2001 · Week 1
New York Giants at Denver Broncos
Sep 10, 2001 · Invesco Field at Mile High · outdoors · grass
Recap
Denver Broncos topped New York Giants 31–20. ScoutIndex had favored Broncos (63%) going in. Broncos improve to 1-0; Giants fall to 0-1. Brian Griese was the story of the game with 330 passing yards and 3 TDs; 8 rushing yards. Broncos out-gained the opponent 473–321 in total yards.
Team stats
| NYG | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 24 |
| 321 | Total yards | 473 |
| 258 | Passing yards | 330 |
| 63 | Rushing yards | 143 |
| 19/34 | Comp / Att | 21/29 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 3 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 19/34 | 258 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 10 | 28 | 0 |
| Ron Dayne | 6 | 30 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Collins | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Amani Toomer | 5 | 7 | 78 | 2 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 5 | 9 | 76 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 3 | 4 | 53 | 0 |
| Thabiti Davis | 1 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Dixon | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Greg Comella | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| Marcellus Rivers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
DEN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 21/29 | 330 | 3 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Rod Smith | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Terrell Davis | 21 | 101 | 0 |
| Mike Anderson | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Patrick Hape | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Smith | 9 | 11 | 115 | 1 |
| Terrell Davis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed McCaffrey | 6 | 7 | 94 | 1 |
| Desmond Clark | 2 | 2 | 55 | 0 |
| Eddie Kennison | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 |
| Dwayne Carswell | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Patrick Hape | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Kasper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |