2002 Edmonton Eskimos season explained

Team:Edmonton Eskimos
Year:2002
Record:13–5
Division Place:1st, West
Coach:Tom Higgins
General Manager:Tom Higgins
Stadium:Commonwealth Stadium
Playoffs:Lost Grey Cup
Mop:John Avery, RB
Moc:Sean Fleming P/K
Mor:Kelvin Powell, LB
Uniform:Image:CFL EDM Jersey 2002.png
Shortnavlink:Eskimos seasons

The Edmonton Eskimos finished first in the West Division with a 13–5 record, but lost the Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium to the Montreal Alouettes.

Offseason

CFL Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool/Club Team
3 24 RB Nebraska
5 42 DE Toledo
6 51 WR UNLV

Preseason

Schedule

Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
ABye
B June 14 Edmonton Eskimos 24–27 19,614
C June 20 52–41 Edmonton Eskimos 33,107

Regular season

Season standings

West Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 0 516 450 26 Details
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 0 566 421 24 Details
BC Lions 18 10 8 0 0 480 399 20 Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 8 10 0 2 435 393 18 Details
18 6 12 0 2 438 509 14 Details
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Season schedule

Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Record Pts
1 June 28 Edmonton Eskimos 27–21 33,584 1–0–0 2
2 July 4 24–40 Edmonton Eskimos 30,152 2–0–0 4
3 July 13 17–31 Edmonton Eskimos 33,108 3–0–0 6
4 July 19 Edmonton Eskimos 11–45 25,149 3–1–0 6
5 July 26 27–37 Edmonton Eskimos 32,844 4–1–0 8
6 Aug 2 Edmonton Eskimos 14–37 20,002 4–2–0 6
7 Aug 7 5–33 Edmonton Eskimos 38,852 5–2–0 10
8 Aug 15 32–35 Edmonton Eskimos 32,174 6–2–0 12
9 Aug 23 Edmonton Eskimos 30–7 Toronto Argonauts 23,642 7–2–0 14
10 Sept 2 Edmonton Eskimos 28–20 Calgary Stampeders 35,967 8–2–0 16
11 Sept 6 Calgary Stampeders 11–45 Edmonton Eskimos 61,481 9–2–0 18
12 Sept 13 Edmonton Eskimos 18–23 BC Lions 21,886 9–3–0 18
13 Sept 21 Saskatchewan Roughriders 25–31 Edmonton Eskimos 44,480 10–3–0 20
14 Sept 29 Edmonton Eskimos 34–33 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16,054 11–3–0 22
15 Oct 6 Edmonton Eskimos 37–34 Ottawa Renegades 20,576 12–3–0 24
16 Oct 14 Montreal Alouettes 48–30 Edmonton Eskimos 36,255 12–4–0 24
17Bye 12–4–0 24
18 Oct 25 Saskatchewan Roughriders 21–27 Edmonton Eskimos 34,101 13–4–0 26
19 Nov 2 Edmonton Eskimos 8–20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28,780 13–5–0 26

Total attendance: 343,447
Average attendance: 38,161 (63.5%)

Playoffs

Week Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance
Division Final Nov 17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30–33 Edmonton Eskimos 34,322
Grey Cup Nov 24 Montreal Alouettes 25–16 Edmonton Eskimos 62,531*
*Top attendance in CFL

West Final

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
? ? ? ? 30
? ? ? ? 33

Grey Cup

See main article: 90th Grey Cup.

Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
1 10 0 14 25
0 0 10 6 16

Awards and records

All-Star selections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFL Standings. www.cfl.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629041011/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/2002/reg . June 29, 2009.