Week 1, 2039

played in New Orleans, CA

61 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	3	7	5	-	15
New Orleans Saints	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:52 TBY - Keith Castle 23 field goal
3Q: 09:53 TBY - Orlando McKeon 5 run (Keith Castle extra point)
4Q: 15:00 TBY - Safety: Olivier Vernon sacked quarterback in end zone
4Q: 09:53 TBY - Keith Castle 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 03:52 TBY - Keith Castle 23 field goal
3Q: 09:53 TBY - Orlando McKeon 5 run (Keith Castle extra point)
4Q: 15:00 TBY - Safety: Olivier Vernon sacked quarterback in end zone
4Q: 09:53 TBY - Keith Castle 27 field goal

Team Statistics TBY NOS
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 22 12
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 16 9
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 355 220
- Offensive Plays 76 54
- Yards per Play 4.67 4.07
Net Rushing Yards 109 41
- Rushing Attempts 37 17
- Yards per Rush 2.95 2.41
Net Passing Yards 246 179
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 26 - 0 35 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 251 191
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 6.31 4.84
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/17 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 9.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 4/20 3/29
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 2/21
Kick Returns/Yards 1/18 4/96
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 29
Time of Possession 38:58 21:02

Team Statistics	TBY	NOS
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	22	12
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	16	9
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	355	220
- Offensive Plays	76	54
- Yards per Play	4.67	4.07
Net Rushing Yards	109	41
- Rushing Attempts	37	17
- Yards per Rush	2.95	2.41
Net Passing Yards	246	179
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 26 - 0	35 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	251	191
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	6.31	4.84
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/17	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	9.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	4/20	3/29
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	2/21
Kick Returns/Yards	1/18	4/96
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 29
Time of Possession	38:58	21:02

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:40	3:15	OWN 5	6	25	Punt
1	6:31	1:42	OPP 27	3	-5	Missed FG
1	3:01	5:38	OWN 3	14	65	Missed FG
2	11:38	7:52	OWN 7	16	87	Field Goal
2	2:28	2:12	OWN 29	6	17	Punt
3	15:00	5:15	OWN 20	9	80	Touchdown
3	4:31	4:16	OWN 20	8	28	Punt
4	14:48	5:02	OWN 25	8	65	Field Goal
4	5:56	1:53	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
4	2:49	0:38	OWN 15	3	-3	Punt
4	0:04	0:04	OWN 20	1	-1	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:20	OWN 35	4	8	Punt
1	9:25	2:54	OWN 20	5	7	Fumble
1	4:49	1:48	OWN 39	3	8	Punt
2	12:23	0:45	OWN 39	3	0	Punt
2	3:46	1:18	OWN 18	5	7	Punt
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 21	1	4	Half
3	9:45	5:14	OWN 34	10	55	Missed FG
3	0:15	0:27	OWN 1	2	-1	Safety
4	9:46	3:50	OWN 33	7	17	Punt
4	4:03	1:14	OWN 34	5	51	Downs
4	2:11	2:07	OWN 48	10	49	Interception

Game MVP: J.J. Sutton, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Orlando McKeon	29	88	3.03	23	2	1
Earl Peterson	7	22	3.14	13	1	0
J.J. Sutton	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Adam England	10	10	1.00	4
Mark Bobro	5	16	3.20	5
Randall Wolf	2	15	7.50	9

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
J.J. Sutton	38	26	251	1/5	0	32	0	86.6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Randall Wolf	35	14	191	2/12	0	46	1	46.2

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Howard Rucci	6	11	61	10.17	36	30
WR Dustin Bishop	5	5	66	13.20	4	32
RB Orlando McKeon	4	5	44	11.00	8	15
WR Weston Hughey	3	4	51	17.00	15	23
WR Gus Torres	3	4	10	3.33	0	6
TE Darrell Gil	2	4	3	1.50	0	3
FB Freddie Quaccia	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
TE Nick McElroy	1	2	15	15.00	3	15
WR Ronald Shapiro	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Noah King	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tavon Austin	4	11	54	13.50	17	22
WR Cole Smith	3	3	52	17.33	2	25
WR Horace Devlin	2	5	61	30.50	42	46
RB Adam England	2	2	12	6.00	0	7
FB Rod Koski	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Greg Emerson	1	5	12	12.00	3	12
WR Declan Powell	1	3	0	0.00	0	0
RB Mark Bobro	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Corey Tangeman	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB J.R. Coccione	1	0	0.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
J.J. Sutton	1	1	0
C.J. Paraiso	0	1	0
Julio Fortin	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Randall Wolf	1	0	0	0
Ted Arnold	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gino James	5	245	49.0	44.8	58	3

