2011 · Week 6
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Oct 16, 2011 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers topped New Orleans Saints 26–20. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Buccaneers had just a 43% chance going in. Buccaneers improve to 4-2; Saints fall to 4-2. Josh Freeman was the story of the game with 303 passing yards and 2 TDs; 3 rushing yards. Saints turned it over 4 times to Buccaneers's 0.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 18 |
| 453 | Total yards | 420 |
| 383 | Passing yards | 303 |
| 70 | Rushing yards | 117 |
| 29/45 | Comp / Att | 23/41 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 29/45 | 383 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 3 | 21 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 9 | 22 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Graham | 7 | 11 | 124 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 7 | 11 | 118 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 8 | 11 | 46 | 0 |
| Lance Moore | 2 | 3 | 46 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| John Gilmore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Freeman | 23/41 | 303 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Freeman | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 17 | 109 | 0 |
| Arrelious Benn | 1 | -5 | 0 |
| Preston Parker | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Kregg Lumpkin | 2 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest Graham | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Arrelious Benn | 3 | 6 | 83 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 6 | 13 | 59 | 0 |
| Dezmon Briscoe | 2 | 2 | 49 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 5 | 10 | 40 | 0 |
| Preston Parker | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 |
| Erik Lorig | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Zack Pianalto | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |