Sunday, November 25, 2001
New Orleans Saints 17, New England Patriots 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (5-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| New England Patriots (6-5-0) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| NOR | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Antowain Smith 41 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NWE | Troy Brown 8 yard pass from Tom Brady (pass failed) | 0 | 13 |
| NWE | Charles Johnson 24 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 20 | |
| 3rd | NOR | John Carney 31 yard field goal | 3 | 20 |
| NOR | Ricky Williams 3 yard rush (John Carney kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| 4th | NWE | Marc Edwards 2 yard pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 10 | 27 |
| NOR | Willie Jackson 7 yard pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney kick) | 17 | 27 | |
| NWE | Antowain Smith 3 yard rush (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 17 | 34 |
| NOR | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-121-1 | 38-191-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-39-307-1-2 | 19-26-258-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-0 | 4-17 |
| Net pass yards | 307 | 241 |
| Total yards | 428 | 432 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-86 | 6-64 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Aaron Brooks | NOR | 16 | 39 | 307 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Joe Horn | NOR | 4 | 97 | 0 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Williams | NOR | 15 | 56 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Willie Jackson | NOR | 5 | 78 | 1 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Albert Connell | NOR | 2 | 49 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Boo Williams | NOR | 2 | 44 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Antowain Smith | NWE | 24 | 111 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 41 | ||||||
| Tom Brady | NWE | 19 | 26 | 258 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Troy Brown | NWE | 7 | 91 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Patten | NWE | 3 | 47 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Charles Johnson | NWE | 2 | 44 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Marc Edwards | NWE | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Kevin Faulk | NWE | 3 | 36 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| J.R. Redmond | NWE | 4 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jermaine Wiggins | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Norman Hand | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Johnson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fred McAfee | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deuce McAllister | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wane McGarity | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Mitchell | NOR | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Willie Whitehead | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 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 | |||
| Ben Kelly | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lawyer Milloy | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Patten | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Pleasant | NWE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Otis Smith | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||