The 2000 New Orleans Saints Defense by Phil 2000 New Orleans Saints Sack Leaders Sacks La Roi Glover+★ 17♦ Joe Johnson+ 12 Darrin Howard 11 Kieth Mitchell+ 6.5 Willy Whitehead 5.5 Norman Hand 3 Sammy Knight 2 Darrin Smith 2 Mark Fields+ 2 Fred Weary 2 Chris Oldham 2 Phil Clarke 1 Totals 64♦ + – Pro Bowl Selection ♦ – Led the League ★ – All-Pro Selection Interceptions NO Yards Average TDs Sammy Knight 5 68 13.6 2 Darren Perry 3 3 1.0 0 Alex Molden 3 24 8.0 0 Fred Weary 2 27 13.5 0 Chris Oldham 2 0 0.0 0 Darrin Smith 2 56 28.0 1 Kieth Mitchell+ 1 40 20.0 1 Kevin Mathis 1 0 0.0 0 Darren Howard 1 46 46.0 0 Totals 20 264 13.2 4 + – Pro Bowl Selection Top Tacklers Tackles Solo Asst Sammy Knight 101 75 26 Darrin Smith 92 62 30 Keith Mitchell+ 86 59 27 Darren Perry 84 63 21 Mark Fields+ 83 63 20 Kevin Mathis 79 64 15 La’Roi Glover + ★ 66 53 13 Fred Weary 55 48 7 Darren Howard 52 37 15 Norman Hand 54 44 10 Joe Johnson+ 48 38 10 Alex Molden 33 24 9 Willie Whiethead 27 17 10 Fred Thomas 23 23 0 Phil Clarke 22 17 5 + – Pro Bowl Selection ★- All-Pro Selection La Roi Glover and Sammy Knight bring down Detroit Lion QB Stoney Case La'Roi Glover, Norman Hand,Willie Whitehead and Darrin Smith stop Vikings runner Robert Smith in the 2000 Playoffs 2000 New Orleans Saints Total Defense Points AVG PPG Yards AVG YPG Plays Avg/Play 1st Downs Turnovers NFL Rank NFC Rank Totals 305 19.0 4743 296.4 949 5.0 279 35 8† 3† †Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up. 1999 New Orleans Saints Season Highlights Highlights from the 2000 New Orleans Saints Season Offensive Statistics from the 2000 New Orleans Saints Season The 2000 New Orleans Saints Season Roster Share Some Who Dat History!