Week 12, 2001

played in New Orleans, LA

76 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Buffalo Bills10306-19
New Orleans Saints14070-21

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:02 NOS - LaMont Jordan 6 run (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
1Q: 08:05 BUF - Joey Galloway 46 pass from Tee Martin (David Beckham extra point)
1Q: 04:42 BUF - David Beckham 46 field goal
1Q: 01:39 NOS - Alvis Whitted 30 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
2Q: 08:36 BUF - David Beckham 22 field goal
3Q: 05:33 NOS - John Davis 3 pass from Matt Hassebeck (Mike Vanderjagt extra point)
4Q: 03:45 BUF - Eddie George 3 run (Eddie George run for conversion failed)

Team StatisticsBUFNOS
Record5-65-6
First Downs2120
- by Rushing711
- by Passing127
- by Penalty22
Total Net Yards300339
- Offensive Plays6964
- Yards per Play4.355.30
Net Rushing Yards96219
- Rushing Attempts2840
- Yards per Rush3.435.48
Net Passing Yards204120
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt37 - 17 - 123 - 13 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards230122
- Sacks/Yards Lost4/261/2
- Yards per Pass Play4.985.00
Fumbles/Lost1/11/1
3rd Down Conversions6/154/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down9.57.7
4th Down Conversions0/10/0
Penalties/Yards10/758/65
Punt Returns/Yards1/154/36
Kick Returns/Yards1/250/0
Interception Ret./Yards2/91/19
2pt Conversions1/00/0
Red Zone Visits33
- Red Zone TDs/FGs1/22/0
Avg. Drive StartOWN 25OWN 31
Time of Possession30:0429:56

Drive Charts

Buffalo Bills
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
115:002:41OWN 27515Interception
110:533:03OWN 20680Touchdown
17:052:31OPP 277-2Field Goal
11:261:12OWN 2038Punt
213:495:20OWN 301065Field Goal
23:471:54OWN 2051Punt
312:152:47OWN 4745Fumble
35:251:32OWN 2038Punt
32:221:12OWN 3132Punt
414:391:42OWN 930Punt
412:572:33OWN 3866Punt
46:373:01OWN 31969Touchdown
41:510:34OWN 1040Downs
New Orleans Saints
QuarBeganPossFromPlaysYardsResult
112:191:26OPP 33333Touchdown
17:500:45OWN 2021Interception
14:343:08OWN 13687Touchdown
10:141:25OWN 3538Punt
28:294:42OWN 20832Punt
21:531:53OWN 13636Half
315:002:45OWN 20522Punt
39:284:03OPP 49849Touchdown
33:531:31OWN 2936Punt
31:101:31OWN 21411Punt
410:243:47OWN 131048Interception
43:361:45OWN 20522Punt
41:171:17OPP 1024Game

Game MVP: Jessie Armstead, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

BuffaloAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala20442.201010
Eddie George6345.671211
Tee Martin2189.001110
New OrleansAttYardsAvgLG10+TD
LaMont Jordan271575.813751
Abraham Marschalk12635.251340
Matt Hassebeck1-1-1.00-100

Passing Statistics

BuffaloAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Tee Martin37172304/26146164.0
New OrleansAttCompYardsSk/YdTDLGIntRate
Matt Hassebeck23131221/2230264.0

Receiving Statistics

BuffaloCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Joey Galloway71311115.8641461
TE Stephen Alexander25189.007110
WR Brian Finneran282110.502110
WR Wayne McGarity242211.004160
TE Eric Johnson232713.500160
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala111111.000110
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh122020.0013200
WR Todd Pinkston0100.00000
New OrleansCatchTargYardsAvgYACLGTD
WR Alvis Whitted466315.759301
RB LaMont Jordan3320.67520
TE John Davis2463.00031
WR Jeff Graham1444.00040
WR Kevin Alexander1399.00090
RB Abraham Marschalk111111.0012110
WR Laveranues Coles122727.001270

Interception Statistics

BuffaloIntsYardsAvgTD
OLB Robert Jones199.000
ILB Eric Hill100.000
New OrleansIntsYardsAvgTD
CB Kelly Herndon11919.000

Fumble Statistics

BuffaloFumbRecovForceTD
Tee Martin1000
Eddie George0100
Antonio Stofa0010
New OrleansFumbRecovForceTD
Vinny Sutherland1000
Stimpson Cat0100
Dexter Coakley0010

Punting Statistics

BuffaloPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Joe Prokop628948.242.2553
New OrleansPuntYardsAvgNetLGIn20
Will Bryce627445.739.8514

Kicking Statistics

BuffaloFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
David Beckham2/21/10/0461/1
New OrleansFGs40+Yd50+YdLGPAT
Mike Vanderjagt0/00/00/003/3

