2007 · Week 2
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sep 16, 2007 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat New Orleans Saints 31–14. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Buccaneers had just a 45% chance going in. Buccaneers improve to 1-1; Saints fall to 0-2. Jeff Garcia led the way with 243 passing yards and 2 TDs; 6 rushing yards. Saints turned it over 2 times to Buccaneers's 0.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 14 |
| 359 | Total yards | 330 |
| 260 | Passing yards | 243 |
| 99 | Rushing yards | 87 |
| 26/44 | Comp / Att | 10/16 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 26/44 | 260 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 10 | 49 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 10 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 3 | 13 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Eric Johnson | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 10/16 | 243 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 24 | 61 | 2 |
| Michael Pittman | 5 | 18 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |