Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 New Orleans Saints 42 Sunday 29 December 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome
SCORING NO 10:15-1Q Moore 44 pass from Brees (Graham kick) TB 8:40-1Q Underwood 48 pass from Glennon (Lindell kick) NO 3:08-1Q Graham 10 pass from Brees (Graham kick) NO 8:04-2Q Meacham 41 pass from Brees (Graham kick) TB 3:28-2Q Wright 1 pass from Glennon (Lindell kick) NO 2:40-2Q Stills 76 pass from Brees (Graham kick) TB 6:35-3Q Lindell FG54 NO 1:22-3Q Thomas 8 run (Graham kick) NO 14:08-4Q Brees 9 run (Graham kick)
The season ended and ultimately so did Greg Schiano’s coaching career with the Bucs as the Saints racked up six touchdowns with big plays all day. “It’s a tough time in that locker room right now for our players and our coaches because of the amount of physical and emotional energy that’s been invested in this season,’’ Schiano said.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Rainey 11-35, Leonard 5-35, Hill 1-3, Wright 1-2. SAINTS: Robinson 12-50, Thomas 7-20, Ingram 3-20, Brees 2-8, Collins 2-3, Sproles 3-(-1), McCown 1-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Glennon 41-22-219-1-2, Koenen 1-0-0-0-0.. SAINTS: Brees 31-24-381-0-4. RECEIVING BUCS: Underwood 5-93, Wright 5-58, Jackson 4-35, Leonard 3-1, Hill 2-23, Owusu 1-5, Lorig 1-3, Rainey 1-1. SAINTS: Colston 6-67, Graham 5-71, Moore 4-73, Sproles 2-30, Stills 1-76, Meachem 1-41, Hill 1-8, Watson 1-7, Ingram 1-3, Thomas 1-3, Collins 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Lewis 1-2.. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Page 3-69. SAINTS: Sproles 1-22. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Page 0-0. SAINTS: Sproles 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Clayborn 1-11.. SAINTS: Galette 2-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 92 Gholston LG 62 Larsen DT 93 McCoy C 76 Zuttah DT 97 Spence RG 75 Joseph DE 94 Clayborn RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 81 Wright MLB 59 Foster WR 83 Jackson SLB 57 Hayward WR 80 Owusu LCB 24 Revis WR 11 Underwood RCB 27 Banks RB 43 Rainey SS 23 Barron QB 8 Glennon FS 38 Goldson PLAYED 4 Lindell, 6 Orlovsky, 9 Koenen, 17 Page, 29 Johnson, 30 Leonard, 33 Carr, 35 McCray, 36 Gorrer, 41 Lorig, 44 Hill, 46 Larsen, 48 Economos, 49 McDougald, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 51 Lansanah, 72 Carimi, 79 Meredith, 86 Adams, 90 Landri, 95 Gibson, 96 Means DID NOT PLAY 18 Dawson, 66 Omameh INACTIVE 23 Barron, 45 Pryor, 56 Watson, 58 Glaud, 60 Solomon, 65 Masifilo, 77 Nicks
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick