2002_All-Arena_Team

2002 Arena Football League season

2002 Arena Football League season

Sports season

The 2002 Arena Football League season was the 16th season of the Arena Football League. It was succeeded by 2003. The league champions were the San Jose SaberCats, who defeated the Arizona Rattlers in ArenaBowl XVI. In the process the SaberCats came closer to a perfect season than any other team in the history of the league, winning sixteen of seventeen games.

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2002 Arena Football League season is located in the United States
Firebirds
Firebirds
Fury
Fury
Rampage
Rampage
Rush
Rush
Avengers
Avengers
Desperados
Desperados
Rattlers
Rattlers
SaberCats
SaberCats
Cobras
Cobras
Force
Force
Predators
Predators
Storm
Storm
Dragons
Dragons
Destroyers
Destroyers
Phantoms
Phantoms
Gladiators
Gladiators
National: Eastern, Southern
American: Western, Central

Offseason

The Dallas Desperados joined the league as an expansion team based in Dallas, Texas.

The Florida Bobcats, the Houston Thunderbears, the Milwaukee Mustangs, and the Oklahoma Wranglers folded, the Bobcats and Thunderbears both folded due to poor attendance, the Mustangs folded because the teams lease at Bradley Center expired and the Wranglers were dissolved by the AFL. Meanwhile, the Nashville Kats relocated to Atlanta to become the Georgia Force because the team was unable to negotiate a deal with Bridgestone Arena.

Standings

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  • Green indicates clinched playoff berth
  • Purple indicates division champion
  • Grey indicates best regular season record

Playoffs

Wild Card Round Quarterfinals Semifinals ArenaBowl XVI
            
1 San Jose 55
12 Tampa Bay 48
5 Los Angeles 41
12 Tampa Bay 66
1 San Jose 52
7 Orlando 40
7 Orlando 32
10 Buffalo 27
4 New Jersey 46
7 Orlando 49
1 San Jose 52
2 Arizona 14
2 Arizona 61
11 Carolina 59
6 Grand Rapids 64
11 Carolina 72
2 Arizona 46
3 Chicago 35
8 Dallas 47
9 Indiana 46
3 Chicago 60
8 Dallas 47

All-Arena team

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References

  1. [1]
    "2002 Arena Football League Standings". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "2002 Arena Football League". StatsCrew.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
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