2001 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration	September 9, 2001 - January 7, 2002
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Playoffs
Start date	January 12, 2002
AFC Champions	New England Patriots
NFC Champions	St. Louis Rams
Super Bowl XXXVI
Date	February 3, 2002
Site	Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	New England Patriots
Pro Bowl
Date	February 10, 2002
National Football League seasons  < 2000 2002 >

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Canceling the games scheduled for Sept. 16-17 was considered and rejected. That would have cancelled a home game for about half the teams of the league, and also would have resulted in an unequal number of games played (Sept. 16-17 was to have been San Diego's bye week, so that team would still have played 16 games that season and each of the other teams would have played only 15 games).

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The season ended with Super Bowl XXXVI when the New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams. The St Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St

Contents 1 Major rule changes 2 Final standings 2.1 Tiebreakers 3 Playoffs 3.1 AFC 3.2 NFC 3.3 Super Bowl 4 Milestones 5 Statistical leaders 5.1 Team 5.2 Individual 6 Awards 7 Notes 8 References

Major rule changes

• Fumble recoveries will be awarded at the spot of the recovery, not where the player's momentum carries him.
• Taunting rules will be strictly enforced.
• Roughing the passer will be strictly enforced.

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Qualified for playoffs

Tiebreakers

• New England finished ahead of Miami in the AFC East based on better division record (6-2 to Dolphins' 5-3).
• Cleveland finished ahead of Tennessee in the AFC Central based on better division record (5-5 to Titans' 3-7).
• Jacksonville finished ahead of Cincinnati in the AFC Central based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).
• N. Y. Giants finished ahead of Arizona in the NFC East based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).
• New Orleans finished ahead of Atlanta in the NFC West based on better division record (4-4 to Falcons' 3-5).
• Baltimore was the second AFC Wild Card based on better record against common opponents (3-2 to Jets' 2-2).
• Green Bay was the first NFC Wild Card based on better conference record (9-3 to 49ers' 8-4).

Playoffs

Main article: NFL playoffs, 2001-02

Home team in capitals

AFC

• Wild-Card playoffs: OAKLAND 38, N. The NFL playoffs following the 2001 NFL season led up to Super Bowl XXXVI. Y. Jets 24; Baltimore 20, MIAMI 3
• Divisional playoffs: NEW ENGLAND 16, Oakland 13 (OT); PITTSBURGH 27, Baltimore 10
• AFC Championship: New England 24, PITTSBURGH 17 at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 27, 2002

NFC

• Wild-Card playoffs: PHILADELPHIA 31, Tampa Bay 9; GREEN BAY 25, San Francisco 15
• Divisional playoffs: Philadelphia 33, CHICAGO 19; ST. Heinz Field is an American football Stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. LOUIS 45, Green Bay 17
• NFC Championship: ST. LOUIS 29, Philadelphia 24 at Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, January 27, 2002

Super Bowl

• Super Bowl XXXVI: New England (AFC) 20, St. The Edward Jones Dome (more formally known as the Edward Jones Dome at America's Center) and previously known as The Trans World Airlines Dome or TWA Dome Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Louis (NFC) 17 at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 3, 2002

Milestones

The following teams and players set all-time NFL records during the season:

Record	Player/Team	Previous Record Holder[1]
Most Sacks, Season*	Michael Strahan, New York Giants (22. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Anthony Strahan (STRAY-han (born November 21, 1971 in Houston Texas) is a former American football Defensive end who played 5)	Mark Gastineau, New York Jets, 1984 (22. Marcus Dell Gastineau (born November 20, 1956) is a former American football player who was a leading defensive end for the New York Jets 0)
Most Consecutive Games Lost, Season	Carolina (15)	Tied by 4 teams (14)

* - Sack statistics have only been compiled since 1982. The 1982 NFL season was the 63rd Regular season of the National Football League.

Statistical leaders

Team

Points scored	St. Louis Rams (503)
Total yards gained	St. Louis Rams (6,930)
Yards rushing	Pittsburgh Steelers (2,774)
Yards passing	St. Louis Rams (4,903)
Fewest points allowed	Chicago Bears (203)
Fewest total yards allowed	Pittsburgh Steelers (4,504)
Fewest rushing yards allowed	Pittsburgh Steelers (1,195)
Fewest passing yards allowed	Dallas Cowboys (3,019)

Individual

Scoring	Marshall Faulk, St. Louis (128 points)
Touchdowns	Marshall Faulk, St. Louis (21 TDs)
Most field goals made	Jason Elam, Denver (31 FGs)
Rushing	Priest Holmes, Kansas City (1,555 yards)
Passing	Kurt Warner, St. Jason Elam (born March 8, 1970 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida) is an American football Placekicker for the Atlanta Priest Anthony Holmes (born October 7, 1973 in Fort Smith Arkansas) is a former American football Running back of the National Kurtis Eugene "Kurt" Warner (born June 22 1971 in Burlington Iowa) is an American football Quarterback Louis (101. 4 rating)
Passing touchdowns	Kurt Warner, St. Louis (36 TDs)
Pass receiving	Rod Smith, Denver (113 catches)
Pass receiving yards	David Boston, Arizona (1,598)
Punt returns	Troy Brown, New England (14. Roderick "Rod" Smith (born May 15, 1970, in Texarkana, Arkansas) is a former American football Wide receiver David Boston (born August 19, 1978 in Humble Texas) is a Canadian Football Wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of Troy Fitzgerald Brown (born July 2, 1971 in) is a former American football Wide receiver in the National Football League. 2 average yards)
Kickoff returns	Ronney Jenkins, San Diego (26. 6 average yards)
Interceptions	Ronde Barber, Tampa Bay and Anthony Henry, Cleveland (10)
Punting	Todd Sauerbrun, Carolina (47. Jamael Orondé "Rondé" Barber (RON-day (born April 7, 1975 in Roanoke Virginia) is an American football player who currently plays Todd Scott Sauerbrun (SOUR-brun (born January 4, 1973 in Setauket New York) is an American football punter who is currently retired 5 average yards)
Sacks	Michael Strahan, New York Giants (22. 5)

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Kurt Warner, Quarterback, St. The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award is given by various entities most notably the Associated Press, to the player who is considered most valuable Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. Louis
Coach of the Year	Dick Jauron, Chicago
Offensive Player of the Year	Marshall Faulk, Running back, St. The National Football League Coach of the Year Award is presented annually by various news and sports organizations to the NFL head coach who has done the most outstanding job Richard Manual Jauron (born October 7, 1950 in Peoria Illinois) has been the Head coach of the Buffalo Bills of the National The NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award is given annually by the Associated Press to the offensive player of the National Football League believed to A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. Louis
Defensive Player of the Year	Michael Strahan, Defensive End, New York Giants
Offensive Rookie of the Year	Anthony Thomas, Running Back, Chicago
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Kendrell Bell, Linebacker, Pittsburgh
NFL Comeback Player of the Year	Garrison Hearst, Running Back, San Francisco

Notes

References

• NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
• NFL History 2001- (Last accessed October 17, 2005)
• Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)
• Steelers Fever - History of NFL Rules (Last accessed October 17 2005)

2001 NFL season v • d • e
AFC	East	Central	West	NFC	East	Central	West
	Buffalo	Baltimore	Denver		Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cincinnati	Kansas City		Dallas	Detroit	Carolina
	Miami	Cleveland	Oakland		NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Jacksonville	San Diego		Philadelphia	Minnesota	St. Louis
	NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Seattle		Washington	Tampa Bay	San Francisco
		Tennessee
2001 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXXVI

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