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New Orleans Saints at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 15 · Raymond James Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

New Orleans Saints—Away
Tampa Bay Buccaneers—Home

Game details

Venue address
4201 N. Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa, FL 33607, US
Address checked

Matchup preview

New Orleans Saints 1–3 · Road 1–1 · Streak L2 · Power Index No. 20 · 7 days of rest
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1–4 · Home 0–3 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 23 · 7 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game
MetricNOTB
Points per game (NO 4 games, TB 5 games)26.310th20.023rd
Points allowed per game (NO 4 games, TB 5 games)32.032nd22.415th
Total yards per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)367.09th278.328th
Passing yards per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)300.83rd190.826th
Rushing yards per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)88.527th106.017th
Turnovers per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)2.026th2.330th
Sacks allowed per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)3.025th4.032nd
Penalty yards per game (NO 4 games, TB 4 games)43.34th49.811th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New Orleans Saints: recent results

  1. L 24–45 vs ATL Week 4
  2. L 27–35 vs LV Week 3
  3. W 24–17 @ BAL Week 2
  4. L 30–31 (OT) @ DET Week 1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: recent results

  1. W 24–16 @ DAL Week 5
  2. L 14–17 vs GB Week 4
  3. L 16–23 vs MIN Week 3
  4. L 19–23 vs CLE Week 2
  5. L 27–33 @ CIN Week 1

New Orleans Saints: season leaders

Passing
Tyler Shough 1,203 yds
Rushing
Travis Etienne 128 yds
Receiving
Chris Olave 491 yds
Sacks
Chase Young 3.5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: season leaders

Passing
Baker Mayfield 615 yds
Rushing
Bucky Irving 406 yds
Receiving
Emeka Egbuka 192 yds
Sacks
David Walker 2.0

New Orleans Saints: injury report

  • Out Anfernee Jennings WLB
  • Out Jeremiah Wright RG
  • Out Kaden Elliss LILB
  • Out Mason Tipton
  • Out Nick Saldiveri LG
  • Questionable Alvin Kamara RB
  • Questionable Barion Brown
  • Questionable Christen Miller NT

5 more listed.

10 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 10. Full report

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: injury report

  • Out Antoine Winfield Jr. FS
  • Out Baker Mayfield QB
  • Out Benjamin Morrison RCB
  • Out Billy Schrauth LG
  • Out DeMonte Capehart RDE
  • Out Luke Haggard RG
  • Out SirVocea Dennis RILB

4 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 8. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NO 28 · TB 23 in 51 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 14 NO 24, TB 20
  2. 2025 · Week 8 TB 23, NO 3
  3. 2024 · Week 18 NO 19, TB 27
  4. 2024 · Week 6 TB 51, NO 27
  5. 2023 · Week 17 NO 23, TB 13

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NO 45.8% · TB 53.8%

Matchup quality 38.2 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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