Punt Return Statistics

BuffaloRetYardsAvgTD
T.J. Housmandzadeh11515.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD
Vinny Sutherland4369.00

Kick Return Statistics

BuffaloRetYardsAvgTD
T.J. Housmandzadeh12525.00
New OrleansRetYardsAvgTD

Defensive Statistics

BuffaloTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
ILB Eric Hill1120.03423
S John Heeter860.03924
DT John Thornton660.03013
S Zach Bronson410.03423
CB Phillippi Sparks310.03922
DE Darren Howard310.03416
CB Jason Sehorn300.03622
DT Leon Bender300.02112
CB Rashard Cook220.52521
OLB Vernon Crawford200.0123
OLB Jamir Miller100.52216
OLB Robert Jones110.03218
S Darren Perry100.01310
DE Chidi Ahanotu100.068
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala10---------
ILB Rahim Abdullah100.040
DT Bill Goldberg010.01211
ILB Barry Minter010.0143
DE Jamal Duff010.01912
New OrleansTackAsstSackRPlayPPlay
OLB Dexter Coakley600.52540
OLB Jessie Armstead522.52126
ILB Brian Simmons550.02841
S Deke McQuay450.02841
CB Kelly Herndon420.02841
CB Antoine Winfield330.02841
CB Tyrone Williams320.01629
S Donovin Darius300.0311
ILB Dhani Jones300.01212
DT Darrell Russell200.51214
DE Lamar King210.01517
S Dwight Smith200.02741
DE Chad Bratzke110.51324
DT William Munny110.01712
ILB Brett Wallerstedt100.044
WR Kevin Alexander10---------
DT William Carr100.01627
WR Alvis Whitted10---------

Pass Rush Statistics

BuffaloSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Jamir Miller0.500016
CB Rashard Cook0.500021
DE Jamal Duff0.001012
OLB Terry Killens0.00106
New OrleansSackBlockHurryKnockPPlay
OLB Jessie Armstead2.500226
OLB Dexter Coakley0.504040
DE Chad Bratzke0.500024
DT Darrell Russell0.500014
DE Stimpson Cat0.021129
DT William Munny0.001012

Pass Defense Statistics

BuffaloCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Jason Sehorn30022
S Zach Bronson30023
ILB Eric Hill20123
CB Phillippi Sparks12022
S John Heeter10024
DT Leon Bender10012
CB Rashard Cook10021
DE Darren Howard10016
OLB Robert Jones01118
New OrleansCaughtDefnsdIntrcpPPlay
CB Kelly Herndon50141
S Dwight Smith31041
ILB Brian Simmons30041
CB Antoine Winfield11041
ILB Brett Wallerstedt1004
DE Chad Bratzke10024
CB Tyrone Williams10029
S Donovin Darius10011
ILB Dhani Jones10012
S Deke McQuay01041

Blocking Statistics

BuffaloKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Flozell Adkins38028141
Brian Habib25028241
Chris Gray23028141
Jerome Daniels23018033
Reggie Nelson12028041
Stephen Alexander03022034
Visanthe Hall0201008
New OrleansKeyBlBlOppPancRPlySckAPPly
Damion McIntosh58140124
Ike Davis410040024
Gary Ivan Gordon27040024
Joe Wong25040024
Zack Freeman24040024
John Davis22032022
Graham Somerville1302302

Special Teams Tackles

BuffaloTacklesSTPlays
David Sloan117
Todd Pinkston117
Rahim Abdullah111
Antonio Stofa18
New OrleansTacklesSTPlays
Tyrone Williams124
Lorenzo Styles115

