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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 5th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 226 points (14.1/g), 31st of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 309 points (19.3/g), 14th.
Differential of -83 points (-5.2/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.2-10.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 24th.
Coached by Dick LeBeau (6-10-0)
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2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | New England Patriots | 23 | 17 | 18 | 353 | 196 | 157 | 1 | 16 | 292 | 224 | 68 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 2-0 | Baltimore Ravens | 21 | 10 | 13 | 203 | 136 | 67 | 1 | 24 | 382 | 318 | 64 | 6 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | box | L | 2-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 28 | 17 | 237 | 126 | 111 | 4 | 16 | 245 | 112 | 133 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 16 | 15 | 214 | 149 | 65 | 1 | 19 | 413 | 138 | 275 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 3-2 | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 14 | 23 | 400 | 201 | 199 | 15 | 211 | 171 | 40 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | box | L | 3-3 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 24 | 16 | 264 | 229 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 435 | 232 | 203 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Detroit Lions | 31 | 27 | 21 | 412 | 188 | 224 | 2 | 17 | 276 | 215 | 61 | 3 |
| 8 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 4-4 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 13 | 30 | 18 | 352 | 279 | 73 | 1 | 21 | 261 | 164 | 97 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 4-5 | Tennessee Titans | 7 | 20 | 17 | 264 | 224 | 40 | 3 | 13 | 293 | 164 | 129 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | box | L | 4-6 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 0 | 18 | 12 | 191 | 107 | 84 | 7 | 14 | 249 | 171 | 78 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | box | L | 4-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 16 | 17 | 201 | 115 | 86 | 2 | 19 | 264 | 199 | 65 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 9 | box | L | 4-8 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 10 | 14 | 12 | 200 | 140 | 60 | 1 | 17 | 255 | 193 | 62 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | box | L | 4-9 | @ | New York Jets | 14 | 15 | 17 | 248 | 128 | 120 | 3 | 17 | 309 | 196 | 113 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 23 | box | L | 4-10 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 0 | 16 | 21 | 281 | 131 | 150 | 4 | 20 | 305 | 148 | 157 | 1 |
| 16 | Sun | December 30 | box | W | 5-10 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 26 | 23 | 32 | 544 | 403 | 141 | 3 | 16 | 313 | 240 | 73 | 5 | |
| 17 | Sun | January 6 | box | W | 6-10 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 23 | 21 | 25 | 436 | 336 | 100 | 3 | 16 | 329 | 272 | 57 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 226 | 4800 | 1071 | 4.5 | 294 | 322 | 602 | 3088 | 12 | 26 | 4.9 | 176 | 441 | 1712 | 11 | 3.9 | 96 | 37 | 11 | 22 |
| Team Defense | 309 | 4832 | 1013 | 4.8 | 476 | 311 | 512 | 3157 | 23 | 13 | 5.6 | 173 | 453 | 1675 | 10 | 3.7 | 281 | 28 | 15 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 31 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 14 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 6 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 29 | QB | 16 | 15 | 313 | 581 | 53.9 | 3216 | 12 | 2.1 | 22 | 3.8 | 49 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 201.0 | 61.1 | 25 | 185 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Scott Mitchell | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 16 | 3.2 | -8.1 | 9.5 | 38.0 | 3.5 | 2 | 15 | 1.6 | -8.0 | 14.3 | |
| Akili Smith | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 18.5 | 73.4 | 1 | 3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 11.1 | |
| Corey Dillon* | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -45.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 322 | 602 | 53.5 | 3291 | 12 | 2.0 | 26 | 4.3 | 49 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 10.2 | 205.7 | 58.1 | 28 | 203 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 311 | 512 | 60.7 | 3157 | 23 | 4.5 | 13 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 10.2 | 197.3 | 82.8 | 48 | 320 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Corey Dillon* | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 340 | 1315 | 10 | 96 | 3.9 | 82.2 | 21.3 | 34 | 228 | 6.7 | 3 | 17 | 2.1 | 14.3 | 1543 | 13 | 5 |
| Brandon Bennett | 28 | 16 | 1 | 50 | 232 | 0 | 36 | 4.6 | 14.5 | 3.1 | 20 | 150 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 382 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jon Kitna | 29 | QB | 16 | 15 | 27 | 73 | 1 | 20 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 73 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Peter Warrick | 24 | WR | 16 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 70 | 667 | 9.5 | 1 | 33 | 4.4 | 41.7 | 681 | 1 | 3 |
| Akili Smith | 26 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3.3 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 31 | FB | 16 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 1 | 12 | 1.2 | 6.3 | 111 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Keaton | 25 | RET | 13 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 9.6 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnay Scott | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 57 | 819 | 14.4 | 2 | 49 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 819 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ron Dugans | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 251 | 9.0 | 2 | 31 | 1.8 | 15.7 | 251 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chad Johnson | 23 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 329 | 11.8 | 1 | 28 | 2.3 | 27.4 | 329 | 1 | 0 | ||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 228 | 10.9 | 0 | 23 | 1.8 | 19.0 | 228 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Danny Farmer | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 228 | 15.2 | 1 | 27 | 1.3 | 19.0 | 228 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony McGee | 30 | TE | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 148 | 10.6 | 1 | 25 | 1.3 | 13.5 | 148 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marco Battaglia | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13 | 118 | 9.1 | 0 | 17 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 118 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kirk McMullen | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 441 | 1712 | 11 | 96 | 3.9 | 107.0 | 27.6 | 322 | 3291 | 10.2 | 12 | 49 | 20.1 | 205.7 | 5003 | 23 | 28 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 453 | 1675 | 10 | 3.7 | 104.7 | 28.3 | 311 | 3157 | 10.2 | 23 | 19.4 | 197.3 | 4832 | 33 | 33 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Curtis Keaton | 25 | RET | 13 | 0 | 42 | 891 | 0 | 64 | 21.2 | 948 | |||||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 24 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 163 | 0 | 86 | 13.6 | 10 | 185 | 0 | 23 | 18.5 | 576 | |
| Peter Warrick | 24 | WR | 16 | 14 | 18 | 116 | 0 | 31 | 6.4 | 797 | |||||
| Brandon Bennett | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 15.0 | 442 | ||||||
| Rudi Johnson | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 25 | 19.8 | 79 | ||||||
| Brock Gutierrez | 28 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 15 | ||||||
| Danny Farmer | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 239 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 31 | 290 | 0 | 86 | 9.4 | 62 | 1230 | 0 | 64 | 19.8 | 6523 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 1157 | 1 | 25.2 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Nick Harris | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 84 | 3372 | 57 | 1 | 40.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Neil Rackers | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 24 | 23 | 95.8% | 1 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32.0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 24 | 23 | 95.8% | 85 | 3404 | 57 | 1 | 40.0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 22 | 73.3% | 31 | 29 | 93.5% | 86 | 3543 | 41.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jon Kitna | 29 | QB | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | -13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Reinard Wilson | 28 | rde | 16 | 5 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | |
| Justin Smith | 22 | RDE | 15 | 11 | 8.5 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 41 | 13 | ||||||
| Brian Simmons | 26 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 6.5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 51 | 32 | |
| Takeo Spikes | 25 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 6.0 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 29 | |
| Tony Williams | 26 | RDT | 13 | 13 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | |
| Corey Dillon* | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darryl Williams | 31 | 15 | 1 | 3.5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Oliver Gibson | 29 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 10 | |
| Artrell Hawkins | 25 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10 | ||
| Mark Roman | 24 | LCB | 13 | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |
| Peter Warrick | 24 | WR | 16 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chris Carter | 27 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 34 | 15 | |||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kevin Kaesviharn | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 22 | 3 | ||||||||
| Adrian Ross | 26 | 16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Glen Steele | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Vaughn Booker | 33 | LDE | 14 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | |
| Marco Battaglia | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Bean | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |||
| Brandon Bennett | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rich Braham | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | -22 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Canute Curtis | 27 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | |||
| Ron Dugans | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Danny Farmer | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cory Hall | 25 | FS/ss | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 31 | 16 | ||
| Rodney Heath | 27 | lcb | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Matt O'Dwyer | 29 | LG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Darnay Scott | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Akili Smith | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richmond Webb | 34 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 47.0 | 13 | 192 | 1 | 66 | 68 | 13 | 28 | 30 | 118 | 1 | 637 | 222 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 33 | 18 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon* | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 78 | |||||||||
| Neil Rackers | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 74 | |||||||||
| Ron Dugans | 24 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Darnay Scott | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Danny Farmer | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Chad Johnson | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jon Kitna | 29 | QB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tony McGee | 30 | TE | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | 31 | FB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Brian Simmons | 26 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Takeo Spikes | 25 | RLB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Peter Warrick | 24 | WR | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 226 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 309 |