2004 Week 5 · Sun, Oct 10, 2004 · Louisiana Superdome
Final
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 at New Orleans Saints 17. Final.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20–17 — decided on the final possessions.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
43 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
New Orleans Saints
48 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 16/19 | 194 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +6.9 |
| Chris Simms | 5/8 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 15 | 51 | 3.4 | 0 | −1.6 |
| Michael Clayton | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | +2.9 |
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.8 |
| Brian Griese | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 0 | −2.5 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Smith | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Gooch | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ian Gold | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greg Spires | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Howell | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
New Orleans Saints
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 11/23 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 0 | −3.5 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deuce McAllister | 21 | 102 | 4.9 | 0 | −5.0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Aaron Brooks | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Mike Karney | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Rodgers | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Allen | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Grant | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tebucky Jones | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Young | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Ambrose | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fred Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Howard | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sedrick Hodge | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Saints -3
- Closing total
- 38.5
- Buccaneers moneyline
- —
- Saints moneyline
- —
Saints closed -3 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.
Total closed 38.5; the game landed 37 — under by 1.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Louisiana Superdome
- Roof / surface
- dome · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- Played indoors — no weather to report.
- Referee
- Mike Carey
- Rest
- Buccaneers 7 days · Saints 7 days
- Coaches
- Jon Gruden vs Jim Haslett
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.