Participation

BuffaloRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Flozell Adkins2841------877
Chris Gray2841------877
Reggie Nelson2841------877
Tee Martin2841------271
Brian Habib2841---------69
Rashard Cook------25212066
Joey Galloway2634------464
John Heeter------3924---63
Stephen Alexander2234------763
Phillippi Sparks------3922---61
Jamir Miller------22162159
Jason Sehorn------3622159
Eric Hill------3423---57
Zach Bronson------3423---57
T.J. Housmandzadeh1720------1552
Jerome Daniels1833---------51
Robert Jones------3218---50
Darren Howard------3416---50
Brian Finneran1829---------47
Eddie George617------2346
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala2224---------46
John Thornton------3013144
Leon Bender------2112639
Darren Perry------1310932
Jamal Duff------1912---31
Wayne McGarity69------1530
Aaron Stecker915------428
Eric Johnson611------1027
Bill Goldberg------1211225
Barry Minter------143724
Todd Pinkston05------1722
Visanthe Hall108---------18
David Sloan10------1718
Chidi Ahanotu------68317
Terry Killens------86317
Curtis Alexander77------216
Vernon Crawford------123---15
Rahim Abdullah------401115
Antonio Stofa00------88
Albert Fix00------88
David Beckham00------77
Phil Glover------61---7
Joe Prokop00------66
Dave Schnell00---------0
Kevin Sargent00---------0
Trent Dilfer00---------0
New OrleansRPlyOffPPlyOffRPlyDefPPlyDefSTPlyTotal Plays
Antoine Winfield------28411079
Deke McQuay------2841271
Brian Simmons------2841271
Kelly Herndon------2841271
Dwight Smith------2741371
Joe Wong4024------670
John Davis3222------1569
Tyrone Williams------16292469
Dexter Coakley------2540267
Gary Ivan Gordon4024---------64
Zack Freeman4024---------64
Ike Davis4024---------64
Matt Hassebeck4024---------64
Damion McIntosh4024---------64
Jessie Armstead------21261057
LaMont Jordan277------2155
Laveranues Coles3320---------53
Kevin Alexander1919------1149
Alvis Whitted2816------549
William Carr------1627447
Stimpson Cat------1229445
Lamar King------1517739
Chad Bratzke------1324138
Graham Somerville232------1136
Marcus Pollard126------1533
Jeff Graham129------930
Abraham Marschalk1317---------30
William Munny------1712---29
Darrell Russell------1214228
Dhani Jones------1212428
Brett Wallerstedt------441220
Lorenzo Styles------311519
Vinny Sutherland12------1518
Donovin Darius------311317
Larry Heck00------66
Frank Jordan00------66
Marcus Spears00------66
Ruben Brown00------66
Will Bryce00------66
Mike Vanderjagt00------44
Richard Huntley00------33
Buddy Love------0011
Charlie Ward00---------0
Bobby Taylor------00---0
Danny Wuerffel00---------0
Russ Hochstein00---------0

Directional Rushing Statistics

DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left691.5
Middle13544.2
Right9333.7
None000.0
DistanceAttYardsAvg
Left10515.1
Middle251475.9
Right4225.5
None1-1-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

BuffaloAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Tee Martin37173443631
New OrleansAttCmp20+BdThDropDfnsHurrKnckIntc
Matt Hassebeck23132033202

Directional Passing Statistics

DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen0000.0
Short (0-8 Yds)168734.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)2081326.6
Long (19+ Yds)112525.0
DistanceAttCompYardsAvg
Screen54163.2
Short (0-8 Yds)84172.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)73324.6
Long (19+ Yds)325719.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

BuffaloTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Joey Galloway1371111234
WR Brian Finneran82121029
TE Stephen Alexander52118034
WR Wayne McGarity4212209
TE Eric Johnson32027011
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh21020120
RB Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala11011024
WR Todd Pinkston100005
New OrleansTargtCaugtDropdYards20+PPlay
WR Alvis Whitted64163116
WR Jeff Graham411409
TE John Davis4206022
WR Kevin Alexander3109019
RB LaMont Jordan330207
WR Laveranues Coles21127120
RB Abraham Marschalk11011017

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

BuffaloAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala320.672.20
Eddie George242.005.67
New OrleansAttYardsAvgOverall Avg
LaMont Jordan6233.835.81
Matt Hassebeck1-1-1.00-1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

BuffaloAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Tee Martin52204.006.22
New OrleansAttCompYardsAvg/AttOverall Avg
Matt Hassebeck22147.005.30

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

BuffaloTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
WR Joey Galloway21147.008.54
WR Brian Finneran1000.002.63
WR Wayne McGarity1166.005.50
WR Todd Pinkston1000.000.00
New OrleansTargetCatchYardsAvg/TargOverall Avg
TE John Davis1133.001.50
RB Abraham Marschalk111111.0011.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

BuffaloRushesConversions
Tee Martin22
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala10
New OrleansRushesConversions
Abraham Marschalk11
LaMont Jordan10

Third Down Passing Statistics

BuffaloAttCompConversions
Tee Martin1164
New OrleansAttCompConversions
Matt Hassebeck1063

Third Down Receiving Statistics

BuffaloTargCatchConversions
WR Wayne McGarity310
TE Eric Johnson321
WR Brian Finneran211
WR Joey Galloway111
TE Stephen Alexander100
WR T.J. Housmandzadeh111
New OrleansTargCatchConversions
WR Jeff Graham310
TE John Davis221
WR Alvis Whitted222
WR Kevin Alexander100
WR Laveranues Coles100
RB LaMont Jordan110

SectionAttendance
Stadium55,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck16,400 (21,400)
End Zone11,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine7,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats10,400 (13,600)
Club Seats6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes3,200 (3,300)