San Diego Chargers at Cincinnati Bengals

September 8, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
San Diego Chargers	10	10	7	7	34
Cincinnati Bengals	0	0	3	3	6

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
6:12	SD	FG	FG Steve Christie 28	SD 3, Cin 0
13:42	SD	TD	Josh Norman 1 pass from Drew Brees (Steve Christie Kick)	SD 10, Cin 0
2nd Quarter
1:46	SD	FG	FG Steve Christie 27	SD 13, Cin 0
14:41	SD	TD	LaDainian Tomlinson 1 run (Steve Christie Kick)	SD 20, Cin 0
3rd Quarter
3:43	Cin	FG	FG Neil Rackers 21	SD 20, Cin 3
6:18	SD	TD	Curtis Conway 9 pass from Drew Brees (Steve Christie Kick)	SD 27, Cin 3
4th Quarter
5:46	SD	TD	Terrell Fletcher 1 run (Steve Christie Kick)	SD 34, Cin 3
9:17	Cin	FG	FG Neil Rackers 54	SD 34, Cin 6

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 53,705

Team Statistics

San Diego Chargers Cincinnati Bengals

First downs 27 13

Rushes - yards 45 - 241 13 - 36

Passing 160 167

Punt returns 3 - 33 0 - 0

Kickoff returns 2 - 44 4 - 79

Interception returns 1 - 0 0 - 0

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 15 - 19 - 0 18 - 31 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 1 - 0 4 - 31

Punts 2 - 44.0 5 - 44.2

Fumbles - lost 0 - 0 0 - 0

Penalties - yards 4 - 39 9 - 57

Time of possession 37:48 22:12

Passing

San Diego Chargers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Drew Brees 19 15 160 8.42 2 0 30 1 0 136.8

Cincinnati Bengals Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Gus Frerotte 31 18 198 6.39 0 1 51 4 31 63.6

Rushing

San Diego Chargers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

LaDainian Tomlinson 21 114 5.4 17 1

Terrell Fletcher 16 73 4.6 15 1

Curtis Conway 1 22 22.0 22 0

Tim Dwight 1 20 20.0 20 0

Drew Brees 5 13 2.6 15 0

Fred McCrary 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0

Cincinnati Bengals Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Gus Frerotte 2 14 7.0 8 0

Brandon Bennett 2 12 6.0 9 0

Corey Dillon 9 10 1.1 5 0

Receiving

San Diego Chargers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Curtis Conway 5 39 7.8 12 1

LaDainian Tomlinson 3 45 15.0 30 0

Tim Dwight 3 45 15.0 24 0

Fred McCrary 3 30 10.0 25 0

Josh Norman 1 1 1.0 1t 1

Cincinnati Bengals Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Peter Warrick 4 35 8.8 12 0

Corey Dillon 3 22 7.3 14 0

Danny Farmer 2 54 27.0 51 0

T.J. Houshmandzadeh 2 27 13.5 16 0

Ron Dugans 2 23 11.5 14 0

Michael Westbrook 2 20 10.0 13 0

Brandon Bennett 1 9 9.0 9 0

Lorenzo Neal 1 4 4.0 4 0

Nicolas Luchey 1 4 4.0 4 0

Kickoff Returns

San Diego Chargers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Ronney Jenkins 2 44 22.0 0 22 0

Cincinnati Bengals Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

T.J. Houshmandzadeh 4 79 19.8 0 33 0

Punt Returns

San Diego Chargers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Tamarick Vanover 3 33 11.0 0 15 0

Cincinnati Bengals Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Danny Farmer 0 0 0.0 1 0 0

Punting

San Diego Chargers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Darren Bennett 2 88 44.0 57 1 1 0 34.0 0 0

Cincinnati Bengals Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Nick Harris 5 221 44.2 57 0 1 0 37.6 3 33

Defense

San Diego Chargers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Alex Molden 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Adrian Dingle 0 0 0.0 0 0 2.0 12.0

Ben Leber 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

Leonardo Carson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 13.0

Cincinnati Bengals Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Brian Simmons 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 0.0

2002 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Thu, Sep 5, 2002

San Francisco
NY Giants 16
13 Final

Sun, Sep 8, 2002

San Diego
Cincinnati 34
6 Final

Baltimore
Carolina 7
10 Final

NY Jets
Buffalo 37
31 F/OT

Minnesota
Chicago 23
27 Final

Kansas City
Cleveland 40
39 Final

Arizona
Washington 23
31 Final

Philadelphia
Tennessee 24
27 Final

Detroit
Miami 21
49 Final

Indianapolis
Jacksonville 28
25 Final

Atlanta
Green Bay 34
37 F/OT

New Orleans
Tampa Bay 26
20 F/OT

Seattle
Oakland 17
31 Final

St. Louis
Denver 16
23 Final

Dallas
Houston 10
19 Final

Mon, Sep 9, 2002

Pittsburgh
New England 14
30 Final

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