2005 · Week 17
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jan 1, 2006 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated New Orleans Saints 27–13. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Buccaneers (82%). Buccaneers improve to 11-5; Saints fall to 3-13. Chris Simms paced the offense with 143 passing yards and 2 TDs; 2 rushing yards. Saints turned it over 2 times to Buccaneers's 0.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 13 |
| 336 | Total yards | 292 |
| 265 | Passing yards | 143 |
| 71 | Rushing yards | 149 |
| 25/37 | Comp / Att | 12/25 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Bouman | 25/37 | 265 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Bouman | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 16 | 55 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Anthony Thomas | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Stecker | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Anthony Thomas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Simms | 12/25 | 143 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Simms | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 22 | 81 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 64 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |