2002 Arena Football League season
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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.
Standings
| Team | Overall | Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Losses | Percentage | Wins | Losses | Percentage | |
| National Conference | ||||||
| Eastern Division | ||||||
| New Jersey Gladiators | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Buffalo Destroyers | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Toronto Phantoms | 5 | 9 | 0.357 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| New York Dragons | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Southern Division | ||||||
| Orlando Predators | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Carolina Cobras | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Tampa Bay Storm | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| Georgia Force | 6 | 8 | 0.429 | 3 | 3 | 0.500 |
| American Conference | ||||||
| Central Division | ||||||
| Chicago Rush | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Grand Rapids Rampage | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
| Indiana Firebirds | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Detroit Fury | 1 | 13 | 0.071 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| Western Division | ||||||
| San Jose SaberCats | 13 | 1 | 0.929 | 5 | 1 | 0.833 |
| Arizona Rattlers | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 4 | 2 | 0.667 |
| Los Angeles Avengers | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 1 | 5 | 0.167 |
| Dallas Desperados | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 2 | 4 | 0.333 |
- 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 | ||||||||||||||||
