Regular Season Week 1: Tampa Bay at New Orleans
September 02, 2057 70° New Orleans Stadium
Attendance: 47,420 (62%)
Tampa Bay 3 6 7 7 - 23
New Orleans 0 3 3 0 - 6
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay: 4-1-NOS 1 (1:10) 12-Robert Nelson 19 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 0 TBY 3
(Qtr 2) Tampa Bay: 4-8-NOS 20 (12:07) 12-Robert Nelson 38 yard field goal is GOOD. TBY 51-Kirk Gelman was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. NOS 0 TBY 6
(Qtr 2) New Orleans: 4-2-TBY 24 (4:55) 7-Johnny Collins 41 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 TBY 6
(Qtr 2) Tampa Bay: 4-6-NOS 6 (0:46) 12-Robert Nelson 24 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 TBY 9
(Qtr 3) Tampa Bay: 1-1-NOS 1 (9:52) 13-Christopher Williams ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Robert Nelson. NOS 3 TBY 16
(Qtr 3) New Orleans: 4-6-TBY 32 (3:23) 7-Johnny Collins 50 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 6 TBY 16
(Qtr 4) Tampa Bay: 2-3-NOS 3 (8:32) 18-David Gassaway ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 12-Robert Nelson. NOS 6 TBY 23
Team Statistics
New Orleans Tampa Bay
First Downs 9 18
- Rushing 5 12
- Passing 4 6
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 164 311
- Offensive Plays 46 70
- Yards Per Play 3.57 4.44
Net Rushing Yards 60 193
- Rushing Attempts 20 47
- Yards Per Rush 3.00 4.11
Net Passing Yards 104 118
- Att/Comp/Int 25 / 17 / 3 23 / 15 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 112 118
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.00 5.13
- Yards Per Completion 6.59 7.87
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 11 6 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.9 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 15 5 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 37
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 55 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 3 / 23
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 2 / 3
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 44
Time of Possession 23:34 36:27
Drive Charts
New Orleans
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:13 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 11:53 4:56 OWN 27 8 30 Interception
1 1:08 0:40 OWN 25 2 1 Interception
2 12:04 2:17 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
2 7:38 2:47 OPP 44 4 20 Field Goal
2 0:44 0:44 OWN 28 4 30 Half
3 12:36 0:06 OWN 22 1 0 Fumble
3 9:49 6:30 OWN 16 10 52 Field Goal
4 14:15 0:56 OWN 8 3 -7 Punt
4 11:28 0:52 OWN 32 2 8 Interception
4 8:30 0:53 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 4:15 0:40 OWN 8 3 1 Punt
Tampa Bay
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:47 0:53 OWN 23 3 -1 Punt
1 6:58 5:49 OWN 36 9 63 Field Goal
1 0:28 3:25 OPP 36 5 16 Field Goal
2 9:47 2:09 OWN 25 4 15 Interception
2 4:51 4:07 OWN 25 12 69 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:24 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
3 12:31 2:42 OPP 27 5 27 Touchdown
3 3:19 4:03 OWN 25 8 34 Punt
4 13:19 1:51 OPP 32 3 7 Missed FG
4 10:36 2:07 OPP 20 4 20 Touchdown
4 7:37 3:22 OWN 29 5 14 Punt
4 3:35 3:35 OPP 49 9 27 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
New Orleans
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#31 Robert Schuler 5 31 6.20 14 2 0
#37 Eugene Fortner 15 29 1.93 12 1 0
Tampa Bay
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#13 Christopher Williams 18 107 5.94 17 3 1
#18 David Gassaway 25 78 3.12 12 3 1
#3 Arthur Grossman 4 8 2.00 8 0 0
Passing Stats
New Orleans
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#13 David White 25 17 112 1 / 8 0 23 3 37.83
Tampa Bay
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Arthur Grossman 23 15 118 0 / 0 0 19 1 59.69
Receiving Stats
New Orleans
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#46 Carlos Townsend 4 31 7.75 10 0
#31 Robert Schuler 2 26 13.00 23 0
#37 Eugene Fortner 5 22 4.40 7 0
#89 Joseph Castillo 2 13 6.50 12 0
#36 Bryan Kruger 3 13 4.33 6 0
#19 William Shackelford 1 7 7.00 7 0
Tampa Bay
