New Orleans Touchdown - 9-yard pass from Drew Brees to David Thomas. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 11:12 Time Remaining. (7 plays, 74 yards. Time of Drive: 3:48).
2nd Quarter
New Orleans Field Goal - 25-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 13:23 Time Remaining. (11 plays, 74 yards. Time of Drive: 5:43).
New Orleans Touchdown - 2-yard pass from Drew Brees to Darren Sproles. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 4:57 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 51 yards. Time of Drive: 4:26).
New Orleans Touchdown - 7-yard pass from Drew Brees to Lance Moore. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 0:09 Time Remaining. (5 plays, 38 yards. Time of Drive: 0:55).
3rd Quarter
New Orleans Touchdown - 34-yard pass from Drew Brees to Joseph Morgan. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 9:05 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 92 yards. Time of Drive: 4:24).
4th Quarter
New Orleans Field Goal - 36-yarder by Garrett Hartley. 8:09 Time Remaining. (8 plays, 63 yards. Time of Drive: 2:46).
New Orleans Touchdown - 11-yard run by Mark Ingram. (Garrett Hartley extra point is good). 4:54 Time Remaining. (3 plays, 43 yards. Time of Drive: 1:32).
Officials
Referee: Mike Carey
Umpire:Chad Brown
Line Judge: Tim Podraza
Side Judge:Doug Rosenbaum
Head Linesman: Mark Baltz
Back Judge:Kirk Dornan
Field Judge: Mike Weir
Attendance/Time
Attendance: 73096
Time:3:05
Final Team Statistics
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS
20
24
By Rushing
4
7
By Passing
16
15
By Penalty
0
2
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY
4-13-31
4-11-36
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY
1-3-33
0-0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS
386
447
Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing)
72
65
Avg. gain per offensive play
5.4
6.9
NET YARDS RUSHING
67
149
Total Rushing Plays
16
25
Avg. gain per rushing play
4.2
6.0
NET YARDS PASSING
319
298
Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass
2-11
1-9
Gross yards passing
330
307
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED
54-30-4
39-26-0
Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing)
5.7
7.5
PUNTS Number and average
4-48.8
5-53.6
Net Punting Average
39.3
41.8
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs)
39
81
No. and Yards Punt Returns
1-39
3-38
No. and Yards Kickoff Returns
4-70
1-30
No. and Yards Interception Returns
0-0
4-43
PENALTIES No. and Yards
7-84
6-55
FUMBLES No. and Lost
1-1
0-0
TOUCHDOWNS
0
5
Rushing
0
1
Passing
0
4
EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts
0-0
5-5
FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts
0-0
2-2
SAFETIES
0
0
FINAL SCORE
0
41
TIME OF POSSESSION
28:54
31:06
Final Individual Statistics
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
L.Blount
4
25
6.3
10
0
K.Tandy
1
18
18.0
18
0
D.Martin
9
16
1.8
11
0
J.Freeman
2
8
4.0
9
0
Total
16
67
4.2
18
0
RUSHING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
M.Ingram
14
90
6.4
31
1
D.Sproles
5
22
4.4
15
0
D.Henderson
1
13
13.0
13
0
P.Thomas
4
13
3.3
7
0
D.Brees
1
11
11.0
11
0
Total
25
149
6.0
31
1
PASSING
ATT
CP
YDS
SK/YD
TD
LG
IN
J.Freeman
47
26
279
2/11
0
24
4
D.Orlovsky
7
4
51
0/0
0
24
0
Total
54
30
330
2/11
0
24
4
PASSING
ATT
CP
YDS
SK/YD
TD
LG
IN
D.Brees
39
26
307
1/9
4
34
0
Total
39
26
307
1/9
4
34
0
RECEIVING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
D.Clark
8
42
5.3
10
0
V.Jackson
6
81
13.5
19
0
M.Williams
4
63
15.8
24
0
T.Underwood
3
46
15.3
19
0
L.Stocker
3
23
7.7
15
0
D.Martin
3
19
6.3
8
0
D.Ware
2
32
16.0
23
0
C.Owusu
1
24
24.0
24
0
N.Byham
0
0
0.0
0
0
Total
30
330
11.0
24
0
RECEIVING
ATT
YDS
AVG
LG
TD
J.Graham
5
69
13.8
24
0
D.Sproles
5
21
4.2
7
1
L.Moore
4
42
