2001 · Week 1
New England Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 9, 2001 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Cincinnati Bengals topped New England Patriots 23–17. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Bengals (56%). Bengals improve to 1-0; Patriots fall to 0-1. Corey Dillon was the story of the game with 104 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 4 catches for 32 yards.
Team stats
| NE | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 18 |
| 309 | Total yards | 361 |
| 241 | Passing yards | 204 |
| 68 | Rushing yards | 157 |
| 22/38 | Comp / Att | 18/27 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 22/38 | 241 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 11 | 33 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 4 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 7 | 7 | 106 | 1 |
| David Patten | 3 | 7 | 47 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bert Emanuel | 4 | 9 | 25 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 3 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 3 | 5 | 24 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 18/27 | 204 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kitna | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 24 | 104 | 1 |
| Brandon Bennett | 6 | 43 | 0 |
| Peter Warrick | 1 | 13 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Darnay Scott | 5 | 9 | 104 | 0 |
| Peter Warrick | 7 | 9 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony McGee | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
| Ron Dugans | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |