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New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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2020 Regular season · Week 9 · Raymond James Stadium · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Saints beat Buccaneers 38–3 in 2020 Week 9

The New Orleans Saints beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38–3 on the road at Raymond James Stadium in Week 9 of the 2020 regular season on November 8, 2020.

No other game of Week 9 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Saints to 6–2 and dropped the Buccaneers to 6–3. It was the Saints’ fifth straight win. The Saints finished 2020 at 12–4 and lost in the Divisional round. The Buccaneers finished 2020 at 11–5 and won Super Bowl LV. The Buccaneers’ 3 points were their fewest in any game of 2020.

In their previous meeting, the New Orleans Saints won 34–23 on September 13, 2020. When they met again, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 30–20 on January 17, 2021. The Saints swept the 2020 season series.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Saints lead the series 24–16 after meeting No. 40 since 1999 Full series history

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