Notes from New Orleans Saints win against Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The New Orleans Saints win on Sunday improved the New Orleans record to 5-2 and is only half a game behind the Buccaneers in the NFC South Divisional Race. New Orleans will have an opportunity to take first place against Atlanta this coming Sunday, November 7th as the Buccaneers have a bye.

It’s the first time the Saints have defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion since the 2018 season when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the regular season and postseason.

The win improves their previous regular season record against the Buccaneers to 38:21 and gives them their sixth consecutive regular season win, which goes back to a 28:14 win at Raymond James Stadium on December 9, 2018, the she was tied for the longest winning streak of the current regular season against an opponent of the current winning streak against Chicago (September 18, 2011-present).

The win improves coach Sean Payton’s regular season record against Tampa Bay to 19-10.

The win gave Payton a 7-1 regular season record against Buccaneer’s coach Bruce Arians.

With the win on Sunday, Payton has 157 career wins (regular season and postseason combined) in 21st place with Mike Tomlin from Pittsburgh. Seattle’s Pete Carroll is the coach ahead of Payton and Tomlin in 20th place with 159 career wins.

By scoring on Sunday, the Saints currently have a run of 311 regular season games without being excluded, and dated a 26-20 win in Tampa Bay on September 6, 2002 at Raymond James Stadium, the longest running Series in the NFL.

Quarterback Jameis Winston, who was the Buccaneers’ first overall selection in 2015 and played for them from 2015-19, made his first career start against his former team on Sunday before leaving the game with a knee injury. Winston completed 6-out-of-10 passes for 56 yards with a touchdown, a pass rating of 108.8, and carried 40 yards four times. Trevor Siemian replaced Winston in the second quarter, completing 16 of 29 passes for 159 yards and one touchdown. Siemian’s last regular season game action took place on September 16, 2019 as a member of the New York Jets.

Wide receiver Kevin White, activated from the practice team for that game, led the team in receiving yards with a 38-yard catch, his first reception since the 2018 season as a member of the Chicago Bears.

Wide receiver Tre’Quan Smith scored his first touchdown of the season on a 16-yard connection from Winston in the first quarter.

Linebacker Demario Davis has made over 1,050 stops in his career after scoring five (three solo) tackles on Sunday.

Safety PJ Williams sealed the win with a 40-yard interception for a touchdown and extended New Orleans’ lead to 36:27. It was Williams’ second career touchdown return for an interception, the first coming three years and two days to the October 28, 2018 date on Sunday Night Football in Minnesota.

After an afternoon of two tackles, a sack for a six-yard loss, and a forced fumble restored by defensive tackle David Onyemata, the defensive end has Cameron Jordan 96.5 career sacks, ranking 43rd with Warren Sapp are in the NFL record books. With his sack, Jordan is the 15th player in NFL history to record 15 sacks against two teams (15 against Buccaneers, 21 against Falcons).

Running back Alvin Kamara stormed 19 times for 61 yards and a score. He caught four passes for 15 yards. 

With 1.0 sacks today, defender Tanoh Kpassagnon has reached his career high of four this season. (2019 with Kansas City).

Defensive back CJ Gardner-Johnson had a 26-yard interception return.

Receiver / returner Deonte Harris ran a reverse for a 22-yard win, was tied with three grabs for 35 yards for the team lead in the receiving, returned a punt for 12 yards and got two kickoffs for 69 yards (34.5 avg. ) for 138. back all-purpose yards.

Punter Blake Gillikin hit three times for 158 yards with a 52.7 gross punt average, a 48.0 net, and a career-length 63 yard punt.

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