2002 Washington Redskins season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Washington Redskins 2002 7–9 3rd NFC East Steve Spurrier Vinny Cerrato Daniel Snyder FedExField Did not qualify T Chris SamuelsLB LaVar ArringtonCB Champ Bailey None Redskins seasons The 2002 season was the Washington Redskins' 71st season in the National Football League, and their 66th representing Washington, D.C. They failed to improve on their 8–8 record from 2001, finishing at 7–9. For cornerback Darrell Green, this was his 20th and final season with the team. In honor of the team's 70th anniversary, their home uniforms for the season were based on their 1969 home uniforms.Remembering Redskins' 70th Anniversary Season https://www.commanders.com/news/remembering-redskins-70th-anniversary-season-7334528 https://web.archive.org/web/20250322221455/https://www.commanders.com/news/remembering-redskins-70th-anniversary-season-7334528 March 22, 2025 2025-09-10 www.commanders.com en-US live Offseason NFL draft 2002 NFL draft 2002 Washington Redskins 1 32 Patrick Ramsey Quarterback Tulane from New England yes 2 56 Ladell Betts Running back Iowa from Baltimore yes 3 79 Rashad Bauman Cornerback Oregon from Cleveland via Jacksonville yes 3 87 Cliff Russell Wide receiver Utah from Baltimore yes 5 159 Andre Lott Strong safety Tennessee from Baltimore yes 5 160 Robert Royal Tight end LSU from N.Y. Jets yes 6 192 Reggie Coleman Offensive tackle Tennessee no 7 230 Jeff Grau Center UCLA no 7 234 Greg Scott Defensive end Hampton from N.Y. Jets via New England yes 7 257 Rock Cartwright Running back Kansas State yes no Undrafted free agents + 2002 undrafted free agents of note Player Position College Bernard Jackson Defensive end Tennessee Ricot Joseph Safety Central Florida Personnel Staff 2002 Washington Redskins staffFront office Owner – Daniel Snyder Vice president of football operations – Joe Mendes Vice president of football operations – Pepper Rodgers Assistant general manager – Bobby Mitchell Director of player personnel – Vinny Cerrato Head coaches Head coach – Steve Spurrier Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator – Marvin Lewis Offensive coaches Assistant offensive coordinator/offensive line – Kim Helton Assistant quarterbacks – Noah Brindise Running backs – Hue Jackson Wide receivers – Steve Spurrier Jr. Tight ends – Lawson Holland Assistant offensive line – John Hunt Offensive assistant/quality control – Paul Guenther Defensive coaches Assistant defensive coordinator/linebackers – George Edwards Defensive line – Ricky Hunley Assistant defensive line/quality control – DeChon Burns Defensive backs – George Catavolos Assistant defensive backs – Kirk Olivadotti Special teams coaches Special teams – Mike Stock Assistant special teams/assistant linebackers – Jim Collins Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Chip Morton Assistant strength and conditioning – John Hastings 2009 Washington Redskins Media Guide 323–324 http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/2008_Media_Guide_16723.jsp 2010-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20100319003401/http://www.redskins.com/gen/articles/2008_Media_Guide_16723.jsp 2010-03-19 dead Roster 2002 Washington Redskins 53 11 5  6 Shane Matthews 11 Patrick Ramsey y 17 Danny Wuerffel 46 Ladell Betts y 40 Rock Cartwright y 48 Stephen Davis American football 38 Robert Gillespie American football y 47 Bryan Johnson fullback FB 32 Kenny Watson American football 84 Chris Doering 83 Richmond Flowers wide receiver 87 Rod Gardner 85 Darnerien McCants 80 Justin Skaggs 88 Derrius Thompson 89 Zeron Flemister 86 Walter Rasby 49 Leonard Stephens 59 Wilbert Brown G 62 Pat Downey American football C 76 Jon Jansen T 77 Tre' Johnson G 64 David Loverne G 50 Larry Moore American football C 60 Chris Samuels T 75 Alex Sulfsted G/T 70 Kipp Vickers