Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 New Orleans Saints 27
Sunday 6 November 2011 at the Louisiana Superdome
SCORING
NO
2:27-1Q
Moore 3 pass from Brees (Kasay kick)
NO
8:34-2Q
Sproles 21 pass from Brees (Kasay kick)
TB
1:39-2Q
Barth FG40
NO
0:00-2Q
Kasay FG21
TB
9:29-3Q
Barth FG48
NO
3:11-3Q
Thomas 9 run (Kasay kick)
TB
11:08-4Q
Barth FG25
TB
5:33-4Q
Winslow 5 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
NO
1:17-4Q
Kasay FG34
The Bucs were down early in their return game after their Trans-Atlantic soujourn and were never really in this
game. There were some more bad penalties for what was becoming a consistenly undisciplined team and the
signs of problems to come were beginning to appear.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Blount 13-72, Freeman 3-8, Lumpkin 2-7, Johnson 1-1, Benn
1-(-4).
SAINTS: Ivory 15-67, P.Thomas 8-66, Sproles 4-42, Brees 1-20.
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 37-27-281-0-1.
SAINTS: Brees 36-27-258-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Williams 6-46, Lumpkin 4-31, Winslow 4-29, Parker 3-56,
Pianalto 2-24, Benn 2-22, Lorig 2-12, Blount 2-8, Briscoe 1-46,
Spurlock 1-7.
SAINTS: Graham 6-78, Sproles 5-57, Colston 5-52, P.Thomas 4-25,
Moore 3-20, Henderson 2-13, Gilmore 1-9, D.Thomas 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-0.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Parker 1-45.
SAINTS: Sproles 2-54.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Parker 2-16.
SAINTS: Sproles 1-15.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Harper 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
71 Bennett
LG
76 Zuttah
DT
93 McCoy
C
52 Faine
DT
92 Price
RG
75 Joseph
DE
94 Clayborn
RT
65 Trueblood
SLB
58 Black
TE
82 WInslow
MLB
59 Foster
TE
88 Stocker
WLB
57 Hayward
TE
69 Dotson
LCB
25 Talib
WR
17 Benn
RCB
20 Barber
RB
27 Blount
SS
26 Jones
QB
5 Freeman
FS
36 Jackson
PLAYED
9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Johnson, 19 M Williams, 22 Asante, 24
Gaitor, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 32 Madu. 33 Mack, 41 Lynch,
44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 54 Hayes, 56 Watson, 73
Hardman, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90
Miller, 91 Bowers, 97 Johnson
INACTIVE
18 Stroughter, 23 Lewis, 53 Diles, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 96
Crowder, 98 Okam
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and John Lynch
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Superdome
Martin Fennelly is fed up with all the poor starts
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton hates the wildcat third down call
The run defense just gets run over again
Saints' blitz gives Freeman fits
Some more thoughts and views on the loss
Scott Smith's official game report
The official gamebook including the play-by-play
