Saints 27-25 Panthers (14 Oct, 2001) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

3-1, 2-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	10	7	3	7	27
CAR	0	6	6	13	25

Carolina Panthers

1-4, 0-2 home

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
14/40	180	4.5	2	1	2-20	56.3
14/40	160	4.5	2	1	2-20	56.3

Carolina Passing


Chris Weinke
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/39	196	5.0	2	1	1-12	74.3
21/39	184	5.0	2	1	1-12	74.3

New Orleans Rushing


Ricky Williams
Aaron Brooks
Deuce McAllister
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
31	147	4.7	1	46
7	49	7.0	0	18
1	2	2.0	0	2
39	198	5.1	1	46

Carolina Rushing


Tim Biakabutuka
Richard Huntley
Chris Weinke
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	30	2.3	15
4	2	0.5	3
3	2	0.7	3
20	34	1.7	15

New Orleans Receiving


Joe Horn
Cameron Cleeland
Ricky Williams
Willie Jackson
Robert Wilson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	78	19.5	0	23
3	38	12.7	2	16
4	31	7.8	0	24
2	25	12.5	0	14
1	8	8.0	0	8
14	180	12.9	2	24

Carolina Receiving


Wesley Walls
Tim Biakabutuka
Donald Hayes
Steve Smith Sr.
Muhsin Muhammad
Brad Hoover
Isaac Byrd
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	61	12.2	1	23
3	58	19.3	0	47
7	44	6.3	1	12
1	11	11.0	0	11
2	8	4.0	0	4
2	8	4.0	0	7
1	6	6.0	0	6
21	196	9.3	2	47

New Orleans Fumbles


Michael L. Lewis
Ricky Williams
La'Roi Glover
Aaron Brooks
Sammy Knight
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	1
1	0	0
0	0	1
5	2	2

Carolina Fumbles


Chris Weinke
Tim Biakabutuka
Donald Hayes
Steve Smith Sr.
Rashard Anderson
Michael Hawkes
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	2	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
5	2	2

New Orleans Defense



Kevin Mathis
Keith Mitchell
Fred Thomas
Sammy Knight
Darrin Smith
Norman Hand
Robert Wilson
Joe Johnson
Jay Bellamy
La'Roi Glover
Charlie Clemons
Willie Whitehead
Michael L. Lewis
Kyle Turley
Fred Weary
Martin Chase
Ricky Williams
Darren Howard
Sedrick Hodge
Chris Oldham
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
51	43	1	0	7	0	0

Carolina Defense



Mike Rucker
Kory Minor
Mike Minter
Nate Hemsley
Deon Grant
Lester Towns
Jarrod Cooper
Jay Williams
Rashard Anderson
Deveron Harper
Doug Evans
Dean Wells
Jimmy Hitchcock
Larry Chester
Sean Gilbert
Todd Steussie
Tim Biakabutuka
Muhsin Muhammad
Chris Hetherington
Kris Mangum
Jason Peter
Damien Richardson
Kris Jenkins
Luther Broughton
Chris Slade
Brentson Buckner
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	2	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	3	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	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
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
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
64	61	2	0	13	0	1

New Orleans Interceptions


Charlie Clemons
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	3	0
1	3	0

Carolina Interceptions


Doug Evans
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	8	0
1	8	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
6	126	21.0	24	0
6	126	21.0	24	0

Carolina Kick Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	104	26.0	44	0
4	104	26.0	44	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	13	3.3	9	0
4	13	3.3	9	0

Carolina Punt Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	102	20.4	70	1
5	102	20.4	70	1

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	39	3/3	9

Carolina Kicking


John Kasay
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	52	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	52	1/1	7

New Orleans Punting


Toby Gowin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	348	43.5	1	2	57
8	348	43.5	1	2	57

Carolina Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	227	37.8	0	3	52
6	227	37.8	0	3	52

6:00 PM, 14 October 2001

Attendance: 72,049

Referees:
Ron Winter

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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

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