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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New Orleans Saints 24
Sunday 7 September 2008 at the Louisiana Superdome
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| | NO | 11:27-1Q | Patten 39 pass from Brees (Gramatica kick) |
| TB | 8:13-1Q | Buchanon 26 interception return (Bryant kick) |
| TB | 0:03-2Q | Bryant FG37 |
| NO | 2:49-3Q | Gramatica FG34 |
| TB | 0:33-3Q | Bryant FG33 |
| NO | 0:13-3Q | Henderson 84 pass from Brees (Gramatica kick) |
| TB | 10:38-4Q | Hilliard 2 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) |
| NO | 7:38-4Q | Bush 42 pass from Brees (Gramatica kick) |
| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Graham 10-91, Dunn 9-54, Garcia 1-1.
SAINTS: Thomas 10-52, Bush 14-51, Brees 3-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 41-24-221-1-1.
SAINTS: Brees 32-23-343-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Galloway 6-56, Hilliard 6-45, Bryant 3-43, Graham 3-27, Askew 3-20, Smith 2-19, Dunn 1-11.
SAINTS: Bush 8-112, Shockey 6-54, Colston 3-26, Moore 2-17, Thomas 2-11, Henderson 1-84, Patten 1-39.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Buchanon 1-26.
SAINTS: Fujita 1-2.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: D.Jackson 3-84, Smith 1-0.
SAINTS: Thomas 4-67, Campbell 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: D.Jackson 5-29, Hilliard 1-11.
SAINTS: Moore 1-10, Bush 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: White 1-6.
SAINTS: Grant 1-8, McCray 1-7.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Roy Cummings reports on the season opener in New Orleans |
| Award-winning Martin Fennelly adds his take on the game |
| Joe Henderson has some suggestions for Jon Gruden |
| Rick Stroud offers his opinions on events |
| How Gary Shelton saw it all unfold |
| Tom Jones made some interesting in-game comments |
| The stories behind the plays on and off the field |
| What Jon Gruden had to say afterwards |
| Scott Smith's game report from the Super Dome |
| Click here for the official gamebook |
| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 70 Penn |
LDE | 93 Carter |
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| LG | 78 Sears |
UT | 98 Sims |
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| C | 52 Faine |
DT | 95 Hovan |
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| RG | 76 Zuttah |
RDE | 90 Adams |
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| RT | 65 Trueblood |
WLB | 55 Brooks |
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| TE | 81 Smith |
MLB | 51 Ruud |
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| WR | 89 Bryant |
SLB | 59 June |
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| WR | 84 Galloway |
LCB | 31 Buchanon |
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| FB | 35 Askew |
SS | 23 Phillips |
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| RB | 34 Graham |
FS | 36 Jackson |
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| QB | 7 Garcia |
RCB | 20 Barber |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 10 Jackson, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 25 Talib, 26 Allen, 28 Dunn, 43 Mack, 44 Storer, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 71 Haye, 79 Mahan, 83 Troupe, 85 Stovall, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims |
DID NOT PLAY |
| 8 Griese |
INACTIVE |
| 11 Johnson, 12 McCown, 29 Bennett, 54 Hayes, 75 Joseph, 77 Lee, 80 Clayton, 96 Peterson |
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