2001 · Week 1
Washington Commanders at Los Angeles Chargers
Sep 9, 2001 · Qualcomm Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Los Angeles Chargers beat Washington Commanders 30–3. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Chargers (52%). Chargers improve to 1-0; Commanders fall to 0-1. LaDainian Tomlinson was the story of the game with 113 rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs; 1 catch for 12 yards.
Team stats
| WAS | LAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | First downs | 17 |
| 163 | Total yards | 262 |
| 119 | Passing yards | 129 |
| 44 | Rushing yards | 133 |
| 15/32 | Comp / Att | 10/18 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff George | 8/18 | 66 | 0 | 2 |
| Tony Banks | 7/14 | 53 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff George | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Banks | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 14 | 35 | 0 |
| Donnell Bennett | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Gardner | 5 | 8 | 37 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 4 | 5 | 31 | 0 |
| Michael Westbrook | 4 | 7 | 28 | 0 |
| Stephen Alexander | 2 | 6 | 23 | 0 |
| Donnell Bennett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Lockett | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 10/18 | 129 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Flutie | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 36 | 113 | 2 |
| Curtis Conway | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ronney Jenkins | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | 3 | 4 | 36 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 2 | 5 | 31 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | 2 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Freddie Jones | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Jeff Graham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Heiden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |