2002 Cleveland Browns season

2002 Cleveland Browns season
Head coach	Butch Davis
Owner	Alfred Lerner (Until October 2, 2002) Randolph Lerner (Took position October 2, 2002)
Home field	Cleveland Browns Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC North
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card playoffs (Steelers) 36–33

The 2002 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 54th season and 50th with the National Football League.

The Browns made the playoffs for the first time since their re-activation. It was only the Browns' fourth year since returning to the league effectively as an expansion team, and their first winning season. It would also prove to be the only time that the team made the NFL playoffs in the 2000s (decade). It marks the last time that the Browns have qualified for the postseason.^[1] The close loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wildcard round kept the Browns from advancing in the postseason.

2002 NFL Draft

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Pick	Player name	Position	College
1	16	William Green	Running back	Boston College
2	47	André Davis	Wide Receiver	Virginia Tech
3	76	Melvin Fowler	Offensive Lineman	Maryland
4	101	Kevin Bentley	Linebacker	Northwestern
4	111	Ben Taylor	Linebacker	Virginia Tech
4	122	Darnell Sanders	Tight end	Ohio State
5	141	Andra Davis	Linebacker	Florida
7	227	Joaquin Gonzalez	Offensive Lineman	Miami

Schedule

Regular season

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium	Record	Network	Kickoff	Attendance
1	September 8	Kansas City Chiefs	L 40–39	Cleveland Browns Stadium	0–1	CBS	1:00pm	72,938
2	September 15	Cincinnati Bengals	W 20–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium	1–1	CBS	1:00pm	73,358
3	September 22	at Tennessee Titans	W 31–28 _(OT)	Adelphia Coliseum	2–1	CBS	1:00pm	68,804
4	September 29	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–13	Heinz Field	2–2	CBS	1:00pm	62,864
5	October 6	Baltimore Ravens	L 26–21	Cleveland Browns Stadium	2–3	ESPN	8:30pm	73,688
6	October 13	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–3	Raymond James Stadium	2–4	CBS	1:00pm	65,625
7	October 20	Houston Texans	W 34–17	Cleveland Browns Stadium	3–4	CBS	1:00pm	73,248
8	October 27	at New York Jets	W 24–21	The Meadowlands	4–4	CBS	1:00pm	78,502
9	November 3	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 23–20	Cleveland Browns Stadium	4–5	CBS	1:00pm	73,718
10	Bye
11	November 17	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 27–20	Paul Brown Stadium	5–5	CBS	1:00pm	64,060
12	November 24	at New Orleans Saints	W 24–15	Louisiana Superdome	6–5	CBS	1:00pm	68,295
13	December 1	Carolina Panthers	L 13–6	Cleveland Browns Stadium	6–6	FOX	1:00pm	72,718
14	December 8	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 21–20	Alltel Stadium	7–6	CBS	1:00pm	46,267
15	December 15	Indianapolis Colts	L 28–23	Cleveland Browns Stadium	7–7	CBS	1:00pm	73,098
16	December 22	at Baltimore Ravens	W 14–13	M&T Bank Stadium	8–7	CBS	4:15pm	68,348
17	December 29	Atlanta Falcons	W 24–16	Cleveland Browns Stadium	9–7	FOX	1:00pm	73,528

Week 17: vs. Atlanta

Week 17: Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	9	0	16
Browns	3	7	0	14	24

at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Date: December 29
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 34°F, relative humidity 85%, round (wind) 6 MPH
Game attendance: 73,528
Referee: Johnny Grier
TV announcers (Fox): Kenny Albert (play–by–play), Tim Green (color commentator) and Tony Rizzo (sideline reporter)

Game information

First Quarter

CLE (6:48) – Dawson 40 yard field goal
Browns 3, Falcons 0

Second Quarter

CLE (5:42) – Green 21 yard rush (Dawson kick)
Browns 10, Falcons 0
ATL (11:18) – Finneran 15 yard pass from Vick (Feely kick)
Browns 10, Falcons 7

Third Quarter

ATL (5:19) – Feely 42 yard field goal
Falcons 10, Browns 10
ATL (9:43) – Feely 49 yard field goal
Falcons 13, Browns 10
ATL (13:32) – Feely 30 yard field goal
Falcons 16, Browns 10

Fourth Quarter

CLE (8:02) – Johnson 15 yard pass from Holcomb (Dawson kick)
Browns 17, Falcons 16
CLE (11:07) – Green 64 yard rush (Dawson kick)
Browns 24, Falcons 16

