New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills

September 9, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
New Orleans Saints	0	0	17	7	24
Buffalo Bills	3	3	0	0	6

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
14:37	Buf	FG	FG Jake Arians 37	Buf 3, NO 0
2nd Quarter
6:33	Buf	FG	FG Jake Arians 22	Buf 6, NO 0
3rd Quarter
3:58	NO	TD	Albert Connell 46 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney Kick)	NO 7, Buf 6
8:12	NO	FG	FG John Carney 31	NO 10, Buf 6
12:10	NO	TD	Cameron Cleeland 12 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney Kick)	NO 17, Buf 6
4th Quarter
11:58	NO	TD	Ricky Williams 19 pass from Aaron Brooks (John Carney Kick)	NO 24, Buf 6

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 71,447

Team Statistics

New Orleans Saints Buffalo Bills

First downs 17 12

Rushes - yards 26 - 109 28 - 125

Passing 192 126

Punt returns 3 - 19 4 - 44

Kickoff returns 3 - 68 5 - 77

Interception returns 3 - 40 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 18 - 30 - 0 16 - 28 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 17 5 - 34

Punts 5 - 43.8 4 - 44.3

Fumbles - lost 4 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 4 - 35 4 - 35

Time of possession 27:33 32:27

Passing

New Orleans Saints Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Aaron Brooks 29 18 209 7.21 3 0 46t 2 17 118.3

Joe Horn 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Buffalo Bills Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Rob Johnson 27 16 160 5.93 0 3 34 5 34 36.6

Brian Moorman 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ricky Williams 18 93 5.2 21 0

Aaron Brooks 5 10 2.0 5 0

Terrelle Smith 2 4 2.0 3 0

Deuce McAllister 1 2 2.0 2 0

Buffalo Bills Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Travis Henry 22 58 2.6 14 0

Peerless Price 1 31 31.0 31 0

Rob Johnson 3 23 7.7 18 0

Larry Centers 1 11 11.0 11 0

Sammy Morris 1 2 2.0 2 0

Receiving

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Joe Horn 6 45 7.5 14 0

Albert Connell 3 89 29.7 46t 1

Robert Wilson 2 15 7.5 8 0

Cameron Cleeland 2 14 7.0 12t 1

Willie Jackson 2 12 6.0 9 0

Ricky Williams 1 19 19.0 19t 1

Terrelle Smith 1 10 10.0 10 0

Dave Stachelski 1 5 5.0 5 0

Buffalo Bills Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Larry Centers 4 37 9.3 26 0

Jeremy McDaniel 4 36 9.0 21 0

Sammy Morris 3 1 0.3 4 0

Jay Riemersma 2 16 8.0 12 0

Eric Moulds 1 34 34.0 34 0

Peerless Price 1 32 32.0 32 0

Travis Henry 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kickoff Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Michael Lewis 2 55 27.5 0 38 0

Deuce McAllister 1 13 13.0 0 13 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tony Driver 3 51 17.0 0 20 0

Nate Clements 2 26 13.0 0 18 0

Punt Returns

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deuce McAllister 1 10 10.0 0 10 0

Michael Lewis 2 9 4.5 0 6 0

Buffalo Bills Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Avion Black 1 34 34.0 0 34 0

Peerless Price 3 10 3.3 0 9 0

Punting

New Orleans Saints Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Toby Gowin 5 219 43.8 50 1 0 0 31.0 4 44

Buffalo Bills Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Brian Moorman 4 177 44.3 51 1 0 0 34.5 3 19

Defense

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Sammy Knight 3 40 13.3 21 0 0.0 0.0

Joe Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 3.0 17.0

Charlie Clemons 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 10.0

La'Roi Glover 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

Buffalo Bills Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Erik Flowers 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 5.0

Phil Hansen 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 5.0

Bryce Fisher 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 7.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 9, 2001

Seattle
Cleveland 9
6 Final

Indianapolis
NY Jets 45
24 Final

Carolina
Minnesota 24
13 Final

Oakland
Kansas City 27
24 Final

Pittsburgh
Jacksonville 3
21 Final

Detroit
Green Bay 6
28 Final

Tampa Bay
Dallas 10
6 Final

New England
Cincinnati 17
23 Final

New Orleans
Buffalo 24
6 Final

Chicago
Baltimore 6
17 Final

Atlanta
San Francisco 13
16 F/OT

Washington
San Diego 3
30 Final

St. Louis
Philadelphia 20
17 F/OT

Miami
Tennessee 31
23 Final

Mon, Sep 10, 2001

NY Giants
Denver 20
31 Final

Full Scoreboard