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2002 AF2 season

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{{Infobox sports season

| logo =

| title = 2002 AF2 season

| league = AF2

| sport = Arena football

| duration =

| season = Regular season

| season_champs = Tulsa Talons

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| playoffs = Playoffs

| playoffs_link =

| conf1 = American

| conf1_link =

| conf1_champ = Florida Firecats

| conf1_runner-up = Cape Fear Wildcats

| conf2 = National

| conf2_link =

| conf2_champ = Peoria Pirates

| conf2_runner-up = Birmingham Steeldogs

| finals = ArenaCup III

| finals_champ = Peoria Pirates

| finals_runner-up = Florida Firecats

| finals_MVP =

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslist = List of AF2 seasons

| seasonslistnames = AF2

| prevseason_link = 2001 AF2 season

| prevseason_year = 2001

| nextseason_link = 2003 AF2 season

| nextseason_year = 2003

}}

The 2002 AF2 season was the third season of the AF2. It was preceded by 2001 and succeeded by 2003. The league champions were the Peoria Pirates, who defeated the Florida Firecats in ArenaCup III. This is also the first time that both conferences have the same division name (in that case, the American Conference Southern Division and the National Conference Southern Division, respectively). It is also the only season where both conferences have four divisions each, a la the 2002–present era of the NFL.

League info

class="wikitable"
New teamsAlbany Conquest, Bakersfield Blitz, Cape Fear Wildcats, Fresno Frenzy, Hawaiian Islanders, Mobile Wizards, Mohegan Wolves, New Haven Ninjas, San Diego Riptide, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
Renamed / Relocated teamsNone
Defunct teamsBaton Rouge Blaze, Iowa Barnstormers, Lafayette Roughnecks, Lincoln Lightning
Total teams34

Standings

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2" align="center" | Team

! colspan="3" align="center" | Overall

! colspan="3" align="center" | Division

Wins

!Losses

!Percentage

!Wins

!Losses

!Percentage

colspan="7" align="center" | American Conference
colspan="7" align="center" | Atlantic Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Cape Fear Wildcats

|13

|3

|0.812

|6

|2

|0.750

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Richmond Speed

|12

|4

|0.750

|7

|1

|0.875

Norfolk Nighthawks

|8

|8

|0.500

|4

|4

|0.500

Roanoke Steam

|8

|8

|0.500

|3

|5

|0.375

Greensboro Prowlers

|3

|13

|0.187

|0

|8

|0.000

colspan="7" align="center" | Northeast Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Albany Conquest

|13

|3

|0.812

|11

|1

|0.917

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Rochester Brigade

|7

|9

|0.437

|6

|6

|0.500

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers

|6

|10

|0.375

|6

|6

|0.500

New Haven Ninjas

|6

|10

|0.375

|5

|7

|0.417

Mohegan Wolves

|3

|13

|0.187

|2

|10

|0.167

colspan="7" align="center" | Eastern Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Macon Knights

|13

|3

|0.812

|5

|1

|0.833

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Augusta Stallions

|13

|3

|0.812

|5

|1

|0.833

Carolina Rhinos

|5

|11

|0.312

|1

|5

|0.167

Columbus Wardogs

|4

|12

|0.250

|1

|5

|0.167

colspan="7" align="center" | Southern Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Tallahassee Thunder

|9

|7

|0.562

|7

|3

|0.700

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Florida Firecats

|9

|7

|0.562

|5

|6

|0.455

Jacksonville Tomcats

|8

|8

|0.500

|7

|3

|0.700

Charleston Swamp Foxes

|7

|9

|0.437

|2

|4

|0.333

colspan="7" align="center" | National Conference
colspan="7" align="center" | Southern Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Tennessee Valley Vipers

|13

|3

|0.812

|5

|1

|0.833

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Birmingham Steeldogs

|11

|5

|0.687

|5

|2

|0.714

Pensacola Barracudas

|8

|8

|0.500

|6

|6

|0.500

Mobile Wizards

|0

|16

|0.000

|0

|12

|0.000

colspan="7" align="center" | Central Division
bgcolor=#cccccc

| Tulsa Talons

|14

|2

|0.875

|4

|2

|0.667

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Arkansas Twisters

|11

|5

|0.687

|4

|2

|0.667

Bossier City Battle Wings

|9

|7

|0.562

|3

|3

|0.500

Memphis Xplorers

|5

|11

|0.312

|1

|5

|0.167

colspan="7" align="center" | Midwest Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Peoria Pirates

|11

|5

|0.687

|6

|0

|1.000

Quad City Steamwheelers*

|10

|6

|0.625

|3

|3

|0.500

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| Wichita Stealth

|6

|10

|0.375

|3

|3

|0.500

Louisville Fire

|2

|14

|0.125

|0

|6

|0.000

colspan="7" align="center" | Western Division
bgcolor=#ccccff

| Bakersfield Blitz

|9

|7

|0.562

|7

|2

|0.778

bgcolor=#ccffcc

| San Diego Riptide

|7

|9

|0.437

|5

|4

|0.556

Hawaiian Islanders

|5

|11

|0.312

|4

|5

|0.444

Fresno Frenzy

|4

|12

|0.250

|2

|7

|0.222

  • Green indicates clinched playoff berth
  • Purple indicates division champion
  • Grey indicates best regular season record

* The Steamwheelers were banned from the playoffs for rule violations.

