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The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd Regular Season of the National Football League . In the wake of the September 11 Attacks , the games for September 16 - September 17 were postponed and re-scheduled to the weekend of January 6 - January 7 . In order to retain the full playoff format, all playoff games, including the Super Bowl were re-scheduled one week later. The season-ending Pro Bowl was also moved one week later. This was the last season before the 2002 Realignment , in which the AFC Central and the NFC Central were either renamed or divided. Canceling the games scheduled for Sept. 16-17 was considered and rejected. That would have canceled 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). As a result of rescheduling Week 2 as Week 18, the ESPN Sunday night primetime game for that week was changed. It was originally scheduled to be Cleveland at Pittsburgh , but it was replaced with Philadelphia at Tampa Bay , which was seen as a more interesting matchup. The season ended with Super Bowl XXXVI when the New England Patriots defeated the St. Louis Rams . MAJOR RULE CHANGES
FINAL STANDINGS ''W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against'' Tiebreakers
PLAYOFFS See Also: NFL playoffs, 2001-02 Home team in capitals AFC
NFC
Super Bowl
MILESTONES The following players set all-time NFL records during the season:
STATISTICAL LEADERS Team Individual AWARDS REFERENCES
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