Browns 24-15 Saints (24 Nov, 2002) Box Score

Cleveland Browns

6-5, 4-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CLE	7	7	7	3	24
NO	3	3	6	3	15

New Orleans Saints

7-4, 3-2 home

Cleveland Passing


Tim Couch
Kevin Johnson
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/21	182	8.7	1	2	1-6	62.1
0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	39.6
12/22	176	8.3	1	2	1-6	59.3

New Orleans Passing


Aaron Brooks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
23/40	318	8.0	0	3	2-9	51.9
23/40	309	8.0	0	3	2-9	51.9

Cleveland Rushing


William Green
Dennis Northcutt
James Jackson
Tim Couch
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
28	114	4.1	1	23
2	35	17.5	1	36
2	11	5.5	0	8
5	3	0.6	0	3
37	163	4.4	2	36

New Orleans Rushing


James Fenderson
Curtis Keaton
Fred McAfee
Aaron Brooks
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	35	5.0	1	17
10	19	1.9	0	4
1	11	11.0	0	11
3	9	3.0	0	7
21	74	3.5	1	17

Cleveland Receiving


Dennis Northcutt
Quincy Morgan
Kevin Johnson
Darnell Sanders
Steve Heiden
James Jackson
Mark Campbell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	68	22.7	0	40
2	57	28.5	0	46
3	31	10.3	1	24
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
12	182	15.2	1	46

New Orleans Receiving


Michael L. Lewis
Joe Horn
Eddie Williams
Jerome Pathon
James Fenderson
Donte' Stallworth
David Sloan
Lamont Hall
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	114	38.0	59
3	47	15.7	18
4	43	10.8	13
4	39	9.8	16
5	33	6.6	13
2	24	12.0	18
1	14	14.0	14
1	4	4.0	4
23	318	13.8	59

Cleveland Fumbles


William Green
Courtney Brown
Lewis Sanders
Andra Davis
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	3

New Orleans Fumbles


Aaron Brooks
James Fenderson
Michael L. Lewis
Curtis Keaton
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
4	3	0

Cleveland Defense



Robert Griffith
Earl Holmes
Earl Little
Orpheus Roye
Dwayne Rudd
Devin Bush
Corey Fuller
Courtney Brown
Brant Boyer
Kenard Lang
Daylon McCutcheon
Darren Hambrick
Mark Word
Ryan Tucker
Chris Akins
Tyrone Rogers
Alvin McKinley
Gerard Warren
Michael Jameson
William Green
Frisman Jackson
Anthony Henry
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	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	2	0	0
56	50	1	0	9	0	0

New Orleans Defense



Jay Bellamy
Darrin Smith
Norman Hand
Charlie Clemons
Sammy Knight
Grady Jackson
Willie Whitehead
Dale Carter
Fred Thomas
Kenny Smith
Fred McAfee
Roger Knight
Michael L. Lewis
Keyuo Craver
Charles Grant
Fakhir Brown
Sedrick Hodge
James Fenderson
Donte' Stallworth
Mel Mitchell
Ken Irvin
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	1	0	0	0	0
6	3	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	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	1	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
63	51	1	0	8	0	0

Cleveland Interceptions


Anthony Henry
Earl Little
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	4	0
1	0	0
3	4	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Fred Thomas
Dale Carter
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	31	0
1	25	0
2	56	0

Cleveland Kick Returns


Andre Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	80	20.0	26	0
4	80	20.0	26	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	103	25.8	29	0
4	103	25.8	29	0

Cleveland Punt Returns


Dennis Northcutt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	0	0.0	0	0
1	0	0.0	0	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Michael L. Lewis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	7	3.5	7	0
2	7	3.5	7	0

Cleveland Kicking


Phil Dawson
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	28	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	28	3/3	6

New Orleans Kicking


John Carney
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	48	0/0	9
3/3	100.0	48	0/0	9

Cleveland Punting


Chris Gardocki
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	152	38.0	0	2	49
4	152	38.0	0	2	49

New Orleans Punting


Toby Gowin
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
1	45	45.0	0	0	45
1	45	45.0	0	0	45

6:00 PM, 24 November 2002

Attendance: 68,295

Referees:
Thomas White

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	10	5	.667	353	299
Baltimore	10	5	.667	452	349
Cincinnati	7	8	.467	423	393
Cleveland	3	12	.200	245	380

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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