Playoffs

{{16TeamBracket

| RD1 = Division Championships

| RD2 = Conference Semifinals

| RD3 = Conference Championships

| RD4 = ArenaCup III

| RD2-group1 =American Conference

| RD2-group2 =National Conference

| RD1-seed05 =2

| RD1-team05 =Rochester

| RD1-score05 =26

| RD1-seed06 =1

| RD1-team06 =Albany

| RD1-score06 =31

| RD1-seed07 =2

| RD1-team07 =Richmond

| RD1-score07 =48

| RD1-seed08 =1

| RD1-team08 =Cape Fear

| RD1-score08 =57

| RD1-seed01 =2

| RD1-team01 =Florida

| RD1-score01 =43

| RD1-seed02 =1

| RD1-team02 =Tallahassee

| RD1-score02 =31

| RD1-seed03 =2

| RD1-team03 =Augusta

| RD1-score03 =41

| RD1-seed04 =1

| RD1-team04 =Macon

| RD1-score04 =57

| RD1-seed11 =2

| RD1-team11 =Arkansas

| RD1-score11 =32

| RD1-seed12 =1

| RD1-team12 =Tulsa

| RD1-score12 =34

| RD1-seed09 =2

| RD1-team09 =Birmingham

| RD1-score09 =65

| RD1-seed10 =1

| RD1-team10 =Tennessee Valley

| RD1-score10 =51

| RD1-seed13 =2

| RD1-team13 =San Diego

| RD1-score13 =40

| RD1-seed14 =1

| RD1-team14 =Bakersfield

| RD1-score14 =27

| RD1-seed15 =2

| RD1-team15 =Wichita

| RD1-score15 =36

| RD1-seed16 =1

| RD1-team16 =Peoria

| RD1-score16 =37

| RD2-seed03 =ND1

| RD2-team03 =Albany

| RD2-score03 =30

| RD2-seed04 =AD1

| RD2-team04 =Cape Fear

| RD2-score04 =46

| RD2-seed01 =SD2

| RD2-team01 =Florida

| RD2-score01 =44

| RD2-seed02 =ED1

| RD2-team02 =Macon

| RD2-score02 =28

| RD2-seed06 =CD1

| RD2-team06 =Tulsa

| RD2-score06 =34

| RD2-seed05 =SD2

| RD2-team05 =Birmingham

| RD2-score05 =53

| RD2-seed07 =WD2

| RD2-team07 =San Diego

| RD2-score07 =12

| RD2-seed08 =MD1

| RD2-team08 =Peoria

| RD2-score08 =22

| RD3-seed02 =AD1

| RD3-team02 =Cape Fear

| RD3-score02 =23

| RD3-seed01 =SD2

| RD3-team01 =Florida

| RD3-score01 =43

| RD3-seed03 =SD2

| RD3-team03 =Birmingham

| RD3-score03 =33

| RD3-seed04 =MD1

| RD3-team04 =Peoria

| RD3-score04 =79

| RD4-seed01 =AC7

| RD4-team01 =Florida

| RD4-score01 =47

| RD4-seed02 =NC3

| RD4-team02 =Peoria

| RD4-score02 =65

}}

Awards and honors

=Regular season awards=

class="wikitable"
AwardWinnerPositionTeam
Offensive Player of the YearMitch AllnerQuarterbackTulsa Talons
Defensive Player of the YearKelly SnellDefensive SpecialistTennessee Valley Vipers
Ironman of the YearKevin HarveyWide receiver/Defensive backRichmond Speed
Lineman of the YearE. J. BurtLinemanCape Fear Wildcats
Built Ford Tough Man of the YearJeff CogellLinemanMohegan Wolves
Rookie of the YearLincoln DupreeDefensive Specialist / Kick ReturnerPeoria Pirates
Coach of the YearRon SeleskyHead CoachAlbany Conquest

ArenaCup III

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style="text-align: center;"

| colspan="2" style="background: #efefef; font-size: larger;" | III

style="text-align: center; background: #ffffff;"

| colspan="2" |

align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" |

{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;"

style="text-align: center;"

| Quarter

| style="width: 17%;" | 1

| style="width: 17%;" | 2

| style="width: 17%;" | 3

| style="width: 17%;" | 4

| style="width: 17%;" | Tot

style="text-align: center;"

| align="left" | Florida Firecats

| 7

| 6

| 12

| 22

| 47

style="text-align: center;"

| align="left" | Peoria Pirates

| 6

| 17

| 13

| 29

| 65

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Date || August 23, 2002

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Arena || Carver Arena

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| City || Peoria, Illinois

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Attendance || 7,552

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| MVP || Cornell Craig

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Offensive Player of the Game || Cornell Craig

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Defensive Player of the Game || Lincoln Dupree

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Ironman of the Game || Titcus Pettigrew

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Winning Coach || Bruce Cowdrey

|- style="vertical-align: middle;"

| Losing Coach || John Fourcade

|}

ArenaCup III was the 2002 edition of the AF2's championship game, in which the National Conference Champions Florida Firecats were defeated by the American Conference Champions Peoria Pirates in Peoria, Illinois by a score of 65 to 47.

=Scoring Summary=

{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafootball.com/af2/games/game_info.cfm?game_id=162242&action=box|title=ArenaCup III Boxscore|website=AF2|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021002091538/http://www.arenafootball.com/af2/games/game_info.cfm?game_id=162242&action=box |archive-date=2002-10-02 }}

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{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=10:34

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=2

| DriveLength=38

| DriveTime=1:45

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Anthony Dixon

| QB=Bryan Sparacino

| yards=28

| Kicker= Brandon Kornblue

| kickresult=Good

| Visitor=7

| Home=0

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=5:23

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=7

| DriveLength=31

| DriveTime=5:11

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Cornell Craig

| QB=Jerome Hurd

| yards=19

| Kicker=Kraig Baker

| kickresult=Failed

| Visitor=7

| Home=6

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=9:37

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=7

| DriveLength=39

| DriveTime=4:08

| Type=FG

| yards=28

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult=

| Visitor=7

| Home=9

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=6:17

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=45

| DriveTime=3:20

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Dedric Maffet

| yards=3

| Kicker= Brandon Kornblue

| kickresult=Failed

| Visitor=13

| Home=9

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=4:41

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=1

| DriveLength=55

| DriveTime=0

| Type=Other

| Other=Lincoln Dupree 55 yard Kickoff Return Touchdown, Kraig Baker PAT

| yards=

| Kicker=

| kickresult=

| Visitor=13

| Home=16

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=0:20

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=1

| DriveLength=26

| DriveTime=0:08

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver= Cornell Craig

| QB= Jerome Hurd

| yards=26

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult=Good

| Visitor=13

| Home=23

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=11:04

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=13

| DriveTime=3:56

| Type=FG

| yards=29

| Kicker= Brandon Kornblue

| kickresult=

| Visitor=16

| Home=23

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=9:29

| Team= Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=-

| DriveLength=-

| DriveTime=-

| Type=IntTD

| yards=12

| Def= Anthony Dixon

| Kicker= Brandon Kornblue

| kickresult=Good

| Visitor=23

| Home=23

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=8:51

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=

| DriveLength=

| DriveTime=

| Type=Other

| Other=Deryl Lynn Safety

| QB=

| yards=

| Kicker=

| kickresult=

| Visitor=25

| Home=23

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=6:59

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=2

| DriveLength=9

| DriveTime=1:04

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jason Short

| yards=3

| 2pt type=pass

| 2pt result=failed

| Visitor=25

| Home=29

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=1:44

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=3

| DriveLength=45

| DriveTime=1:42

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver= Brandon Campbell

| QB=Walter Church

| yards=22

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult=Good

| Visitor=25

| Home=36

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=14:54

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=

| DriveLength=

| DriveTime=

| Type=Other

| Other=Ken Bouie Safety

| QB=

| yards=

| Kicker=

| kickresult=

| Visitor=25

| Home=38

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=11:35

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=40

| DriveTime=3:19

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Cornell Craig

| QB=Walter Church

| yards=5

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult= Good

| Visitor=25

| Home=45

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=7:31

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=2

| DriveLength=10

| DriveTime=1:04

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jason Short

| yards=4

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult= Good

| Visitor=25

| Home=52

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=4:14

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=45

| DriveTime=3:17

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Magic Benton

| QB=Josh Rogers

| yards=39

| 2pt type=rush

| 2pt result=succeeds

| Visitor=33

| Home=52

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=3:38

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=

| DriveLength=

| DriveTime=

| Type=Other

| Other=Lincoln Dupree 10 yard kickoff return Touchdown, Kraig Baker PAT Blocked

| yards=

| Kicker=

| kickresult=

| Visitor=33

| Home=58

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=2:30

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=1

| DriveLength=31

| DriveTime=1:08

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Magic Benton

| QB=Josh Rogers

| yards=31

| 2pt type=Kevin Huntley pass from Josh Rogers

| 2pt result=succeeds

| Visitor=41

| Home=58

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=0:55

| Team=Peoria Pirates

| DrivePlays=3

| DriveLength=16

| DriveTime=1:35

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Walter Church

| QB=

| yards=12

| Kicker= Kraig Baker

| kickresult= Good

| Visitor=41

| Home=65

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=0:25

| Team=Florida Firecats

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=30

| DriveTime=0:30

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Kevin Huntley

| QB= Josh Rogers

| yards=11

| 2pt type=pass from Josh Rogers

| 2pt result=fails

| Visitor=47

| Home=65

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd |Visitor=Florida Firecats|Home=Peoria Pirates}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205171341/http://www.thestatguys.com/AF2/2002/CONFSTAT.HTM 2002 af2 season]
  • [http://www.thestatguys.com/HTML/AF22000.HTM Arena Cup III stats]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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