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Game Center
2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Ralph Wilson Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
New Orleans Saints 24–6 — never really in doubt late.
-5.5 expected points added on the ground
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 18/29 | 209 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +7.8 |
| Joe Horn | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.5 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Williams | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 0 | −2.5 |
| Aaron Brooks | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | −2.1 |
| Terrelle Smith |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Connell | 3 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 14% | +5.2 |
| Joe Horn | 6 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 34% | −0.4 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Mitchell | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas |
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 16/27 | 160 | 0 | 3 | 5 | −16.2 |
| Brian Moorman | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 |
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/2001_01_NO_BUF
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Saints closed -1.5 and covered, winning by 18.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 30 — under by 7.5.
Conditions and crew
| 2 |
| 4 |
| 2.0 |
| 0 |
| −0.2 |
| Deuce McAllister | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.1 |
| Ricky Williams | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 7% | +3.7 |
| Robert Wilson | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7% | +2.2 |
| Cameron Cleeland | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 10% | +2.2 |
| Willie Jackson | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 21% | −2.1 |
| Terrelle Smith | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3% | +0.8 |
| Dave Stachelski | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3% | +0.2 |
| 5 |
| 0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| Sedrick Hodge | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Clemons | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Hand | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Henry | 22 | 58 | 2.6 | 0 | −5.5 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | +1.8 |
| Rob Johnson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | −1.1 |
| Larry Centers | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | +1.1 |
| Sammy Morris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.2 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Centers | 4 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 14% | +2.5 |
| Jeremy McDaniel | 4 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 18% | +0.2 |
| Eric Moulds | 1 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 14% | −3.6 |
| Peerless Price | 1 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 7% | +1.8 |
| Jay Riemersma | 2 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 21% | −8.2 |
| Travis Henry | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7% | −1.4 |
| Sammy Morris | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14% | −1.1 |
| Lance Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4% | −0.7 |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Winfield | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Williams | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenyatta Wright | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Hansen | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Foreman | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Raion Hill | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Irvin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shawn Price | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
