2002 Oakland Raiders season

2002 Oakland Raiders season
Head Coach	Bill Callahan
Home Field	Network Associates Coliseum
Results
Record	11–5
Place	1st AFC West
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoff; Won AFC Championship; Lost Super Bowl XXXVII
Pro Bowlers	Rich Gannon, QB Jerry Rice, WR Lincoln Kennedy, OT Barret Robbins, C Rod Woodson, FS
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2001	2003

The 2002 Oakland Raiders season was the club’s 43rd season in the NFL. The club qualified for its first Super Bowl appearance since the 1983 season. It would be the club’s fifth appearance in the Super Bowl. As of the 2010 season, the Raiders have not appeared in a playoff game since.

Personnel[]

Staff[]

2002 Oakland Raiders staff

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Bill Callahan

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Marc Trestman
Running Backs – Skip Peete
Wide Receivers – Fred Biletnikoff
Tight Ends – Jay Norvell
Offensive Line – Aaron Kromer
Senior Assistant – John Morton
Offensive Assistant – Jim Harbaugh
Offensive Assistant – Chris Turner

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Chuck Bresnahan
Defensive Line – Mike Waufle
Linebackers – Fred Pagac
Defensive Backs – Ron Lynn
Quality Control/Defense – Chris Griswold
Quality Control/Defense – Don Martin
Squad Development – Willie Brown

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Bob Casullo

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Garrett Giemont

Roster[]

2002 Oakland Raiders roster

Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

80 Jerry Rice
81 FL/PR Tim Brown
84 Jerry Porter
83 WR/KR Marcus Knight

Tight Ends

88 Doug Jolley
86 Roland Williams

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Currently vacant

Practice Squad:

CB Tony Lukins
TE-long snapper Ben Steele
TE David Newman
T Joe Wong

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 8, 2002	Seattle Seahawks	W 31–17	1–0	53,260
2	September 15, 2002	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–17	2–0	62,260
3	Bye
4	September 29, 2002	Tennessee Titans	W 52–25	3–0	58,719
5	October 6, 2002	at Buffalo Bills	W 49–31	4–0	73,038
6	October 13, 2002	at St. Louis Rams	L 28–13	4–1	66,070
7	October 20, 2002	San Diego Chargers	L 27–21(OT)	4–2	60,974
8	October 27, 2002	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–10	4–3	78,685
9	November 3, 2002	San Francisco 49ers	L 23–20(OT)	4–4	62,660
10	November 11, 2002	at Denver Broncos	W 34–10	5–4	76,643
11	November 17, 2002	New England Patriots	W 27–20	6–4	62,552
12	November 24, 2002	at Arizona Cardinals	W 41–20	7–4	58,814
13	December 2, 2002	New York Jets	W 26–20	8–4	62,257
14	December 8, 2002	at San Diego Chargers	W 27–7	9–4	67,968
15	December 15, 2002	at Miami Dolphins	L 23–17	9–5	73,572
16	December 22, 2002	Denver Broncos	W 28–16	10–5	62,592
17	December 28, 2002	Kansas City Chiefs	W 24–0	11–5	62,078

Standings[]

AFC West
view · talk · edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
z (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
Kansas City Chiefs	8	8	0	.500	2–4	6–6	467	399	L1
San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	3–3	6–6	333	367	L4

Playoffs[]

AFC Divisional Playoff[]

Oakland Raiders 30, New York Jets 10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	3	7	0	0	10
Raiders	3	7	7	13	30

at Network Associates Coliseum, Oakland, California

Game time: 4:30 p.m. EST/1:30 p.m. PST
Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), mostly cloudy
Game attendance: 62,207
Referee: Dick Hantak
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel (play-by-play) and Phil Simms (color commentator), and Armen Keteyian (sideline reporter)

AFC Championship Game[]

Oakland Raiders 41, Tennessee Titans 24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Titans	7	10	7	0	24
Raiders	14	10	3	14	41