2002 · Week 1
Arizona Cardinals at Washington Commanders
Sep 8, 2002 · Jack Kent Cooke Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Washington Commanders topped Arizona Cardinals 31–23. ScoutIndex had favored Commanders (66%) going in. Commanders improve to 1-0; Cardinals fall to 0-1. Shane Matthews was the story of the game with 327 passing yards and 3 TDs. Commanders out-gained the opponent 449–257 in total yards.
Team stats
| ARI | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 21 |
| 257 | Total yards | 449 |
| 187 | Passing yards | 327 |
| 70 | Rushing yards | 122 |
| 14/36 | Comp / Att | 28/40 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 14/36 | 187 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Thomas Jones | 17 | 54 | 0 |
| Frank Sanders | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boston | 7 | 15 | 138 | 1 |
| Thomas Jones | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 |
| Joel Makovicka | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Freddie Jones | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Gilmore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Matthews | 28/40 | 327 | 3 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Matthews | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 26 | 104 | 1 |
| Derrius Thompson | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Kenny Watson | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Gardner | 7 | 8 | 131 | 1 |
| Stephen Davis | 7 | 10 | 46 | 0 |
| Derrius Thompson | 4 | 4 | 45 | 1 |
| Kevin Lockett | 3 | 4 | 34 | 1 |
| Kenny Watson | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| Zeron Flemister | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Bryan Johnson | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Doering | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| Jacquez Green | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonard Stephens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |