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Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals

Final · Kickoff

2001 Regular season · Week 2 · Sun Devil Stadium · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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DENDenver Broncos38Away
ARIArizona Cardinals17Home
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Broncos beat Cardinals 38–17 in 2001 Week 2

The Denver Broncos beat the Arizona Cardinals 38–17 on the road at Sun Devil Stadium in Week 2 of the 2001 regular season on September 23, 2001.

The result moved the Broncos to 2–0 and dropped the Cardinals to 0–1. The Broncos finished 2001 at 8–8 and missed the playoffs. The Cardinals finished 2001 at 7–9 and missed the playoffs. The Broncos’ 38 points were their most in any game of 2001.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Denver Broncos won 37–7 on December 29, 2002.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Broncos lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 2001 Full series history

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