2002 · Week 1
Los Angeles Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 8, 2002 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
It wasn't close — Los Angeles Chargers beat Cincinnati Bengals 34–6. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Chargers had just a 36% chance going in. Chargers improve to 1-0; Bengals fall to 0-1. LaDainian Tomlinson was the story of the game with 114 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD; 3 catches for 45 yards. Chargers out-gained the opponent 401–234 in total yards.
Team stats
| LAC | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | First downs | 10 |
| 401 | Total yards | 234 |
| 160 | Passing yards | 198 |
| 241 | Rushing yards | 36 |
| 15/19 | Comp / Att | 18/31 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 4 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
LAC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 15/19 | 160 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Brees | 5 | 13 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 21 | 114 | 1 |
| Terrell Fletcher | 16 | 73 | 1 |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaDainian Tomlinson | 3 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 4 | 45 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | 5 | 6 | 39 | 1 |
| Fred McCrary | 3 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Josh Norman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stephen Alexander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamarick Vanover | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CIN
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 18/31 | 198 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | 2 | 12 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Farmer | 2 | 3 | 54 | 0 |
| Peter Warrick | 4 | 7 | 35 | 0 |
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | 2 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
| Ron Dugans | 2 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | 3 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Michael Westbrook | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Nicolas Luchey | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Chad Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |