2002: Back in the Super Bowl

A Pro Bowler again, Rice breaks records and sets milestones en route to fourth Super Bowl

2002 Season Statistics

Receptions	Yards	Average	TDs	Multi TDs	100+ Yard Games	Game High Rec	Game High Yards	Game High TDs
92	1211	13.2	7	1	5	11	144	2

Achievements

Rice broke his own record of oldest player in NFL history to record a 1,000 yard season (1,211) at 40 years of age

Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl as a starter for the first time since 1998

Rice surpassed Walter Payton for most total yards from scrimmage and broke the 200 career touchdown mark (203)

Best Game

The Raiders faced Denver on Monday Night Football with a 4-4 record. They had just lost four straight games. Rice saw to it that the Raiders would not lose a fifth. His 9 catch, 103 yard, 2 TD performance included TD scores of 6 and 34 yards that put the Raiders ahead and put the Broncos away for good. Along the way, he surpassed the 200 touchdown mark and catapulted the Raiders to 7 wins in their last 8 contests en route to a Super Bowl appearance.

Did You Know...

Rice recorded 5 games of 100+ yards, his most in a season since 1995, when he had nine.

Play of the Year

In a Week 14 showdown with the Chargers at San Diego, Rice took a Gannon slant pattern 56 yards late in the fourth quarter to set up a Raider score that would help key an eventual 27-7 drubbing and another AFC West crown for Oakland.