2001 · Week 1
New Orleans Saints at Buffalo Bills
Sep 9, 2001 · Ralph Wilson Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
New Orleans Saints defeated Buffalo Bills 24–6. ScoutIndex had favored Saints (55%) going in. Saints improve to 1-0; Bills fall to 0-1. Aaron Brooks paced the offense with 209 passing yards and 3 TDs; 10 rushing yards. Bills turned it over 3 times to Saints's 0.
Team stats
| NO | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 11 |
| 318 | Total yards | 285 |
| 209 | Passing yards | 160 |
| 109 | Rushing yards | 125 |
| 18/30 | Comp / Att | 16/28 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 5 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 18/29 | 209 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 18 | 93 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
| Albert Connell | 3 | 4 | 89 | 1 |
| Joe Horn | 6 | 10 | 45 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Stachelski | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
BUF
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 16/27 | 160 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Moorman | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| Travis Henry | 22 | 58 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Henry | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 4 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
| Eric Moulds | 1 | 4 | 34 | 0 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |