# 2002 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 2002 Amsterdam Admirals season was the eighth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his second year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2002 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Overall | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Mike Sutton | DE | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Jeremy Beutler | LB | Ohio |
| 3 | 5 | 17 | Brandon Godsey | CB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 4 | 2 | 20 | Rick Crowell | LB | Colorado State |
| 5 | 5 | 29 | Wes Hines | G | McNeese State |
| 6 | 2 | 32 | Ryan Kalich | G | Florida |
| 7 | 5 | 41 | Jim Stull | T | Delaware |
| 8 | 2 | 44 | Geroy Simon | WR | Maryland |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, April 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 27–10 | 1–0 | Amsterdam ArenA | 13,743 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 24–19 | 2–0 | Jahn-Sportpark | 10,699 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 27 | 5:30 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 27–30 | 2–1 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 8,200 |
| 4 | Friday, May 3 | 8:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | L 9–28 | 2–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,207 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 11 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | L 13–16 | 2–3 | Amsterdam ArenA | 9,243 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 19 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 19–21 | 2–4 | Waldstadion | 27,456 |
| 7 | Sunday, May 26 | 4:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 13–17 | 2–5 | Hampden Park | 10,373 |
| 8 | Saturday, June 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 13–20 | 2–6 | Amsterdam ArenA | 11,983 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 45–31 | 3–6 | Amsterdam ArenA | 13,146 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 28–10 | 4–6 | Rheinstadion | 33,486 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Rhein Fire | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 166 | 156 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L1 |
| Berlin Thunder | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 231 | 188 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 189 | 174 | 3–2 | 3–2 | L2 |
| Scottish Claymores | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 197 | 172 | 3–2 | 2–3 | W1 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 218 | 202 | 2–3 | 2–3 | W2 |
| FC Barcelona Dragons | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 202 | 311 | 1–4 | 1–4 | L3 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 13
* Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 13,743
* Referee: Alberto Riveron

## Statistics
### Passing

| Player | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | INT | Long | Sack | Rating |
| Kevin Daft | 178 | 301 | 59.1 | 1,981 | 15 | 9 | 59 | 21 | 82.9 |
| Ken Mastrole | 12 | 28 | 42.9 | 147 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 41.9 |
| David Dinkins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79.2 |