2000 New Orleans Saints (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Western Division • 10-6-0 .625 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| NFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/30/2000 | H | St. Louis Rams | 31-28 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 64900 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 1/6/2001 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 16-34 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 63881 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tom Ackerman | 69 | C-OG | 6-4 | 293 | 28 | Eastern Washington | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Allen | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 206 | 32 | Clemson | 2 | 2 |
| Doug Brien | 10 | K | 6-0 | 183 | 30 | California | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 2 | QB | 6-4 | 212 | 24 | Virginia | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Canty | 35 | CB | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 |
| Martin Chase | 92 | DT | 6-2 | 305 | 26 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Phil Clarke | 51 | LB | 6-0 | 241 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 244 | 28 | Los Angeles Southwest JC; Washington State | 2 | 1 |
| Jerry Fontenot | 62 | C | 6-3 | 300 | 34 | Texas A&M | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Gleason | 37 | S | 5-11 | 214 | 23 | Washington State | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Glover | 82 | TE | 6-6 | 250 | 33 | Grambling State | 2 | 2 |
| La'Roi Glover | 97 | RDT | 6-2 | 286 | 26 | San Diego State | 2 | 2 |
| Toby Gowin | 4 | P | 5-10 | 167 | 25 | North Texas | 2 | 0 |
| Lamont Hall | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 259 | 26 | Clemson | 2 | 2 |
| Norman Hand | 99 | LDT | 6-3 | 310 | 28 | Itawamba CC; Mississippi | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 36 | DB | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Purdue | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Horn | 87 | WR | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | Itawamba CC | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Houser | 47 | FB | 6-2 | 252 | 23 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 93 | LDE | 6-3 | 274 | 24 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 |
| Willie Jackson | 88 | WR | 6-1 | 211 | 29 | Florida | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Johnson | 94 | RDE | 6-4 | 272 | 28 | Louisville | 2 | 2 |
| Donta' Jones | 53 | LB | 6-2 | 233 | 28 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Kelly | 27 | S | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 29 | SS | 6-0 | 211 | 25 | Southern California | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Mathis | 23 | RCB | 5-9 | 181 | 26 | East Texas A&M | 2 | 2 |
| Fred McAfee | 26 | RB | 5-10 | 194 | 32 | Mississippi College | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 40 | FB | 6-3 | 254 | 27 | Penn State | 2 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 242 | 26 | Texas A&M | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Molden | 25 | LCB | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Oregon | 2 | 2 |
| Jerald Moore | 32 | RB | 5-9 | 227 | 26 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Morton | 30 | RB | 5-8 | 194 | 23 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Naeole | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 317 | 26 | Colorado | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Oldham | 28 | DB | 5-9 | 197 | 32 | Oregon | 2 | 1 |
| Darren Perry | 39 | FS | 5-11 | 197 | 32 | Penn State | 2 | 2 |
| Keith Poole | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | Arizona State | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Reed | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 216 | 33 | Grambling State | 2 | 1 |
| Willie Roaf | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 312 | 30 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 |
| Darrin Smith | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 232 | 30 | Miami (Florida) | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Stachelski | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Boise State | 2 | 0 |
| Daryl Terrell | 78 | OT | 6-5 | 304 | 25 | Jones County JC; Southern Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 22 | DB | 5-9 | 180 | 27 | Mississippi Valley State; Northwest Mississippi CC; Mississippi; Tennessee-Martin | 2 | 1 |
| Kyle Turley | 68 | ROT | 6-5 | 302 | 25 | San Diego State | 2 | 2 |
| Willie Whitehead | 98 | DE | 6-3 | 291 | 27 | Auburn | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 34 | RB | 5-10 | 230 | 23 | Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Wally Williams | 63 | LOG | 6-2 | 317 | 29 | Florida A&M | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Wilson | 80 | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 26 | Florida A&M | 2 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 3 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 47 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 62 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:40 | 36 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 9/26 34.6% | 2/3 66.7% | 5 | 40 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:20 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 17/29 58.6% | 0/0 % | 14 | 120 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Doug Brien | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Dave Stachelski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Aaron Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 62 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Brien | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Chad Morton | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Terry Allen | 17 | 22 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Jerald Moore | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 49 | 119 | 2.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 161 | 3.4 | 30 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 77 | 46 | 59.7 | 28 | 561 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 50 | 6 | 7.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 4 | 24 | 537 | 92.0 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 46 | 59.7 | 28 | 561 | 7.3 | 12.2 | 50 | 6 | 7.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 4 | 24 | 537 | 92.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 41 | 57.7 | 27 | 667 | 9.4 | 16.3 | 68t | 6 | 8.5 | 3 | 4.2 | 2 | 15 | 652 | 99.9 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Jackson | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 267 | 17.8 | 50 | 4 |
| Chad Morton | 19 | 15 | 78.9 | 140 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Jake Reed | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 55 | 13.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Andrew Glover | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Keith Poole | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Allen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Stachelski | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Joe Horn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 77 | 46 | 59.7 | 561 | 12.2 | 50 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 41 | 58.6 | 667 | 16.3 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Knight | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Gowin | 11 | 441 | 40.1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 337 | 30.6 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 441 | 40.1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 337 | 30.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 440 | 44.0 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 335 | 33.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Morton | 6 | 2 | 65 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 2 | 65 | 10.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 3 | 84 | 14.0 | 65 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | OB | TB | OSA | OSR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Gowin | 9 | 584 | 64.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Brien | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 605 | 60.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 698 | 58.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McAfee | 10 | 0 | 220 | 22.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 0 | 222 | 18.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 0 | 141 | 15.7 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Whitehead | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4.0 | 24.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Morton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TT | TA | DT | DA | STT | STA | MT | MA | PD | QH | TFL | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Perry | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Mathis | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Hand | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy Knight | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Thomas | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Fields | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oldham | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Roi Glover | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Johnson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Molden | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Whitehead | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Howard | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Clarke | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Hawthorne | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Canty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Kelly | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Chase | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donta' Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 115 | 91 | 24 | 77 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 135 | 106 | 29 | 86 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Glover | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toby Gowin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norman Hand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McAfee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Turley | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
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