2010 Week 6 · Sun, Oct 17, 2010 · Raymond James Stadium

New Orleans SaintsWinner

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

NO -5.5 ✓U 43.5 ✓Saints closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 25.

New Orleans Saints 31–6 — never really in doubt late.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · NO

Drew BreesQB

21/32, 263 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT

16.8 expected points added · +6.3% completion over expected

Passing · TB

Josh FreemanQB

25/43, 219 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT

5.7 expected points added · -4.7% completion over expected

Rushing · NO

Chris IvoryRB

15 att, 158 yds, 0 TD

9.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · NO

Julius JonesRB

9 att, 32 yds, 0 TD

-0.5 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · NO

Robert MeachemWR

4/5 for 71 yds, 1 TD

16% of team targets · 7.0 expected points added

Receiving · TB

Cadillac WilliamsRB

7/8 for 63 yds, 0 TD

17% of team targets · 1.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

New Orleans Saints

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Drew Brees	21/32	263	3	1	0	16.8

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Chris Ivory	15	158	10.5	0	9.8
Julius Jones	9	32	3.6	0	-0.5
Ladell Betts	6	20	3.3	1	2.4
Drew Brees	2	2	1.0	0	-0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Robert Meachem	4	5	71	1	16%	7.0
Lance Moore	2	4	57	1	13%	5.5
Marques Colston	5	7	53	0	22%	1.3
Jeremy Shockey	2	5	21	0	16%	-0.9
Chris Ivory	1	1	17	0	3%	1.3
David Thomas	3	3	17	0	9%	0.6
Jimmy Graham	1	2	11	0	6%	0.7
Julius Jones	1	2	6	0	6%	-0.2
Ladell Betts	1	1	6	0	3%	-0.6
Heath Evans	1	1	4	1	3%	2.6
Devery Henderson	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.4

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	PD
Roman Harper	6	0	0
Marvin Mitchell	4	1	1
Malcolm Jenkins	5	0	3
Patrick Robinson	3	1	0
Anthony Waters	3	0	0
Sedrick Ellis	2	1	0
Pierson Prioleau	3	0	0
Danny Clark	3	0	0
Leigh Torrence	3	0	0
Jeff Charleston	1	1	0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Josh Freeman	25/43	219	1	0	0	5.7
Josh Johnson	2/4	17	0	0	1	-2.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Cadillac Williams	10	18	1.8	-6.5
Josh Johnson	1	11	11.0	0.6
Kareem Huggins	3	7	2.3	-1.3
Arrelious Benn	1	4	4.0	-0.2
Josh Freeman	3	2	0.7	1.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Cadillac Williams	7	8	63	0	17%	1.1
Sammie Stroughter	3	8	51	0	17%	-0.6
Mike Williams	4	9	45	0	19%	-1.4
Kellen Winslow	7	10	43	0	21%	1.6
Jerramy Stevens	1	2	13	0	4%	0.5
Arrelious Benn	1	3	9	0	6%	0.0
Kareem Huggins	1	2	7	0	4%	0.6
John Gilmore	1	1	5	0	2%	0.3
Earnest Graham	0	1	0	0	2%	-0.8
Micheal Spurlock	2	3	0	1	6%	2.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	INT	PD
Quincy Black	7	1	0	1
Ronde Barber	7	1	0	0
Geno Hayes	4	0	0	0
Cody Grimm	3	1	1	1
Sean Jones	4	0	0	0
Tim Crowder	2	1	0	0
Gerald McCoy	3	0	0	0
Barrett Ruud	3	0	0	1
Adam Hayward	1	1	0	0
Aqib Talib	2	0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: NO -5.5
Closing total: 43.5
NO moneyline: -230
TB moneyline: +205

Saints closed -5.5 and covered, winning by 25.

Total closed 43.5; the game landed 37 — under by 6.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Raymond James Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 81°F, wind 9 mph
Referee: Clete Blakeman
Rest: NO 7 days · TB 7 days
Coaches: Sean Payton vs Raheem Morris

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.