A look back at the history between the Saints and Buccaneers

The New Orleans Saints (2-10) are on the road this week to take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) for their 2nd matchup of the season in Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.

These two teams first played one another way back on December 11, 1977, which saw the Bucs defeat the Saints 33-14 in the Louisiana Superdome. Sunday will be the 67th time in the regular season that these two franchises have faced one another, with New Orleans leading the series 40-27.

Through their 67 matchups, New Orleans has scored a total of 2205 points with Tampa Bay scoring 1290 points.

These two last faced one another in the Caesars Superdome on October 26th, which saw the Bucs defeat the Saints at home 23-3.

New Orleans will head into this matchup after a 21-17 road loss to the Miami Dolphins Sunday in Hard Rock Stadium.

Meanwhile, the Bucs defeated the Arizona Cardinals 20-17 and need a victory this week as they are battling to win the division over the Carolina Panthers who are nipping at their heels at 7-6.

Kickoff is at 12 pm and the game will be broadcast on CBS with Kevin Harlan, (play-by-play), Trent Green (color analyst) and Melanie Collins (sideline)