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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 338 points (21.1/g), 11th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 203 points (12.7/g), 1st.
Differential of 135 points (8.4/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 12.3-3.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.8/g), 4th.
Coached by Dick Jauron (13-3-0)
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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 | L | 0-1 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 6 | 17 | 16 | 189 | 133 | 56 | 2 | 19 | 316 | 262 | 54 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | box | W | 1-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 10 | 15 | 284 | 237 | 47 | 1 | 19 | 319 | 215 | 104 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 3 | 15 | 300 | 221 | 79 | 2 | 19 | 335 | 232 | 103 | 5 |
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 3-1 | Arizona Cardinals | 20 | 13 | 13 | 253 | 116 | 137 | 3 | 16 | 288 | 206 | 82 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 24 | 0 | 21 | 435 | 232 | 203 | 1 | 16 | 264 | 229 | 35 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | box | W | 5-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 37 | 31 | 29 | 364 | 229 | 135 | 3 | 20 | 350 | 267 | 83 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 6-1 | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 21 | 29 | 413 | 314 | 99 | 4 | 12 | 261 | 191 | 70 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | box | L | 6-2 | Green Bay Packers | 12 | 20 | 17 | 262 | 215 | 47 | 1 | 17 | 368 | 268 | 100 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 18 | box | W | 7-2 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 24 | 13 | 274 | 206 | 68 | 1 | 26 | 414 | 395 | 19 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | box | W | 8-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 6 | 11 | 235 | 93 | 142 | 1 | 15 | 316 | 192 | 124 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 9-2 | Detroit Lions | 13 | 10 | 18 | 232 | 124 | 108 | 1 | 17 | 295 | 228 | 67 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 9 | box | L | 9-3 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 17 | 11 | 189 | 139 | 50 | 1 | 17 | 352 | 185 | 167 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 10-3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 3 | 21 | 379 | 172 | 207 | 1 | 10 | 238 | 177 | 61 | 4 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 23 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | Washington Redskins | 20 | 15 | 14 | 237 | 125 | 112 | 1 | 18 | 293 | 204 | 89 | 2 |
| 16 | Sun | December 30 | box | W | 12-3 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 0 | 15 | 326 | 243 | 83 | 19 | 332 | 268 | 64 | 5 | |
| 17 | Sun | January 6 | box | W | 13-3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 33 | 13 | 19 | 322 | 153 | 169 | 1 | 17 | 237 | 146 | 91 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 19 | box | L | 13-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 19 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 338 | 4694 | 1020 | 4.6 | 277 | 315 | 528 | 2952 | 20 | 16 | 5.4 | 153 | 475 | 1742 | 12 | 3.7 | 100 | 24 | 8 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 203 | 4978 | 1023 | 4.9 | 483 | 355 | 602 | 3665 | 12 | 20 | 5.6 | 191 | 373 | 1313 | 6 | 3.5 | 277 | 37 | 17 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 11 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 15 | 18 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Miller | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 11-2-0 | 228 | 395 | 57.7 | 2299 | 13 | 3.3 | 10 | 2.5 | 66 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 164.2 | 74.9 | 11 | 72 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| Shane Matthews | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 84 | 129 | 65.1 | 694 | 5 | 3.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 34 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 8.3 | 138.8 | 72.3 | 6 | 48 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | |
| Marty Booker | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 34 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 34.0 | 2.1 | 135.4 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 0.0 | |
| Leon Johnson | 27 | RET | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.5 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Maynard | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 37.0 | 27.0 | 1.7 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 13-3-0 | 315 | 528 | 59.7 | 3072 | 20 | 3.8 | 16 | 3.0 | 66 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 192.0 | 76.0 | 17 | 120 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 355 | 602 | 59.0 | 3665 | 12 | 2.0 | 20 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 229.1 | 69.4 | 48 | 294 | 5.6 | 4.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Anthony Thomas | 24 | RB | 14 | 10 | 278 | 1183 | 7 | 46 | 4.3 | 84.5 | 19.9 | 22 | 178 | 8.1 | 0 | 23 | 1.6 | 12.7 | 1361 | 7 | 0 |
| James Allen | 26 | rb | 16 | 7 | 135 | 469 | 1 | 19 | 3.5 | 29.3 | 8.4 | 30 | 203 | 6.8 | 1 | 34 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 672 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Miller | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 29 | -19 | 0 | 3 | -0.7 | -1.4 | 2.1 | -19 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Leon Johnson | 27 | RET | 12 | 0 | 20 | 99 | 4 | 34 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 99 | 4 | 2 |
| Marty Booker | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 100 | 1071 | 10.7 | 8 | 66 | 6.3 | 66.9 | 1079 | 8 | 2 |
| Shane Matthews | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | |
| Autry Denson | 25 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Brad Maynard | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Dez White | 22 | WR | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 428 | 9.5 | 0 | 32 | 3.2 | 30.6 | 428 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Terrell | 22 | wr | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 415 | 12.2 | 4 | 62 | 2.1 | 25.9 | 415 | 4 | 0 | |
| Marcus Robinson | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 269 | 11.7 | 2 | 34 | 4.6 | 53.8 | 269 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Baxter | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 148 | 6.7 | 2 | 19 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 148 | 2 | 0 | |
