Week 18 · 2024 NFL Season

New Orleans Saints vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 1:00 PM EST

New Orleans Saints

Away · 5-12

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Home · 10-7

Final — Tampa Bay Buccaneers win

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	3	13	3	0	19
TB	3	3	7	14	27

New Orleans Saints visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18 of the 2024 NFL season. Final: New Orleans Saints 19, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27.

Recap: Buccaneers beat Saints 27-19 to clinch NFC South and wide receiver Mike Evans surpasses 1,000 yards →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

90% implied ·Strong

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

New Orleans Saints: 7.00

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1.11

Spread

New Orleans Saints: —

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

NO TB

19 1st Downs 20

292 Total Yards 395

228 Passing 216

64 Rushing 179

3-13 3rd down efficiency 10-16

8-77 Penalties 12-90

0 Turnovers 1

27:44 Possession 32:16

Leaders

NO

Passing Yards

Spencer Rattler (QB) — 26/42, 240 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB) — 8 CAR, 26 YDS
Receiving Yards

Juwan Johnson (TE) — 6 REC, 80 YDS

TB

Passing Yards

Baker Mayfield (QB) — 21/32, 221 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Yards

Bucky Irving (RB) — 19 CAR, 89 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving Yards

Mike Evans (WR) — 9 REC, 89 YDS

Scoring summary

Q1 9:16 NO Blake Grupe 35 Yd Field Goal 3–0
Q1 4:51 TB Chase McLaughlin 52 Yd Field Goal 3–3
Q2 14:52 NO Blake Grupe 39 Yd Field Goal 6–3
Q2 6:14 NO Dante Pettis 5 Yd pass from Spencer Rattler (Blake Grupe Kick) 13–3
Q2 1:03 TB Chase McLaughlin 25 Yd Field Goal 13–6
Q2 0:07 NO Blake Grupe 39 Yd Field Goal 16–6
Q3 10:27 TB Payne Durham 6 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 16–13
Q3 5:53 NO Blake Grupe 49 Yd Field Goal 19–13
Q4 10:09 TB Jalen McMillan 32 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 19–20
Q4 1:51 TB Bucky Irving 11 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 19–27

Standings

2025 NFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Carolina	8-9	311	380
Tampa Bay	8-9	380	411
Atlanta	8-9	353	401
New Orleans	6-11	306	383

Referee Adrian Hill

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