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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 392 points (24.5/g), 7th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 344 points (21.5/g), 15th.
Differential of 48 points (3.0/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.3/g), 21st.
Coached by Mike Shanahan (9-7-0)
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2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 8 | box | W | 1-0 | St. Louis Rams | 23 | 16 | 18 | 291 | 187 | 104 | 2 | 15 | 327 | 295 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 14 | 21 | 299 | 98 | 201 | 1 | 18 | 261 | 190 | 71 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 3-0 | Buffalo Bills | 28 | 23 | 22 | 342 | 179 | 163 | 17 | 291 | 252 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Mon | September 30 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 23 | 34 | 30 | 403 | 306 | 97 | 3 | 14 | 230 | 146 | 84 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 4-1 | San Diego Chargers | 26 | 9 | 20 | 417 | 300 | 117 | 1 | 16 | 314 | 235 | 79 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | L | 4-2 | Miami Dolphins | 22 | 24 | 27 | 410 | 299 | 111 | 3 | 16 | 259 | 201 | 58 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 37 | 34 | 22 | 507 | 366 | 141 | 1 | 24 | 305 | 143 | 162 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 6-2 | @ | New England Patriots | 24 | 16 | 23 | 351 | 215 | 136 | 2 | 16 | 179 | 110 | 69 | |
| 9 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Mon | November 11 | box | L | 6-3 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 34 | 27 | 342 | 265 | 77 | 1 | 20 | 374 | 347 | 27 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 31 | 9 | 22 | 401 | 199 | 202 | 1 | 13 | 204 | 153 | 51 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | L | 7-4 | Indianapolis Colts | 20 | 23 | 15 | 285 | 172 | 113 | 2 | 26 | 344 | 216 | 128 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 1 | box | L | 7-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 27 | 30 | 20 | 417 | 261 | 156 | 3 | 25 | 434 | 214 | 220 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 7-6 | @ | New York Jets | 13 | 19 | 21 | 369 | 258 | 111 | 1 | 18 | 281 | 217 | 64 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 8-6 | Kansas City Chiefs | 31 | 24 | 24 | 482 | 285 | 197 | 3 | 22 | 494 | 309 | 185 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 28 | 21 | 324 | 243 | 81 | 3 | 20 | 322 | 186 | 136 | 2 |
| 17 | Sun | December 29 | box | W | 9-7 | Arizona Cardinals | 37 | 7 | 24 | 450 | 191 | 259 | 18 | 207 | 123 | 84 | 2 | ||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 392 | 6090 | 1057 | 5.8 | 357 | 359 | 554 | 3824 | 21 | 20 | 6.4 | 199 | 457 | 2266 | 21 | 5.0 | 125 | 27 | 7 | 33 |
| Team Defense | 344 | 4826 | 985 | 4.9 | 496 | 360 | 566 | 3337 | 15 | 9 | 5.5 | 176 | 379 | 1489 | 21 | 3.9 | 298 | 22 | 13 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 15 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 29 | 12 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Griese | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 8-5-0 | 291 | 436 | 66.7 | 3214 | 15 | 3.4 | 15 | 3.4 | 82 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 11.0 | 247.2 | 85.6 | 34 | 237 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
| Steve Beuerlein | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 68 | 117 | 58.1 | 925 | 6 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.3 | 52 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 115.6 | 82.7 | 12 | 78 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 9.3 | |
| Rod Smith | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 359 | 554 | 64.8 | 4139 | 21 | 3.8 | 20 | 3.6 | 82 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 258.7 | 84.8 | 46 | 315 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 7.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 360 | 566 | 63.6 | 3337 | 15 | 2.7 | 9 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 9.3 | 208.6 | 81.9 | 40 | 251 | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Clinton Portis | 21 | RB | 16 | 12 | 273 | 1508 | 15 | 59 | 5.5 | 94.3 | 17.1 | 33 | 364 | 11.0 | 2 | 66 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 1872 | 17 | 5 |
| Mike Anderson | 29 | FB | 15 | 12 | 84 | 386 | 2 | 32 | 4.6 | 25.7 | 5.6 | 18 | 167 | 9.3 | 2 | 52 | 1.2 | 11.1 | 553 | 4 | 2 |
| Olandis Gary | 27 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 147 | 1 | 26 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 2.8 | 18 | 148 | 8.2 | 0 | 19 | 1.4 | 11.4 | 295 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Griese | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 37 | 107 | 1 | 13 | 2.9 | 8.2 | 2.8 | 107 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Rod Smith | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 89 | 1027 | 11.5 | 5 | 46 | 5.6 | 64.2 | 1036 | 5 | 1 |
| Steve Beuerlein | 37 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Ashley Lelie | 22 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 10.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 35 | 525 | 15.0 | 2 | 48 | 2.2 | 32.8 | 565 | 2 | 0 | |
| Reuben Droughns | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 1 | 22 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 64 | 2 | 0 |
| Scottie Montgomery | 24 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 1 | 21 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 78 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed McCaffrey | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 69 | 903 | 13.1 | 2 | 69 | 4.3 | 56.4 | 925 | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Rouen | 34 | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 34 | TE | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61 | 686 | 11.2 | 3 | 82 | 4.7 | 52.8 | 686 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Carswell | 30 | te | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 189 | 9.0 | 1 | 19 | 1.3 | 11.8 | 189 | 1 | 0 | |
| Patrick Hape | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 2 | 7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 457 | 2266 | 21 | 59 | 5.0 | 141.6 | 28.6 | 359 | 4139 | 11.5 | 21 | 82 | 22.4 | 258.7 | 6405 | 42 | 21 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 379 | 1489 | 21 | 3.9 | 93.1 | 23.7 | 360 | 3337 | 9.3 | 15 | 22.5 | 208.6 | 4826 | 36 | 23 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Deltha O'Neal | 25 | LCB | 16 | 14 | 30 | 251 | 0 | 53 | 8.4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 266 |
| Reuben Droughns | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 20 | 516 | 0 | 53 | 25.8 | 580 | |||||
| Kevin Kasper | 25 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 393 | 0 | 56 | 26.2 | 393 | ||||||
| Scottie Montgomery | 24 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 370 | 0 | 40 | 24.7 | 448 | ||||||
| Tyrone Poole | 30 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 6.0 | 24 | ||||||
| Montae Reagor | 25 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 25 | 18.5 | 74 | ||||||
| Mike Anderson | 29 | FB | 15 | 12 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 23 | 19.5 | 592 | |||||
| Dwayne Carswell | 30 | te | 16 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7.0 | 203 | |||||
| KaRon Coleman | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
| Olandis Gary | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 308 | ||||||
| Patrick Hape | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 42 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 34 | 275 | 0 | 53 | 8.1 | 62 | 1456 | 0 | 56 | 23.5 | 8136 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 23 | 0 | 81 | 1781 | 0 | 22.0 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Jason Elam | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 72.2% | 43 | 42 | 97.7% | |||||
| Tom Rouen | 34 | P | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1239 | 63 | 2 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Micah Knorr | 27 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 906 | 59 | 0 | 37.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 72.2% | 43 | 42 | 97.7% | 53 | 2145 | 63 | 2 | 40.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 25 | 78.1% | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 77 | 3149 | 40.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Trevor Pryce* | 27 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
| Bertrand Berry | 27 | 16 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Ian Gold | 24 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 85 | 15 | |
| Steve Beuerlein | 37 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Deltha O'Neal | 25 | LCB | 16 | 14 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 10 | ||
| Clinton Portis | 21 | RB | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Wilson* | 25 | MLB | 16 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 32 | |
| Monsanto Pope | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4.0 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chester McGlockton | 33 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 32 | 5 | ||||||
| Mike Anderson | 29 | FB | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brian Griese | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Mobley | 29 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 27 | ||||||
| Kelly Herndon | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||
| Tyrone Poole | 30 | 16 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 | |||||||
| Montae Reagor | 25 | 15 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Tom Rouen | 34 | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Brandon | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||
| KaRon Coleman | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lional Dalton | 27 | LDT | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
| Reuben Droughns | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ben Hamilton | 25 | C/lg | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Kasper | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed McCaffrey | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Neil | 29 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Smith | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Denard Walker | 29 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 56 | 8 | |||||||
| Lenny Walls | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Keith Washington | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Izell Reese | 28 | FS | 15 | 15 | 0.5 | 41 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 38.0 | 9 | 107 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 726 | 180 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 46 | 23 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Elam | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 42 | 26 | 120 | |||||||||
| Clinton Portis | 21 | RB | 16 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 102 | |||||||||
| Rod Smith | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mike Anderson | 29 | FB | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Shannon Sharpe | 34 | TE | 13 | 13 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Droughns | 24 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Patrick Hape | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ashley Lelie | 22 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ed McCaffrey | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Deltha O'Neal | 25 | LCB | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Steve Beuerlein | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dwayne Carswell | 30 | te | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Olandis Gary | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Brian Griese | 27 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Chester McGlockton | 33 | RDT | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Scottie Montgomery | 24 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.2 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 26 | 390 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 33 | 25 | 344 |