St. Louis Rams at Denver Broncos

September 8, 2002

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
St. Louis Rams	0	6	7	3	16
Denver Broncos	7	9	0	7	23

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
11:09	Den	TD	Rod Smith 7 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 7, Stl 0
2nd Quarter
1:55	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 41	Den 10, Stl 0
8:17	Stl	FG	FG Jeff Wilkins 41	Den 10, Stl 3
13:44	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 34	Den 13, Stl 3
14:28	Den	FG	FG Jason Elam 32	Den 16, Stl 3
15:00	Stl	FG	FG Jeff Wilkins 43	Den 16, Stl 6
3rd Quarter
0:56	Stl	TD	Marshall Faulk 3 run (Jeff Wilkins Kick)	Den 16, Stl 13
4th Quarter
9:05	Den	TD	Ed McCaffrey 23 pass from Brian Griese (Jason Elam Kick)	Den 23, Stl 13
12:48	Stl	FG	FG Jeff Wilkins 39	Den 23, Stl 16

Missed Field Goals: Stl - Jeff Wilkins 39

Attendance: 75,710

Team Statistics

St. Louis Rams Denver Broncos

First downs 15 18

Rushes - yards 13 - 32 26 - 104

Passing 295 187

Punt returns 3 - 14 1 - 4

Kickoff returns 5 - 97 0 - 0

Interception returns 2 - 32 1 - -2

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 32 - 41 - 1 18 - 27 - 2

Sacked - yards lost 3 - 20 4 - 15

Punts 3 - 36.7 3 - 51.7

Fumbles - lost 2 - 1 1 - 0

Penalties - yards 6 - 44 3 - 31

Time of possession 31:46 28:14

Passing

St. Louis Rams Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Kurt Warner 41 32 315 7.68 0 1 43 3 20 88.5

Denver Broncos Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Brian Griese 27 18 202 7.48 2 2 27 4 15 82.6

Rushing

St. Louis Rams Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Marshall Faulk 10 19 1.9 15 1

Kurt Warner 1 8 8.0 8 0

Trung Canidate 1 5 5.0 5 0

Chris Hetherington 1 0 0.0 0 0

Denver Broncos Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Olandis Gary 11 37 3.4 7 0

Clinton Portis 5 34 6.8 15 0

Mike Anderson 7 17 2.4 6 0

Brian Griese 3 16 5.3 13 0

Receiving

St. Louis Rams Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Marshall Faulk 14 91 6.5 10 0

Torry Holt 5 91 18.2 36 0

Isaac Bruce 5 60 12.0 27 0

Ernie Conwell 3 50 16.7 43 0

Ricky Proehl 2 15 7.5 8 0

Yo Murphy 1 4 4.0 4 0

Trung Canidate 1 2 2.0 2 0

Chris Hetherington 1 2 2.0 2 0

Denver Broncos Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Olandis Gary 5 48 9.6 19 0

Rod Smith 5 47 9.4 16 1

Shannon Sharpe 3 31 10.3 14 0

Ed McCaffrey 2 50 25.0 27 1

Mike Anderson 2 20 10.0 15 0

Dwayne Carswell 1 6 6.0 6 0

Kickoff Returns

St. Louis Rams Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Lamar Gordon 5 97 19.4 0 30 0

Punt Returns

St. Louis Rams Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Terrence Wilkins 3 14 4.7 0 10 0

Denver Broncos Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deltha O'Neal 1 4 4.0 0 4 0

Punting

St. Louis Rams Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Mitch Berger 3 110 36.7 39 0 2 0 35.3 1 4

Denver Broncos Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tom Rouen 3 155 51.7 63 0 0 0 47.0 3 14

Defense

St. Louis Rams Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Don Davis 1 29 29.0 29 0 0.0 0.0

Aeneas Williams 1 3 3.0 3 0 0.0 0.0

Adam Archuleta 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 0.5

Ryan Pickett 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 0.5

Leonard Little 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 6.0

Jeff Zgonina 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Team 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 3.0

Denver Broncos Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Keith Washington 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0 0.0 0.0

Al Wilson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Trevor Pryce 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 9.0

Monsanto Pope 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2.0

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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