G 91 Delbert Cowsette DT 92 Daryl Gardener DT 73 Bernard Jackson American football, born 1980 DE y 72 Carl Powell DT 96 Greg Scott American football y DE 78 Bruce Smith defensive end DE 97 Renaldo Wynn DE 98 Jessie Armstead OLB 56 LaVar Arrington OLB 57 Orantes Grant MLB 52 Lemar Marshall OLB 53 Eddie Mason OLB 55 Kevin Mitchell linebacker MLB 58 Antonio Pierce OLB 24 Champ Bailey CB 25 Rashad Bauman y CB 29 Todd Franz SS 28 Darrell Green CB 35 Ricot Joseph y SS 34 Andre Lott y CB/S 26 Ifeanyi Ohalete SS 21 Fred Smoot CB 31 David Terrell safety FS 67 Ethan Albright LS  8 José Cortez K 10 Craig Jarrett P y  4 Bryan Barker P IR 23 Bruce Branch CB IR y 71 Santana Dotson DT IR 94 LaDairis Jackson DE IR y 61 Rod Jones offensive lineman T IR 45 Robert Royal y TE IR 82 Cliff Russell y WR IR 29 Sam Shade S IR 66 Brenden Stai T IR 54 Jeremiah Trotter LB IR 95 Dan Wilkinson DT IR 51 Shamar Finney y LB -- Stephen Gibson American football OL y 15 Chris Greisen QB -- DeAngelo Lloyd DE 79 Akil Smith G y Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 8, 2002 Arizona Cardinals W 31–23 1–0 FedExField 85,140 2 September 16, 2002 Philadelphia Eagles L 7–37 1–1 FedExField 84,982 3 September 22, 2002 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–20 1–2 3Com Park 67,541 4 Bye 5 October 6, 2002 at Tennessee Titans W 31–14 2–2 Adelphia Coliseum 68,804 6 October 13, 2002 New Orleans Saints L 27–43 2–3 FedExField 80,768 7 October 20, 2002 at Green Bay Packers L 9–30 2–4 Lambeau Field 63,363 8 October 27, 2002 Indianapolis Colts W 26–21 3–4 FedExField 80,169 9 November 3, 2002 at Seattle Seahawks W 14–3 4–4 Seahawks Stadium 64,325 10 November 10, 2002 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 7–26 4–5 Alltel Stadium 66,665 11 November 17, 2002 at New York Giants L 17–19 4–6 Giants Stadium 78,727 12 November 24, 2002 St. Louis Rams W 20–17 5–6 FedExField 79,823 13 November 28, 2002 at Dallas Cowboys L 20–27 5–7 Texas Stadium 63,606 14 December 8, 2002 New York Giants L 21–27 5–8 FedExField 78,635 15 December 15, 2002 at Philadelphia Eagles L 21–34 5–9 Veterans Stadium 65,615 16 December 22, 2002 Houston Texans W 26–10 6–9 FedExField 70,291 17 December 29, 2002 Dallas Cowboys W 20–14 7–9 FedExField 84,142 Game summaries Week 1 vs. Arizona Cardinals Washington Redskins 2002 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week 1: Arizona Cardinals at Washington Redskins – Game summary September 8 1:05 p.m. EST/11:05 a.m. MST Cardinals 10 3 3 7 Redskins 3 7 14 7 FedEx Field, Landover, Maryland 85,140 76 F C Tom White FOX Pat Summerall, Brian Baldinger, Dave Feldman Box Score First quarter WAS – Brett Conway 35-yard field goal, 8:41. Redskins 3–0. ARI – Bill Gramática 36-yard field goal, 2:59. Tied 3–3. ARI – Jake Plummer 7-yard run (Bill Gramática kick), 0:10. Cardinals 10–3. Second quarter WAS – Kevin Lockett 26-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Brett Conway kick), 10:10. Tied 10–10. ARI – Bill Gramática 20-yard field goal, 3:13. Cardinals 13–10. Third quarter WAS – Stephen Davis 3-yard run (Brett Conway kick), 9:51. Redskins 17–13. ARI – Bill Gramática 39-yard field goal, 8:14. Redskins 17–16. WAS – Rod Gardner 43-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Brett Conway kick), 6:28. Redskins 24–16. Fourth quarter WAS – Derrius Thompson 17-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Brett Conway kick), 12:08. Redskins 31–16. ARI – David Boston 29-yard pass from Jake Plummer (Bill Gramática kick), 10:39. Redskins 31–23. Top passers ARI – Jake Plummer – 14/36, 187 yards, TD, INT WAS – Shane Matthews – 28/40, 327 yards, 3 TD, INT Top rushers ARI – Thomas Jones – 17 rushes, 54 yards WAS – Stephen Davis – 26 rushes, 104 yards, TD Top receivers ARI – David Boston – 7 receptions, 138 yards, TD WAS – Rod Gardner – 7 receptions, 131 yards, TD Team – pass