Sep 8, 2002 · 2002 WK 1 · Paul Brown Stadium · outdoors
01/Box score
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Both sides
Both sides
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS 34
PASSING
| Player | POS | C/ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Drew Brees | QB | 15/19 | 160 | 8.4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
RUSHING
| Player | POS | CAR | YDS | Y/C | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LaDainian Tomlinson | RB | 21 | 114 | 5.43 | 1 |
| Terrell Fletcher | RB | 16 | 73 | 4.56 | 1 |
| Drew Brees | QB | 5 | 13 | 2.60 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | RB | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 |
| Curtis Conway | WR | 1 | 22 | 22.00 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | WR | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 0 |
RECEIVING
| Player | POS | TGT | REC | YDS | Y/R | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Conway | WR | 6 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 1 |
| Tim Dwight | WR | 4 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Fred McCrary | RB | 3 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 |
| LaDainian Tomlinson | RB | 3 | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Tamarick Vanover | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Josh Norman | TE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Stephen Alexander | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
DEFENSE
| Player | POS | TKL | SOLO | SACK | TFL | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Molden | DB | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vernon Fox | DB | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan McNeil | DB | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcellus Wiley | DE | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donnie Edwards | OLB | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogers Beckett | SS | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tay Cody | CB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Dingle | DE | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Jamal Williams | NT | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Fisk | NT | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leonardo Carson | DT | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Raylee Johnson | DE | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Ben Leber | OLB | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
 Junior Seau | LB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Keith Lyle | FS | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Harrison | SS | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KICKING
| Player | POS | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Christie | K | 10 |
Kicking points are complete; field-goal makes and attempts are present on 1,054 of 450,176 rows and are not shown.
CINCINNATI BENGALS 6
PASSING
| Player | POS | C/ATT | YDS | Y/A | TD | INT | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Frerotte | QB | 18/31 | 198 | 6.4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
RUSHING
| Player | POS | CAR | YDS | Y/C | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Dillon | RB | 9 | 10 | 1.11 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | QB | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | RB | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 0 |
RECEIVING
| Player | POS | TGT | REC | YDS | Y/R | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Warrick | WR | 7 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 |
| Ron Dugans | WR | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 |
 T.J. Houshmandzadeh | WR | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 |
| Corey Dillon | RB | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 |
 Chad Johnson | WR | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Danny Farmer | WR | 3 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 |
| Michael Westbrook | WR | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bennett | RB | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | FB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Luchey | RB | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
DEFENSE
| Player | POS | TKL | SOLO | SACK | TFL | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Takeo Spikes | ILB | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Simmons | LB | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Roman | SS | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Justin Smith | DE | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | FS | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Hall | FS | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Gibson | DT | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Burris | CB | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Williams | DT | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaughn Booker | DE | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Canute Curtis | OLB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Warrick | WR | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Whittington | DE | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Ross | OLB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamont Thompson | DB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KICKING
| Player | POS | PTS |
|---|---|---|
 Neil Rackers | K | 6 |
Kicking points are complete; field-goal makes and attempts are present on 1,054 of 450,176 rows and are not shown.
A player appears under a heading only if he recorded something there, so these tables are shorter than the roster that dressed. A dash is an absent figure rather than a recorded zero. Sacks carry a half, which is why that column shows a decimal, and the sack column in the passing table is times the passer was sacked, not sacks he made. There is no scoring summary or drive chart here: the play log carries no field position, no down and no distance, so a drive cannot be reconstructed and one is not guessed at. Where the play-type panel is missing, this fixture predates the play log, which begins in 2020. Where a box score is missing entirely, no per-player line was published for it.