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The2002 CFL season is considered to be the 49th season in modern-dayCanadian football , although it is officially the 45thCanadian Football League season.
On March 19,Michael Lysko was relieved of his duties asCFL Commissioner by the board of governors. The board of governors then made chairman of the board,David Braley , acting CFL Commissioner, until November 23 whenTom E. Wright was introduced as the 11th CFL Commissioner in history.
On April 29,Paul Tagliabue became the firstNFL Commissioner in history to visit the head offices of the CFL.
TheOttawa Renegades played their first regular-season game on June 28 atFrank Clair Stadium . The Ottawa Renegades were placed in theEast Division and theWinnipeg Blue Bombers were returned to theWest Division .
TheCFL andCFLPA agreed to a new CBA agreement on October 16.TSN reported a 27% increase in viewership of over 50 CFL games. Plus, theCBC announced a record TV audience of more than 5.2 million Canadian viewers for theGrey Cup game between theMontreal Alouettes and theEdmonton Eskimos .
On November 20, four days before the 2002 Grey Cup game, the CFL unveiled a new logo: a red football (with white laces and circles at both ends) located in front of a maple leaf, also red, with black CFL lettering located beneath. It replaced the "helmet" logo that had been in use since 1969. This logo was used until 2015.
For the second consecutive year, the Grey Cup attendance was over 60,000.
Regular-season standings [ edit ] Final regular-season standings [ edit ] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
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 play the Toronto Argonauts in the Eastern Semi-Final Game. TheMontreal Alouettes are the 2002Grey Cup Champions, defeating theEdmonton Eskimos in front of their home crowd 25–16 atEdmonton 'sCommonwealth Stadium . This is the first championship for Montreal since1977 . The Alouettes'Anthony Calvillo (QB) was named theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Player andPat Woodcock (WR) was theGrey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian .
QB –Anthony Calvillo , Montreal Alouettes RB –John Avery , Edmonton Eskimos RB –Charles Roberts , Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB –Terry Vaughn , Edmonton Eskimos SB –Milt Stegall , Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR –Derick Armstrong , Saskatchewan Roughriders WR –Jason Tucker , Edmonton Eskimos C –Bryan Chiu , Montreal Alouettes OG –Scott Flory , Montreal Alouettes OG –Jay McNeil , Calgary Stampeders OT –Uzooma Okeke , Montreal Alouettes OT –Dave Mudge , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DT –Doug Brown , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DT –Denny Fortney , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DE –Joe Montford , Toronto Argonauts DE –Elfrid Payton , Edmonton Eskimos LB –John Grace , Ottawa Renegades LB –Brendan Ayanbadejo , BC Lions LB –Barrin Simpson , BC Lions CB –Eric Carter , BC Lions CB –Omarr Morgan , Saskatchewan Roughriders DB –Barron Miles , Montreal Alouettes DB –Clifford Ivory , Toronto Argonauts DS –Orlondo Steinauer , Toronto Argonauts
2002 Western All-Stars [ edit ] QB –Khari Jones , Winnipeg Blue Bombers RB –John Avery , Edmonton Eskimos RB –Charles Roberts , Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB –Terry Vaughn , Edmonton Eskimos SB –Milt Stegall , Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR –Derick Armstrong , Saskatchewan Roughriders WR –Jason Tucker , Edmonton Eskimos C –Jamie Taras , BC Lions OG –Steve Hardin , BC Lions OG –Jay McNeil , Calgary Stampeders OT –Bruce Beaton , Edmonton Eskimos OT –Dave Mudge , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DT –Doug Brown , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DT –Denny Fortney , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DE –Herman Smith , BC Lions DE –Elfrid Payton , Edmonton Eskimos LB –Carl Kidd , BC Lions LB –Brendan Ayanbadejo , BC Lions LB –Barrin Simpson , BC Lions CB –Eric Carter , BC Lions CB –Omarr Morgan , Saskatchewan Roughriders DB –Harold Nash , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DB –Bo Lewis , BC Lions DS –Tom Europe , Winnipeg Blue Bombers
