Sunday, October 14, 2001
New Orleans Saints 27, Carolina Panthers 25| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (3-1-0) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Carolina Panthers (1-4-0) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
| NOR | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Cam Cleeland 11 yard pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NOR | John Carney 30 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Cam Cleeland 16 yard pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick) | 17 | 0 |
| CAR | John Kasay 46 yard field goal | 17 | 3 | |
| CAR | John Kasay 52 yard field goal | 17 | 6 | |
| 3rd | CAR | Donald Hayes 9 yard pass from Chris Weinke (pass failed) | 17 | 12 |
| NOR | John Carney 39 yard field goal | 20 | 12 | |
| 4th | CAR | Wesley Walls 23 yard pass from Chris Weinke (pass failed) | 20 | 18 |
| CAR | Steve Smith 70 yard punt return (John Kasay kick) | 20 | 25 | |
| NOR | Ricky Williams 1 yard rush (John Carney kick) | 27 | 25 |
| NOR | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-198-1 | 20-34-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-40-180-2-1 | 21-39-196-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 160 | 184 |
| Total yards | 358 | 218 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-55 | 4-19 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ricky Williams | NOR | 31 | 147 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Aaron Brooks | NOR | 14 | 40 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Joe Horn | NOR | 4 | 78 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Cam Cleeland | NOR | 3 | 38 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Willie Jackson | NOR | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Robert Wilson | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Deuce McAllister | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Weinke | CAR | 21 | 39 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tim Biakabutuka | CAR | 13 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 47 | ||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 5 | 61 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Donald Hayes | CAR | 7 | 44 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | CAR | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Byrd | CAR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Richard Huntley | CAR | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Charlie Clemons | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Lewis | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darrin Smith | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Doug Evans | CAR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Rucker | CAR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 1 | 0 | ||||