| Daimon Shelton | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 1 | 16 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 76 | 1 | 2 | |
| John Davis | 28 | te | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | 14 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| D'Wayne Bates | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 160 | 17.8 | 1 | 40 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 160 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ahmad Merritt | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Urlacher*+ | 23 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 27 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 475 | 1742 | 12 | 46 | 3.7 | 108.9 | 29.7 | 315 | 3072 | 9.8 | 20 | 66 | 19.7 | 192.0 | 4814 | 32 | 21 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 373 | 1313 | 6 | 3.5 | 82.1 | 23.3 | 355 | 3665 | 10.3 | 12 | 22.2 | 229.1 | 4978 | 18 | 34 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Leon Johnson | 27 | RET | 12 | 0 | 28 | 255 | 0 | 35 | 9.1 | 14 | 286 | 0 | 33 | 20.4 | 640 |
| Autry Denson | 25 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 23 | 534 | 0 | 37 | 23.2 | 543 |
| R.W. McQuarters | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 12 | 96 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 96 | |||||
| Glyn Milburn | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 20 | 8.3 | 6 | 152 | 0 | 37 | 25.3 | 197 | |
| Jerry Azumah | 24 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 23 | 16.3 | 81 | |||||
| Kevin Dogins | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
| Robert Newkirk | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Carl Powell | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||||||
| David Terrell | 22 | wr | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 423 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 45 | 405 | 0 | 35 | 9.0 | 51 | 1060 | 0 | 37 | 20.8 | 6279 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 45 | 0 | 66 | 1353 | 0 | 20.5 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Brad Maynard | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 87 | 3709 | 60 | 0 | 42.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Edinger | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 34.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 31 | 26 | 83.9% | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | 88 | 3743 | 60 | 0 | 42.5 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 18 | 64.3% | 20 | 19 | 95.0% | 90 | 3663 | 40.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 24 | LLB | 16 | 13 | 10.5 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 9 | |
| Phillip Daniels | 28 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 7 | |
| Brian Urlacher*+ | 23 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 6.0 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 90 | 27 | |
| Jim Miller | 30 | QB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | -17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Brown+ | 23 | FS | 16 | 16 | 3.0 | 5 | 81 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 11 | |
| Shane Matthews | 31 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Parrish | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 56 | 11 | |
| Bryan Robinson | 27 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 10 | |
| R.W. McQuarters | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 65 | 14 | |
| Jerry Azumah | 24 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 2.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7 | |
| Michael Green | 25 | 16 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 4 | ||
| Leon Johnson | 27 | RET | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alfonso Boone | 25 | 11 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Walt Harris | 27 | LCB | 15 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| Keith Traylor | 32 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 2.0 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
| Warrick Holdman | 26 | RLB | 16 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 14 | |
| Ted Washington*+ | 33 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |
| Marty Booker | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Blake Brockermeyer | 28 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Daimon Shelton | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Allen | 26 | rb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Baxter | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Autry Denson | 25 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobbie Howard | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Olin Kreutz* | 24 | C | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | -9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Newkirk | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| Anthony Thomas | 24 | RB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 48.0 | 20 | 372 | 3 | 67 | 100 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 185 | 2 | 727 | 133 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 34 | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Edinger | 23 | K | 16 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 112 | |||||||||
| Marty Booker | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Thomas | 24 | RB | 14 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||
| Leon Johnson | 27 | RET | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| David Terrell | 22 | wr | 16 | 6 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| James Allen | 26 | rb | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Fred Baxter | 30 | TE | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Brown+ | 23 | FS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Marcus Robinson | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Brian Urlacher*+ | 23 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| D'Wayne Bates | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Walt Harris | 27 | LCB | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| R.W. McQuarters | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Daimon Shelton | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 26 | 336 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 203 |