This article is about the American football season in the United States. For the Gaelic football season in Ireland, see 2002 National Football League (Ireland).
2002 National Football League season
2002 NFL season
Regular season
Duration
September 5 – December 30, 2002
Playoffs
Start date
January 4, 2003
AFC Champions
Oakland Raiders
NFC Champions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Super Bowl XXXVII
Date
January 26, 2003
Site
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Champions
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pro Bowl
Date
February 2, 2003
Site
Aloha Stadium
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The 2002 NFL season was the 83rd regular season of the National Football League (NFL).
The league went back to an even number of teams with the addition of the Houston Texans; the league has remained static with 32 teams since. The clubs were realigned into eight divisions, four teams in each. Also, the Chicago Bears played their home games in 2002 in Champaign, Illinois, at Memorial Stadium because of the reconstruction of Soldier Field.
The NFL title was won by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they defeated the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, on January 26, 2003. It is the last Super Bowl held in January and the last to be hosted in San Diego.
This was the first season to feature the "Equipment NFL" logo on the Yoke of the jerseys.
On November 10, during Week 10, a game between the Atlanta Falcons and Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field ended in a 34-34 tie, the first NFL tie game since November 23, 1997, when the New York Giants and Washington Redskins ended in a 7-7 draw. No more games would end in a tie until 2008.
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