2002 · Week 1
Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns
Sep 8, 2002 · Cleveland Browns Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Kansas City Chiefs held off Cleveland Browns 40–39. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Chiefs only a 40% shot beforehand. Chiefs improve to 1-0; Browns fall to 0-1. Trent Green paced the offense with 276 passing yards and 1 TD; 17 rushing yards.
Team stats
| KC | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | First downs | 21 |
| 470 | Total yards | 418 |
| 276 | Passing yards | 359 |
| 194 | Rushing yards | 59 |
| 20/29 | Comp / Att | 28/40 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
KC
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 20/29 | 276 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Green | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Priest Holmes | 22 | 122 | 4 |
| John Tait | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Tony Richardson | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Dante Hall | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priest Holmes | 6 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Kennison | 4 | 6 | 120 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 5 | 6 | 87 | 1 |
| Tony Richardson | 2 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Johnnie Morton | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Dante Hall | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Cloud | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Derrick Blaylock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CLE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Holcomb | 27/39 | 326 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Johnson | 1/1 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamel White | 12 | 42 | 0 |
| William Green | 8 | 17 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Morgan | 9 | 11 | 151 | 2 |
| Kevin Johnson | 8 | 11 | 96 | 0 |
| Dennis Northcutt | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Jamel White | 3 | 6 | 20 | 0 |
| Mark Campbell | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| William Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Davis | 3 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Andre King | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Darnell Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R.J. Bowers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |