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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
3	24		RB	Nebraska
5	42		DE	Toledo
6	51		WR	UNLV

Preseason

Schedule

	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
A	Bye
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
17	Bye						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.