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
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