# 2002 Edmonton Eskimos season

The 2002 Edmonton Eskimos finished first in the West Division with a 13–5 record, but lost the Grey Cup at Commonwealth Stadium to the Montreal Alouettes.

## Offseason
### CFL Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School/Club Team |
| 3 | 24 | Dahrran Diedrick | RB | Nebraska |
| 5 | 42 | Olanzo Jarrett | DE | Toledo |
| 6 | 51 | Andrew Dubiellak | WR | UNLV |

## Preseason
### Schedule

| # | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance |
| A | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| B | June 14 | Edmonton Eskimos | 24–27 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | 19,614 |
| C | June 20 | Calgary Stampeders | 41–52 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 33,107 |

## Regular season
### Season standings

West Division :
| Team | GP | W | L | T | OTL | PF | PA | Pts |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 516 | 450 | 26 | Details |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 566 | 421 | 24 | Details |
| BC Lions | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 480 | 399 | 20 | Details |
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 435 | 393 | 18 | Details |
| Calgary Stampeders | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 438 | 509 | 14 | Details |

### Season schedule

| Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Pts |
| 1 | June 28 | Edmonton Eskimos | 27–21 | Calgary Stampeders | | 33,584 | 1–0–0 | 2 |
| 2 | July 4 | Ottawa Renegades | 24–40 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 30,152 | 2–0–0 | 4 |
| 3 | July 13 | Toronto Argonauts | 17–31 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 33,108 | 3–0–0 | 6 |
| 4 | July 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | 11–45 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | | 25,149 | 3–1–0 | 6 |
| 5 | July 26 | BC Lions | 27–37 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 32,844 | 4–1–0 | 8 |
| 6 | Aug 2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 14–37 | Montreal Alouettes | | 20,002 | 4–2–0 | 6 |
| 7 | Aug 7 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 5–33 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 38,852 | 5–2–0 | 10 |
| 8 | Aug 15 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 32–35 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 32,174 | 6–2–0 | 12 |
| 9 | Aug 23 | Edmonton Eskimos | 30–7 | Toronto Argonauts | | 23,642 | 7–2–0 | 14 |
| 10 | Sept 2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 28–20 | Calgary Stampeders | | 35,967 | 8–2–0 | 16 |
| 11 | Sept 6 | Calgary Stampeders | 11–45 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 61,481 | 9–2–0 | 18 |
| 12 | Sept 13 | Edmonton Eskimos | 18–23 | BC Lions | | 21,886 | 9–3–0 | 18 |
| 13 | Sept 21 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 25–31 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 44,480 | 10–3–0 | 20 |
| 14 | Sept 29 | Edmonton Eskimos | 34–33 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | | 16,054 | 11–3–0 | 22 |
| 15 | Oct 6 | Edmonton Eskimos | 37–34 | Ottawa Renegades | | 20,576 | 12–3–0 | 24 |
| 16 | Oct 14 | Montreal Alouettes | 48–30 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 36,255 | 12–4–0 | 24 |
| 17 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | | 12–4–0 | 24 |
| 18 | Oct 25 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 21–27 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 34,101 | 13–4–0 | 26 |
| 19 | Nov 2 | Edmonton Eskimos | 8–20 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | | 28,780 | 13–5–0 | 26 |
Total attendance: 343,447
Average attendance: 38,161 (63.5%)

## Playoffs

| Week | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance |
| Division Final | Nov 17 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 30–33 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 34,322 |
| Grey Cup | Nov 24 | Montreal Alouettes | 25–16 | Edmonton Eskimos | | 62,531* |
*Top attendance in CFL

### West Final

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Winnipeg Blue Bombers | ? | ? | ? | ? | 30 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | ? | ? | ? | ? | 33 |

### Grey Cup

| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Montreal Alouettes | 1 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 25 |
| Edmonton Eskimos | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 16 |