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2001 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 9, 2001 · Ralph Wilson Stadium
FinalWho moved the needle
Rushing · BUF
New Orleans Saints 24–6 — never really in doubt late.
22 att, 58 yds, 0 TD
-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 |
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Connell | 3 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 14% | +5.2 |
| Joe Horn | 6 | 10 | 45 | 0 | 34% |
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Mitchell | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Bellamy |
| 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 |
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
| Terrelle Smith | 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 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 0.0 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 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 |
| 0 |
| −0.7 |
| 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 |
