2001 · Week 11
New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots
Nov 25, 2001 · Foxboro Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New England Patriots defeated New Orleans Saints 34–17. ScoutIndex had favored Patriots (55%) going in. Patriots improve to 6-5; Saints fall to 5-5. Tom Brady paced the offense with 258 passing yards and 4 TDs; 14 rushing yards. Saints turned it over 2 times to Patriots's 0.
Team stats
| NO | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 24 |
| 428 | Total yards | 449 |
| 307 | Passing yards | 258 |
| 121 | Rushing yards | 191 |
| 16/39 | Comp / Att | 19/26 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NO
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 16/39 | 307 | 1 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 7 | 65 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 15 | 56 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Horn | 4 | 10 | 97 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 5 | 10 | 78 | 1 |
| Ricky Williams | 3 | 5 | 39 | 0 |
| Albert Connell | 2 | 4 | 49 | 0 |
| Boo Williams | 2 | 7 | 44 | 0 |
| Terrelle Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Deuce McAllister | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 19/26 | 258 | 4 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Brady | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Antowain Smith | 24 | 111 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Marc Edwards | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| J.R. Redmond | 4 | 20 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antowain Smith | 3 | 5 | 42 | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 7 | 8 | 91 | 1 |
| David Patten | 3 | 4 | 47 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 2 | 2 | 44 | 1 |
| Marc Edwards | 3 | 4 | 30 | 1 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Rod Rutledge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |