2001 New Orleans Saint Defense by Phil 2001 New Orleans Saints Sack Leaders Sacks Charlie Clemons 13.5 Joe Johnson 9 La Roi Glover+ 8 Darrin Howard 6 Norman Hand 3.5 Chris Oldham 2.5 Kieth Mitchell 2 William Whitehead 2 Jay Bellamy 2 Darrin Smith 1.5 Sammy Knight+ 1 Kevin Mathis 1 Martin Chase 1 Totals 53 + – Pro Bowl Selection Interceptions NO Yards Average Long TDs Sammy Knight+ 6 114 19.0 40 0 Jay Bellamy 3 21 7.0 21 0 Kevin Mathis 2 34 17.0 23 0 Darrin Howard 1 37 37.0 37 0 Charlie Clemons 1 3 3.0 3 0 Fred Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0 Chris Oldham 1 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 15 209 8.0 40 0 + – Pro Bowl Selection Top Tacklers TacklesSoloAsstTFLSammy Knight+9880182Charlie Clemons93751814Jay Bellamy9371224Keith Mitchell9063274Kevin Mathis7763142Joe Johnson64531116Fred Thomas6855133Darrin Smith6649175Darren Howard5436188La’Roi Glover+47361110Norman Hand3625119Chris Oldham292093Michael Hawthorne221930Sedrick Hodge221931Willie Whitehead211836Martin Chase221661Fred Weary201821Fred McAfee111010Robert Wilson121020Phil Clarke10910+ – Pro Bowl Selection An unfortunate Colt is set upon by the New Orleans Saints Defense in 2001 Darren Howard sacks Dante Culpepper Big Norman Hand 2001 New Orleans Saints Total Defense Points AVG PPG Yards AVG YPG Plays Avg/Play 1st Downs Turnovers NFL Rank NFC Rank Totals 409 25.5 5070 316.8 948 5.3 284 30 16† 10† †Defensive Rankings based on Total Yards given up. Highlights from the 2001 New Orleans Saints Season Offensive Statistics from the 2001 New Orleans Saints Season The 2002 New Orleans Saints Season Share Some Who Dat History!