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jackie O'Donnell	5	247	49.4	45.4	54	3

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Keith Castle	2/4	0/2	0/0	27	1/1

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jimmie Apodaca	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tavon Austin	2	21	10.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Neal Rodgers	1	18	18.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mark Bobro	2	47	23.5	0
Tavon Austin	2	49	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Brad Rash	5	3	0.5	15	33
ILB Brandon Fisk	4	2	0.0	17	35
OLB Jarvis Jones	4	1	0.0	9	9
CB J.R. Coccione	4	0	0.0	17	37
S Teddy Hutton	3	0	0.0	17	37
DE Olivier Vernon	2	4	0.5	15	30
S Jeffrey Blanchard	2	1	0.0	9	25
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	2	0	0.0	0	6
DT Cornelius White	2	0	0.0	13	26
DT Julio Fortin	1	0	1.0	10	26
S Neal Rodgers	1	1	0.0	16	37
DT Jeris Pendleton	1	0	0.0	11	19
OLB Caleb McSurdy	1	0	0.0	5	11
CB Kendall Madison	1	0	0.0	17	36
DE C.J. Paraiso	0	1	0.0	5	13

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Sammie Collins	16	3	0.0	33	37
OLB Ian Whitehurst	8	3	0.0	27	18
S Clifton McIntyre	6	4	0.0	35	35
DE Ted Arnold	5	2	1.0	26	28
CB Korey Beyer	4	2	0.0	29	33
ILB Jumbo Greer	4	1	0.0	14	12
DT Neal Segalas	3	0	0.0	30	25
DT Michael Brockers	3	0	0.0	28	24
CB Dennis Meidinger	3	0	0.0	12	23
CB Donny Green	2	0	0.0	37	38
DE Conrad Tatum	2	0	0.0	23	29
OLB Doug Reeves	1	1	0.0	27	29
S Kris Wooden	1	1	0.0	36	37
OLB Terry Beckman	1	0	0.0	2	2
QB Randall Wolf	1	0	---	---	---
CB Johnnie Pulliam	1	0	0.0	5	4
S Tommie Stephens	1	0	0.0	5	11

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Julio Fortin	1.0	0	1	26
DE Olivier Vernon	0.5	1	2	30
OLB Brad Rash	0.5	1	0	33
DE C.J. Paraiso	0.0	0	3	13
DT Cornelius White	0.0	0	1	26

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ted Arnold	1.0	0	0	1	28
DT Michael Brockers	0.0	1	0	0	24
DT Neal Segalas	0.0	0	3	1	25
OLB Doug Reeves	0.0	0	2	0	29
DT Chad Barnes	0.0	0	1	0	15
DE Conrad Tatum	0.0	0	1	0	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB J.R. Coccione	4	2	1	37
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	2	1	0	6
OLB Brad Rash	2	1	0	33
S Jeffrey Blanchard	2	0	0	25
ILB Brandon Fisk	1	1	0	35
CB Kendall Madison	1	1	0	36
S Teddy Hutton	1	0	0	37
OLB Caleb McSurdy	1	0	0	11
S Neal Rodgers	0	1	0	37

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Clifton McIntyre	4	0	35
ILB Sammie Collins	4	0	37
OLB Ian Whitehurst	4	0	18
CB Dennis Meidinger	3	0	23
CB Korey Beyer	3	0	33
CB Donny Green	2	1	38
ILB Jumbo Greer	2	0	12
S Tommie Stephens	1	1	11
OLB Terry Beckman	1	0	2
OLB Doug Reeves	1	0	29
DE Conrad Tatum	1	0	29

