2002 CFL season

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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.

Contents 1 CFL News in 2002 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 2002 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 2002 Western All-Stars 5.1 OFFENCE 5.2 DEFENCE 5.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 6 2002 Eastern All-Stars 6.1 OFFENCE 6.2 DEFENCE 6.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 7 2002 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 2002

On March 19, Larry 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.

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

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] 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 Team GP W L T OTL PF PA Pts Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 0 516 450 26 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 12 6 0 0 566 421 24 British Columbia Lions 18 10 8 0 0 480 399 20 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 8 10 0 2 435 393 18 Calgary Stampeders 18 6 12 0 2 438 509 14

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 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 7 11 0 1 427 524 15 Ottawa Renegades 18 4 14 0 2 356 550 10

• 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 will play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Semi-Final Game.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main article: 90th Grey Cup

The Montreal Alouettes are the 2002 Grey Cup Champions, defeating the Edmonton Eskimos in front of their homecrowd 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.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 10: Division Semifinals

November 17: Division Finals

November 24: 90th Grey Cup @ Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton, AB

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

British Columbia Lions

3

W1

Edmonton Eskimos

33

W2

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

30

[edit] 2002 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 2002 Western All-Stars

[edit] 2002 Eastern All-Stars

[edit] 2002 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Milt Stegall (SB), Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Ben Cahoon (WR), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Elfrid Payton (DE), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Bryan Chiu (C), Montreal Alouettes
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Jason Clermont (SB), British Columbia Lions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Special Teams Award - Corey Holmes (RB), Saskatchewan Roughriders
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Greg Frers (DS), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Don Matthews, Montreal Alouettes

Preceded by 2001 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 2003 CFL season

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