2014 · Week 17
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dec 28, 2014 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints held off Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23–20. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (62%) going in. Saints improve to 7-9; Buccaneers fall to 2-14. Drew Brees paced the offense with 281 passing yards and 1 TD; 1 catch for 1 yard.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 17 |
| 351 | Total yards | 298 |
| 281 | Passing yards | 115 |
| 70 | Rushing yards | 183 |
| 24/38 | Comp / Att | 14/23 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 24/38 | 281 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 14 | 57 | 1 |
| Khiry Robinson | 7 | 15 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenny Stills | 5 | 8 | 82 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Graham | 6 | 9 | 54 | 0 |
| Marques Colston | 2 | 6 | 51 | 1 |
| Nick Toon | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Khiry Robinson | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Robert Meachem | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Travaris Cadet | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh McCown | 14/23 | 115 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josh McCown | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 19 | 108 | 0 |
| Charles Sims | 18 | 69 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Sims | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Evans | 5 | 6 | 54 | 1 |
| Brandon Myers | 4 | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| Tavarres King | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Vincent Jackson | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Russell Shepard | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |