Lightning Strike Delays Buccaneers-Saints Game

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers-New Orleans Saints game was postponed after lightning struck near Raymond James stadium in Florida. The players were told to go back to their locker rooms.
Lightning Strike Delays Buccaneers-Saints Game
The Saints-Buccaneers game was delayed by more than an hour.
Jack Phillips
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers-New Orleans Saints game was postponed after lightning struck near Raymond James stadium in Florida. The players were told to go back to their locker rooms.

UPDATE: The game resumed at 5:25 p.m. after an hour and nine minute delay.

Lightning struck a few minutes after the game started at 4 p.m., with 10:30 remaining in the first quarter.

The Saints were up 3-0 after an early field goal.

It is unclear when the game will be started again.

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Tampa area on Sunday afternoon.