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The 2002
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.-CFL News in 2002:...

BC Lions
BC Lions
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

finished in 3rd place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. They appeared in the West-Semi Final.

CFL Draft

Rd	Pick	Player	Position	School
1	4	Jason Clermont Jason Clermont Jason Clermont is a professional Canadian football slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . Clermont started his professional career with the BC Lions after being selected in the 2002 CFL Draft...	SB Slotback Slotback is a position in Gridiron football . The slotback is similar to the wide receiver but also has many of the same traits as a running back, lines up closer to the offensive line and often farther back...	Regina University of Regina The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
1	6	Paul Cheng	DE Defensive end Defensive end is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football.This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formations have substantially changed how the position is played over the years...	SFU Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
2	17	Brett Romberg Brett Romberg Brett Christopher Romberg is an American football center for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at Miami....	OL	Miami University of Miami The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
3	22	Chris Gayton	LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	Kentucky University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
4	31	John Williams	RB Running back A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...	Edinboro Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro University is a public liberal arts university located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA and one of 14 schools associated with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The town is named after Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also not to be confused with the University of Edinburgh...
5	41	Atnas Maeko	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...	St. Mary's Saint Mary's University (Halifax) Saint Mary's University is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada. The school is best known for having nationally lead programs in Business, Astronomy and International Development Studies as well, one of the best football and Men's hockey programs in Canada .The campus is situated in Halifax's...
6	53	Joel Orel	WR	Manitoba University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

Preseason

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
B	June 12	at Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	24–8	Loss	0–1
C	June 18	vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	27–4	Win	1–1

Season Standings

**West Division**
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PF	PA	Pts
Edmonton Eskimos Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Eskimos are a Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They currently play in the West Division of the Canadian Football League . Edmonton is currently the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, although there were clubs with the name Edmonton Eskimos as early as 1895...	18	13	5	0	516	450	26	Details 2002 Edmonton Eskimos season The Edmonton Eskimos finished 1st in the West division with a 13–5–0 record, but lost the Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium to the Montreal Alouettes.-CFL Draft:-Schedule:-Season standings:-Season schedule:Total attendance: 343,447...
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	18	12	6	0	566	421	24	Details 2002 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 2002 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 2nd place in the West division with a 12–6 record. Due to the Ottawa Renegades entering the league, the Blue Bombers moved back to the West Division...
BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	18	10	8	0	480	399	20	Details
Saskatchewan Roughriders Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...	18	8	10	2	435	393	18	Details 2002 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 2002 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 4th place in the West division with an 8–10–0 record. They crossed over to the East Division and played against the Toronto Argonauts and lost in the East Semi-Final...
Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...	18	6	12	2	438	509	14	Details 2002 Calgary Stampeders season The 2002 Calgary Stampeders finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 6–12–0 record and failed to make the playoffs, marking the first time Wally Buono had missed the playoffs in his 13 years as head coach of the team.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:...

Season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
1	June 25	at Montreal Alouettes 2002 Montreal Alouettes season The 2002 Montreal Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 13–5–0–1 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup, winning their first championship since 1977.-CFL Draft:-Preseason:- Season Standings :-Season Schedule:-Roster:...	27–21	Loss	0–1
1	June 29	at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 2002 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season The 2002 Hamilton Tiger-Cats finished in 3rd place in the East division with a 7–11–0 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1997. Despite having a 6–3 record at home, the Ti-Cats were 1–8 in away games, claiming that win in their last away game of the season.- CFL...	27–15	Loss	0–2
2	Bye				0–2
3	July 9	vs. Toronto Argonauts 2002 Toronto Argonauts season The 2002 Toronto Argonauts finished in 2nd place in the East Division of the 2002 CFL season with a 8–10–0 record. They won the East Division Semi-finals but lost the East Division Final.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:-Season standings:-Regular season:...	30–22	Loss	0–3
4	July 18	vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats	51–21	Win	1–3
5	July 26	at Edmonton Eskimos 2002 Edmonton Eskimos season The Edmonton Eskimos finished 1st in the West division with a 13–5–0 record, but lost the Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium to the Montreal Alouettes.-CFL Draft:-Schedule:-Season standings:-Season schedule:Total attendance: 343,447...	37–27	Loss	1–4
6	August 1	vs. Calgary Stampeders 2002 Calgary Stampeders season The 2002 Calgary Stampeders finished in 5th place in the West Division with a 6–12–0 record and failed to make the playoffs, marking the first time Wally Buono had missed the playoffs in his 13 years as head coach of the team.- CFL Draft:-Preseason:...	23–15	Loss	1–5
7	August 9	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 2002 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season The 2002 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 2nd place in the West division with a 12–6 record. Due to the Ottawa Renegades entering the league, the Blue Bombers moved back to the West Division...	29–21	Win	2–5
8	August 15	vs. Ottawa Renegades 2002 Ottawa Renegades season The 2002 Ottawa Renegades season was the first in franchise history. It was the first time since the 1996 CFL season that the city of Ottawa had a team in the CFL...	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 2002 Saskatchewan Roughriders season The 2002 Saskatchewan Roughriders finished in 4th place in the West division with an 8–10–0 record. They crossed over to the East Division and played against the Toronto Argonauts and lost in the East Semi-Final...	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

