2002 Edmonton Eskimos season

2002 Edmonton Eskimos season
General manager	Tom Higgins
Head coach	Tom Higgins
Home field	Commonwealth Stadium
Results
Record	13–5
Division place	1st, West
Playoff finish	Lost Grey Cup
Team MOP	John Avery, RB
Team MOC	Sean Fleming P/K
Team MOR	Kelvin Powell, LB
Uniform

The 2002 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	Dahrran Diedrick	RB	Nebraska
5	42	Olanzo Jarrett	DE	Toledo
6	51	Andrew Dubiellak	WR	UNLV

Preseason

Schedule

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
A	Bye
B	June 14	Edmonton Eskimos	24–27	Saskatchewan Roughriders		19,614
C	June 20	Calgary Stampeders	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
Calgary Stampeders	18	6	12	0	2	438	509	14	Details

Season schedule

Week	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	June 28	Edmonton Eskimos	27–21	Calgary Stampeders		33,584	1–0–0	2
2	July 4	Ottawa Renegades	24–40	Edmonton Eskimos		30,152	2–0–0	4
3	July 13	Toronto Argonauts	17–31	Edmonton Eskimos		33,108	3–0–0	6
4	July 19	Edmonton Eskimos	11–45	Saskatchewan Roughriders		25,149	3–1–0	6
5	July 26	BC Lions	27–37	Edmonton Eskimos		32,844	4–1–0	8
6	Aug 2	Edmonton Eskimos	14–37	Montreal Alouettes		20,002	4–2–0	6
7	Aug 7	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	5–33	Edmonton Eskimos		38,852	5–2–0	10
8	Aug 15	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	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
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	?	?	?	?	30
Edmonton Eskimos	?	?	?	?	33

Grey Cup

Main article: 90th Grey Cup

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Montreal Alouettes	1	10	0	14	25
Edmonton Eskimos	0	0	10	6	16