Week 11: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints

November 15, 1998
70°
Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, LA) Attendance: 60,995 (81%)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 0 0 0 - 13
Saints 3 3 0 8 - 14

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 4-5-NOS 24 (9:25) 6-Alfonso Vargas pass complete to 18-Jack Chase for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edmund Ray. NOS 0 TB. 7
(Qtr 1) Saints: 4-8-TB. 28 (5:53) 3-Ivan Nilsson 45 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 3 TB. 7
(Qtr 1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 3-3-TB. 32 (4:28) 34-James Cole ran for 68 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Saints: 4-8-TB. 41 (7:34) 3-Ivan Nilsson 59 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 6 TB. 13
(Qtr 4) Saints: 2-10-TB. 7 (10:03) 6-Alfonso Vargas sacked at TB. -1 for -8 yards (90-Edward Perkins). Sack allowed by 67-Omar Whaley. SAFETY! (90-Edward Perkins) 67-Omar Whaley was caught flat-footed on this play. NOS 8 TB. 13
(Qtr 4) Saints: 4-8-TB. 13 (6:01) 3-Ivan Nilsson 30 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 11 TB. 13
(Qtr 4) Saints: 4-1-TB. 18 (1:44) 3-Ivan Nilsson 35 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 14 TB. 13

Team Statistics

Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers
First Downs 7 14
- Rushing 4 5
- Passing 3 6
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 153 298
- Offensive Plays 64 73
- Yards Per Play 2.39 4.08
Net Rushing Yards 92 129
- Rushing Attempts 27 13
- Yards Per Rush 3.41 9.92
Net Passing Yards 61 169
- Att/Comp/Int 32 / 17 / 0 54 / 28 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 106 212
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5 / 45 6 / 43
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.65 2.82
- Yards Per Completion 6.24 7.57
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 19 4 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.4 8.8
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 4
Penalties/Yards 5 / 42 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 29 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 17 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 3 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 44 OWN 20
Time of Possession 32:13 27:46

Drive Charts

New Orleans Saints

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:19 3:30 OWN 25 6 47 Field Goal
1 4:16 2:16 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
1 0:35 1:23 OWN 40 3 -8 Punt
2 10:51 3:21 OWN 32 8 27 Field Goal
2 6:07 2:47 OWN 41 4 6 Punt
3 15:00 2:01 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 11:29 1:49 OPP 37 3 10 Missed FG
3 8:12 0:53 OWN 20 3 2 Punt
3 5:34 0:52 OWN 38 3 6 Punt
3 4:24 2:04 OWN 47 3 8 Punt
3 1:19 0:50 OWN 47 3 7 Punt
4 14:43 2:16 OWN 41 3 -21 Punt
4 11:33 1:28 OPP 40 3 -5 Punt
4 10:00 1:43 OWN 36 3 8 Punt
4 7:32 1:34 OPP 25 4 12 Field Goal
4 3:40 1:59 OWN 47 6 35 Field Goal
4 1:27 1:27 OPP 17 3 -1 Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:41 OWN 25 10 75 Touchdown
1 5:49 1:33 OWN 25 3 75 Touchdown
1 2:00 1:25 OWN 23 3 -3 Punt
2 14:12 3:22 OWN 20 7 39 Interception
2 7:29 1:23 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
2 3:20 3:20 OWN 11 9 52 Missed FG
3 12:59 1:30 OWN 21 4 15 Fumble
3 9:40 1:28 OWN 34 3 2 Punt
3 7:18 1:45 OWN 27 6 30 Fumble
3 4:42 0:18 OWN 8 3 0 Punt
3 2:20 1:01 OWN 3 3 5 Punt
3 0:29 0:45 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
4 12:27 0:54 OWN 34 4 10 Downs
4 10:05 0:06 OWN 7 2 -9 Safety
4 8:16 0:44 OWN 9 2 7 Interception
4 5:58 2:17 OWN 25 4 27 Interception
4 1:41 0:14 OWN 25 4 -8 Downs

