2002 CFL season

The 2002 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 49th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 45th Canadian Football League season.

2002 CFL season
Regular season
DurationJune 25 – November 3, 2002
Playoffs
Start dateNovember 10, 2002
East ChampionsMontreal Alouettes2002-11-17
West ChampionsEdmonton Eskimos2002-11-17
90th Grey Cup
DateNovember 24, 2002
SiteCommonwealth Stadium,
Edmonton
ChampionsMontreal Alouettes
CFL seasons

CFL News in 2002

On March 19, Michael Lysko was relieved of his duties as CFL Commissioner by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors then made Chairman of the Board, David Braley to become acting CFL Commissioner, until November 23 when Tom E. Wright was introduced as the 11th CFL Commissioner in history.

On April 29, Paul Tagliabue became the first NFL Commissioner in history to visit the Head Offices of the CFL.

The Ottawa Renegades played their first regular season game on June 28 at Frank Clair Stadium. The Ottawa Renegades were placed in the East Division and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were returned to the West Division.

The CFL and CFLPA agreed to a new CBA agreement on October 16. TSN reported a 27% increase in viewership of over 50 CFL games. Plus, the CBC announced a record TV audience of more than 5.2 million Canadian viewers for the Grey Cup game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Edmonton Eskimos.

On November 20, four days before the 2002 Grey Cup game, the CFL unveiled a new logo: a red football (with white laces and circles at both ends) located in front of a maple leaf, also red, with black CFL lettering located beneath. It replaced the "helmet" logo that had been in use since 1969. This logo was used until 2015.

For the second consecutive year, the Grey Cup attendance was over 60,000.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

West Division
TeamGPWLTOTLPFPAPts
Edmonton Eskimos181350051645026
Winnipeg Blue Bombers181260056642124
BC Lions181080048039920
Saskatchewan Roughriders188100243539318
Calgary Stampeders186120243850914
East Division
TeamGPWLTOTLPFPAPts
Montreal Alouettes181350158740727
Toronto Argonauts188100034448216
Hamilton Tiger-Cats187110142752415
Ottawa Renegades184140235655010
  • Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
  • Edmonton and Montreal both have first round byes.
  • Due to the cross-over rule, the Saskatchewan Roughriders play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Semi-Final Game.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Montreal Alouettes are the 2002 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos in front of their home crowd 25–16 at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. This is the first championship for Montreal since 1977. The Alouettes' Anthony Calvillo (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Pat Woodcock (WR) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

  November 10: Division Semifinals     November 17: Division Finals     November 24: 90th Grey Cup @ Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton
                           
  East     E2 Toronto Argonauts 18  
  W4 Saskatchewan Roughriders 14     E1 Montreal Alouettes 35    
  E2 Toronto Argonauts 24         E1 Montreal Alouettes 25
      W1 Edmonton Eskimos 16
  West     W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30    
  W3 BC Lions 3     W1 Edmonton Eskimos 33  
  W2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 30  

CFL Leaders

2002 CFL All-Stars

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2002 Western All-Stars

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2002 Eastern All-Stars

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2002 CFLPA All-Stars

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2002 CFLPA Western All-Stars

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2002 CFLPA Eastern All-Stars

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2002 CFL Awards

References

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