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The 2002 season was the Detroit Lions' 73rd in the National Football League (NFL). It was the Lions’ inaugural season at the new Ford Field in Downtown Detroit and their first in the city since the team left Tiger Stadium after the 1974 season.
Two of these teams, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans, are expansion teams in the AFC that began play in 1995 and 2002 respectively. [10] Additionally, the Lions have won only three post-season games since 1957. [11] [12] [13] The Lions also lost an NFL-record nine consecutive playoff games from 1991 to 2023. [14] [7]
The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league went back to an even number of teams with the addition of the Houston Texans ; the league has remained static with 32 teams since.
The Vikings hold an overall regular season record of 537–438-11 with an overall playoff record of 21–31, no Super Bowl titles in four Super Bowl appearances, and one league title. The Lions hold an overall regular season record of 606–709-34 with an overall playoff record of 9–14, and four pre-Super Bowl league titles. They have yet to ...
Bears' first season series sweep against the Lions since the 1988 season. 2002: Tie 1–1: Bears 20–17(OT) Lions 23–20(OT) Bears 82–59–5 Lions open Ford Field. Due to renovations being made to Soldier Field, Bears' home game was played at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
The 2002 NFL draft was the 67th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible professional football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936 . [ 1 ]
Season series at Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Overall series Notes 1970: Vikings 2–0: Vikings 30–17: Vikings 24–20: Tie 9–9–2 As a result of the AFL–NFL merger, the Lions and Vikings were placed in the newly formed National Football Conference (NFC) and the NFC Central (later renamed to the NFC North in the 2002 season). 1971 ...
The 2002 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. [2] The team's head coach was Joe Paterno . It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania .