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AFC-N-20             1/3/03

 

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2002 REGULAR SEASON RECAP

AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

East Division

 

North Division

 

W

L

T

Pct.

Pts.

OP

 

 

W

L

T

Pct.

Pts.

OP

y-N.Y. Jets

9

7

0

.562

359

336

 

y-Pittsburgh

10

5

1

.656

390

345

New England

9

7

0

.562

381

346

 

x-Cleveland

9

7

0

.562

344

320

Miami

9

7

0

.562

378

301

 

Baltimore

7

9

0

.438

316

354

Buffalo

8

8

0

.500

379

397

 

Cincinnati

2

14

0

.125

279

456

 

South Division

 

West Division

 

W

L

T

Pct.

Pts.

OP

 

 

W

L

T

Pct.

Pts.

OP

yz-Tennessee

11

5

0

.688

367

324

 

*yz-Oakland

11

5

0

.688

450

304

x-Indianapolis

10

6

0

.625

349

313

 

Denver

9

7

0

.562

392

344

Jacksonville

6

10

0

.375

328

315

 

San Diego

8

8

0

.500

333

367

Houston

4

12

0

.250

213

356

 

Kansas City

8

8

0

.500

467

399

            x-clinched playoff berth  
            y-clinched division title   
            z-clinched first-round bye
            *clinched homefield advantage
 

TEAM-BY-TEAM

 

EAST DIVISION

 

 

NORTH DIVISION

 

 

SOUTH DIVISION

 

 

WEST DIVISION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffalo (8-8)

 

 

 

Baltimore (7-9)

 

 

 

Houston (4-12)

 

 

 

Denver (9-7)

 

31

N.Y. JETS (OT)

37

 

7

at Carolina

10

 

19

DALLAS

10

 

23

ST. LOUIS

16

45

at Minnesota (OT)

39

 

0

TAMPA BAY

25

 

3

at San Diego

24

 

24

at San Francisco

14

23

at Denver

28

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

3

INDIANAPOLIS

23

 

28

BUFFALO

23

33

CHICAGO (OT)

27

 

34

DENVER

23

 

17

at Philadelphia

35

 

23

at Baltimore

34

31

OAKLAND

49

 

26

at Cleveland

21

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

26

SAN DIEGO

9

31

at Houston

24

 

20

at Indianapolis

22

 

24

BUFFALO

31

 

22

MIAMI

24

23

at Miami

10

 

17

JACKSONVILLE

10

 

17

at Cleveland

34

 

37

at K.C. (OT)

34

24

DETROIT

17

 

18

PITTSBURGH

31

 

21

at Jacksonville

19

 

24

at New England

16

7

NEW ENGLAND

38

 

17

at Atlanta

20

 

3

CINCINNATI

38

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

38

CINCINNATI

27

 

10

at Tennessee

17

 

10

OAKLAND

34

16

at Kansas City

17

 

7

at Miami

26

 

21

JACKSONVILLE

24

 

31

at Seattle

9

13

at N.Y. Jets

31

 

13

TENNESSEE

12

 

16

N.Y. GIANTS

14

 

20

INDY (OT)

23

38

MIAMI

21

 

27

at Cincinnati

23

 

3

at Indianapolis

19

 

27

at San Diego (OT)

30

17

at New England

27

 

25

NEW ORLEANS

37

 

24

at Pittsburgh

6

 

13

at N.Y. Jets

19

20

SAN DIEGO

13

 

23

at Houston

19

 

19

BALTIMORE

23

 

31

KANSAS CITY

24

0

at Green Bay

10

 

13

CLEVELAND

14

 

10

at Washington

26

 

16

at Oakland

28

27

CINCINNATI

10

 

31

at Pittsburgh

34

 

3

TENNESSEE

13

 

37

ARIZONA

7

379

 

397

 

316

 

354

 

213

 

356

 

392

 

344

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miami (9-7)

 

 

 

Cincinnati (2-14)

 

 

 

Indianapolis (10-6)

 

 

 

Kansas City (8-8)

 

49

DETROIT

21

 

6

SAN DIEGO

34

 

28

at Jacksonville

25

 

40

at Cleveland

39

21

at Indianapolis

13

 

7

at Cleveland

20

 

13

MIAMI

21

 

16

JACKSONVILLE

23

30

N.Y. JETS

3

 

3

at Atlanta

30

 

23

at Houston

3

 

38

at N.E. (OT)

41

30

at Kansas City

48

 

7

TAMPA BAY

35

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

48

MIAMI

30

26

NEW ENGLAND

13

 

21

at Indianapolis

28

 

28

CINCINNATI

21

 

29

at N.Y. Jets

25

24

at Denver

22

 

7

PITTSBURGH

34

 

22

BALTIMORE

20

 

34

at San Diego

35

10

BUFFALO

23

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

10

at Pittsburgh

28

 

34

DENVER (OT)

37

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

24

TENNESSEE

30

 

21

at Washington

26

 

20

OAKLAND

10

10

at Green Bay

24

 

38

at Houston

3

 

15

TENNESSEE

23

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

10

at N.Y. Jets

13

 

27

at Baltimore

38

 

35

at Philadelphia

13

 

13

at San Francisco

17

26

BALTIMORE

7

 

20

CLEVELAND

27

 

20

DALLAS

3

 

17

BUFFALO

16

30

SAN DIEGO

3

 

21

at Pittsburgh

29

 

23

at Denver (OT)

20

 

32

at Seattle

39

21

at Buffalo

38

 

23

BALTIMORE

27

 

19

HOUSTON

3

 

49

ARIZONA

0

27

CHICAGO

9

 

31

at Carolina

52

 

17

at Tennessee

27

 

49

ST. LOUIS

10

23

OAKLAND

17

 

15

JACKSONVILLE

29

 

28

at Cleveland

23

 

24

at Denver

31

17

at Minnesota

20

 

20

NEW ORLEANS

13

 

27

N.Y. GIANTS

44

 

24

SAN DIEGO

22

24

at N.E. (OT)

27

 

9

at Buffalo

27

 

20

JACKSONVILLE

13

 

0

at Oakland

24

378

 

301

 

279

 

456

 

349

 

313

 

467

 

399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New England (9-7)

 

 

 

Cleveland (9-7)

 

 

 

Jacksonville (6-10)

 

 

 

Oakland (11-5)

 

30

PITTSBURGH

14

 

39

KANSAS CITY

40

 

25

INDIANAPOLIS

28

 

31

SEATTLE

17

44

at N.Y. Jets

7

 

20

CINCINNATI

7

 

23

at Kansas City

16

 

30

at Pittsburgh

17

41

K.C. (OT)

38

 

31

at Tennessee (OT)

28

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

14

at San Diego

21

 

13

at Pittsburgh (OT)

16

 

28

N.Y. JETS

3

 

52

TENNESSEE

25

13

at Miami

26

 

21

BALTIMORE

26

 

28

PHILADELPHIA

25

 

49

at Buffalo

31

10

GREEN BAY

28

 

3

at Tampa Bay

17

 

14

at Tennessee

23

 

13

at St. Louis

28

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

34

HOUSTON

17

 

10

at Baltimore

17

 

21

SAN DIEGO (OT)

27

16

DENVER

24

 

24

at New York Jets

21

 

19

HOUSTON

21

 

10

at Kansas City

20

38

at Buffalo

7

 

20

PITTSBURGH

23

 

17

at N.Y. Giants

24

 

20

SAN FRAN (OT)

23

33

at Chicago

30

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

26

WASHINGTON

7

 

34

at Denver

10

20

at Oakland

27

 

27

at Cincinnati

20

 

24

at Houston

21

 

27

NEW ENGLAND

20

24

MINNESOTA

17

 

24

at New Orleans

15

 

19

at Dallas

21

 

41

at Arizona

20

20

at Detroit

12

 

6

CAROLINA

13

 

23

PITTSBURGH

25

 

26

N.Y. JETS

20

27

BUFFALO

17

 

21

at Jacksonville

20

 

20

CLEVELAND

21

 

27

at San Diego

7

7

at Tennessee

24

 

23

INDIANAPOLIS

28

 

29

at Cincinnati

15

 

17

at Miami

23

17

N.Y. JETS

30

 

14

at Baltimore

13

 

10

TENNESSEE

28

 

28

DENVER

16

27

MIAMI (OT)

24

 

24

ATLANTA

16

 

13

at Indianapolis

20

 

24

KANSAS CITY

0

381

 

346

 

344

 

320

 

328

 

315

 

450

 

304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

N.Y. Jets (9-7)

 

 

 

Pittsburgh (10-5-1)

 

 

 

Tennessee (11-5)

 

 

 

San Diego (8-8)

 

37

at Buffalo (OT)

31

 

14

at New England

30

 

27

PHILADELPHIA

24

 

34

at Cincinnati

6

7

NEW ENGLAND

44

 

17

OAKLAND

30

 

13

at Dallas

21

 

24

Houston

3

3

at Miami

30

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

28

CLEVELAND (OT)

31

 

23

at Arizona

15

3

at Jacksonville

28

 

16

CLEVELAND (OT)

13

 

25

at Oakland

52

 

21

NEW ENGLAND

14

25

KANSAS CITY

29

 

29

at New Orleans

32

 

14

WASHINGTON

31

 

9

at Denver

26

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

34

at Cincinnati

7

 

23

JACKSONVILLE

14

 

35

KANSAS CITY

34

20

MINNESOTA

7

 

28

INDIANAPOLIS

10

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

 

27

at Oakland (OT)

21

21

CLEVELAND

24

 

31

at Baltimore

18

 

30

at Cincinnati

24

 

 

OPEN DATE

 

44

at San Diego

44

 

23

at Cleveland

20

 

23

at Indianapolis

15

 

13

NEW YORK JETS

44

13

MIAMI

10

 

34

ATLANTA (OT)

34

 

17

HOUSTON

10

 

24

at St. Louis

28

31

at Detroit

14

 

23

at Tennessee

31

 

31

PITTSBURGH

23

 

20

SAN FRAN (OT)

17

31

BUFFALO

13

 

29

CINCINNATI

21

 

12

at Baltimore

13

 

3

at Miami

30

20

at Oakland

26

 

25

at Jacksonville

23

 

32

at N.Y. Giants (OT)

29

 

30

DENVER (OT)

27

19

DENVER

13

 

6

HOUSTON

24

 

27

INDIANAPOLIS

17

 

7

OAKLAND

27

13

at Chicago

20

 

30

CAROLINA

14

 

24

NEW ENGLAND

7

 

13

at Buffalo

20

30

at New England

17

 

17

at Tampa Bay

7

 

28

at Jacksonville

10

 

22

at Kansas City

24

42

GREEN BAY

17

 

34

BALTIMORE

31

 

13

at Houston

3

 

28

SEATTLE (OT)

31

359

 

336

 

390

 

345

 

367

 

324

 

333

 

367