# 2002 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 2002 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 78th season in the Australian Football League and 101st overall.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Monday, 1 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | 20.9 (129) | Lost by 26 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 43,484 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Sunday, 7 April (1:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 21.22 (148) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 102 points | The Gabba (A) | 25,660 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Sunday, 14 April (1:10 pm) | Fremantle | 13.11 (89) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 10 points | York Park (H) | 15,066 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 20 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 15.14 (104) | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 41 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 48,476 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Saturday, 27 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 19.11 (125) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 42 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 39,694 | 2–3 |
| 6 | Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 13.9 (87) | 24.11 (155) | Won by 68 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 33,345 | 3–3 |
| 7 | Saturday, 11 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 20.10 (130) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 52 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 38,709 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Friday, 17 May (7:45 pm) | Carlton | 12.17 (89) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 39,142 | 5–3 |
| 9 | Sunday, 26 May (1:40 pm) | West Coast | 19.12 (126) | 14.4 (88) | Lost by 38 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 38,646 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Sunday, 2 June (1:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 12.5 (77) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 40 points | York Park (H) | 18,112 | 5–5 |
| 11 | Saturday, 8 June (2:10 pm) | Adelaide | 14.18 (102) | 8.10 (58) | Lost by 44 points | Football Park (A) | 42,162 | 5–6 |
| 12 | Friday, 14 June (7:45 pm) | Essendon | 10.12 (72) | 10.5 (65) | Lost by 7 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 40,470 | 5–7 |
| 13 | Sunday, 30 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | 13.9 (87) | Won by 9 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 28,928 | 6–7 |
| 14 | Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 11.8 (74) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 10 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 25,079 | 7–7 |
| 15 | Friday, 12 July (7:45 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 17.14 (116) | 14.9 (93) | Won by 23 points | Colonial Stadium (H) | 35,434 | 8–7 |
| 16 | Saturday, 20 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | 14.9 (93) | Won by 26 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 37,442 | 9–7 |
| 17 | Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 10.8 (68) | 18.16 (124) | Lost by 56 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 35,202 | 9–8 |
| 18 | Saturday, 3 August (1:40 pm) | Fremantle | 14.12 (96) | 4.11 (35) | Lost by 61 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 24,332 | 9–9 |
| 19 | Friday, 9 August (7:45 pm) | Collingwood | 15.15 (105) | 14.13 (97) | Won by 8 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 53,750 | 10–9 |
| 20 | Friday, 16 August (7:45 pm) | Richmond | 16.11 (107) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 14 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 39,391 | 10–10 |
| 21 | Friday, 23 August (7:45 pm) | Kangaroos | 16.8 (104) | 17.17 (119) | Lost by 15 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 32,393 | 10–11 |
| 22 | Friday, 30 August (7:45 pm) | Geelong | 8.9 (57) | 11.9 (75) | Won by 18 points | Colonial Stadium (A) | 41,600 | 11–11 |

## Ladder

2002 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2360 | 1783 | 132.4 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2520 | 1843 | 136.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2308 | 2007 | 115.0 | 60 | Finals series |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2081 | 1897 | 109.7 | 52 | Finals series |
| 5 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1939 | 1847 | 105.0 | 50 | Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2243 | 2245 | 99.9 | 48 | Finals series |
| 7 | Kangaroos | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2241 | 2269 | 98.8 | 48 | Finals series |
| 8 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2208 | 2254 | 98.0 | 44 | Finals series |
| 9 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1933 | 2029 | 95.3 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1938 | 2107 | 92.0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2123 | 1976 | 107.4 | 38 | |
| 12 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2335 | 2246 | 104.0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Fremantle | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1900 | 2151 | 88.3 | 36 | |
| 14 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1801 | 2172 | 82.9 | 28 | |
| 15 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1785 | 2271 | 78.6 | 22 | |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1682 | 2300 | 73.1 | 12 | |