2003 · Week 9
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Nov 2, 2003 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 17–14 win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 21% chance going in. Saints improve to 4-5; Buccaneers fall to 4-4. Deuce McAllister was the story of the game with 110 rushing yards; 4 catches for 16 yards. Buccaneers out-gained the opponent 389–266 in total yards. Buccaneers turned it over 3 times to Saints's 1.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 20 |
| 266 | Total yards | 389 |
| 142 | Passing yards | 333 |
| 124 | Rushing yards | 56 |
| 13/30 | Comp / Att | 27/46 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 13/29 | 142 | 1 | 1 |
| Mitch Berger | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 26 | 110 | 0 |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 27/46 | 333 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 16 | 48 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| Aaron Stecker | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |