2002 · Week 2
Las Vegas Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 15, 2002 · Heinz Field · outdoors · grass
Recap
Las Vegas Raiders beat Pittsburgh Steelers 30–17. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Raiders only a 43% shot beforehand. Raiders improve to 2-0; Steelers fall to 0-2. Rich Gannon led the way with 403 passing yards and 1 TD. Raiders out-gained the opponent 498–273 in total yards. Steelers turned it over 5 times to Raiders's 2.
Team stats
| LV | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | First downs | 13 |
| 498 | Total yards | 273 |
| 403 | Passing yards | 201 |
| 95 | Rushing yards | 72 |
| 43/65 | Comp / Att | 18/34 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 5 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
LV
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Gannon | 43/64 | 403 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry Kirby | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Garner | 6 | 56 | 1 |
| Terry Kirby | 7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tyrone Wheatley | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Zack Crockett | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Rice | 11 | 19 | 94 | 0 |
| Tim Brown | 7 | 14 | 64 | 0 |
| Jerry Porter | 6 | 7 | 62 | 1 |
| Charlie Garner | 5 | 6 | 55 | 0 |
| Roland Williams | 7 | 8 | 55 | 0 |
| Terry Kirby | 4 | 6 | 41 | 0 |
| Doug Jolley | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Marcus Knight | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jon Ritchie | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
PIT
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 18/34 | 201 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kordell Stewart | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| Hines Ward | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Jerome Bettis | 10 | 41 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hines Ward | 7 | 10 | 92 | 2 |
| Jerome Bettis | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Terance Mathis | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 |
| Antwaan Randle El | 2 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Amos Zereoue | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| Plaxico Burress | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Mark Bruener | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Kreider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerame Tuman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |