Game Preview: Buccaneers vs. Saints | 2025 NFL Week 14

Game Preview: Buccaneers vs. Saints | 2025 NFL Week 14

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04 Dec 2025, 02:51 GMT+

The New Orleans Saints travel to face the Tampa Bay at Raymond James Stadium for Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. CT.

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The New Orleans Saints (2-10), who play three of their final five games on the road, head to Raymond James Stadium this week to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5). While the Saints lead the all-time regular season series, 40-27, Tampa Bay has captured the last three matchups, including a 23-3 victory at the Caesars Superdome on October 26. The Buccaneers are coming off a 20-17 win over the Arizona Cardinals, featuring a Tampa Bay offense that has become more productive with the improved health of their skill players.

THIS WEEK IN THE NFC SOUTH: The Atlanta Falcons (4-8) play at the Seattle Seahawks (9-3), while the Carolina Panthers (7-6), New Orleans' Week 15 opponent, have a Week 14 bye.

SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS SEASON SERIES HISTORY

The Saints and Buccaneers first met in 1977. New Orleans has posted a 40-27 regular season record vs. Tampa Bay, the club's best winning percentage (.597) vs. an opponent they've played at least 17 games against.

In the 67 regular season games of the series there has been:

  • 2,205 points scored by New Orleans, 1,290 allowed.
  • A seven-game regular season New Orleans winning streak from 2011-2014 and from 2018-2021.
  • A 19-12 record for the Saints in games played in Tampa. 29 games decided by double-digits.
  • 29 games decided by double-digits.
  • Eight games decided by 21 or more points.
  • 34 games decided by seven or less points.
  • A 41-point win by New Orleans on Dec. 16, 2012, the club's first shutout against the Buccaneers.
  • Since the clubs joined the NFC South in 2002, the Saints have swept the season series eight times.

THE LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23, Saints 3; October 26, 2025 @ Caesars Superdome An inspired defensive effort and a quarterback change wasn't enough for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, as they dropped a 23-3 decision to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the Caesars Superdome. The Saints turned the ball over four times (two interceptions, one a pick-six) to allow the Bucs to solidify their grip on the NFC South at 6-2. The loss dropped the Saints to 1-7.FULL GAME RECAP

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SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS SUPERLATIVES

A look at the top individual performances for Saints players vs. Buccaneers in the previous 67 regular season meetings:

SAINTS RUSHING YARDAGE vs. BUCCANEERS (100+ YARDS)

SAINTS PASSING YARDAGE vs. BUCCANEERS (300+ YARDS)

SAINTS RECEIVING YARDAGE vs. BUCCANEERS (100+ YARDS)

SAINTS SACKS vs. BUCCANEERS (3+ Sacks)

SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS STATISTICAL COMPARISON

2025 NFL Regular Season League Rankings

SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS SERIES FAST FACTS

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SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS CONNECTIONS

Saints DE Jonathan Bullard played at the University of Florida from 2012-15. Bullard and Buccaneers G Dan Feeney were teammates with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024.

Saints Special Teams Coordinator Phil Galiano served as special teams coordinator in Tampa Bay from 2012-13.

Tampa Bay QB Teddy Bridgewater played for the Saints from 2018-19.

Saints Offensive Assistant Tobijah Hughley was teammates at Louisville with Bridgewater for Buccaneers Defensive Line Coach Charlie Strong, who was head coach, and also served as an offensive graduate assistant at Florida from 2018, arriving in Gainesville from Florida Tech.

Buccaneers WR Sterling Sheperd's late father, Derrick Sheperd, played for the Saints in 1989.

Saints LB Danny Stutsman prepped at Foundation (Winter Garden, Fla.) Academy.

Saints LB Demario Davis and DT Nathan Shepherd played for Tampa Bay Head Coach Todd Bowles and Linebackers Coach Mike Caldwell with the New York Jets.

Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore, Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier, Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien, Tight Ends Coach Chase Haslett, Tampa Bay Defensive Pass Game Coordinator George Edwards, and Running Backs Coach Skip Peete served on the same Dallas Cowboys coaching staff from 2020-22.

Bowles served as defensive coordinator & secondary coach at Grambling State University from 1998-99.

New Orleans WR Bub Means and Buccaneers DT Calijah Kancey were college teammates at Pittsburgh.

Shepherd played with Feeney and Buccaneers K Chase McLaughlin with the Jets in 2022.

New Orleans TE Foster Moreau and Buccaneers LB Deion Jones were teammates at both Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) HS and LSU.

Saints WR Trey Palmer played for the Buccaneers from 2023-24, who selected him in the exith round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

Saints DB Jordan Howden played with Buccaneers S Antoine Winfield Jr. and RB Bucky Irving at Minnesota.

Saints VP/Player Engagement Fred McAfee played for Tampa Bay in 1999.

Tampa Bay Offensive Line Coach Kevin Carberry served as assistant offensive line coach in New Orleans in 2023.

Palmer and Saints TE Jack Stoll played with Buccaneers LB John Bullock at Nebraska.

Stoll and Tampa Bay LB Haason Reddick were teammates with Philadelphia from 2022-23.

New Orleans CB Kool-Aid McKinstry and Tampa Bay LB Chris Braswell were teammates at Alabama.

McKinstry and Buccaneers WR Tez Johnson were teammates at Pinson Valley (Ala.) HS.

Saints WR Chris Olave and Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka were college teammates at Ohio State in 2021.

Saints DE Chris Rumph II, who prepped at Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.) HS, and Buccaneers C Graham Barton were college teammates at Duke in 2020.

New Orleans CB Isaac Yiadom and Tampa Bay T Charlie Heck were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.

Saints S Terrell Burgess, DE Jonah Williams, and Tampa Bay P Riley Dixon and NT Greg Gaines were teammates with the Los Angeles Rams, with the three defenders playing for Saints Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley.

Williams and Tampa Bay DB Kindle Vildor were teammates in Detroit in 2024.

New Orleans OL Dillon Radunz and Vildor were teammates with the Tennessee Titans in 2023.

Yiadom and Dixon were teammates with the New York Giants in 2020.

Tampa Bay Defensive Quality Control Assistant Joey Fitzgerald served on the Southeastern Louisiana University coaching staff in 2017 and served on the Louisiana-Monroe staff in 2019-20 and on the Northwestern State University staff.

Tampa Bay Senior Offensive Asst. Tom Moore served as running backs coach of the Saints in 1997.

Saints Senior Defensive Asst. Peter Giunta and Buccaneers Special Teams Coord. Thomas McGaughey served on the same New York Giants coaching staff from 2007-10.

McGaughey served as special teams coordinator & defensive assistant at LSU from 2011-13.

Davis was also tutored by McGaughey on special teams with the New York Jets in 2014.

New Orleans CB Alontae Taylor and Tampa Bay NT Elijah Simmons were teammates at Tennessee.

Saints G/C Cesar Ruiz and Tampa Bay G Ben Bredeson were teammates at Michigan.

New Orleans RB Audric Estime and Buccaneers CB Benjamin Morrison were college teammates at Notre Dame in 2022.

New Orleans T Xavier Truss and Tampa Bay S Tykee Smith were college teammates at Georgia.

New Orleans Defensive Line Coach Bo Davis and Tampa Bay Offensive Line Coach Brian Picucci served on the same Detroit staff from 2018-19.

Saints Cornerbacks Coach Grady Brown and Buccaneers Offensive Quality Control Coach Blaine Stewart served on the same Steelers staff from 2021-22.

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