2002 Calgary Stampeders season

2002 Calgary Stampeders season
Owner	Michael Feterik
General manager	Wally Buono
Head coach	Wally Buono
Home field	McMahon Stadium
Results
Record	6–12
Division place	5th, West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Uniform

The 2002 Calgary Stampeders season was the 45th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 64th overall. The Stampeders finished in fifth place in the West Division with a 6–12 record and failed to make the playoffs for the first time since the 1988 season. This season marked the first time Wally Buono would miss the playoffs in his 13 years as head coach of the team.

Offseason

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	8	Jon Oosterhuis	DE	New Hampshire
1	9	Brian Nugent	WR	York
2	14	Deitan Dubuc	TE	Michigan
2	18	Scott Gordon	DB	Ottawa
3	27	Reid Seitz	WR	Northern Iowa
4	36	Jeff Almon	RB	Calgary

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Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
B	June 12	vs. BC Lions	24–8	Win	27,764	1–0
C	June 20	at Edmonton Eskimos	52–41	Loss	33,107	1–1

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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
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	18	12	6	0	0	566	421	24
BC 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

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Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Attendance	Record
1	June 28	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	27–21	Loss	33,584	0–1
2	July 5	at Saskatchewan Roughriders	32–21	Loss	21,968	0–2
3	July 12	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats	34–31 (OT)	Loss	17,140	0–3
4	July 18	vs. Montreal Alouettes	37–20	Loss	32,018	0–4
5	July 25	vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders	26–21	Win	35,967	1–4
6	August 1	at BC Lions	23–15	Win	15,117	2–4
7	August 8	vs. Toronto Argonauts	31–11	Win	31,920	3–4
8	August 15	at Montreal Alouettes	38–23	Loss	20,002	3–5
9	August 23	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers	51–48 (OT)	Loss	27,876	3–6
10	Sept 2	vs. Edmonton Eskimos	28–20	Loss	35,967	3–7
11	Sept 6	at Edmonton Eskimos	45–11	Loss	61,481	3–8
12	Sept 14	vs. Ottawa Renegades	26–12	Loss	31,891	3–9
13	Sept 22	at Ottawa Renegades	26–22 (OT)	Win	23,136	4–9
14	Bye					4–9
15	Oct 4	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	43–5	Win	30,575	5–9
16	Oct 11	at BC Lions	37–14	Loss	20,950	5–10
17	Oct 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers	35–20	Loss	30,776	5–11
18	Oct 27	vs. BC Lions	16–15	Win	31,698	6–11
19	Nov 3	at Toronto Argonauts	33–32	Loss	19,232	6–12

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Awards and records

2002 CFL All-Stars

• OG – Jay McNeil

References

1. "Draft Tracker | Prospect Central | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-15. 2002 CFL Draft
2. "Pro Football Archives: 2002 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)". Retrieved 2012-05-14.
3. "2002 Schedule | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League". www.cfl.ca. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
4. "CFL.ca". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-07-09.