The 2001 season was the New Orleans Saints' 35th in the National Football League (NFL), their 26th playing home games at the Louisiana Superdome, and second under head coach Jim Haslett. The Saints failed to improve on their 10–6 record and NFC West division championship from 2000 and finished 7–9, thus missing the playoffs for the eighth time in the past nine seasons.

The Saints were outscored 160–52 in their final four games, including losses of 40–10 and 38–0 in their last two games, against the Washington Redskins and the San Francisco 49ers.

Bottlegate 2 incident

One of the Saints most famous games that year occurred on December 17, 2001, a day after the Cleveland Browns Bottlegate. During the game against the St. Louis Rams, with 9:39 left in the fourth quarter, a defensive pass interference call was made against Saints player, Kevin Mathis, who was covering Rams receiver Torry Holt in the end zone during a pass. As a result, Saints fans in the Superdome became angry and started throwing beer bottles, cups, ice and paper onto the field. In the end, 13 fans were arrested.

Offseason

NFL draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 9 at Buffalo Bills W 24–6 1–0 Ralph Wilson Stadium 71,447 2 Bye 3 September 30 at New York Giants L 13–21 1–1 Giants Stadium 78,451 4 October 7 Minnesota Vikings W 28–15 2–1 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 5 October 14 at Carolina Panthers W 27–25 3–1 Ericcson Stadium 72,049 6 October 21 Atlanta Falcons L 13–20 3–2 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 7 October 28 at St. Louis Rams W 34–31 4–2 Trans World Dome 66,189 8 November 4 New York Jets L 9–16 4–3 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 9 November 11 at San Francisco 49ers L 27–28 4–4 3Com Park 68,063 10 November 18 Indianapolis Colts W 34–20 5–4 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 11 November 25 at New England Patriots L 17–34 5–5 Foxboro Stadium 60,292 12 December 2 Carolina Panthers W 27–23 6–5 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 13 December 9 at Atlanta Falcons W 28–10 7–5 Georgia Dome 68,826 14 St. Louis Rams L 21–34 7–6 Louisiana Superdome 70,332 15 December 23 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 21–48 7–7 Raymond James Stadium 65,526 16 December 30 Washington Redskins L 10–40 7–8 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 17 January 6 San Francisco 49ers L 0–38 7–9 Louisiana Superdome 70,020 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

Notes

References

External links 2001 New Orleans Saints on Pro-Football-Reference.com