Rushing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Barry Phillips 19 58 3.05 11 2 0
Dee Burns 3 20 6.67 9 0 0
Thomas Williams 5 14 2.80 9 0 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
James Cole 9 100 11.11 68 2 1
Corey Morris 3 22 7.33 11 2 0
Christopher Herron 1 7 7.00 7 0 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Thomas Williams 32 17 106 5 / 45 0 40 0 60.16

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Alfonso Vargas 54 28 212 6 / 43 1 24 3 44.68

Receiving Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Francisco Wheeler 1 40 40.00 40 0
Gary Ponder 4 24 6.00 11 0
Joseph Wilmer 2 15 7.50 13 0
Dee Burns 3 15 5.00 8 0
Numbers Smith 1 6 6.00 6 0
Paul Graves 1 3 3.00 3 0
Barry Phillips 3 2 0.67 3 0
Thomas Gibbs 2 1 0.50 1 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jack Chase 6 55 9.17 24 1
Joseph Harrison 6 51 8.50 15 0
Stanley Chapman 3 26 8.67 11 0
Michael Holford 3 24 8.00 15 0
James Cole 4 19 4.75 14 0
Willie Wood 1 15 15.00 15 0
Nicholas Chamberlain 2 12 6.00 6 0
Christopher Herron 1 5 5.00 5 0
Corey Morris 1 4 4.00 4 0
Robert Kohlmeier 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ralph Rolfes 55 32 2 4
Corey Marshall 19 5 2 2
Thomas Gibbs 26 21 1 2
Joseph Wilmer 18 25 0 0
Sheldon Baird 0 4 0 0
Brant Gaffney 1 0 0 0
Horace Cash 0 2 0 0
Terry Best 0 7 0 0
Theron Scott 0 5 0 0
Derek Maltby (IR) 0 2 0 0
Timothy Grant 0 7 0 1
Eric Dawson 0 5 0 1
James Long 0 2 0 0
Robert Hilton 0 2 0 0
David Bagby 0 2 0 0
Charles Eckert 0 2 0 1
Robert Lorenz 0 1 0 0
Edward Perkins 0 4 0 1
Evan Luna 0 4 0 0
Levi Hartzell 3 2 0 0
Dee Burns 3 0 0 0
Jose Whitmore 37 24 0 3
Randy Guarino 0 4 0 1
James Powell 9 10 0 1
Marvin Davis 12 1 0 0
James Shields 2 7 0 1
Paul Graves 0 6 0 1
Numbers Smith 0 11 0 1
Barry Phillips 6 1 0 0
Gary Ponder 0 11 0 0
Francisco Wheeler 5 17 0 0
Monty Hernandez 55 34 0 1
John Allen 52 26 0 1
Curtis Saulsbury 45 33 0 0
Clyde Bazile 0 2 0 1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Avila 69 26 2 2
Omar Whaley 69 20 2 2
Robert Kelley 62 18 1 1
Dennis Ngo 62 20 1 3
Corey Morris 39 11 0 2
Michael Blue 13 2 0 0
William Galloway 1 0 0 0
Herbert Ramirez 2 0 0 0
Robert Leatherman 5 2 0 0
Nicholas Chamberlain 0 2 0 0
Joseph Harrison 9 2 0 0
Christopher Herron 9 1 0 0
Casey King 6 2 0 0
Michael Holford 0 5 0 0
Stanley Chapman 0 13 0 0
Robert Kohlmeier 0 13 0 0
James Cole 28 7 0 0
Terry Sanchez 66 27 0 1
Jack Chase 0 11 0 2
Jack Domingo 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Theron Scott 2 3 1.50 0
Horace Cash 1 0 0.00 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Fumble Stats

New Orleans Saints

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Eric Dawson 0 1 1 0
Horace Cash 0 1 0 0
Terry Best 0 0 1 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stanley Chapman 2 0 0 0

Punting

New Orleans Saints

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Denis Mathis 11 516 46.91 44.45 53 5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Louis Williams 6 281 46.83 42.83 53 1

Kicking

New Orleans Saints

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Ivan Nilsson 4 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 1 59 0 / 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edmund Ray 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 - 1 / 2

Punt Return

New Orleans Saints

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Numbers Smith 5 29 5.8 11 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Kick Return

New Orleans Saints

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Barry Phillips 1 17 17.0 0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Defensive Stats