2002 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season explained

Team:Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Year:2002
Record:7–11
Division Place:3rd, East
Coach:Ron Lancaster
Stadium:Ivor Wynne Stadium
Playoffs:did not qualify
Mop:Troy Davis
Moc:Rob Hitchcock
Mor:Tony Miles
Uniform:File:CFL HAM Jersey 2002.png
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The 2002 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 45th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 53rd overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in third place in the East Division with a 7–11 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1997. Despite having a 6–3 record at home, the Ti-Cats were 1–8 in away games, claiming that win in their last away game of the season.

Offseason

CFL draft

RdPickPlayerPositionSchool
1 7 DL McGill
2 16 OL Simon Fraser
3 25 DT Saint Mary's
4 34 WR Calgary
5 43 LB Manitoba
6 52 RB Manitoba

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
BJune 13vs. Montreal Alouettes37–26Loss0–1
CJune 21at Toronto Argonauts37–17Win1–1

Regular season

Season standings

East Division! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! PF !! PA !! Pts
Montreal Alouettes 18 13 5 0 1 587 407 27
Toronto Argonauts 18 8 10 0 0 344 482 16
18 7 11 0 1 427 524 15
18 4 14 0 2 356 550 10
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Schedule

WeekDateOpponentScoreResultRecord
1June 29vs. BC Lions27–15Win1–0
2July 5at Winnipeg Blue Bombers24–15Loss1–1
3July 12vs. Calgary Stampeders34–31Win2–1
4July 18at BC Lions51–21Loss2–2
5July 25at Ottawa Renegades38–37Loss2–3
6Aug 1vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders34–31(OT)Win3–3
7Aug 7at Edmonton Eskimos33–5Loss3–4
7Aug 11at Saskatchewan Roughriders30–14Loss3–5
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9Aug 22vs. Ottawa Renegades30–9Win4–5
10Sept 2vs. Toronto Argonauts22–13Win5–5
11Sept 8at Montreal Alouettes32–30Loss5–6
12Sept 15vs. Montreal Alouettes35–28Win6–6
13Sept 22at Toronto Argonauts28–21Loss6–7
14Sept 29vs. Edmonton Eskimos34–33Loss6–8
15Oct 4at Calgary Stampeders43–5Loss6–9
16Oct 14vs. Toronto Argonauts28–27(OT)Loss6–10–0–1
17Oct 20at Montreal Alouettes29–26Win7–10–0–1
18Oct 27vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers28–7Loss7–11–0–1
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Awards and honours

2002 CFL All-Stars

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFL.ca . 2009-07-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629041011/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/2002/reg . 2009-06-29 .
  2. Web site: Tiger-Cats 2009 Media Guide | Hamilton Tiger-Cats . 2010-03-08 . https://archive.today/20130101062125/http://www.ticats.ca/page/mediaguide2009 . 2013-01-01 . dead .
  3. Web site: Hamilton Tiger-Cats historical Canadian Football League (CFL) scores, schedules, and analytics.