2008 · Week 13
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Nov 30, 2008 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers held off New Orleans Saints 23–20. ScoutIndex had favored Buccaneers (65%) going in. Buccaneers improve to 9-3; Saints fall to 6-6. Jeff Garcia paced the offense with 119 passing yards and 1 TD; 42 rushing yards. Saints turned it over 3 times to Buccaneers's 1.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | First downs | 11 |
| 340 | Total yards | 268 |
| 296 | Passing yards | 119 |
| 44 | Rushing yards | 149 |
| 25/47 | Comp / Att | 9/23 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 25/47 | 296 | 2 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 11 | 34 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 3 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Devery Henderson | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Reggie Bush | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 9/23 | 119 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Garcia | 7 | 42 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 22 | 74 | 0 |
| Antonio Bryant | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 4 | 20 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Bryant | 3 | 0 | 63 | 1 |