In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the NFL postponed the games for Week 2 of the 2001 season until the end of the regular season. All playoff games following the 2001 regular season were re-scheduled one week later.
2001 Regular Season Results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | OT | Record | ||||||||||||||
| 9/9 | vs Indianapolis | L | 24-45 | 0-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 9/23 | at New England | W | 10-3 | 1-1 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/1 | vs San Francisco | L | 17-19 | 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/7 | at Buffalo | W | 42-36 | 2-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/14 | vs Miami | W | 21-17 | 3-2 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/21 | vs St. Louis | L | 14-34 | 3-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 10/28 | at Carolina | W | 13-12 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/4 | at New Orleans | W | 16-9 | 5-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/11 | vs Kansas City | W | 27-7 | 6-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 11/18 | at Miami | W | 24-0 | 7-3 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/2 | vs New England | L | 16-17 | 7-4 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/9 | at Pittsburgh | L | 7-18 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/16 | vs Cincinnati | W | 15-14 | 8-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/23 | at Indianapolis | W | 29-28 | 9-5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12/30 | vs Buffalo | L | 9-14 | 9-6 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/6 | at Oakland | W | 24-22 | 10-6 | |||||||||||||||