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
K.C. Dail	2	7	0	37	0	39
Brady Daughtry	2	4	1	37	0	39
Rico Hawn	1	9	0	37	0	39
Jonathan Martin	1	6	0	37	1	39
Darrell Gil	1	2	0	30	0	27
Danny Watkins	0	5	0	37	0	39
Freddie Quaccia	0	3	0	24	0	22

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Matt Kalil	2	5	17	2	37
Joseph Snyder	1	6	17	0	37
Ben Jones	0	2	17	0	37
Reuben Shaw	0	1	17	0	37
Lonnie Duffy	0	1	17	0	37

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Jeffrey Blanchard	2	17
Earl Peterson	1	19
Noah King	1	15
Danny Watkins	1	9
Dustin Bishop	1	4

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Robert Abreu	1	7

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Danny Watkins	37	39	---	---	9	85
J.J. Sutton	37	39	---	---	---	76
Jonathan Martin	37	39	---	---	---	76
K.C. Dail	37	39	---	---	---	76
Brady Daughtry	37	39	---	---	---	76
Rico Hawn	37	39	---	---	---	76
Howard Rucci	34	34	---	---	1	69
Teddy Hutton	---	---	17	37	14	68
Weston Hughey	29	28	---	---	9	66
Darrell Gil	30	27	---	---	5	62
J.R. Coccione	---	---	17	37	5	59
Kendall Madison	---	---	17	36	6	59
Neal Rodgers	---	---	16	37	3	56
Freddie Quaccia	24	22	---	---	9	55
Brandon Fisk	---	---	17	35	1	53
Orlando McKeon	29	23	---	---	---	52
Jeffrey Blanchard	---	---	9	25	17	51
Brad Rash	---	---	15	33	1	49
Olivier Vernon	---	---	15	30	1	46
Cornelius White	---	---	13	26	5	44
Earl Peterson	8	14	---	---	19	41
Toby Wallerstedt	---	---	11	26	---	37
Julio Fortin	---	---	10	26	1	37
Dustin Bishop	13	19	---	---	4	36
Jeris Pendleton	---	---	11	19	1	31
Gus Torres	12	13	---	---	2	27
Caleb McSurdy	---	---	5	11	10	26
C.J. Paraiso	---	---	5	13	6	24
Nick McElroy	2	5	---	---	12	19
Jarvis Jones	---	---	9	9	---	18
Noah King	1	1	---	---	15	17
Ronald Shapiro	1	6	---	---	10	17
J.B. Blair	0	0	---	---	9	9
Stephen Battle	0	0	---	---	9	9
Roderick Measso	2	3	---	---	4	9
Morris Packer	0	0	---	---	9	9
Albert Bertolone	0	0	---	---	9	9
Keith Castle	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bruce Brandenfeis	---	---	0	6	2	8
Desmond Wilburn	---	---	0	0	6	6
Gino James	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jaiden McClung	0	0	---	---	4	4
Randal Joyner	---	---	0	1	---	1
Jesse Jordan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Zach Breeden	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brady Ives	---	---	0	0	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammie Collins	---	---	33	37	14	84
Donny Green	---	---	37	38	3	78
Clifton McIntyre	---	---	35	35	6	76
Kris Wooden	---	---	36	37	3	76
Korey Beyer	---	---	29	33	2	64
Doug Reeves	---	---	27	29	6	62
Lonnie Duffy	17	37	---	---	6	60
Neal Segalas	---	---	30	25	3	58
Ted Arnold	---	---	26	28	2	56
Michael Brockers	---	---	28	24	4	56
Tavon Austin	13	33	---	---	9	55
Conrad Tatum	---	---	23	29	3	55
Ben Jones	17	37	---	---	---	54
Matt Kalil	17	37	---	---	---	54
Reuben Shaw	17	37	---	---	---	54
Randall Wolf	17	37	---	---	---	54
Joseph Snyder	17	37	---	---	---	54
Greg Emerson	16	32	---	---	---	48
Mark Bobro	7	23	---	---	17	47
Jace Gilmore	---	---	19	20	8	47
Ian Whitehurst	---	---	27	18	---	45
Dennis Meidinger	---	---	12	23	4	39
Jumbo Greer	---	---	14	12	8	34
Rod Koski	5	18	---	---	10	33
Horace Devlin	9	17	---	---	5	31
Adam England	10	14	---	---	7	31
Chad Barnes	---	---	12	15	2	29
Tommie Stephens	---	---	5	11	13	29
Corey Tangeman	7	9	---	---	12	28
Johnnie Pulliam	---	---	5	4	19	28
Declan Powell	6	18	---	---	---	24
Robert Abreu	7	8	---	---	7	22
Walt Madison	---	---	7	9	3	19
Wesley Mills	2	3	---	---	10	15
Cole Smith	3	10	---	---	---	13
Agamemnon Alford	0	0	---	---	12	12
Jason Slowey	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mario Gulden	0	0	---	---	6	6
Robbie Rose	0	0	---	---	6	6
Keegan Scheungrab	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jackie O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Terry Beckman	---	---	2	2	---	4
Jimmie Apodaca	0	0	---	---	3	3
Earl Leyes	0	0	---	---	1	1
Kelvin Cox	0	0	---	---	---	0
Fernando Aceves	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	12	2.4
Middle	17	30	1.8
Right	14	68	4.9
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	0	0.0
Middle	9	35	3.9
Right	2	6	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
J.J. Sutton	38	26	3	0	2	2	7	2	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Randall Wolf	35	14	4	2	0	7	7	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	41	10.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	16	94	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	84	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	32	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	5	54	4.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	7	112	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	25	8.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Howard Rucci	11	6	1	61	1	34
WR Dustin Bishop	5	5	0	66	1	19
RB Orlando McKeon	5	4	1	44	0	23
TE Darrell Gil	4	2	0	3	0	27
WR Weston Hughey	4	3	0	51	1	28
WR Gus Torres	4	3	0	10	0	13
TE Nick McElroy	2	1	0	15	0	5
FB Freddie Quaccia	1	1	0	2	0	22
TE Noah King	1	0	0	0	0	1
WR Ronald Shapiro	1	1	0	-1	0	6

