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2002 New Orleans Saints season

Head coach	Jim Haslett
Home field	Louisiana Superdome

Results
Record	9–7
Division Place	3rd NFC South
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
2001	2003

The 2002 New Orleans Saints season was the team's 36th as a member of the National Football League. They improved upon their previous season's performance of 7–9, winning nine games.^[1] Despite the winning season, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Contents

1 Personnel
- 1.1 Staff
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Schedule
- 2.2 Standings
3 References

Personnel

Staff

2002 New Orleans Saints staff

Front Office

Owner – Tom Benson
Executive Vice President/General Manager – Mickey Loomis
Senior Football Administrator – Russ Ball
Director of Player Personnel – Rick Mueller
College Scouting Coordinator – Rick Thompson

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Jim Haslett
Assistant Head Coach/Secondary – Mike Riley

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Mike McCarthy
Quarterbacks – Mike Sheppard
Running Backs – Dave Atkins
Wide Receivers – Hubbard Alexander
Assistant Wide Receivers – Jim Hostler
Tight Ends – Bob Palcic
Offensive Line – Jack Henry
Offensive Assistant/Quality Control – Danny Langsdorf

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Rick Venturi
Defensive Line – Sam Clancy
Linebackers – Winston Moss
Assistant Secondary – Joe Baker
Defensive Assistant/Quality Control – Greg Brown

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Al Everest

Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Rock Gullickson
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Evan Marcus

^[2]

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 2002	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 26-20	65,554
2	September 15, 2002	Green Bay Packers	W 35-20	67,958
3	September 22, 2002	at Chicago Bears	W 29-23	63,216
4	September 29, 2002	at Detroit Lions	L 26-21	60,023
5	October 6, 2002	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 32-29	67,734
6	October 13, 2002	at Washington Redskins	W 43-27	80,768
7	October 20, 2002	San Francisco 49ers	W 35-27	67,903
8	October 27, 2002	Atlanta Falcons	L 37-35	67,883
9	Bye
10	November 10, 2002	at Carolina Panthers	W 34-24	72,566
11	November 17, 2002	at Atlanta Falcons	L 24-17	70,382
12	November 24, 2002	Cleveland Browns	L 24-15	68,295
13	December 1, 2002	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 23-20	68,226
14	December 8, 2002	at Baltimore Ravens	W 37-25	69,334
15	December 15, 2002	Minnesota Vikings	L 32-31	67,851
16	December 22, 2002	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 20-13	43,544
17	December 29, 2002	Carolina Panthers	L 10-6	66,946

Standings

NFC South
view · talk · edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
z (2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	346	196	W1
y (6) Atlanta Falcons	9	6	1	.594	4–2	7–5	402	314	L1
New Orleans Saints	9	7	0	.563	3–3	7–5	432	388	L3
Carolina Panthers	7	9	0	.438	1–5	4–8	258	302	W2

References

^ 2002 New Orleans Saints
^ 2009 New Orleans Saints Media Guide. p. 429. http://www.neworleanssaints.com/Team/2009%20Saints%20Media%20Guide.aspx. Retrieved 2010-03-26.

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Founded in 1967 • Based in New Orleans, Louisiana

The Franchise	Franchise • Seasons • History • Players • Coaches • Expansion draft • First-round draft picks • Starting Quarterbacks

Stadiums	Tulane Stadium • Mercedes-Benz Superdome Temporary home venues due to Hurricane Katrina: Alamodome • Giants Stadium • Tiger Stadium

Culture	Gumbo • Sir Saint • Who Dat? • Archie Manning • Hurricane Katrina • Buddy D • "When the Saints Go Marching In"

Lore	63-yard Field Goal • Dome Patrol • River City Relay

Owners	Tom Benson • Rita Benson LeBlanc • Thomas Sperry

Head Coaches	Fears • Roberts • North • Hefferle • Stram • D. Nolan • Stanfel • B. Phillips • W. Phillips • J.E. Mora • Venturi • Ditka • Haslett • Payton

Division Championships (4)	1991 • 2000 • 2006 • 2009

Super Bowl Appearances (1)	XLIV

League Championships (1)	2009

Seasons	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

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: South Division

Rivalries	Atlanta Falcons

New Orleans Saints seasons

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2002 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	North	South	West	East	North	South	West	NFC
	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
2002 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXXVII

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