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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 303 points (18.9/g), 18th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 265 points (16.6/g), 4th.
Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 23rd.
Coached by Brian Billick (10-6-0)
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2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 6 | 19 | 316 | 262 | 54 | 2 | 16 | 189 | 133 | 56 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 10 | 21 | 24 | 382 | 318 | 64 | 6 | 13 | 203 | 136 | 67 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 20 | 13 | 16 | 333 | 221 | 112 | 1 | 13 | 228 | 167 | 61 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 3-1 | Tennessee Titans | 26 | 7 | 23 | 460 | 253 | 207 | 9 | 185 | 138 | 47 | 2 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 31 | 22 | 357 | 199 | 158 | 4 | 23 | 391 | 331 | 60 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | box | L | 3-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 24 | 21 | 321 | 208 | 113 | 3 | 10 | 219 | 131 | 88 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 4-3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 18 | 17 | 23 | 305 | 191 | 114 | 1 | 19 | 365 | 284 | 81 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 10 | 10 | 183 | 142 | 41 | 1 | 21 | 348 | 225 | 123 | 1 |
| 9 | Mon | November 12 | box | W | 6-3 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 10 | 12 | 238 | 161 | 77 | 2 | 20 | 318 | 228 | 90 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 6-4 | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 27 | 19 | 350 | 242 | 108 | 5 | 17 | 232 | 137 | 95 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 7-4 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 24 | 21 | 24 | 361 | 246 | 115 | 2 | 19 | 305 | 230 | 75 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 8-4 | Indianapolis Colts | 39 | 27 | 20 | 398 | 268 | 130 | 4 | 16 | 314 | 263 | 51 | 4 | |
| 13 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | box | L | 8-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 26 | 15 | 207 | 149 | 58 | 1 | 22 | 476 | 318 | 158 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 23 | box | W | 9-5 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 0 | 20 | 305 | 148 | 157 | 1 | 21 | 281 | 131 | 150 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sat | December 29 | box | L | 9-6 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 22 | 15 | 257 | 167 | 90 | 3 | 13 | 213 | 90 | 123 | |
| 17 | Mon | January 7 | box | W | 10-6 | Minnesota Vikings | 19 | 3 | 16 | 351 | 139 | 212 | 10 | 179 | 93 | 86 | 4 | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 13 | box | W | 11-6 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 20 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 20 | box | L | 11-7 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 303 | 5124 | 1080 | 4.7 | 299 | 320 | 557 | 3314 | 18 | 20 | 5.6 | 180 | 483 | 1810 | 11 | 3.7 | 92 | 36 | 16 | 27 |
| Team Defense | 265 | 4446 | 1010 | 4.4 | 443 | 321 | 555 | 3035 | 16 | 16 | 5.1 | 161 | 410 | 1411 | 10 | 3.4 | 262 | 28 | 12 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 25 | 27 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Grbac | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 8-6-0 | 265 | 467 | 56.7 | 3033 | 15 | 3.2 | 18 | 3.9 | 77 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 11.4 | 216.6 | 71.1 | 28 | 215 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| Randall Cunningham | 38 | 6 | 2 | 2-0-0 | 54 | 89 | 60.7 | 573 | 3 | 3.4 | 2 | 2.2 | 30 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 95.5 | 81.3 | 12 | 66 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 11.9 | |
| Kyle Richardson | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | -11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -11 | -11.0 | -11.0 | -11.0 | -0.7 | 79.2 | 0 | 0 | -11.0 | -11.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 10-6-0 | 320 | 557 | 57.5 | 3595 | 18 | 3.2 | 20 | 3.6 | 77 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 224.7 | 72.7 | 40 | 281 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 6.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 321 | 555 | 57.8 | 3035 | 16 | 2.9 | 16 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 9.5 | 189.7 | 70.7 | 45 | 290 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Terry Allen | 33 | RB | 11 | 8 | 168 | 658 | 3 | 26 | 3.9 | 59.8 | 15.3 | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 0 | 11 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 726 | 3 | 1 |
| Jason Brookins | 25 | rb | 12 | 3 | 151 | 551 | 5 | 25 | 3.6 | 45.9 | 12.6 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 596 | 5 | 3 |
| Moe Williams | 27 | 15 | 2 | 65 | 291 | 0 | 55 | 4.5 | 19.4 | 4.3 | 23 | 210 | 9.1 | 0 | 46 | 1.5 | 14.0 | 501 | 0 | 1 | |
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 26 | fb | 16 | 5 | 46 | 173 | 1 | 17 | 3.8 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 24 | 121 | 5.0 | 1 | 18 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 294 | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Grbac | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 18 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Randall Cunningham | 38 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 2.9 | 6.7 | 2.3 | 40 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Jermaine Lewis* | 27 | RET | 15 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 65 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Taylor | 23 | WR | 16 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 16 | 9.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 42 | 560 | 13.3 | 3 | 63 | 2.6 | 35.0 | 606 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Gash | 32 | 16 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 9 | 80 | 8.9 | 1 | 16 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 79 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brandon Stokley | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 24 | 344 | 14.3 | 2 | 46 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 345 | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Richardson | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Qadry Ismail | 31 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 74 | 1059 | 14.3 | 7 | 77 | 4.6 | 66.2 | 1059 | 7 | 1 | |
| Shannon Sharpe* | 33 | TE | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 73 | 811 | 11.1 | 2 | 37 | 4.6 | 50.7 | 811 | 2 | 1 | |
| Todd Heap | 21 | TE | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 206 | 12.9 | 1 | 24 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 206 | 1 | 1 | |
| Patrick Johnson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 1 | 25 | 1.3 | 14.3 | 57 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Jones | 26 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 13 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Mitchell | 27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -11 | -11.0 | 0 | -11 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 483 | 1810 | 11 | 55 | 3.7 | 113.1 | 30.2 | 320 | 3595 | 11.2 | 18 | 77 | 20.0 | 224.7 | 5405 | 29 | 31 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 410 | 1411 | 10 | 3.4 | 88.2 | 25.6 | 321 | 3035 | 9.5 | 16 | 20.1 | 189.7 | 4446 | 26 | 22 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Jermaine Lewis* | 27 | RET | 15 | 2 | 42 | 519 | 0 | 62 | 12.4 | 42 | 1039 | 0 | 76 | 24.7 | 1623 |
| Corey Harris | 32 | SS | 16 | 16 | 11 | 235 | 0 | 34 | 21.4 | 235 | |||||
| Chris McAlister | 24 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 24 | 8.8 | 44 | |||||
| Patrick Johnson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 19.5 | 96 | ||||||
| Orlando Bobo | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||||||
| Jason Brookins | 25 | rb | 12 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 619 | |||||
| Carnell Lake | 34 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 48 | 563 | 0 | 62 | 11.7 | 57 | 1347 | 0 | 76 | 23.6 | 7315 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 0 | 64 | 1393 | 0 | 21.8 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Kyle Richardson | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 85 | 3309 | 65 | 2 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Matt Stover | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | |||||||||
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 30 | 85.7% | 25 | 25 | 100.0% | 85 | 3309 | 65 | 2 | 38.9 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 19 | 57.6% | 28 | 28 | 100.0% | 98 | 4077 | 41.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Peter Boulware | 27 | LLB/rde | 16 | 14 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 21 | |
| Elvis Grbac | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | -2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Michael McCrary | 31 | RDE | 10 | 10 | 7.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 16 | ||||||
| Ray Lewis*+ | 26 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 3.5 | 3 | 115 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 48 | |
| Randall Cunningham | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jamie Sharper | 27 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 77 | 30 | |
| Corey Harris | 32 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 74 | 10 | ||
| Jason Brookins | 25 | rb | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duane Starks | 27 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5 | ||
| Rod Woodson* | 36 | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 20 | ||
| Adalius Thomas | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | ||
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 26 | fb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kyle Richardson | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Adams* | 28 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | |
| Mike Flynn | 27 | C | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carnell Lake | 34 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |||
| Jermaine Lewis* | 27 | RET | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Siragusa | 34 | RDT | 15 | 13 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| Brandon Stokley | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Shannon Taylor | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| James Trapp | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 5 | |||||||
| Terry Allen | 33 | RB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bennie Anderson | 24 | RG | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Orlando Bobo | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rob Burnett | 34 | LDE | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Marques Douglas | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kelly Gregg | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Ed Hartwell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Todd Heap | 21 | TE | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dale Hellestrae | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Qadry Ismail | 31 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brad Jackson | 26 | llb | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Patrick Johnson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chris McAlister | 24 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 63 | 8 | |||||||
| Alvin Porter | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe* | 33 | TE | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Moe Williams | 27 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Larry Webster | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0.5 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 44.0 | 16 | 195 | 1 | 64 | 95 | 18 | 31 | 27 | -9 | 1 | 692 | 224 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 40 | 22 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Stover | 33 | K | 16 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 115 | |||||||||
| Qadry Ismail | 31 | WR | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||
| Jason Brookins | 25 | rb | 12 | 3 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Terry Allen | 33 | RB | 11 | 8 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Travis Taylor | 23 | WR | 16 | 13 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 26 | fb | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe* | 33 | TE | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Brandon Stokley | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Randall Cunningham | 38 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Sam Gash | 32 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Elvis Grbac | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Todd Heap | 21 | TE | 12 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Johnson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jamie Sharper | 27 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rod Woodson* | 36 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 28.0 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 303 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 265 |