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Ron Dabney 2 20 10.00 15 0
#18 David Gassaway 3 19 6.33 15 0
#80 Robert Bettis 1 19 19.00 19 0
#13 Christopher Williams 1 19 19.00 19 0
#17 Jacob Authement 3 17 5.67 10 0
#43 Willie Cox 4 12 3.00 7 0
#89 Shane West 1 12 12.00 12 0
Blocking Stats
New Orleans
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#71 Harvey Sanabria 29 21 0 0
#62 John Serrano 33 31 0 0
#68 Carl Farmer 28 24 0 3
#64 Jerry Stewart 26 23 0 2
#86 Ronald Watson 2 18 0 2
#67 James Diaz 33 24 0 1
#89 Robert Peltier 0 4 0 0
#36 Bryan Kruger 11 13 0 0
#57 Daniel Dotson 7 0 0 0
#76 Charles Harmon 6 1 0 0
#56 Rodney Hartman 8 6 0 0
#91 Ronald Silva 4 2 0 0
#83 Anthony Schmidt 0 5 0 0
#37 Eugene Fortner 7 6 0 1
#31 Robert Schuler 3 5 0 0
#46 Carlos Townsend 0 13 0 0
#19 William Shackelford 0 13 0 2
#89 Joseph Castillo 0 9 0 0
#39 Tommy Butler 0 1 0 0
#96 Johnny Pond 2 2 0 0
#65 Michael Himes 3 0 0 0
#90 Stephen Edens 0 2 0 0
#48 Matthew Wilson 0 2 0 0
#92 Jason Salter 0 3 0 0
#49 Osvaldo Dessert 1 2 0 0
#22 Daniel Noland 0 2 0 0
#43 Wayne Turner 0 2 0 0
#42 Andrew Parks 0 1 0 0
Tampa Bay
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#77 Donald Bromberg 27 45 0 1
#76 David Caron 32 47 0 2
#51 Kirk Gelman 34 46 0 4
#18 David Gassaway 3 6 0 0
#79 Bruce Defranco 34 44 0 1
#85 Ron Dabney 5 29 0 0
#63 Robert Soper 33 47 0 1
#80 Robert Bettis 4 47 0 0
#73 Jose Frerichs 10 0 0 0
#50 Larry Pierson 9 3 0 0
#62 Guadalupe Burt 12 0 0 0
#74 James Peel 0 2 0 0
#54 James Estes 0 3 0 0
#99 Matthew Milne 0 7 0 0
#98 Mark Benjamin 0 4 0 1
#13 Christopher Williams 7 11 0 2
#89 Shane West 0 14 0 0
#43 Willie Cox 0 28 0 0
#17 Jacob Authement 0 20 0 2
#64 Ronald Bennett 6 0 0 0
#28 Jesse Johannes 0 6 0 0
#45 Sean Kuhn 0 2 0 0
#68 Scott Ward 0 1 0 0
#49 John Meyer 0 3 0 0
#91 Edgar Johnson 0 3 0 0
#48 Gerry Haggard 0 5 0 1
#42 Curtis Hardin 0 3 0 1
#53 Richard Wallace 1 0 0 0
#33 Neil Boudreaux 0 1 0 0
#83 Matthew Murray 0 1 0 0
#92 Tim Holdren 0 1 0 0
#92 Raymond Bowler 0 1 0 0
#29 Ira Mitchell 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
New Orleans
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#92 Jason Salter 1 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#48 Gerry Haggard 1 23 23.00 0
#92 Raymond Bowler 2 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
New Orleans
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#37 Eugene Fortner 1 0 0 0
Tampa Bay
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#43 Willie Cox 1 1 0 0
#49 John Meyer 0 1 1 0
Punting
New Orleans
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#9 James Carson 5 244 48.80 40.80 50 0
Tampa Bay
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 Raymond Roberts 4 178 44.50 44.50 50 2
Kicking
New Orleans
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Johnny Collins 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 50 0 / 0
Tampa Bay
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Robert Nelson 3 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 38 2 / 2
Punt Return
New Orleans
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Tampa Bay
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#43 Willie Cox 3 37 12.3 19 0
Kick Return
New Orleans
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#37 Eugene Fortner 1 35 35.0 0
#31 Robert Schuler 1 20 20.0 0
Tampa Bay
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
New Orleans
Name Tackles Sacks
#22 Daniel Noland 12 0
#43 Wayne Turner 9 0
#48 Matthew Wilson 9 0
#92 Jason Salter 7 0
#39 Tommy Butler 4 0
#96 Johnny Pond 4 0
#53 George Ambrose 3 0
#38 John Smith 3 0
#23 James Hann 3 0
#77 Ralph Johnson 2 0
#90 Stephen Edens 2 0
#31 Robert Schuler 1 0
#86 Ronald Watson 1 0
#89 Joseph Castillo 1 0
#67 James Diaz 1 0
#71 Harvey Sanabria 1 0
#91 Ronald Silva 1 0
#49 Osvaldo Dessert 1 0
Tampa Bay
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 Matthew Milne 6 0
#92 Raymond Bowler 6 0
#33 Neil Boudreaux 5 0
#45 Sean Kuhn 5 0
#28 Jesse Johannes 4 0
#49 John Meyer 4 1
#98 Mark Benjamin 4 0
#48 Gerry Haggard 2 0
#55 Steven Hunt 1 0
#80 Robert Bettis 1 0
#12 Robert Nelson 1 0
#42 Curtis Hardin 1 0