2009 · Week 3
Miami Dolphins at Los Angeles Chargers
Sep 27, 2009 · Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Los Angeles Chargers topped Miami Dolphins 23–13. ScoutIndex had favored Chargers (71%) going in. Chargers improve to 2-1; Dolphins fall to 0-3. Philip Rivers was the story of the game with 303 passing yards; 5 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Dolphins turned it over 2 times to Chargers's 0.
Team stats
| MIA | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | First downs | 17 |
| 295 | Total yards | 372 |
| 146 | Passing yards | 303 |
| 149 | Rushing yards | 69 |
| 18/31 | Comp / Att | 18/33 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
MIA
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Henne | 10/19 | 92 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Pennington | 8/12 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Henne | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Brown | 18 | 75 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 8 | 55 | 1 |
| Chad Pennington | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Davone Bess | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Patrick Cobbs | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Brown | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
| Ricky Williams | 4 | 5 | 29 | 0 |
| Davone Bess | 7 | 9 | 54 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Lousaka Polite | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ted Ginn | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Fasano | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 18/33 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Rivers | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Darren Sproles | 18 | 41 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 8 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Jackson | 5 | 8 | 120 | 0 |
| Malcom Floyd | 2 | 4 | 65 | 0 |
| Antonio Gates | 5 | 7 | 64 | 0 |
| Darren Sproles | 2 | 5 | 14 | 0 |
| Legedu Naanee | 4 | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| Michael Bennett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Chambers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |