2001 New Orleans Saints Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 3rd in NFC West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jim Haslett (7-9-0)

Points For: 333 (20.8/g) 13th of 31

Points Against: 409 (25.6/g) 27th of 31

Expected W-L: 6.1-9.9

SRS: -4.82 (27th of 31), SOS: -0.07

Offensive Coordinator: Mike McCarthy

Defensive Coordinator: Ron Zook

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Atkins (Running Backs), Frank Cignetti (Quarterbacks), Jim Hostler (Asst. Wide Receivers/Off. Quality Control) and Rick Venturi (Defensive Backs/AHC)

Stadium: Louisiana Superdome

Owner/President: Tom Benson

General Manager: Randy Mueller

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 8.0

Training Camp: Nicholls State (Thibodaux, Louisiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties						Average Drive
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	#Dr	Sc%	TO%	Start	Time	Plays	Yds	Pts
Team Stats	333	5226	1031	5.1	35	13	294	313	562	3514	27	22	5.7	184	419	1712	8	4.1	87	119	1025	23	196	31.6	16.8	Own 33.2	2:24	5.42	26.3	1.66
Opp. Stats	409	5070	948	5.3	30	15	284	278	452	3355	30	15	6.6	169	443	1715	15	3.9	88	100	877	27	193	37.3	13.5	Own 33.1	2:32	5.1	26.3	2.05
Lg Rank Offense	13	10			23	16	11		6	10	4	24	16		20	18	26	15						9	8	5	26	19	18	8
Lg Rank Defense	27	16			14	6	13		1	17	29	20	28		15	14	22	13						4	18	26	17	1	16	29

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 9	1:05PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	24	6	17	301	192	109		12	251	126	125	3	5.45	20.16	-0.86
3	Sun	September 30	1:06PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	New York Giants	13	21	20	330	256	74	1	13	253	100	153	1	-5.46	3.69	-2.80
4	Sun	October 7	12:05PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Minnesota Vikings	28	15	20	370	210	160	1	16	340	306	34	3	2.54	10.57	1.40
5	Sun	October 14	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Carolina Panthers	27	25	21	358	160	198	3	13	218	184	34	3	-4.92	22.71	-13.33
6	Sun	October 21	12:03PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2		Atlanta Falcons	13	20	16	276	213	63	1	12	297	173	124	2	-11.64	5.63	0.65
7	Sun	October 28	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	St. Louis Rams	34	31	15	320	238	82	2	25	474	426	48	8	-13.75	-0.81	16.58
8	Sun	November 4	8:37PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3		New York Jets	9	16	13	246	138	108	4	12	272	130	142	2	-25.81	10.50	6.14
9	Sun	November 11	4:15PM ET	boxscore	L		4-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	27	28	24	488	336	152	1	21	415	251	164		10.61	-17.09	0.09
10	Sun	November 18	1:02PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Indianapolis Colts	34	20	25	378	221	157		18	339	262	77	1	17.30	-6.16	5.13
11	Sun	November 25	4:05PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	New England Patriots	17	34	23	428	307	121	2	26	432	241	191		10.42	-24.86	1.96
12	Sun	December 2	1:03PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5		Carolina Panthers	27	23	25	432	307	125	2	11	150	101	49	1	4.69	7.43	-11.92
13	Sun	December 9	1:05PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	28	10	19	379	265	114	2	20	230	180	50	2	13.73	7.37	1.63
14	Mon	December 17	9:09PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		St. Louis Rams	21	34	17	310	242	68	2	21	365	309	56	2	-10.44	-12.87	7.74
15	Sun	December 23	1:01PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	48	16	271	230	41	4	23	364	207	157		-11.47	-14.54	-1.55
16	Sun	December 30	8:36PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8		Washington Redskins	10	40	12	213	113	100	4	19	263	90	173	1	-18.41	-6.18	-4.32
17	Sun	January 6	12:03PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9		San Francisco 49ers	0	38	11	126	86	40	6	22	407	269	138	1	-31.25	-11.13	3.40

Team Conversions

Team Conversions Table
	Downs						Red Zone
Player	3DAtt	3DConv	3D%	4DAtt	4DConv	4D%	RZAtt	RZTD	RZPct
Team Stats	227	89	39.2%	18	6	33.3%	55	28	50.9%
Opp. Stats	201	80	39.8%	12	3	25.0%	54	31	57.4%
Lg Rank Offense			10			22			13
Lg Rank Defense			23			3			30

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Aaron Brooks	25	QB	16	16	7-9-0	312	558	55.9	3832	26	4.7	22	3.9	182	40.3	63	6.9	6.0	12.3	239.5	76.4	50	330	8.22	5.76	5.0	2	3
2	Deuce McAllister	23	RB	16	4		1	2	50.0	12	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	12	6.0	16.0	12.0	0.8	108.3	0	0	0.00	6.00	16.0	0	0
3	Jeff Blake	31	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
4	Joe Horn	29	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	313	562	55.7	3514	27	4.8	22	3.9	183	40.2	63	6.8	6.0	12.3	219.6	76.7	50	330	8.17	5.74	5.01	2	3

