2002 Cincinnati Bengals season | |
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Head Coach | Dick LeBeau |
Home Field | Paul Brown Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 2–14 |
Place | 4th AFC North |
Playoff Finish | did not qualify |
Timeline | |
Previous Season | Next Season |
2001 | 2003 |
The 2002 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 35th year in professional football and its 33rd with the National Football League. With a record of 2–14, however, they were the worst team in football in 2002. The Bengals struggles continued as they dropped their first seven games losing by average of 19 points in each game. The Bengals would take out all their frustrations in Week 8 by slaughtering the expansion Houston Texans on the road 38-38. However, the good feeling in the win would not last long as the Bengals continued on to become the laughing stock of the NFL losing their next six games to fall to 1-13. In their final game at home the Bengals would stun the New Orleans Saints 20-13 to earn their second win on the season, but their would be no saving the Bengals from setting a new franchise record for losses as they finished the season with a 27-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills on the road to finish with a league worst 2-14 record. This resulted in the Bengals owner Mike Brown firing Dick LeBeau and replacing him with offensive assistant Marvin Lewis, the hiring making NFL history as only the fourth African-American head coach in NFL history, and the first in Cincinnati Bengal history. By being the team with the leauge's worst record in 2002, they earned the first pick in the 2003 NFL Draft, which they would use to draft Heisman Trophy winning QB Carson Palmer out of USC, and releasing embattled QB Akili Smith. [1]
Offseason[]
NFL Draft[]
Personnel[]
Staff[]
2002 Cincinnati Bengals staff | ||||||
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Head Coaches
Offensive Coaches
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Defensive Coaches
Special Teams Coaches
Strength and Conditioning
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Roster[]
2002 Cincinnati Bengals roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks Running Backs Wide Receivers Tight Ends |
Offensive Linemen Defensive Linemen |
Linebackers Defensive Backs Special Teams |
Practice Squad
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Regular season[]
Schedule[]
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Kickoff Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 8, 2002 | San Diego Chargers | L 34–6 | CBS 1:00pm | |
2 | September 15, 2002 | at Cleveland Browns | L 20–7 | CBS 1:00pm | |
3 | September 22, 2002 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 30–3 | ESPN 8:30pm | |
4 | September 29, 2002 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 35–7 | FOX 1:00pm | |
5 | October 6, 2002 | at Indianapolis Colts | L 28–21 | CBS 1:00pm | |
6 | October 13, 2002 | Pittsburgh Steelers | L 34–7 | CBS 1:00pm | |
7 | Bye | ||||
8 | October 27, 2002 | Tennessee Titans | L 30–24 | CBS 1:00pm | |
9 | November 3, 2002 | at Houston Texans | W 38–3 | CBS 1:00pm | |
10 | November 10, 2002 | at Baltimore Ravens | L 38–27 | CBS 1:00pm | |
11 | November 17, 2002 | Cleveland Browns | L 27–20 | CBS 1:00pm | |
12 | November 24, 2002 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 29–21 | CBS 1:00pm | |
13 | December 1, 2002 | Baltimore Ravens | L 27–23 | CBS 1:00pm | |
14 | December 8, 2002 | at Carolina Panthers | L 52–31 | CBS 1:00pm | |
15 | December 15, 2002 | Jacksonville Jaguars | L 29–15 | CBS 1:00pm | |
16 | December 22, 2002 | New Orleans Saints | W 20–13 | FOX 1:00pm | |
17 | December 29, 2002 | at Buffalo Bills | L 27–9 | CBS 1:00pm |
Standings[]
AFC North | |||||||||
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2002 AFC North standings | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
z Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 5 | 1 | .656 | 6–0 | 8–4 | 390 | 345 | W3 |
y Cleveland Browns | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 3–3 | 7–5 | 344 | 320 | W2 |
Baltimore Ravens | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3–3 | 7–5 | 316 | 354 | L2 |
Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 0–6 | 1–11 | 279 | 456 | L1 |
Awards and records[]
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References[]
- ↑ http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/cincy/bengals.html Season statistics and summary at Sports E-Cyclopedia]
- ↑ Coaching History. Bengals.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2010. Retrieved on 2010-07-01.