Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 New Orleans Saints 13
Sunday 2 January 2011 at the Louisiana Superdome
SCORING
TB
9:58-1Q
Barth FG43
NO
4:41-1Q
Graham 4 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
TB
6:40-2Q
Briscoe 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
NO
10:30-3Q
Hartley FG45
TB
8:01-3Q
Barth FG32
TB
2:09-3Q
M.Williams 18 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
NO
11:17-4Q
Hartley FG38
TB
4:01-4Q
Barth FG48
The Bucs finished the season with another win, their 10th in all but still missed out on the playoffs. To get to the
playoffs, they needed the Bears to beat the Packers and the Redskins to beat the Giants. Neither did, but no one in
the Bucs' locker room blamed the Bears or Redskins for sealing their fate. The Packers claimed the NFC's final
playoff spot. "We kind of did this to ourselves,'' Josh Freeman said. "There were a number of games this year
where we can look back say, 'Yeah, we should have won that game.' ''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Blount 19-66, Freeman 4-11, C.Williams 1-7.
SAINTS: Bush 9-70, Ivory 7-33, Jones 4-6, Daniel 1-0, Meacham
1-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 26-21- 255-0-2, Spurlock 1-0-0-0-0.
SAINTS: Brees 38-22-196-1-1, Daniel 3-2-16-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Briscoe 4-65, M.Williams 4-40, Winslow 3-28, Stovall 2-45,
Parker 2-33, Blount 2-2, Lumpkin 1-12, Purvis 1-11, Lorig 1-10,
Gilmore 1-9.
SAINTS: Arrington 7-79, Moore 6-53, Bush 5-55, Graham 2-15,
Jones 2-3, Meacham 1-5, Evans 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Asante 1-4.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 3-108.
SAINTS: Henderson 6-142.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 1-4.
SAINTS: Bush 1-7.
SACKS
BUCS: Miller 1-7, Magee 1-4, Hayes 1-2
SAINTS: Charleston 1-10, Smith 1-9, Brown 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
96 Crowder
LG
62 Larsen
DT
98 Okam
C
76 Zuttah
DT
90 Miller
RG
73 Hardman
DE
71 Bennett
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
54 Hayes
TE
82 Winslow
MLB
51 Ruud
TE
88 Gilmore
SLB
57 Hayward
WR
19 Williams
LCB
31 Biggers
WR
85 Stovall
RCB
20 Barber
RB
27 Blount
SS
26 Jones
QB
5 Freeman
FS
41 Lynch
PLAYED
1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 21 Harris, 22 Asante, 23
Lewis, 24 Williams, 28 Lumpkin, 33 Mack, 44 Lorig, 48
Economos, 50 McKenzie, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 77 Lee,
80 Purvis, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 91 White, 95
Woods, 97 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
60 Carter
INACTIVE
12 Carpenter, 18 Stroughter, 29 Johnson, 34 Graham, 61
Barker, 67 Johnson, 79 Worthington, 84 Overbay
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Superdome
Joe Henderson knows that more is still to come
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton offers his opinions on events
LeGarrette Blount batters his way to a 1,000-yard season
The gamble on 4th down paid off big time for the Bucs
And yet more rookies step up to the plate
Game notes and anecdotes from the Tampa locker room
Scott Smith's detailed game report
The official gamebook and play-by-play
COMMENTARY CREW
Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick
