Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New Orleans Saints 23 Sunday 31 December 2023 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
GAME SCORING NO 7:04-1Q Johnson 4 pass from Carr (Grupe kick) NO 1:53-2Q Hill 22 pass from Carr (Grupe kick) NO 0:09-2Q Grupe FG45 NO 4:25-3Q Grupe FG28 TB 7:50-4Q Palmer 22 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) NO 3:48-4Q Grupe FG38 TB 1:37-4Q Godwin 47 pass from Mayfield (pass failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 11-42, Edmonds 3-16, Mayfield 1-(-1). SAINTS: Williams 19-58, Kamara 10-45, Prentice 1-7, Hill 2-1, Carr 3- (-3). PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 33-22-309-2-2. SAINTS: Carr 32-24-197-0-2, Hill 2-1-11-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Edmonds 5-40, Palmer 4-84, R.White 4-24, Godwin 3-81, Evans 3-70, Otton 2-10, Thompkins 1-0. SAINTS: Johnson 8-90, Williams 4-13, Olave 3-26, Hill 2-30, Shaheed 2-14, Kamara 2-4, Moreau 1-13, Prentice 1-7, Bowden 1-6, Perry 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Taylor 1-0, Abram 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Shaheed 2-41. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 2-21. SAINTS: Shaheed 2-27. SACKS BUCS: Watts 1-6. SAINTS: Bresee 1-10, Baun 1-7.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 64 Stinnie DL 90 Hall C 70 Hainsey DL 50 Vea RG 69 Mauch OLB 0 Diaby RT 67 Goedecke ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 10 Palmer OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 14 Godwin CB 27 McCollum QB 6 Mayfield S 31 Winfield RB 1 White S 23 Neal PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 8 Dennis, 19 Moore, 22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 38 Pitts, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 58 Watts, 71 Feiler, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 87 Durham, 89 Wells, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 44 Tucker, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 7 Barrett, 11 Wolford, 24 Davis, 41 Kieft, 51 Russell, 56 Senat, 73 Walton
GAME REPORTS NFC South celebration on hold as error-prone Bucs falter vs. Saints Everyone ready for playoffs take a step forward. Not so fast, Bucs How the Bucs offense beat itself with turnovers vs. Saints Baker Mayfield doesn't escape Sunday's loss pain free Moving up the record books Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
When it comes to stunning losses, this one will rank right up there. Down 20-0 and playing as flat as seemingly possible with the division title there for the taking. Then every attempt at a comeback ended with the Bucs shooting themselves in the foot, a long run that resulted in a fumble, a long pass that ended the same way. Two interceptions were thrown in too and the end of the four-game win streak. Now the Bucs have to win next week in Carolina for that playoff berth.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 17 Tampa Bay 13 New Orleans 23 Cleveland 37 NY Jets 20 Dallas 20 Detroit 19 Buffalo 27 New England 21 Houston 26 Tennessee 3 Indianapolis 23 Las Vegas 13 Jacksonville 26 Carolina 0 LA Rams 26 NY Giants 25 Arizona 35 Philadelphia 31 San Francisco 27 Washington 10 Chicago 37 Atlanta 17 Baltimore 56 Miami 19 Pittsburgh 30 Seattle 23 Denver 16 LA Chargers 9 Kansas City 25 Cincinnati 17 Green Bay 33 Minnesota 10
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-8 New Orleans Saints 8-8 Atlanta Falcons 7-9 Carolina Panthers 2-14
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Trey Palmer scored the first Buc touchdown on a post pattern route But then fumbled after a long reception, one of the four turnovers Baker Mayfield’s late touchdown pass to Chris Godwin was just too late