Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 28
Sunday 9 December 2018 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Ronde Barber
This was a game of two halves. The Bucs led 14-3 at
the intermission thanks to a pair of Winston to Brate TD
passes, the defense was playing well again and the
New Orleans Saints looked to be in disarray. Then
came the second half and 25 unanswered Saints
points. A blocked punt changed the momentum, the
Tampa offense totally disappeared after the break and
the visitors clinched the NFC South division title going
away with ease in the end.
GAME SCORING
TB
12:19-1Q
Brate 11 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
NO
7:06-2Q
Lutz FG30
TB
0:26-2Q
Brate 1 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
NO
4:43-3Q
Line 1 pass from Brees (Kamara run)
NO
11:46-4Q
Brees 1 run (Lutz kick)
NO
7:26-4Q
I
ngram 17 run (Lutz kick)
NO
1:12-4Q
Lutz FG36
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud sees fingers being pointed at the Buccaneers
Three kicks doomed the Bucs to defeat
The offense stalled with Chris Godwin held to one catch
Penalties kept restricting Tampa Bay’s progress
How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
94 Nassib
LG
74 Marpet
DT
93 McCoy
C
66 Jensen
DT
50 Vea
RG
77 Benenoch
RDE
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
69 Dotson
MLB
53 Taylor
TE
82 Auclair
WLB
54 David
WR
10 Humphries
CB
35 Elliott
WR
12 Godwin
LCB
24 Grimes
WR
13 Evans
RCB
29 Smith
QB
3 Winston
SS
31 Whitehead
RB
25 Barber
FS
26 Adams
PLAYED
5 Santos, 9 Anger, 17 Watson, 22 Harris, 27 Jones, 30 Shaw,
32 Rogers, 36 Stewart, 37 Rivers, 41 Minter, 45 Cross, 52
Lynch, 57 Spence, 59 Bond, 61 Wester, 65 Cappa, 67
Liedtke, 84 Brate, 85 Wilson, 89 Sanborn, 91 Allen, 92
Gholston, 97 Curry
DID NOT PLAY
14 Fitzpatrick
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 11 Jackson, 21 Evans, 33 Davis, 39 Johnson, 49
Bullough, 56 Nunez-Roches
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Winston 5-47, Barber 14-42, Rodgers 4-16.
SAINTS: Ingram 13-52, Kamara 12-51, Line 1-4, Brees 3-(-1), Hill 1-(-6).
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 38-18-213-1-2.
SAINTS: Brees 31-24-201-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 4-86, Humphries 4-42, Rodgers 4-38, Brate 2-12, Godwin 1-13,
Auclair 1-12, Wilson 1-8, Barber 1-2.
SAINTS: Thomas 11-98, Kamara 5-36, Watson 3-24, Kirkwood 2-21, Lewis 1-20,
Ingram 1-1, Line 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Taylor 1-7.
SAINTS: Lattirmore 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Wilson 2-44.
SAINTS: Kamara 3-76.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 1-10.
SAINTS: Lewis 2-29.
SACKS
BUCS: Nassib 1-3.
SAINTS: Jordan 2-21, Rankins 1-14, Klein 1-4.
