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 |
Attendance: 71,447
Missed Field Goals: None| 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 - 44.2 |
| 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 | FD |
| Ricky Williams | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Brooks | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Terrelle Smith | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Travis Henry | 22 | 58 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Johnson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Joe Horn | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Albert Connell | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 46t | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Wilson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12t | 1 | 2 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 | 1 |
| Terrelle Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Stachelski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Larry Centers | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Eric Moulds | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Henry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 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 | 44.2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 | 3 | 19 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Sammy Knight | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Sedrick Hodge | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Houser | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Darren Howard | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Whitehead | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Norman Hand | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Clemons | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toby Gowin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| La'Roi Glover | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Chase | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Nate Clements | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaShon Polk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Price | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Schobel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keion Carpenter | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Brown | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Hansen | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raion Hill | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jay Foreman | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Flowers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Jennings | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bryce Fisher | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Jones | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Irvin | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Driver | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cowart | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenyatta Wright | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2001 NFL Scoreboard - Week 1
Sunday, September 9, 2001
| Seattle | 9 |
| Cleveland | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Indianapolis | 45 |
| NY Jets | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Carolina | 24 |
| Minnesota | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Oakland | 27 |
| Kansas City | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Jacksonville | 21 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Detroit | 6 |
| Green Bay | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 10 |
| Dallas | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New England | 17 |
| Cincinnati | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 24 |
| Buffalo | 6 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Chicago | 6 |
| Baltimore | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Atlanta | 13 |
| San Francisco | 16 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Washington | 3 |
| San Diego | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 20 |
| Philadelphia | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL/OT |
| Miami | 31 |
| Tennessee | 23 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 10, 2001
| NY Giants | 20 |
| Denver | 31 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
