2002 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sep 8, 2002 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints topped Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26–20. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Saints had just a 31% chance going in. Saints improve to 1-0; Buccaneers fall to 0-1. Aaron Brooks was the story of the game with 260 passing yards and 2 TDs; 9 rushing yards.
Team stats
| NO | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 17 |
| 378 | Total yards | 350 |
| 260 | Passing yards | 278 |
| 118 | Rushing yards | 72 |
| 24/42 | Comp / Att | 28/53 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 24/42 | 260 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 31 | 109 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 8 | 11 | 108 | 0 |
| Donte' Stallworth | 4 | 6 | 63 | 1 |
| Boo Williams | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
| Jerome Pathon | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jake Reed | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| David Sloan | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Michael L. Lewis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 28/52 | 278 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Tupa | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 12 | 50 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keyshawn Johnson | 5 | 13 | 76 | 0 |
| Keenan McCardell | 6 | 9 | 63 | 1 |
| Michael Pittman | 5 | 7 | 31 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 5 | 48 | 0 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 4 | 5 | 37 | 1 |
| Todd Yoder | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Dilger | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Travis Stephens | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| John Howell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |