2001 · Week 5
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
Oct 14, 2001 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New Orleans Saints escaped with a 27–25 win over Carolina Panthers. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Saints (54%). Saints improve to 3-1; Panthers fall to 1-4. Ricky Williams was the story of the game with 147 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 4 catches for 31 yards. Saints out-gained the opponent 378–230 in total yards.
Team stats
| NO | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | First downs | 11 |
| 378 | Total yards | 230 |
| 180 | Passing yards | 196 |
| 198 | Rushing yards | 34 |
| 14/40 | Comp / Att | 21/39 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 14/40 | 180 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 7 | 49 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 31 | 147 | 1 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 4 | 7 | 31 | 0 |
| Joe Horn | 4 | 10 | 78 | 0 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 3 | 4 | 38 | 2 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 10 | 25 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Connell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Weinke | 21/39 | 196 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Weinke | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Biakabutuka | 13 | 30 | 0 |
| Richard Huntley | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Walls | 5 | 8 | 61 | 1 |
| Tim Biakabutuka | 3 | 5 | 58 | 0 |
| Donald Hayes | 7 | 11 | 44 | 1 |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Muhsin Muhammad | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Isaac Byrd | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |