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New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Final · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 14 · Raymond James Stadium

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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 28–14 in 2018 Week 14

The New Orleans Saints beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28–14 on the road at Raymond James Stadium in Week 14 of the 2018 regular season on December 9, 2018.

The result moved the Saints to 11–2 and dropped the Buccaneers to 5–8. The Saints finished 2018 at 13–3 and lost in the NFC Championship Game. The Buccaneers finished 2018 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 48–40 on September 9, 2018. When they met again, the New Orleans Saints won 31–24 on October 6, 2019. The teams split their two 2018 meetings.

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 20–16 after meeting No. 36 since 1999 Full series history

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