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ricky Williams	24	RB	16	16	313	1245	6	61	41.9	46	4.0	77.8	19.6	88	60	511	8.5	1	19	40.9	42	3.8	31.9	68.2	5.8	373	4.7	1756	7	8
2	Joe Horn	29	WR	16	16	1	4	0	0	100.0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	156	83	1265	15.2	9	58	44.2	56	5.2	79.1	53.2	8.1	84	15.1	1269	9	1	PB
3	Willie Jackson	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	135	81	1046	12.9	5	54	50.4	63	5.1	65.4	60.0	7.7	81	12.9	1046	5	0
4	Aaron Brooks	25	QB	16	16	80	358	1	25	40.0	26	4.5	22.4	5.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	80	4.5	358	1	13
5	Robert Wilson	27	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	21	277	13.2	0	14	50.0	44	1.4	18.5	55.3	7.3	21	13.2	277	0	0
6	Deuce McAllister	23	RB	16	4	16	91	1	4	31.3	54	5.7	5.7	1.0	20	15	166	11.1	1	8	55.0	22	0.9	10.4	75.0	8.3	31	8.3	257	2	1
7	Boo Williams	22	TE	11	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	42	20	202	10.1	3	12	38.1	26	1.8	18.4	47.6	4.8	20	10.1	202	3	0
8	Albert Connell	27	WR	11	1	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	0.5	0.1	28	12	191	15.9	2	7	32.1	46	1.1	17.4	42.9	6.8	13	15.2	197	2	0
9	Cam Cleeland	26	TE	9	7	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	22	13	138	10.6	4	7	50.0	19	1.4	15.3	59.1	6.3	13	10.6	138	4	1
10	Terrelle Smith	23	FB	14	9	5	8	0	1	40.0	6	1.6	0.6	0.4	8	4	30	7.5	2	3	50.0	12	0.3	2.1	50.0	3.8	9	4.2	38	2	1
11	Lamont Hall	27	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	2	15	7.5	0	1	100.0	9	0.1	0.9	100.0	7.5	2	7.5	15	0	1
12	Dave Stachelski	24	TE	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.2	1.0	100.0	5.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
13	Fred McAfee	33	RB	16	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	2.0	2	0	0
14	Jeff Blake	31	QB	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-1.0	-1	0	0
15	John Carney	37	K	15	0	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-1.0	-1	0	0
16	Wane McGarity	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	0.0	-2	0.1	-0.2	50.0	-1.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	419	1712	8	91	41.1	54	4.1	107.0	26.2	543	313	3844	12.3	27	183	45.1	63	19.6	240.3	57.6	7.1	732	7.6	5556	35	27

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						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	Sfty	Awards
1	Jay Bellamy	29	FS	16	16	3	21	0	21	7	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	93	71	22	4	0
2	Aaron Brooks	25	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	-50	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	La'Roi Glover	27	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	12	0	8.0	47	36	11	10	0	PB
4	Joe Horn	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	PB
5	Darren Howard	25	LDE	16	16	1	37	0	37	4	3	0	0	0	0	6.0	54	36	18	8	0
6	Joe Johnson	29	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	9.0	64	53	11	16	0
7	Sammy Knight	26	SS	16	16	6	114	0	40	10	2	0	5	0	0	1.0	98	80	18	2	0	PB,AP-2
8	Chris Naeole	27	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Darrin Smith	31	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	66	49	17	5	0
10	Fred Thomas	28	RCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	68	55	13	3	0
11	Kyle Turley	26	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ricky Williams	24	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Charlie Clemons	29	MLB	16	15	1	3	0	3	6	2	0	1	0	0	13.5	93	75	18	14	0
14	Keith Mitchell	27	LLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	90	63	27	4	0
15	Norman Hand	29	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	36	25	11	9	0
16	Kevin Mathis	27	LCB	14	13	2	34	0	23	9	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	77	63	14	2	0
17	Terrelle Smith	23	FB	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0					0
18	Cam Cleeland	26	TE	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0					0
19	Lamont Hall	27	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Deuce McAllister	23	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0
21	Boo Williams	22	TE	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
22	Martin Chase	27	DT	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	22	16	6	1	0
23	Michael Hawthorne	24	DB	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	22	19	3	0	0
24	Albert Connell	27	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Sedrick Hodge	23	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	22	19	3	1	0
26	Steve Israel	32	DB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0	0
27	Chris Oldham	33	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	81	1	2.5	29	20	9	3	0
28	Fred Weary	27	DB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	20	18	2	1	0
29	Robert Wilson	27	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0	0
30	Tom Ackerman	29	C	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0					0
31	Tim Carter	23	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
32	Phil Clarke	24	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	9	1	0	0
33	James Fenderson	25	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
34	Steve Gleason	24	DB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0	0
35	Toby Gowin	26	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0	0
36	Curtis Holden	22	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	7	0	0	0
37	Kevin Houser	24	LS	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
38	Roger Knight	23	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
39	Michael Lewis	30	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0	0
40	Fred McAfee	33	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	11	10	1	0	0
41	Wane McGarity	25	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0					0
42	Richard Newsome	24	DB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	0	0
43	Moran Norris	23	FB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
44	Kenny Smith	24	DT	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0	0
45	Willie Whitehead	28	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	21	18	3	6	0
46	Brian Williams	29	LB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	15	209	0	40	64	19	35	34	47	1	53.0	1009	797	212	89	0

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