Passing

Player	Att.	Comp	%	Yards	TD	INT	Rating
Damon Allen Damon Allen Damon Allen is a former professional quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most recently with the Toronto Argonauts. He is currently second in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he was surpassed for first place by the Montréal...	474	268	56.5	3987	22	10	90.9
Rickey Foggie Rickey Foggie Rickey Foggie is a former quarterback. Foggie was the starting quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers for four seasons, before going on to play professionally in – first the Canadian Football League, and then later in the Arena Football League...	36	13	36.1	235	1	3	–
Geroy Simon Geroy Simon Geroy Simon is a professional Canadian football slotback with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League...	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	–

Rushing

Player	Att.	Yards	Avg.	Longest	TD
Sean Millington Sean Millington Sean Millington is a former Canadian Football League fullback and currently does colour commentary for cfl.ca and the CBC. He is also an actor in several movies and television shows.-Before the CFL:...	170	740	4.4	37	14
Damon Allen Damon Allen Damon Allen is a former professional quarterback in the Canadian Football League, most recently with the Toronto Argonauts. He is currently second in all-time professional football passing yards and second in all-time CFL passing yards after he was surpassed for first place by the Montréal...	70	479	6.8	22	4
Lyle Green Lyle Green Lyle Green is a gridiron football fullback who is a free agent. He most recently played for the BC Lions.Green went to the University of Toledo. With the Lions he is number 28...	60	343	5.7	29	3
Willie Hurst	55	288	5.2	31	1
Chris Wright Chris Wright -Sports:* Chris Wright , plays for Essex County Cricket Club* Chris Wright , a guard at Georgetown University* Chris Wright , a forward at the University of Dayton...	25	82	3.3	12	0

Receiving

Player	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	TD
Ryan Thelwell Ryan Thelwell Ryan Thelwell is a professional Canadian football wide receiver for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He is known to the Lions' fans as "Automatic" . Thelwell played college football with the University of Minnesota...	48	815	17.0	53	5
Alfred Jackson Alfred Jackson (Canadian football) Alfred Melvin Jackson, Jr. , is a former professional American football wide receiver who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League for three different teams. He also played six seasons in the National Football League as a cornerback for three teams...	39	785	20.1	109	7
Geroy Simon Geroy Simon Geroy Simon is a professional Canadian football slotback with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League...	50	754	15.1	42	2
Jason Clermont Jason Clermont Jason Clermont is a professional Canadian football slotback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . Clermont started his professional career with the BC Lions after being selected in the 2002 CFL Draft...	46	735	16.0	41	6
Bret Anderson Bret Anderson Bret Anderson is a free agent placekicker and slotback who has played his entire career for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League....	28	406	14.6	33	1

2002 CFL All-Stars

Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
Eric Robert Carter is a former American professional "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1983 to 1998...

, Cornerback
Barrin Simpson
Barrin Simpson
Barrin Simpson "The Minister of Defence" is a Canadian Football League linebacker currently playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Simpson has previously played for the BC Lions, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers....

, Linebacker

Western Division All-Star Selections

Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
Eric Robert Carter is a former American professional "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years were from 1983 to 1998...

, Cornerback
Steve Hardin, Offensive Guard
Carl Kidd
Carl Kidd
Carl Edward Kidd is a former American football linebacker and defensive back who played in both the National Football League and the Canadian Football League.-High school and college years:...

, Linebacker
Derick (Bo) Lewis, Defensive Back
Herman Smith, Defensive End
Barrin Simpson
Barrin Simpson
Barrin Simpson "The Minister of Defence" is a Canadian Football League linebacker currently playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Simpson has previously played for the BC Lions, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers....

, Linebacker
Jamie Taras
Jamie Taras
Jamie Taras is a former professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League British Columbia Lions, and current Director of Community Relations with the BC Lions...

, Centre

East Semi-Final

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Winnipeg Blue Bombers Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently members of the East Division of the Canadian Football League . They play their home games at Canad Inns Stadium, and plan to move to a new stadium for the 2012 season.The Blue Bombers were founded...	?	?	?	?	30
BC Lions BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...	?	?	?	?	3

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