Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 New Orleans Saints 41
Sunday 16 December 2012 at the Louisiana Superdome
SCORING
NO
11:12-1Q
Thomas 9 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
NO
13:23-2Q
Hartley FG25
NO
4:57-2Q
Sproles 2 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
NO
0:09-2Q
Moore 7 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
NO
9:05-3Q
Morgan 34 pass from Brees (Hartley kick)
NO
8:09-4Q
Hartley FG36
NO
4:54-4Q
Ingram 11 run (Hartley kick)
This was a true hammering as Josh Freeman was intercepted four times and the Saints racked up one of the
biggest defeats the Bucs had ever suffered. "This is unacceptable," said Greg Schiano, whose team had 386
yards of offense (76 on the final drive). "I know that. It's my name, the organization's name. We don't do that, so
we've got to get it right."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Blount 4-25, Tandy 1-18, Martin 9-16, Freeman 2-8.
SAINTS: Ingram 14-90, Sproles 5-22, Henderson 1-13, Thomas 4-13,
Brees 1-11.
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 47-26-279-4-0, Orlovsky 7-4-51-0-0.
SAINTS: Brees 39-26-307-0-4.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Clark 8-42, Jackson 6-81, Williams 4-63, Underwood 3-46,
Stocker 3-23, Martin 3-19, Ware 2-32, Owusu 1-24.
SAINTS: Graham 5-69, Sproles 5-21, Moore 4-42, Colston 3-60,
Thomas 3-26, Morgan 2-61, Thomas 2-21, Collins 1-4, Cadet 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS:
SAINTS: Greer 2-3, Bush 1-40, Quddus 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Parrish 3-63, Ware 1-7.
SAINTS: Cadet 1-30.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Parrish 1-39.
SAINTS: Sproles 3-38.
SACKS
BUCS: Bowers 1-9.
SAINTS: Jordan 1-7, Smith 1-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
71 Bennett
LG
76 Zuttah
DT
93 McCoy
C
62 Larsen
DT
90 Miller
RG
79 Meredith
DE
50 Te’o-Nesheim
RT
69 Dotson
WLB
54 David
TE
88 Stocker
MLB
59 Foster
TE
44 Clark
DB
36 Gorrer
WR
83 Jackson
LCB
31 Biggers
WR
19 Williams
RCB
26 Gaitor
RB
22 Martin
SS
24 Barron
QB
5 Freeman
FS
20 Barber
PLAYED
6 Orlovsky, 9 Koenen, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 27 Blount, 28
Ware, 29 Johnson, 33 McDonald, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 43 Black,
48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 74
Wallace, 78 Levingston, 80 Owusu, 82 Byham, 91 Bowers, 95
Gibson, 98 Morgan
DID NOT PLAY
10 Barth
INACTIVE
30 Lewis, 34 Smith, 53 Goode, 73 Allen, 89 Douglas, 96 Irvin,
97 Masiflio
COMMENTARY CREW
Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Superdome
Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly adds his opinion
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton weighs in with his own thoughts on proceedings
Bucs' plans unravel quickly due to deficit
Bucs defense gouged again in rout
Sideline commotion
Downfield doldrums
Maintaining focus a big test
Scott Smith's game report
The official gamebook including the play-by-play