10.5
16
1
M.Colston
3
60
20.0
26
0
P.Thomas
3
26
8.7
20
0
J.Morgan
2
61
30.5
34
1
D.Thomas
2
21
10.5
12
1
J.Collins
1
4
4.0
4
0
T.Cadet
1
3
3.0
3
0
D.Henderson
0
0
0.0
0
0
Total
26
307
11.8
34
4
INTERCEPTIONS
ATT
YDS
LG
TD
None
Total
0
0
0
0
INTERCEPTIONS
ATT
YDS
LG
TD
R.Bush
1
40
40
0
I.Abdul-Quddus
1
0
0
0
J.Greer
2
3
3
0
Total
4
43
40
0
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
IN20
LG
M.Koenen
4
195
48.8
0
0
58
Total
4
195
48.8
0
0
58
PUNTING
NO
YDS
AVG
TB
IN20
LG
T.Morstead
5
268
53.6
1
0
60
Total
5
268
53.6
1
0
60
PUNT RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
R.Parrish
1
1
39
39
0
TOUCHBACK
1
0
0
0
0
OUT OF BOUNDS
2
0
0
0
0
Total
4
1
39
39
0
PUNT RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
D.Sproles
3
1
38
37
0
Total
3
1
38
37
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
R.Parrish
3
0
63
25
0
D.Ware
1
0
7
7
0
TOUCHBACK
4
0
0
0
0
Total
8
0
70
25
0
KICKOFF RETURNS
NO
FC
YDS
LG
TD
T.Cadet
1
0
30
30
0
Total
1
0
30
30
0
KICKING
FG
PCT
LG
XP
PTS
Total
0/0
0.0
0
0/0
0
KICKING
FG
PCT
LG
XP
PTS
G.Hartley
2/2
100.0
36
5/5
11
Total
2/2
100.0
36
5/5
11
Tampa Bay
FUMBLES
FUM
LOST
OWN-REC
YDS
TD
FORCED
OPP-REC
YDS
TD
J.Freeman
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
New Orleans
FUMBLES
FUM
LOST
OWN-REC
YDS
TD
FORCED
OPP-REC
YDS
TD
C.Jordan
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Total
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Final Defensive Statistics
Tampa Bay
TKL
AST
COM
SAC
YDS
IN
PD
FF
FR
M.Barron
8
2
10
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
L.David
4
3
7
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
R.Barber
4
3
7
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
D.Gorrer
4
0
4
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
A.Gaitor
3
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
M.Foster
3
3
6
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
A.Hayward
2
2
4
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
L.Johnson
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
M.Bennett
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
L.Levingston
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
A.Morgan
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
D.Bowers
1
0
1
1.0
9.0
0
0
0
0
D.Te'o-Nesheim
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
E.Biggers
1
2
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
G.McCoy
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
A.Black
0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
Total
38
16
54
1.0
9.0
0
3
0
0
New Orleans
TKL
AST
COM
SAC
YDS
IN
PD
FF
FR
R.Harper
9
2
11
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
I.Abdul-Quddus
5
2
7
0.0
0.0
1
1
0
0
E.Mack
5
0
5
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
J.Greer
3
1
4
0.0
0.0
2
4
0
0
W.Smith
3
0
3
1.0
4.0
0
0
0
0
P.Robinson
3
0
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
J.Vilma
2
1
3
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
C.Jordan
2
1
3
1.0
7.0
0
0
1
1
C.Lofton
2
1
3
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
R.Bush
2
0
2
0.0
0.0
1
1
0
0
J.Galette
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
T.Johnson
1
1
2
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
W.Herring
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
J.Patrick
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
M.Wilson
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
B.Bunkley
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
S.Ellis
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0
D.Hawthorne
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
1
0
0
Total
40
14
54
2.0
11.0
4
10
1
1
Tampa Bay (7-9) at New Orleans (7-9) Sunday, December 16, 2012 1:00 PM ET Location - Mercedes-Benz Superdome Field - Turf, Indoor