The 2002 BC Lions finished in third place in the West Division with a 10–8 record. After beginning the season with a 1–5 record, general manager Adam Rita fired head coach Steve Buratto and coached the team on an interim basis for the rest of the year. He guided the group to a 9–3 turnaround which led to an appearance in the West-Semi Final. Despite the turnaround, Rita was fired as general manager/coach after the playoff loss.
Offseason
CFL draft Rd Pick Player Position School 1 4 Jason Clermont SB Regina 1 6 Paul Cheng DE SFU 2 17 Brett Romberg OL Miami 3 22 Chris Gayton LB Kentucky 4 31 John Williams RB Edinboro 5 41 Atnas Maeko WR St. Mary's 6 53 Joel Orel WR Manitoba
Preseason Week Date Opponent Score Result Record B June 12 at Calgary Stampeders 24–8 Loss 0–1 C June 18 vs. Winnipeg Blue Bombers 27–4 Win 1–1
Regular season
Season standings
Season schedule Week Date Opponent Score Result Record 1 June 25 at Montreal Alouettes 27–21 Loss 0–1 1 June 29 at Hamilton Tiger-Cats 27–15 Loss 0–2 2 Bye 0–2 3 July 9 vs. Toronto Argonauts 30–22 Loss 0–3 4 July 18 vs. Hamilton Tiger-Cats 51–21 Win 1–3 5 July 26 at Edmonton Eskimos 37–27 Loss 1–4 6 August 1 vs. Calgary Stampeders 23–15 Loss 1–5 7 August 9 at Winnipeg Blue Bombers 29–21 Win 2–5 8 August 15 vs. Ottawa Renegades 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 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
Player stats
Passing Player Att. Comp % Yards TD INT Rating Damon Allen 474 268 56.5 3987 22 10 90.9 Rickey Foggie 36 13 36.1 235 1 3 – Geroy Simon 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 170 740 4.4 37 14 Damon Allen 70 479 6.8 22 4 Lyle Green 60 343 5.7 29 3 Willie Hurst 55 288 5.2 31 1 Chris Wright 25 82 3.3 12 0
Receiving Player No. Yards Avg. Long TD Ryan Thelwell 48 815 17.0 53 5 Alfred Jackson 39 785 20.1 109 7 Geroy Simon 50 754 15.1 42 2 Jason Clermont 46 735 16.0 41 6 Bret Anderson 28 406 14.6 33 1
Awards and records Jason Clermont, Outstanding Rookie
2002 CFL All-Stars
Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker Eric Carter, Cornerback Barrin Simpson, Linebacker
Western Division All-Star Selections
Brendan Ayanbadejo, Linebacker Eric Carter, Cornerback Steve Hardin, Offensive Guard Carl Kidd, Linebacker Derick (Bo) Lewis, Defensive Back Herman Smith, Defensive End Barrin Simpson, Linebacker Jamie Taras, Centre
Playoffs
West Semi-Final Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 TotalWinnipeg Blue Bombers 10 0 10 10 30BC Lions 3 0 0 0 3 Roster 2002 BC Lions final roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Receivers K
Offensive linemen G T T T C G
Defensive linemen DT DE DT DE DE DT
Special teams K PLinebackers
Defensive backs
Injured list DB DB G G T DB WR T RB
Suspended LB G WR
Italics indicate International player
References