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Record: 10-5-1, Finished 1st in AFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 390 points (24.4/g), 8th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 345 points (21.6/g), 16th.
Differential of 45 points (2.8/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.
Coached by Bill Cowher (10-5-1)
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2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 9 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 14 | 30 | 20 | 283 | 209 | 74 | 5 | 20 | 343 | 280 | 63 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 0-2 | Oakland Raiders | 17 | 30 | 14 | 273 | 201 | 72 | 5 | 27 | 464 | 369 | 95 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 1-2 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 13 | 21 | 358 | 265 | 93 | 2 | 13 | 245 | 122 | 123 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 29 | 32 | 23 | 364 | 244 | 120 | 2 | 17 | 315 | 194 | 121 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 2-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 34 | 7 | 21 | 408 | 197 | 211 | 2 | 18 | 268 | 190 | 78 | 4 |
| 7 | Mon | October 21 | box | W | 3-3 | Indianapolis Colts | 28 | 10 | 22 | 364 | 182 | 182 | 1 | 23 | 367 | 295 | 72 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Baltimore Ravens | 31 | 18 | 16 | 283 | 179 | 104 | 1 | 26 | 360 | 293 | 67 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 23 | 20 | 25 | 391 | 255 | 136 | 1 | 9 | 193 | 157 | 36 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | box | T | 5-3-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 34 | 34 | 30 | 645 | 463 | 182 | 3 | 21 | 447 | 279 | 168 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 5-4-1 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 23 | 31 | 20 | 357 | 312 | 45 | 3 | 22 | 378 | 257 | 121 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 6-4-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 29 | 21 | 21 | 391 | 235 | 156 | 17 | 352 | 298 | 54 | 1 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 7-4-1 | @ | Jacksonville Jaguars | 25 | 23 | 23 | 403 | 184 | 219 | 1 | 13 | 226 | 124 | 102 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 7-5-1 | Houston Texans | 6 | 24 | 24 | 422 | 294 | 128 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 37 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 8-5-1 | Carolina Panthers | 30 | 14 | 19 | 332 | 203 | 129 | 2 | 11 | 131 | 81 | 50 | 4 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 23 | box | W | 9-5-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 7 | 19 | 327 | 233 | 94 | 1 | 18 | 277 | 203 | 74 | 3 |
| 17 | Sun | December 29 | box | W | 10-5-1 | Baltimore Ravens | 34 | 31 | 25 | 351 | 176 | 175 | 2 | 21 | 422 | 308 | 114 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | January 5 | box | W | 11-5-1 | Cleveland Browns | 36 | 33 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 11 | box | L | 11-6-1 | @ | Tennessee Titans | 31 | 34 | ||||||||||