Saints 24-6 Bills (9 Sep, 2001) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	0	0	17	7	24
BUF	3	3	0	0	6

Buffalo Bills

0-1, 0-1 home

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
Joe Horn
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	SACKS	RTG
18/29	209	7.2	3	2-17	118.3
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
18/30	192	7.0	3	2-17	114.4

Buffalo Passing


Rob Johnson
Brian Moorman
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/27	160	5.9	3	5-34	36.6
0/1	0	0.0	0	0-0	39.6
16/28	126	5.7	3	5-34	33.9

New Orleans Rushing


Ricky Williams
Aaron Brooks
Terrelle Smith
Deuce McAllister
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
18	93	5.2	21
5	10	2.0	5
2	4	2.0	3
1	2	2.0	2
26	109	4.2	21

Buffalo Rushing


Travis Henry
Peerless Price
Rob Johnson
Larry Centers
Sammy Morris
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
22	58	2.6	14
1	31	31.0	31
3	23	7.7	18
1	11	11.0	11
1	2	2.0	2
28	125	4.5	31

New Orleans Receiving


Albert Connell
Joe Horn
Ricky Williams
Robert Wilson
Cameron Cleeland
Willie Jackson
Terrelle Smith
Dave Stachelski
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	89	29.7	1	46
6	45	7.5	0	14
1	19	19.0	1	19
2	15	7.5	0	8
2	14	7.0	1	12
2	12	6.0	0	9
1	10	10.0	0	10
1	5	5.0	0	5
18	209	11.6	3	46

Buffalo Receiving


Larry Centers
Jeremy McDaniel
Eric Moulds
Peerless Price
Jay Riemersma
Travis Henry
Sammy Morris
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	37	9.3	26
4	36	9.0	21
1	34	34.0	34
1	32	32.0	32
2	16	8.0	12
1	4	4.0	4
3	1	0.3	4
16	160	10.0	34

New Orleans Fumbles


Aaron Brooks
Michael L. Lewis
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
2	0	0
4	0	0

Buffalo Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Buffalo Fumbles

New Orleans Defense



Keith Mitchell
Joe Johnson
Jay Bellamy
Fred Thomas
Sedrick Hodge
Charlie Clemons
Michael Hawthorne
La'Roi Glover
Sammy Knight
Chris Oldham
Norman Hand
Fred McAfee
Kevin Mathis
Martin Chase
Darren Howard
Darrin Smith
Toby Gowin
Robert Wilson
Kevin Houser
Willie Whitehead
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	3	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	3	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	53	5	0	5	0	0

Buffalo Defense



Antoine Winfield
Kenyatta Wright
Phil Hansen
Keith Newman
Pat Williams
Jay Foreman
Raion Hill
Ken Irvin
Bryce Fisher
Lance Brown
Keion Carpenter
Fred Jones
Aaron Schobel
Jonas Jennings
Shawn Price
Erik Flowers
DaShon Polk
Sam Cowart
Rob Johnson
Nate Clements
Tony Driver
Dan O'Leary
Reggie Germany
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	6	0	0	2	0	0
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
65	46	2	0	5	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Sammy Knight
team

INT	YDS	TD
3	40	0
3	40	0

Buffalo Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Buffalo Interceptions

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
Deuce McAllister
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	55	27.5	38
1	13	13.0	13
3	68	22.7	38

Buffalo Kick Returns


Tony Driver
Nate Clements
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	51	17.0	20
2	26	13.0	18
5	77	15.4	20

New Orleans Punt Returns


Deuce McAllister
Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	10	10.0	10
2	9	4.5	6
3	19	6.3	10

Buffalo Punt Returns


Avion Black
Peerless Price
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
1	34	34.0	34
3	10	3.3	9
4	44	11.0	34

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	31	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	31	3/3	6

Buffalo Kicking


Jake Arians
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	37	0/0	6
2/2	100.0	37	0/0	6

New Orleans Punting


Toby Gowin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	219	43.8	1	0	50
5	219	43.8	1	0	50

Buffalo Punting


Brian Moorman
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	177	44.3	1	0	51
4	177	44.3	1	0	51

Highmark Stadium

6:00 PM, 9 September 2001

Orchard Park, NY

Attendance: 71,447

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Buffalo	12	3	.800	469	331
Miami	7	8	.467	305	329
New York	4	11	.267	292	344
New England	3	12	.200	259	361

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