2002 BC Lions season

2002 BC Lions season
Owner	David Braley
President	Bob Ackles
General manager	Adam Rita
Head coach	Steve Buratto Adam Rita (Interim)
Home field	BC Place Stadium
Results
Record	10–8
Division place	3rd, West
Playoff finish	Lost West Semi-Final
Uniform

The 2002 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. After beginning the season with a 1–5 record, general manager Adam Rita fired head coach Steve Buratto and coached the team on an interim basis for the rest of the year. He guided the group to a 9–3 turnaround which led to an appearance in the West-Semi Final. Despite the turnaround, Rita was fired as general manager/coach after the playoff loss.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Jason Clermont	SB	Regina
1	6	Paul Cheng	DE	SFU
2	17	Brett Romberg	OL	Miami
3	22	Chris Gayton	LB	Kentucky
4	31	John Williams	RB	Edinboro
5	41	Atnas Maeko	WR	St. Mary's
6	53	Joel Orel	WR	Manitoba

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
B	June 12	at Calgary Stampeders	24–8	Loss	0–1
C	June 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	27–4	Win	1–1

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

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 25	at Montreal Alouettes	27–21	Loss	0–1
1	June 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	27–15	Loss	0–2
2	Bye				0–2
3	July 9	vs. Toronto Argonauts	30–22	Loss	0–3
4	July 18	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	51–21	Win	1–3
5	July 26	at Edmonton Eskimos	37–27	Loss	1–4
6	August 1	vs. Calgary Stampeders	23–15	Loss	1–5
7	August 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	29–21	Win	2–5
8	August 15	vs. Ottawa Renegades	22–18	Win	3–5
9	August 21	vs. Montreal Alouettes	48–37	Win	4–5
10	August 30	at Ottawa Renegades	28–4	Win	5–5
11	Sept 8	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	44–28	Loss	5–6
12	Sept 13	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	23–18	Win	6–6
13	Bye				6–6
14	Sept 27	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	38–28	Win	7–6
15	Oct 5	at Toronto Argonauts	23–18	Win	8–6
16	Oct 11	vs. Calgary Stampeders	37–14	Win	9–6
17	Oct 20	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	13–11	Loss	9–7
18	Oct 26	at Calgary Stampeders	16–15	Loss	9–8
19	Nov 1	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	28–3	Win	10–8

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Player stats

Passing

Player	Att.	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Damon Allen	474	268	56.5	3987	22	10	90.9
Rickey Foggie	36	13	36.1	235	1	3	–
Geroy Simon	1	1	100.0	71	1	0	158.3
Ortege Jenkins	5	1	20.0	42	0	1	–
Gus Ornstein	2	1	50.0	12	0	0	–

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Rushing

Player	Att.	Yards	Avg.	Longest	TD
Sean Millington	170	740	4.4	37	14
Damon Allen	70	479	6.8	22	4
Lyle Green	60	343	5.7	29	3
Willie Hurst	55	288	5.2	31	1
Chris Wright	25	82	3.3	12	0

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Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Ryan Thelwell	48	815	17.0	53	5
Alfred Jackson	39	785	20.1	109	7
Geroy Simon	50	754	15.1	42	2
Jason Clermont	46	735	16.0	41	6
Bret Anderson	28	406	14.6	33	1

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Awards and records

• Jason Clermont, Outstanding Rookie^[7]

2002 CFL All-Stars

• Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker
• Eric Carter, Cornerback
• Barrin Simpson, Linebacker

Western Division All-Star Selections

• Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker
• Eric Carter, Cornerback
• Steve Hardin, Offensive Guard
• Carl Kidd, Linebacker
• Derick (Bo) Lewis, Defensive Back
• Herman Smith, Defensive End
• Barrin Simpson, Linebacker
• Jamie Taras, Centre

Playoffs

West Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	10	0	10	10	30
BC Lions	3	0	0	0	3

References

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