2002 Eastern All-Stars [ edit ] QB –Anthony Calvillo , Montreal Alouettes RB –Troy Davis Hamilton Tiger-Cats RB –Lawrence Phillips , Montreal Alouettes SB –Ben Cahoon , Montreal Alouettes SB –Derrell Mitchell , Toronto Argonauts WR –Pat Woodcock , Montreal Alouettes WR –Jimmy Oliver , Ottawa Renegades C –Bryan Chiu , Montreal Alouettes OG –Scott Flory , Montreal Alouettes OG –Sandy Annunziata , Toronto Argonauts OT –Uzooma Okeke , Montreal Alouettes OT –Dave Hack , Hamilton Tiger-Cats DT –Rob Brown , Montreal Alouettes DT –Johnny Scott , Toronto Argonauts DE –Joe Montford , Toronto Argonauts DE –Marc Megna , Montreal Alouettes LB –John Grace , Ottawa Renegades LB –Stefen Reid , Montreal Alouettes LB –Kevin Johnson , Montreal Alouettes CB –Adrion Smith , Toronto Argonauts CB –Wayne Shaw , Montreal Alouettes DB –Barron Miles , Montreal Alouettes DB –Clifford Ivory , Toronto Argonauts DS –Rob Hitchcock , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2002 CFLPA All-Stars [ edit ] QB –Anthony Calvillo , Montreal Alouettes OT –Uzooma Okeke , Montreal Alouettes OT –Dave Mudge , Winnipeg Blue Bombers OG –Andrew Greene , Saskatchewan Roughriders OG –Steve Hardin , BC Lions C –Bryan Chiu , Montreal Alouettes RB –John Avery , Edmonton Eskimos FB –Mike Sellers , Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB –Milt Stegall , Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB –Terry Vaughn , Edmonton Eskimos WR –Arland Bruce , Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR –Ben Cahoon , Montreal Alouettes DE –Herman Smith , BC Lions DE –Elfrid Payton , Edmonton Eskimos DT –Robert Brown , Montreal Alouettes DT –Johnny Scott , Toronto Argonauts LB –Barrin Simpson , BC Lions LB –Alondra Johnson , Calgary Stampeders LB –Kevin Johnson , Montreal Alouettes CB –Omarr Morgan , Saskatchewan Roughriders CB –Marvin Coleman , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB –Gerald Vaughn , Ottawa Renegades HB –Barron Miles , Montreal Alouettes S –Rob Hitchcock , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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2002 CFLPA Western All-Stars [ edit ] QB –Khari Jones , Winnipeg Blue Bombers OT –Dave Mudge , Winnipeg Blue Bombers OT –Bruce Beaton , Edmonton Eskimos OG –Andrew Greene Saskatchewan Roughriders OG –Steve Hardin , BC Lions C –Jamie Taras , BC Lions RB –John Avery , Edmonton Eskimos FB –Mike Sellers , Winnipeg Blue Bombers SB –Terry Vaughn , Edmonton Eskimos SB –Milt Stegall , Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR –Arland Bruce , Winnipeg Blue Bombers WR –Ed Hervey , Edmonton Eskimos DE –Herman Smith , BC Lions DE –Elfrid Payton , Edmonton Eskimos DT –Doug Brown , Winnipeg Blue Bombers DT –Nate Davis , Saskatchewan Roughriders LB –Barrin Simpson , BC Lions LB –Alondra Johnson , Calgary Stampeders LB –Terry Ray , Edmonton Eskimos CB –Omarr Morgan , Saskatchewan Roughriders CB –Marvin Coleman , Winnipeg Blue Bombers HB –Derrick Lewis , BC Lions HB –Eric Carter , BC Lions S –Greg Frers , Calgary Stampeders
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2002 CFLPA Eastern All-Stars [ edit ] QB –Anthony Calvillo , Montreal Alouettes OT –Uzooma Okeke , Montreal Alouettes OT –Neal Fort , Montreal Alouettes OT –Val St. Germain , Ottawa Renegades OG –Scott Flory , Montreal Alouettes C –Bryan Chiu , Montreal Alouettes RB –Lawrence Phillips , Montreal Alouettes FB –Bruno Heppell , Montreal Alouettes SB –Derrell Mitchell , Toronto Argonauts SB –Archie Amerson , Hamilton Tiger-Cats WR –Ben Cahoon , Montreal Alouettes WR –Tony Miles Hamilton Tiger-Cats DE –Joe Montford , Toronto Argonauts DE –Michael Boireau , Ottawa Renegades DT –Robert Brown , Montreal Alouettes DT –Johnny Scott , Toronto Argonauts LB –Kevin Johnson , Montreal Alouettes LB –John Grace , Ottawa Renegades LB –Chris Shelling , Hamilton Tiger-Cats CB –Perry Carter , Montreal Alouettes CB –Ricky Bell , Ottawa Renegades HB –Gerald Vaughn , Ottawa Renegades HB –Barron Miles , Montreal Alouettes S –Rob Hitchcock , Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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