2002 Kansas City Chiefs season

The 2002 season was the Kansas City Chiefs' 33rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 43rd overall and the franchise's 40th in Kansas City, Missouri.

2002 Kansas City Chiefs season
OwnerLamar Hunt
General managerCarl Peterson
Head coachDick Vermeil
Home fieldArrowhead Stadium
Results
Record8–8
Division place4th AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers
AP All-Pros
5
  • TE Tony Gonzalez (2nd team)
  • KR Dante Hall (2nd team)
  • RB Priest Holmes (1st team)
  • T Willie Roaf (2nd team)
  • G Will Shields (1st team)
Kansas City at Oakland, 2002

In their second season under head coach Dick Vermeil, the Chiefs's high-powered offense was led by quarterback Trent Green and 2002 NFL Offensive Player of the Year Priest Holmes, who was named to the NFL All-Pro team for the second of three years in a row. Green had a 2-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio (26 to 13) and Holmes led the league in touchdowns (24) and overall scoring (144 points).

Kansas City scored 467 points (29.2 per game), but gave up 399 points (24.9 per game), the second most in the AFC and fifth-most in the NFL. Football Outsiders stated that the 2002 Chiefs have the second-largest Offense-Defense imbalance from 1992 to 2010 [1] (the largest discrepancy coming from the 1992 Seattle Seahawks). Football Outsiders also calculated that the Chiefs had the second most efficient running game in the same period (second only to the 2000 St. Louis Rams).[2]

The Chiefs' offense also set two new NFL records with the fewest fumbles in a season (7, broken in 2010) and fewest fumbles lost in a season (2), the latter of which still stands. Additionally, Trent Green and Marc Boerigter in the Chiefs week 16 game against the Chargers, tied the record for longest pass play in NFL history, becoming the ninth occurrence of a 99-yard pass play.

Offseason

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Additions Subtractions
QB Jonathan Quinn (Jaguars) LB Donnie Edwards (Chargers)
K Morten Andersen (Giants) K Todd Peterson (Steelers)
WR Johnnie Morton (Lions) TE Mikhael Ricks (Lions)
T Willie Roaf (Saints) CB Bracy Walker (Lions)
T Victor Riley (Saints)
WR Derrick Alexander (Vikings)

Draft

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2002 Kansas City Chiefs draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 6 Ryan Sims  Defensive tackle North Carolina
2 43 Eddie Freeman  Defensive tackle UAB
4 107 Omar Easy  Fullback Penn State
5 143 Scott Fujita  Linebacker California
7 221 Maurice Rodriguez  Linebacker Fresno State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Undrafted free agents

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2002 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player Position College
Marc Boerigter Wide Receiver Hastings
Clint Finley Safety Nebraska
Jarmar Julien Running back San Jose State

Personnel

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Staff / Coaches

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2002 Kansas City Chiefs staff

Front office

  • Founder – Lamar Hunt
  • President/general manager/chief executive officer – Carl Peterson
  • Chairman of the board – Jack Steadman
  • Vice chairman of the board – Clark Hunt
  • Executive vice president/assistant general manager – Dennis Thum
  • Vice president of football operations/player personnel – Lynn Stiles
  • Director of football administration – Mike White
  • Director of pro personnel – Bill Kuharich

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning


Roster

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2002 Kansas City Chiefs roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 13 reserve, 5 practice squad

Preseason

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Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 August 10 at San Francisco 49ers W 17–14 (OT) 1–0 3Com Park Recap
2 August 17 Houston Texans W 19–9 2–0 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
3 August 24 at Seattle Seahawks L 14–17 2–1 Seahawks Stadium Recap
4 August 30 St. Louis Rams W 23–16 3–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap

Game summaries

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Week 1: at San Francisco 49ers

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Week 1: Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Chiefs 7 0 70317
49ers 7 0 70014

at 3Com Park, San Francisco, California

Game information

Week 2: vs. Houston Texans

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Week 2: Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Texans 3 3 039
Chiefs 7 6 6019

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: August 17
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 74 °F (23 °C)
  • Game attendance: 73,506
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 3: at Seattle Seahawks

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Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 0 0 7714
Seahawks 0 10 0717

at Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington

  • Date: August 24
  • Game time: 9:00 p.m. CDT/7:00 p.m. PDT
  • Game weather: Sunny, 79 °F (26 °C)
  • Game attendance: 49,036
  • Referee: Ed Hochuli
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 4: vs. St. Louis Rams

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Week 4: St. Louis Rams at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Rams 6 10 0016
Chiefs 0 3 101023

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: August 30
  • Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Clear, 79 °F (26 °C)
  • Game attendance: 73,410
  • Referee: Jeff Triplette
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Regular season

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In the 2002 season, the Chiefs' non-divisional, conference opponents were primarily from the AFC East. The Cleveland Browns were from the AFC North and the Jacksonville Jaguars were from the AFC South. Their non-conference opponents were from the NFC West.

Schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 8 at Cleveland Browns W 40–39 1–0 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap
2 September 15 Jacksonville Jaguars L 16–23 1–1 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
3 September 22 at New England Patriots L 38–41 (OT) 1–2 Gillette Stadium Recap
4 September 29 Miami Dolphins W 48–30 2–2 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
5 October 6 at New York Jets W 29–25 3–2 Giants Stadium Recap
6 October 13 at San Diego Chargers L 34–35 3–3 Qualcomm Stadium Recap
7 October 20 Denver Broncos L 34–37 (OT) 3–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
8 October 27 Oakland Raiders W 20–10 4–4 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
9 Bye
10 November 10 at San Francisco 49ers L 13–17 4–5 3Com Park Recap
11 November 17 Buffalo Bills W 17–16 5–5 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
12 November 24 at Seattle Seahawks L 32–39 5–6 Seahawks Stadium Recap
13 December 1 Arizona Cardinals W 49–0 6–6 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
14 December 8 St. Louis Rams W 49–10 7–6 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
15 December 15 at Denver Broncos L 24–31 7–7 Invesco Field at Mile High Recap
16 December 22 San Diego Chargers W 24–22 8–7 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
17 December 28 at Oakland Raiders L 0–24 8–8 Network Associates Coliseum Recap

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

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Week 1: at Cleveland Browns

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Week 1: Kansas City Chiefs at Cleveland Browns – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 7 7 32340
Browns 6 14 71239

at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Week 2: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

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Week 2: Jacksonville Jaguars at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 0 9 01423
Chiefs 3 3 01016

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

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Week 3: at New England Patriots

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Week 3: Kansas City Chiefs at New England Patriots – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Chiefs 3 7 721038
Patriots 0 9 821341

at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

  • Date: September 22
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Warm and humid, 80 °F (27 °C)
  • Game attendance: 68,436
  • Referee: Bill Carollo
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 4: vs. Miami Dolphins

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Week 4: Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Dolphins 7 9 7730
Chiefs 10 14 71748

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Game information

Week 5: at New York Jets

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Week 5: Kansas City Chiefs at New York Jets – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 3 9 31429
Jets 7 8 01025

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

  • Date: October 6
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m. EDT/3:05 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 66 °F (19 °C)
  • Game attendance: 78,149
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein
  • Recap, Game Book
Game information

Week 6: at San Diego Chargers

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Week 6: Kansas City Chiefs at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 10 7 71034
Chargers 7 0 72135

at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California

Game information

Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos

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Week 7: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Broncos 3 3 1414337
Chiefs 7 6 147034

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: October 20
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Sunny, 51 °F (11 °C)
  • Game attendance: 78,446
  • Referee: Bill Leavy
  • TV announcers (CBS): Kevin Harlan, Randy Cross, and Beasley Reece
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 8: vs. Oakland Raiders

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Week 8: Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Raiders 7 0 0310
Chiefs 3 3 7720

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: October 27
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Overcast, 39 °F (4 °C)
  • Game attendance: 78,685
  • Referee: Ron Winter
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf and Bonnie Bernstein
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 10: at San Francisco 49ers

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Week 10: Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 3 7 0313
49ers 3 14 0017

at 3Com Park, San Francisco, California

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Week 11: vs. Buffalo Bills

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Week 11: Buffalo Bills at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bills 0 13 3016
Chiefs 7 3 0717

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: November 17
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 48 °F (9 °C)
  • Game attendance: 77,951
  • Referee: Terry McAulay
  • TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Phil Simms and Armen Keteyian
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 12: at Seattle Seahawks

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Week 12: Kansas City Chiefs at Seattle Seahawks – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 10 7 01532
Seahawks 0 21 71139

at Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington

  • Date: November 24
  • Game time: 3:05 p.m. CST/1:05 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 50 °F (10 °C)
  • Game attendance: 56,250
  • Referee: Bernie Kukar
  • TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle and Solomon Wilcots
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 13: vs. Arizona Cardinals

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Week 13: Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Cardinals 0 0 000
Chiefs 14 21 7749

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Game information

Week 14: vs. St. Louis Rams

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Week 14: St. Louis Rams at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Rams 10 0 0010
Chiefs 14 21 01449

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: December 8
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C)
  • Game attendance: 78,601
  • Referee: Bill Leavy
  • TV announcers (Fox): Sam Rosen, Bill Maas, and Joel Goldberg
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 15: at Denver Broncos

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Week 15: Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 0 0 141024
Broncos 14 0 14331

at Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: December 15
  • Game time: 3:05 p.m. CST/2:05 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: Mostly cloudy, 54 °F (12 °C)
  • Game attendance: 75,947
  • Referee: Bill Carollo
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 16: vs. San Diego Chargers

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Week 16: San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chargers 3 3 9722
Chiefs 7 7 7324

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: December 22
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Sunny, 33 °F (1 °C)
  • Game attendance: 77,899
  • Referee: Ron Winter
  • TV announcers (CBS): Gus Johnson and Brent Jones
  • Recap, Game Book
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Week 17: at Oakland Raiders

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Week 17: Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 0 0 000
Raiders 0 14 3724

at Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland, California

  • Date: December 28
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. CST/2:00 p.m. PST
  • Game weather: Rain, 50 °F (10 °C)
  • Game attendance: 62,078
  • Referee: Tony Corrente
  • TV announcers (CBS): Dick Enberg, Dan Dierdorf, and Bonnie Bernstein
  • Recap, Game Book
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Standings

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AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(1) Oakland Raiders 11 5 0 .688 4–2 9–3 450 304 W2
Denver Broncos 9 7 0 .563 3–3 5–7 392 344 W1
San Diego Chargers 8 8 0 .500 3–3 6–6 333 367 L4
Kansas City Chiefs 8 8 0 .500 2–4 6–6 467 399 L1

References

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