The Bucs beat the Saints for the third consecutive time, the first time in franchise history they had done that. They also held
New Orleans to under 200 yards for the first time in 63 meetings and relied on three Baker Mayfield touchdown passes to
move to 3-1 and the lead in the NFC South division. Antone Winfield was everywhere on defense as the Saints were held
without a touchdown. The Bucs lost Mike Evans to a hamstring injury in the first half but the other receivers stepped up.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: R.White 15-56, Mayfield 8-31, Vaughn 9-16,
Thompkins 1-11.
SAINTS: Kamara 11-51, Hill 4-10, Prentice 1-5, Miller 1-
3, Carr 2-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Mayfield 32-25-246-1-3, Godwin 1-0-0-0-0.
SAINTS: Carr 37-23-127-0-0, Hill 1-1-13-0-0, Winston 1-
0-0-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 8-114, Thompkins 4-45, Evans 3-40,
R.White 3-22, Otton 2-13, Palmer 2-6, Vaughn 1-3,
Jarrett 1-3.
SAINTS: Kamara 13-33, Thomas 4-53, Shaheed 3-33,
Hill 1-7, Prentice 1-5, Miller 1-5, Olave 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Delaney 1-4.
SAINTS: Yiadom 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Shaheed 2-39.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 1-7.
SAINTS: Shaheed 2-45.
SACKS
BUCS: Vea 2-9, Winfield 1-4.
SAINTS: Bresee 1-7.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 New Orleans Saints 9
Sunday 1 October 2023 at Caesars Stadium
GAME SCORING
NO
0-3
9:20-1Q
Grupe FG37
TB
7-3
5:19-2Q
Otton 4 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
TB
14-3
0:19-2Q
Palmer 1 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
NO
14-6
0:49-3Q
Grupe FG32
TB
17-6
13:31-4Q
McLaughlin FG51
NO
17-9
8:29-4Q
Grupe FG44
TB
23-9
3:44-4Q
Thompkins 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
TB
26-9
2:34-4Q
McLaughlin FG28
GAME REPORTS
Bucs stifle Saints to take control of the NFC South
Young receivers step up with touchdowns after Mike Evans' injury
Baker Mayfield narrowly avoids injury, uses legs to survive Saints
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
78 Wirfs
DL
90 Hall
LG
71 Feiler
NT
50 Vea
C
70 Hainsey
OLB
9 Tryon-Shoyinka
RG
69 Mauch
ILB
54 David
RT
67 Goedecke
ILB
45 White
TE
88 Otton
OLB
7 Barrett
TE
41 Kieft
CB
24 Davis
WR
13 Evans
CB
27 McCollum
WR
14 Godwin
S
29 Izien
QB
6 Mayfield
S
23 Neal
RB
1 White
S
31 Winfield
PLAYED
0 Diaby, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 10 Palmer, 16 Isaac, 18
Jarrett, 21 Vaughn, 26 Merriweather, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes,
44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 77 Skule, 79
O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 89 Wells, 91 Greene, 92
Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
2 Trask, 60 Leverett, 64 Stinnie
INACTIVES
8 Dennis, 35 Dean, 38 Pitts, 58 Watts, 73 Walton, 87
Durham, 94 Kancey
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 4
Tampa Bay 26 New Orleans 9
Detroit 34 Green Bay 20
Buffalo 48 Miami 20
Jacksonville 23 Atlants 7
Minnesota 21 Carolina 13
Denver 31 Chicago 28
Baltimore 28 Cleveland 3
Houston 30 Pittsburgh 6
LA Rams 29 Indianapolis 23
Philadelphia 34 Washington 31
Tennessee 27 Cincinnati 3
LA Chargers 24 Las Vegas 17
Dallas 38 New England 3
San Francisco 35 Arizona 16
Kansas City 23 NY Jets 20
Seattle 24 NY Giants 3
COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Robert Smith
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3-1
New Orleans Saints
2-2
Atlanta Falcons
2-2
Carolina Panthers
0-4
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Cade Otton walked into the endzone from close range for the first score
A jump ball to the corner of the endzone was the way Trey Palmer scored
Baker Mayfield had all kinds of time before finding Deven Thompkins