passing yards – rush rushing yards – total total yards – to turnovers ARI – 187 – 70 – 257 – 1 WAS – 327 – 122 – 442 – 1 The Redskins hosted their now-former division foe in the Cardinals’ first season in the revamped NFC West. In Steve Spurrier’s debut as Skins coach his “Fun & Gun” offense put up 442 yards in a 31–23 win. Shane Matthews erupted to three touchdowns while Jake Plummer of the Cardinals was held to just fourteen completions. Monday Night Football vs. Philadelphia Eagles Spurrier's “Fun & Gun” was hammered 37-7 as Matthews completed just ten passes and Danny Wuerffel was sacked four times. At one point the exasperated Spurrier was caught on ABC cameras flapping his gums, a scene replayed in slow motion. This game also featured a delay into the fourth quarter when Pepper Spray that was used to break up fighting in the stands spread out onto the Eagles sideline. Week 7: at Green Bay Packers Washington Redskins 2002 2; text-align:center autocollapse Week 7: Washington Redskins at Green Bay Packers October 20, 2002 4:15 p.m. Redskins 3 3 3 0 Packers 7 10 0 13 Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin 63,363 Partly cloudy, 44 F C Jeff Triplette (42) Fox Recap, Game Book First quarter WAS – James Tuthill 25-yard field goal, 8:50. Redskins 3–0. Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards, 6:10. GB – Ahman Green 24-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick), 4:21. Packers 7–3. Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 4:29. Second quarter WAS – James Tuthill 53-yard field goal, 7:57. Packers 7–6. Drive: 12 plays, 40 yards, 5:23. GB – Ahman Green 2-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick), 5:07. Packers 14–6. Drive: 5 plays, 73 yards, 2:50. GB – Ryan Longwell 36-yard field goal, 1:23. Packers 17–6. Drive: 5 plays, 37 yards, 2:03. Third quarter WAS – James Tuthill 31-yard field goal, 5:55. Packers 17–9. Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards, 4:28. Fourth quarter GB – Ryan Longwell 41-yard field goal, 9:21. Packers 20–9. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards, 3:31. GB – Ahman Green 8-yard run (Ryan Longwell kick), 7:48. Packers 27–9. Drive: 3 plays, 23 yards, 1:14. GB – Ryan Longwell 28-yard field goal, 0:22. Packers 30–9. Drive: 9 plays, 27 yards, 5:36. Top passers WAS – Patrick Ramsey – 10/24, 135 yards GB – Brett Favre – 11/14, 89 yards Top rushers WAS – Stephen Davis – 24 rushes, 91 yards GB – Ahman Green – 24 rushes, 88 yards, 3 TD Top receivers WAS – Derrius Thompson – 5 receptions, 89 yards GB – Donald Driver – 4 receptions, 44 yards Week 9: at Seattle Seahawks Washington Redskins 2002 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week 9: Washington Redskins (3–4) at Seattle Seahawks (2–5) – Game summary November 3 1:15pm local Redskins 7 7 0 0 Seahawks 0 3 0 0 Seahawks Stadium, Seattle 64,325 clear, 49 °F °C, 43% humidity, wind N 3 mph km/h Ed Hochuli Fox Sam Rosen, Bill Maas & Brian Webber Gamecenter, Gamebook First quarter WAS – Darnerien McCants 11-yard pass from Shane Matthews (James Tuthill kick), 7:34 (WAS 7–0) Second quarter SEA – Rian Lindell 23-yard field goal, 14:57 (WAS 7–3) WAS – Rod Gardner 19-yard pass from Shane Matthews (James Tuthill kick), 12:34 (WAS 14–3) Third quarter No scoring plays Fourth quarter No scoring plays Top passers WAS – Shane Matthews: 10/27, 114 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT SEA – Matt Hasselbeck: 28/44, 264 yds Top rushers WAS – Kenny Watson: 23 car, 110 yds SEA – Shaun Alexander: 19 car, 67 yds Top receivers WAS – Rod Gardner: 4 rec, 47 yds, 1 TD SEA – Koren Robinson: 8 rec, 100 yds Team – pass passing yards – rush rushing yards – total total yards – to turnovers WAS – 113 – 146 – 259 – 1 SEA – 240 – 84 – 324 – 2 Standings Division Conference References Washington Category:Washington Redskins seasons Red