy	0	6
R.J. Braddock	0	6
Shawn Fadiman	0	6
Karl Tucker	0	4
Roderick Iadevaia	0	3
Ty Covington	0	2
Max Tank	0	2
Steve Ziel	0	2
Junior Reeves	0	1
Vernon Huffman	0	1
Jorge Templeton	0	1
Joe Raymond	0	1

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Warren Davidson	3	16
Ty Jonas	1	12
Jose Alcott	1	3
Vinny Compton	0	24
Donald Scukanec	0	23
Troy Terrell	0	17
Rick Reese	0	16
Benjamin Worthy	0	13
Calvin Shields	0	12
Edward Wyant	0	11
Blaine Freeman	0	11
D.J. Carpenter	0	8
Cole Jamison	0	8
Randal Schechter	0	8
Winston Beattie	0	8
Tommie Carty	0	7
Adrian Rhyne	0	7
Kendall Short	0	7
Myron Sutter	0	6
Norm Burton	0	6
Jason Salinas	0	6
Britt England	0	5
Hardy Adderly	0	5
Jimmie Checovetes	0	5
Kendall Frazer	0	4
Robert Berggren	0	4
Donnell Welch	0	4
Xavier Flagg	0	3
Walt Harding	0	3
Tyrone Sawyers	0	2
Todd Downs	0	2
Norbert Mahoney	0	2
Ronnie Akroyd	0	2
Clarence Rice	0	1
Donald Abrams	0	1
Al Bornstein	0	1
Ken Greer	0	1
Emmanuel Gillespie	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	20	67	3.4
Middle	8	42	5.3
Right	13	34	2.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	63	5.3
Middle	4	7	1.8
Right	4	25	6.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bryan Harding	28	19	4	0	2	3	2	2	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Todd Downs	30	11	3	0	4	5	8	4	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	4	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	58	4.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	126	11.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	4	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	2	10	1.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	5	134	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	55	18.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Preston Stevenson	10	6	1	93	3	29
WR Roger Hayes	5	4	1	36	1	14
TE Joe Raymond	5	2	0	19	0	19
WR Rick Collins	4	3	0	22	0	25
RB Tyrell Summers	2	2	0	4	0	5
RB Grant Guthrie	1	1	0	4	0	7
WR Mercury Hopkins	1	1	0	10	0	1

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Edward Wyant	11	4	2	49	1	29
WR D.J. Carpenter	6	1	1	17	0	23
WR Britt England	4	2	0	95	1	29
FB Myron Sutter	3	2	0	3	0	13
WR Benjamin Worthy	2	0	1	0	0	13
RB Donald Scukanec	1	0	0	0	0	16
RB Ernest Hancock	1	0	0	0	0	8
FB Tommie Carty	1	1	0	3	0	14
WR Warren Davidson	1	1	0	36	1	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rex Dunn	1	8	8.00	9.00
Jeffrey Cote	1	9	9.00	3.73
Tyrell Summers	1	0	0.00	0.75

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ernest Hancock	1	3	3.00	8.83

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bryan Harding	7	5	22	3.14	6.71

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Todd Downs	9	1	11	1.22	6.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Preston Stevenson	3	2	13	4.33	9.30
WR Rick Collins	2	1	2	1.00	5.50
WR Roger Hayes	2	2	7	3.50	7.20

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Edward Wyant	4	1	11	2.75	4.45
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	0	0	0.00	2.83
WR Benjamin Worthy	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Ernest Hancock	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
FB Myron Sutter	1	0	0	0.00	1.00
WR Britt England	1	0	0	0.00	23.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Grant Guthrie	4	2
Bryan Harding	2	0
Rex Dunn	1	1
Jeffrey Cote	1	0
Tyrell Summers	1	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bryan Harding	8	6	6

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Todd Downs	10	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Preston Stevenson	3	2	2
WR Rick Collins	2	2	2
WR Roger Hayes	2	1	1
WR Mercury Hopkins	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR D.J. Carpenter	4	1	1
TE Edward Wyant	4	0	0
FB Myron Sutter	2	2	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 31,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 7,600 (17,700)
End Zone 7,400 (12,700)
Mezzanine 3,600 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 5,400 (11,200)
Club Seats 5,700 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,600 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	31,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	7,600 (17,700)
End Zone	7,400 (12,700)
Mezzanine	3,600 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	5,400 (11,200)
Club Seats	5,700 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,600 (4,800)