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tavon Austin	11	4	54	1	33
TE Greg Emerson	5	1	12	0	32
WR Horace Devlin	5	2	61	1	17
WR Cole Smith	3	3	52	2	10
WR Declan Powell	3	1	0	0	18
TE Corey Tangeman	2	0	0	0	9
RB Adam England	2	2	12	0	14
FB Rod Koski	1	1	0	0	18
RB Mark Bobro	1	0	0	0	23

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Orlando McKeon	7	11	1.57	3.03
Earl Peterson	2	5	2.50	3.14

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
J.J. Sutton	2	1	5	2.50	6.61

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Randall Wolf	12	3	21	1.75	5.46

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Howard Rucci	1	1	5	5.00	5.55
TE Noah King	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Greg Emerson	3	0	0	0.00	2.40
RB Adam England	2	2	12	6.00	6.00
WR Tavon Austin	2	1	9	4.50	4.91
WR Declan Powell	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Horace Devlin	1	0	0	0.00	12.20

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Earl Peterson	2	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Mark Bobro	1	0
Randall Wolf	1	1
Adam England	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
J.J. Sutton	15	8	7

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Randall Wolf	9	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Howard Rucci	3	1	1
WR Gus Torres	3	2	1
TE Darrell Gil	2	0	0
WR Weston Hughey	2	1	1
RB Orlando McKeon	2	2	2
WR Dustin Bishop	1	1	1
TE Noah King	1	0	0
TE Nick McElroy	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tavon Austin	3	0	0
WR Horace Devlin	2	0	0
RB Mark Bobro	1	0	0
RB Adam England	1	1	1
WR Cole Smith	1	1	1
WR Declan Powell	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,100 (16,100)
End Zone 11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine 6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats 10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,000 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,100 (16,100)
End Zone	11,700 (11,700)
Mezzanine	6,800 (6,800)
Sideline Seats	10,400 (10,400)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)