NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees delivered on his pledge to give the Saints’ storm-weary fans what he thought they deserved.Brees passed for 343 yards and three touchdowns against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, giving fans already jubilant about their team’s quick return from Hurricane Gustav a 24-20 season-opening triumph to celebrate as well.Tampa Bay had a shot to win the brutal, back-and-forth contest until Scott Fujita intercepted Jeff Garcia’s fourth-down pass just inside the Saints 20-yard line with just less than 40 seconds to go.Brees’ scoring passes went for 39 yards to David Patten, 84 to Devery Henderson and 42 to Reggie Bush, with Bush’s score putting the Saints in the lead for good in the fourth quarter.Garcia was 24-of-41 for 221 yards, including a 2-yard TD pass to Ike Hilliard, which gave the Bucs a brief 20-17 lead.But Tampa Bay’s offense produced only one touchdown. The Bucs’ defense got the other in the first quarter, when blitzing linebacker Barrett Ruud hit Brees as he threw, causing a fluttering pass that Phillip Buchanon intercepted and returned 26 yards.Bush, who vowed to come back strong from a down second season in which he never had a gain longer than 25 yards, had 112 yards receiving and 51 yards rushing. He did most of the work on what proved to be the winning drive, starting with a 29-yard gain on a short reception over the middle.His touchdown came on a short third-down reception on which he juked Jermaine Phillips at the 25 and stiff-armed Buchanon at the 5 before diving for the pylon. Bush was close to stepping out of bounds before his dive, but Tampa Bay did not challenge the call.After sitting out all four preseason games, flamboyant tight end Jeremy Shockey made his debut for New Orleans and had the crowd chanting his name while he celebrated a tough 10-yard catch on third-down. The play, just a few plays after his 26-yard reception, set up Martin Gramatica’s field goal late in the third quarter, which tied it at 10.Shockey finished with six catches for 54 yards.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected]