2012 · Week 7
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Oct 21, 2012 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints defeated Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35–28. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (60%) going in. Saints improve to 2-4; Buccaneers fall to 2-4. Drew Brees paced the offense with 377 passing yards and 4 TDs; 1 rushing yard.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | First downs | 23 |
| 458 | Total yards | 522 |
| 377 | Passing yards | 420 |
| 81 | Rushing yards | 102 |
| 27/37 | Comp / Att | 24/42 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 27/37 | 377 | 4 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Thomas | 13 | 32 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 5 | 27 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 7 | 21 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Moore | 9 | 10 | 121 | 0 |
| Devery Henderson | 3 | 3 | 75 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 7 | 10 | 73 | 1 |
| Joseph Morgan | 1 | 2 | 48 | 1 |
| Pierre Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 4 | 4 | 32 | 1 |
| David Thomas | 2 | 4 | 27 | 1 |
| Jed Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Freeman | 24/42 | 420 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Freeman | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 16 | 85 | 1 |
| D.J. Ware | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Arrelious Benn | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| LeGarrette Blount | 5 | -2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Jackson | 7 | 14 | 216 | 1 |
| Doug Martin | 3 | 3 | 37 | 0 |
| Dallas Clark | 5 | 6 | 51 | 1 |
| Mike Williams | 4 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Tiquan Underwood | 2 | 6 | 35 | 1 |
| Luke Stocker | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
| Erik Lorig | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| D.J. Ware | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| LeGarrette Blount | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |