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2002 New Orleans Saints

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 432 points (27.0/g), 3rd of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 388 points (24.2/g), 26th.
 Differential of 44 points (2.8/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 9th.

Coached by Jim Haslett (9-7-0)

2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box W 1-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 20 21 368 250 118 1 19 333 261 72 1
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 Green Bay Packers 35 20 16 357 211 146 2 18 357 262 95 4
3 Sun September 22 box W 3-0 @ Chicago Bears 29 23 18 302 229 73 3 21 353 228 125 2
4 Sun September 29 box L 3-1 @ Detroit Lions 21 26 24 357 247 110 3 16 352 267 85
5 Sun October 6 box W 4-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 32 29 17 315 194 121 23 364 244 120 2
6 Sun October 13 box W 5-1 @ Washington Redskins 43 27 16 311 192 119 1 20 318 264 54 5
7 Sun October 20 box W 6-1 San Francisco 49ers 35 27 27 422 243 179 1 26 418 275 143 2
8 Sun October 27 box L 6-2 Atlanta Falcons 35 37 22 351 192 159 3 28 446 186 260 2
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 10 box W 7-2 @ Carolina Panthers 34 24 17 345 248 97 21 396 296 100 2
11 Sun November 17 box L 7-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 24 16 344 264 80 2 22 292 137 155 1
12 Sun November 24 box L 7-4 Cleveland Browns 15 24 19 383 309 74 6 17 339 176 163 2
13 Sun December 1 box W 8-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 20 14 238 136 102 1 17 283 249 34 3
14 Sun December 8 box W 9-4 @ Baltimore Ravens 37 25 22 359 209 150 2 19 410 296 114 5
15 Sun December 15 box L 9-5 Minnesota Vikings 31 32 18 299 221 78 22 439 293 146
16 Sun December 22 box L 9-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 13 20 11 210 177 33 2 25 423 183 240 4
17 Sun December 29 box L 9-7 Carolina Panthers 6 10 13 244 119 125 3 13 273 188 85 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 432 5205 1001 5.2 291 291 538 3441 27 15 6.0 169 426 1764 16 4.1 91 30 15 31
Team Defense 388 5796 1071 5.4 546 343 593 3805 25 20 6.0 191 439 1991 18 4.5 327 38 18 28
Lg Rank Offense 3 19 22 21 16 3 12 16 19 17 11 16 17 22
Lg Rank Defense 26 27 25 30 27 25 7 21 16 19 27 26 3 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Aaron Brooks 26 QB 16 16 9-7-0 283 528 53.6 3572 27 5.1 15 2.8 64 6.8 6.0 12.6 223.3 80.1 36 236 5.9 5.2 6.4
Jake Delhomme 27 4 0 8 10 80.0 113 0 0.0 0 0.0 54 11.3 11.3 14.1 28.3 113.7 0 0 11.3 11.3 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 9-7-0 291 538 54.1 3685 27 5.0 15 2.8 64 6.8 6.1 12.7 230.3 80.8 37 244 6.0 5.3 6.4
Opp Total 16 343 593 57.8 3805 25 4.2 20 3.4 6.4 5.3 11.1 237.8 77.0 39 253 6.0 4.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Deuce McAllister* 24 RB 15 15 325 1388 13 62 4.3 92.5 21.7 47 352 7.5 3 30 3.1 23.5 1740 16 4
Aaron Brooks 26 QB 16 16 62 253 2 21 4.1 15.8 3.9 253 2 11
James Fenderson 26 16 1 13 65 1 17 5.0 4.1 0.8 6 38 6.3 0 13 0.4 2.4 103 1 1
Curtis Keaton 26 6 0 12 19 0 4 1.6 3.2 2.0 19 0 1
Terrelle Smith 24 FB 16 8 5 11 0 5 2.2 0.7 0.3 9 30 3.3 0 10 0.6 1.9 41 0 1
Jake Delhomme 27 4 0 4 -2 0 6 -0.5 -0.5 1.0 -2 0 0
Donte Stallworth 22 wr 13 7 2 2 0 4 1.0 0.2 0.2 42 594 14.1 8 57 3.2 45.7 596 8 0
Joe Horn* 30 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 88 1312 14.9 7 63 5.5 82.0 1314 7 1
Michael Lewis*+ 31 RET 16 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 0.9 0.1 8 200 25.0 0 59 0.5 12.5 215 0 6
Fred McAfee* 34 11 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 1.0 0.1 11 0 0
Jerome Pathon 27 WR 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 523 12.2 4 64 3.1 37.4 523 4 0
Jake Reed 35 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 360 17.1 3 54 1.5 25.7 360 3 1
Boo Williams 23 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 143 11.0 2 32 0.8 8.9 143 2 0
David Sloan 30 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 127 10.6 0 29 0.8 7.9 127 0 0
Lamont Hall 28 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 6 3.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
Team Total 27.5 16 426 1764 16 62 4.1 110.3 26.6 291 3685 12.7 27 64 18.2 230.3 5449 43 29
Opp Total 16 439 1991 18 4.5 124.4 27.4 343 3805 11.1 25 21.4 237.8 5796 43 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Michael Lewis*+ 31 RET 16 0 44 625 1 83 14.2 70 1807 2 97 25.8 2647
James Fenderson 26 16 1 2 43 0 22 21.5 146
Charles Grant 24 lde 16 6 2 10 0 10 5.0 10
Fred McAfee* 34 11 0 2 69 0 51 34.5 80
Jay Bellamy 30 SS 16 16 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Bryan Cox 34 9 1 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Keyuo Craver 22 10 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Willie Whitehead 29 LDE 12 10 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Team Total 27.5 16 45 625 1 83 13.9 79 1956 2 97 24.8 8030
Opp Total 16 38 0 85 1817 0 21.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Carney 38 K 16 0 9 9 13 11 12 11 1 35 31 88.6% 37 37 100.0%
Toby Gowin 27 P 15 0 61 2553 59 0 41.9
Dirk Johnson 27 1 0 8 307 55 0 38.4
Team Total 27.5 16 9 9 13 11 12 11 1 35 31 88.6% 37 37 100.0% 69 2860 59 0 41.4
Opp Total 16 28 23 82.1% 40 39 97.5% 73 3117 42.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Aaron Brooks 26 QB 16 16 11 2 -9 0
Charles Grant 24 lde 16 6 7.0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 34 1 30 7
Grady Jackson 29 LDT 15 14 5.5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 31 11
Darren Howard 26 RDE 16 16 8.0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 35 12
Sammy Knight 27 FS 16 16 2.0 5 36 0 17 12 2 0 1 0 0 82 25
Michael Lewis*+ 31 RET 16 0 6 2 0 0
Fred Thomas 29 RCB 15 14 1.0 5 80 0 43 14 2 0 1 0 0 71 12
Jay Bellamy 30 SS 16 16 1.5 3 39 0 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 68 18
Deuce McAllister* 24 RB 15 15 4 2 0 0
Darrin Smith 32 LLB 15 15 3.5 2 21 0 17 0 63 33
Kenny Smith 25 9 1 3.5 0 0 1 0 0 17 2
Willie Whitehead 29 LDE 12 10 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 24 11
Charlie Clemons 30 MLB 16 15 0.5 0 0 3 0 0 61 23
Ken Irvin 30 LCB 16 9 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 58 4
Norman Hand 30 RDT 16 13 2.5 30 9
James Allen 23 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 17 2
Keyuo Craver 22 10 1 0 1 1 38 1 9 3
James Fenderson 26 16 1 1 1 0 0
Jerry Fontenot 36 C 16 16 1 1 -14 0
Curtis Keaton 26 6 0 1 1 0 0
Fakhir Brown 25 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 21 0
Dale Carter 33 lcb 7 7 1 25 0 25 0 26 4
Spencer Folau 29 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Michael Hawthorne 25 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 25 9
Sedrick Hodge 24 RLB 16 16 0 0 1 0 0 58 17
Joe Horn* 30 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
Fred McAfee* 34 11 0 0 1 0 0
Jake Reed 35 14 1 1 0 0 0
Terrelle Smith 24 FB 16 8 1 0 0 0
Jerry Wilson 29 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
Team Total 27.5 16 38.0 20 211 1 43 43 14 29 30 49 2 779 212
Opp Total 16 37 29 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
John Carney 38 K 16 0 37 31 130
Deuce McAllister* 24 RB 15 15 13 3 96
Donte Stallworth 22 wr 13 7 8 48
Joe Horn* 30 WR 16 16 7 1 44
Jerome Pathon 27 WR 14 13 4 24
Michael Lewis*+ 31 RET 16 0 1 2 18
Jake Reed 35 14 1 3 18
Aaron Brooks 26 QB 16 16 2 2 16
Boo Williams 23 16 3 2 1 14
James Allen 23 14 1 1 6
Keyuo Craver 22 10 1 1 6
James Fenderson 26 16 1 1 6
Charles Grant 24 lde 16 6 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 16 27 1 2 2 1 4 37 31 432
Opp Total 16 18 25 4 39 23 1 388