With the sudden retirement of Terrell Davis in the preseason, Denver had to rely on rookie Clinton Portis, who provided an instant spark to the Broncos running game. Despite his contribution, however, the Broncos finished with a 9–7 record and narrowly missed the postseason.
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The 2002 season was the Denver Broncos 43rd in professional football and their 33rd in the National Football League 2002 Denver Broncos seasonOwnerPat BowlenPresidentPat BowlenGeneral managerTed Sundquist and Mike ShanahanHead coachMike ShanahanOffensive coordinatorGary KubiakDefensive coordinatorRay RhodesHome fieldInvesco Field at Mile HighResultsRecord9 7Division place2nd AFC WestPlayoff finishDid not qualifyPro BowlersDE Trevor PryceLB Al Wilson injured did not play AP All ProsNone 2001 Broncos seasons 2003 With the sudden retirement of Terrell Davis in the preseason Denver had to rely on rookie Clinton Portis who provided an instant spark to the Broncos running game Despite his contribution however the Broncos finished with a 9 7 record and narrowly missed the postseason Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NFL draft 1 2 Undrafted free agents 2 Staff 3 Roster 4 Regular season 4 1 Schedule 5 Standings 6 ReferencesOffseason EditAdditions SubtractionsT Blake Brockermeyer Bears S Eric Brown Texans DT Lional Dalton Ravens RB Tony Carter Packers S Izell Reese Cowboys QB Gus Frerotte Bengals T Ephraim Salaam Falcons LB Bill Romanowski Raiders FB Detron Smith Colts T Trey Teague Bills NFL draft Edit Main article 2002 NFL Draft 2002 Denver Broncos draftRound Pick Player Position College Notes1 19 Ashley Lelie Wide receiver Hawaii2 51 Clinton Portis Running back Miami3 96 Dorsett Davis Defensive tackle Mississippi State from New England viaWashington and Baltimore4 131 Sam Brandon Safety UNLV from New England5 144 Herb Haygood Wide receiver Michigan State from Jacksonville via New England6 191 Jeb Putzier Tight end Boise State7 228 Chris Young Safety Georgia Tech from Atlanta7 231 Monsanto Pope Defensive tackle Virginia Made roster Made at least one Pro Bowl during careerUndrafted free agents Edit 2002 Undrafted Free Agents of note Player Position CollegeCharlie Adams Wide receiver HofstraLenny Walls Cornerback Boston CollegeStaff Edit2002 Denver Broncos staff Front office President and chief executive officer Pat Bowlen General manager Ted Sundquist Director of football administration Neal Dahlen Director of pro personnel Rick Smith Director of college scouting Jim GoodmanHead coaches Executive vice president of football operations head coach Mike Shanahan Assistant head coach offensive line Alex Gibbs Assistant to head coach George DyerOffensive coaches Offensive coordinator quarterbacks Gary Kubiak Running backs Bobby Turner Wide receivers Karl Dorrell Tight ends Brian Pariani Offensive line Rick Dennison Offensive assistant Pat McPherson Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator Ray Rhodes Defensive line Jacob Burney Assistant defensive line pass rush specialist Keith Millard Linebackers Larry Coyer Secondary David Gibbs Nickel backs Ron Milus Defensive assistant Steve WatsonSpecial teams coaches Special teams Frank Bush Special teams assistant Anthony LynnStrength and conditioning Strength and conditioning Rich Tuten Assistant strength and conditioning Greg Saporta Assistant strength and conditioning Cedric SmithRoster Edit2002 Denver Broncos final roster Quarterbacks 11 Steve Beuerlein 14 Brian Griese 17 Jarious JacksonRunning backs 38 Mike Anderson 21 KaRon Coleman 34 Reuben Droughns KR 22 Olandis Gary 39 Kyle Johnson 26 Clinton PortisWide receivers 82 Herb Haygood 85 Ashley Lelie 87 Ed McCaffrey 83 Scottie Montgomery KR 80 Rod SmithTight ends 89 Dwayne Carswell 86 Patrick Hape 88 Jeb Putzier 84 Shannon Sharpe Offensive linemen 71 Blake Brockermeyer T 65 Cooper Carlisle T 64 Lennie Friedman G 50 Ben Hamilton C G 79 Steve Herndon G 78 Matt Lepsis T 62 Dan Neil G 74 Ephraim Salaam TDefensive linemen 92 Bertrand Berry DE 91 Lional Dalton DT 96 Dorsett Davis DE DT 91 Chester McGlockton DT 75 Monsanto Pope DT 95 Kavika Pittman DE 93 Trevor Pryce DE 99 Montae Reagor DT 97 Keith Washington DE Linebackers 55 Keith Burns MLB 52 Ian Gold OLB 51 John Mobley OLB 59 Donnie Spragan OLB 56 Al Wilson MLBDefensive backs 42 Sam Brandon FS SS 31 Kelly Herndon CB 28 Kenoy Kennedy SS 23 Willie Middlebrooks CB 24 Deltha O Neal CB PR 33 Jimmy Spencer CB 37 Tyrone Poole CB 43 Izell Reese FS 25 Denard Walker CB 35 Lenny Walls CBSpecial teams 1 Jason Elam K 4 Micah Knorr P 48 Mike Leach LS Reserve lists 81 Chris Cole WR IR 30 Terrell Davis RB IR 49 Matt Dominguez TE IR 98 Reggie Hayward DE IR Phil McGeoghan WR NF Inj 66 Tom Nalen C IR Practice squad 12 Charlie Adams WR 15 Frank Rice WR 57 Jashon Sykes LB 67 Chris Watton G 32 Chris Young SRookies in italics 53 active 6 inactive 5 practice squadRegular season EditSchedule Edit Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance1 September 8 St Louis Rams W 23 16 1 0 75 7102 September 15 at San Francisco 49ers W 24 14 2 0 67 6853 September 22 Buffalo Bills W 28 23 3 0 75 3594 September 30 at Baltimore Ravens L 23 34 3 1 69 5385 October 6 San Diego Chargers W 26 9 4 1 75 0656 October 13 Miami Dolphins L 22 24 4 2 75 9417 October 20 at Kansas City Chiefs W 37 34 OT 5 2 78 4468 October 27 at New England Patriots W 24 16 6 2 68 4369 Bye10 November 11 Oakland Raiders L 10 34 6 3 76 64311 November 17 at Seattle Seahawks W 31 9 7 3 65 49512 November 24 Indianapolis Colts L 20 23 OT 7 4 75 07513 December 1 at San Diego Chargers L 27 30 OT 7 5 66 35714 December 8 at New York Jets L 13 19 7 6 78 52115 December 15 Kansas City Chiefs W 31 24 8 6 75 94716 December 22 at Oakland Raiders L 16 28 8 7 62 59217 December 29 Arizona Cardinals W 37 7 9 7 75 164Standings EditAFC Westviewtalkedit W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK 1 Oakland Raiders 11 5 0 688 4 2 9 3 450 304 W2Denver Broncos 9 7 0 563 3 3 5 7 392 344 W1San Diego Chargers 8 8 0 500 3 3 6 6 333 367 L4Kansas City Chiefs 8 8 0 500 2 4 6 6 467 399 L1References EditBroncos on Pro Football Reference Broncos Schedule on jt sw com This article relating to an American football season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Denver Broncos season amp oldid 1129905572, 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