2002 · Week 17
Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos
Dec 29, 2002 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Denver Broncos beat Arizona Cardinals 37–7. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Broncos (78%). Broncos improve to 9-7; Cardinals fall to 5-11. Clinton Portis was the story of the game with 228 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 2 catches for 18 yards. Broncos out-gained the opponent 462–237 in total yards.
Team stats
| ARI | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 23 |
| 237 | Total yards | 462 |
| 153 | Passing yards | 203 |
| 84 | Rushing yards | 259 |
| 16/33 | Comp / Att | 16/24 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 13/27 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh McCown | 3/6 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Marcel Shipp | 17 | 58 | 0 |
| Josh McCown | 1 | 20 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Shipp | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Freddie Jones | 4 | 6 | 45 | 0 |
| Kevin Kasper | 4 | 6 | 44 | 1 |
| Jason McAddley | 3 | 9 | 38 | 0 |
| Steve Bush | 3 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Beuerlein | 16/24 | 203 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Portis | 24 | 228 | 2 |
| Steve Beuerlein | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Anderson | 7 | 31 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton Portis | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 7 | 9 | 112 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 5 | 6 | 62 | 1 |
| Shannon Sharpe | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Ashley Lelie | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Patrick Hape | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |