2002 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 8, 2002 · Raymond James Stadium
New Orleans SaintsWinner
26
at
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20
TB -6 upsetO 37.5 ✓90°F
New Orleans Saints 26–20.
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Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- TB -6
- Closing total
- 37.5
- NO moneyline
- —
- TB moneyline
- —
Buccaneers closed -6 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 46 — over by 8.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Raymond James Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- 90°F, wind 6 mph
- Referee
- Dick Hantak
- Rest
- NO 7 days · TB 7 days
- Coaches
- Jim Haslett vs Jon Gruden
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.