Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 New Orleans Saints 36
Sunday 31 October 2021 at Caesars Superdome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Joe Davis and Troy Aikman
The Bucs’ three-game win streak came to an end as the Saints
won their sixth straight regular season game against Tampa
Bay. Jameis Winston was forced out by a knee injury but back-
up Trevor Siemian led the Saints to a key scoring drive late in
the 4th quarter. Tom Brady’s pick six ended any late hopes, one
of three key turnovers on the day.
GAME SCORING
TB
8:28-1Q
Godwin 12 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
NO
2:39-1Q
Smith 16 pass from Winston (Johnson kick)
NO
2:20-2Q
Johnson FG23
NO
0:27-2Q
Armah 1 pass from Siemian (kick failed)
NO
9:01-3Q
Kamara 1 run (Johnson kick)
TB
5:33-3Q
Bernard 7 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
TB
1:15-3Q
Evans 41 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
NO
8:31-4Q
Johnson FG35
TB
5:44-4Q
Grayson 50 pass from Brady (run failed)
NO
1:41-4Q
Johnson FG23
NO
1:24-4Q
Williams 40 int return (Johnson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports on one of the poorest Buc displays of the season
That was an ugly Bucs loss, but it doesn't have to be meaningless
Jameis Winston's would-be statement game ends in mid-sentence
Dream ending busted for WR Cyril Grayson
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
DL
93 Suh
LG
74 Marpet
DL
50 Vea
C
66 Jensen
DL
92 Gholston
RG
65 Cappa
LOLB
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
78 Wirfs
LILB
45 White
TE
87 Gronkowski
RILB
54 David
TE
84 Brate
ROLB
58 Barrett
WR
13 Evans
CB
29 Desir
WR
14 Godwin
CB
35 Dean
QB
12 Brady
S
33 Whitehead
RB
7 Fournette
S
31 Winfield
PLAYED
1 Darden, 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 15 Grayson, 18
Johnson, 25 Bernard, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 28 Robinson, 32
Edwards, 43 Cockrell, 46 Tinker, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt,
56 Nunez-Roches, 64 Stinnie, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 80 Howard, 98
Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
5 Sherman, 11 Gabbert, 70 Hainsey
INACTIVES
2 Trask, 21 Vaughn, 30 Delaney, 60 Leverett, 81 Brown, 96 McLendon
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bernard 2-30, Fournette 8-26, Jones 3-13, Brady 1-2.
SAINTS: Kamara 19-61, Winston 4-40, Ingram 6-27, Harris 1-22, Siemian
2-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Brady 40-28-375-2-4, Fournette 1-0-0-0-0.
SAINTS: Winston 10-6-56-0-1, Siemian 29-16-159-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 8-140, Johnson 5-65, Fournette 3-17, Darden 3-11, Evans
2-48, Howard 2-16, Brate 2-15, Grayson 1-50, Bernard 1-7, Jones 1-6.
SAINTS: Harris 3-35, Smith 3-33, Callaway 3-30, Griffin 3-30, Kamara 3-15,
Ingram 2-25, Trautman 2-4, White 1-38, Montgomery 1-4, Armah 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Williams 1-40, Gardner-Johnson 1-26.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Darden 1-17.
SAINTS: Harris 2-69.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Darden 3-14.
SAINTS: Harris 1-12.
SACKS
BUCS: Suh 1-6.
SAINTS: Alexander 1-10, Kpassagnon 1-9, Jordan 1-6.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 8
Green Bay 24 Arizona 21
NY Jets 34 Cincinnati 31
Tennessee 34 Indianapolis 31
LA Rams 38 Houston 22
Pittsburgh 15 Cleveland 10
Philadelphia 44 Detroit 6
San Francisco 33 Chicago 22
Carolina 19 Atlanta 13
Buffalo 26 Miami 11
New England 27 LA Chargers 24
Seattle 31 Jacksonville 7
Denver 17 Washington 10
New Orleans 36 Tampa Bay 27
Dallas 20 Minnesota 16
Kansas City 20 NY Giants 17
Bye: Baltimore and Las Vegas
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Chris Godwin caught the first of Tom Brady’s four touchdown passes
Giovani Bernard came inside on a well-scripted pass play
Cyril Grayson’s first NFL touchdown was a blown defensive coverage