Top passers

ATL – Michael Vick 17/40, 240 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
CLE – Kelly Holcomb 7/14, 86 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

ATL – Warrick Dunn 20 carr, 67 yds
CLE – William Green 27 carr, 178 yds, 2 TD

Top receivers

ATL – Brian Finneran 3 rec, 77 yds, 1 TD
CLE – Kevin Johnson 3 rec, 32 yds, 1 TD

Turnovers

ATL – 3
CLE – 4

Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium	Record	Attendance
AFC Wild Card	January 5	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 36–33	Heinz Field	9–8	62,595

Game Summary

AFC Wild Card: Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	10	7	9	33
Steelers	0	7	7	22	36

at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh

Date: January 5, 2003
Game time: 1:01 p.m. PDT
Game weather: 27°F, relative humidity 90°F, round (wind) 5 MPH
TV: CBS
Boxscore

Game information

First Quarter

CLE – William Green 1 yard rush (Phil Dawson kick) 13:44. Browns 7-0

Second Quarter

CLE – Dennis Northcutt 32 yard pass from Kelly Holcomb (Phil Dawson kick) 14:28. Browns 14-0
PIT – Antwaan Randle El 66 yard punt return (Jeff Reed kick) 9:35. Browns 14-7
CLE – Phil Dawson 31 yard field goal. 0:49. Browns 17-7

Third Quarter

CLE – Dennis Northcutt 15 yard pass from Kelly Holcomb (Phil Dawson kick) 12:11. Browns 24-7
PIT – Plaxico Burress 6 yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) 3:50. Browns 24-14

Fourth Quarter

CLE – Phil Dawson 24 yard field goal. 14:52. Browns 27-14
PIT – Jerame Tuman 3 yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) 12:28. Browns 27-21
CLE – Andre' Davis 22 yard pass from Kelly Holcomb (pass failed) 10:17. Browns 33-21
PIT – Hines Ward 5 yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Jeff Reed kick) 3:06. Browns 33-28
PIT – Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala 3 yard rush (Jerame Tuman pass from Tommy Maddox). 0:54. Steelers 36-33

Browns

Kelly Holcomb. 26-43, 429 yards, 3 TD, 1 Int
Kevin Johnson. 4 rec, 140 yards

Steelers

Tommy Maddox. 30-48, 367 yards, 3 TD, 2 Int
Hines Ward. 11 rec, 104 yards, 1 TD

Turnovers

Browns 1
Steelers 3

Standings

AFC North
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽³⁾ Pittsburgh Steelers	10	5	1	.656	6–0	8–4	390	345	W3
⁽⁶⁾ 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

References

↑ As of the 2015 NFL season

Cleveland Browns

Founded in 1946 Based in Cleveland, Ohio Headquartered in Berea, Ohio

Franchise	History Players Head coaches Seasons Logos and uniforms First-round draft picks 1999 expansion draft

Stadiums	Cleveland Stadium FirstEnergy Stadium

Key personnel	Owners: Jimmy Haslam Dee Haslam President (de facto): Paul DePodesta General manager (de facto): Sashi Brown Head coach: Hue Jackson

Culture and lore	Art Modell Cleveland sports curse Dawg Pound Draft Day Hot Tub Time Machine Kardiac Kids Paul Brown Marty Ball Red Right 88 Relocation controversy "The Best Man" The Drive The Express The Fortune Cookie The Fumble

Rivalries	Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers

Playoff appearances (28)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1980 1982 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1994 2002

Division titles (12)	1946 1947 1948 1967 1968 1969 1971 1980 1985 1986 1987 1989

Conference titles (11)	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1957 1964 1965 1968 1969

League titles (8)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1954 1955 1964

Retired numbers	14 32 45 46 76

Hall of Fame inductees	Players: Brown DeLamielleure Ford Gatski Graham Groza Hickerson Kelly Lavelli McCormack Mitchell Motley Newsome Warfield Willis Coach: Brown

Media	Broadcasters Radio network Flagships: WKNR WKRK-FM WNCX Television: WEWS-TV

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1950–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Former league affiliation	League: All-America Football Conference (1946–1949)

Seasons (67)	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Cleveland Browns seasons

1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates AAFC championship (through 1949) or NFL championship

2002 NFL season

East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West
Buffalo	Baltimore	Houston	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta	Arizona
Miami	Cincinnati	Indianapolis	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Carolina	St. Louis
New England	Cleveland	Jacksonville	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans	San Francisco
NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	San Diego	Washington	Minnesota	Tampa Bay	Seattle

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