Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 New Orleans Saints 3 Sunday 26 October 2025 at Caesars Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-2 Carolina Panthers 4-4 Atlanta Falcons 3-4 New Orleans Saints 1-7
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
Another win on the road and the Bucs went into their bye week at 6-2 after one of their best defensive performances in recent years. Anthony Nelson had a game for the ages with two sacks, a forced fumble and an interception return touchdown. The offense did just enough still missing six starters whilst Chase McLaughlin continued his excellent recent form with three more 50+ fieldgoals.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 95 Roberts RG 65 Feeney OLB 98 Nelson RT 77 Heck ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 87 Durham OLB 0 Diaby WR 2 Egbuka CB 27 McCollum WR 15 T.Johnson CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 10 Bridgewater, 17 Shepard, 18 WIlliams, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 59 Kamara, 70 Chukwuma, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 92 SImmons, 96 Gaines DID NOT PLAY 16 Bazelak, 60 Jordan INACTIVES 5 Reddick, 7 Irving, 14 Godwin, 22 Vildor, 24 Castro, 52 Brewer, 72 Haggard
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Anthony Nelson’s pick six was a career highlight in a career game Where’s the whistle? Antoine Winfield lost a perfectly good touchdown At the eighth attempt, Sean Tucker scored from the one-yard line
GAME SCORING TB 6:41-2Q Nelson 3 interception return (McLaughlin) NO 0:01-2Q Grupe FG48 TB 10:08-3Q Tucker 1 run (McLaughlin) TB 4:02-3Q McLaughlin FG55 TB 14:03-4Q McLaughlin FG52 TB 9:26-4Q McLaughlin FG54
GAME REPORTS Beat-up Bucs ride defense, 4 turnovers to shutdown win over Saints Need a big play in a big game? Bucs can call on Anthony Nelson Bucs' "confidence is high" as they enter bye week with a 6-2 record 4th-quarter heroics? Pffft. Bucs defense beats Saints in a romp Inadvertent whistle takes Buccaneers touchdown off the board Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 8 Tampa Bay 23 New Orleans 3 Houston 26 San Francisco 15 LA Chargers 37 Minnesota 10 Baltimore 30 Chicago16 Buffalo 40 Carolina 9 Philadelphia 38 NY Giants 20 New England 32 Cleveland 13 NY Jets 39 Cincinnati 38 Miami 34 Atlanta 10 Indianapolis 38 Tennessee 10 Denver 44 Dallas 24 Green Bay 35 Pittsburgh 25 Kansas City 28 Washington 7 Bye week: Arizona, Detroit, Jacksonville, LA Rams, Las Vegas, Seattle
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Tucker 12-42, White 13-35, Williams 4-11. SAINTS: Kamara 6-21, Rattler 3-12, Shough 3-12, Hill 2-6, Olave 1-(- 3). PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 24-15-152-0-0. SAINTS: Rattler 21-15-136-1-0, Shough 30-17-128-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: T.Johnson 5-43, Otton 4-40, Egbuka 3-35, White 2-26, Shepard 1-8. SAINTS: Shaheed 9-75, Olave 8-63, Johnson 5-53, Cooks 3-22, Neal 3-11, Kamara 2-24, Vele 1-10, Hill 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Nelson 1-3, Winfield 1-0. SAINTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 2-50. SAINTS: Neal 5-106, Tipton 1-36. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 1-8. SAINTS: Shaheed 1-8. SACKS BUCS: Nelson 2-11, Dennis 1-10, Parrish 1-8, Hall 0.5-4, Watts 0.5-4. SAINTS: Young 1.5-14.5, Shepherd 1-8, Reid 0.5-5.5