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2002

January 31, 2002

NFL announces that the Barcelona Dragons will change their name to the F.C. Barcelona Dragons as part of a historic partnership with one of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe. The Dragons will play at F.C. Barcelona's Mini Estadi.

February 3, 2002

Ex-Amsterdam kicker Adam Vinatieri lands a 48-yard field goal as time expires to give the New England Patriots a 20-17 victory against the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI. It caps an NFL season that has seen 217 former NFLEL players on NFL rosters, including 10 quarterbacks who started games during the NFL season. Former Admirals quarterback Kurt Warner won his second MVP award and was one of four NFLEL veterans selected for the Pro Bowl.

February 12, 2002

NFLEL announces that NFL teams are allocating a record 257 players for the 2002 season.

April 13, 2002

NFLEL kicks off its tenth season.

June 8, 2002

NFLEL record crowd of 58,527 sees the Frankfurt Galaxy play host to Rhein Fire in the Waldstadion.

June 22, 2002

Berlin Thunder becomes first NFLEL team to win back-to-back World Bowls, beating Rhein Fire 26-20 in the Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, the final event before the stadium is rebuilt.

October 15, 2002

Rhein Fire announces it will play home games in the 62,000-capacity ArenaAufschalke in Gelsenkirchen for at least two years.

November 27, 2002

Berlin Thunder announces that team will play home games in Olympic Stadium in 2003.

2002 Results & Standings

WEEK 1
Teams1st2nd3rd4thOTFinalAttendanceDay / DateTime / Local / TV
Berlin Thunder
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
3
7
7
7
14
0
0
10
0
3
24
27
25,639Saturday
April 13, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Rhein Fire
@ Amsterdam Admirals
0
3
3
17
0
7
7
0
 10
27
13,743Saturday
April 13, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
DirecTV
Barcelona Dragons
@ Scottish Claymores
0
7
7
3
3
14
7
21
 17
45
11,808Sunday
April 14, 2002
10:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 2
Scottish Claymores
@ Rhein Fire
3
0
0
3
0
0
7
10
 10
13
30,117Saturday
April 20, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
DirecTV
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Berlin Thunder
7
3
10
3
0
7
7
6
 24
19
10,699Saturday
April 20, 2002
12:00 PM EST
6:00 PM
DirecTV
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Barcelona Dragons
12
0
7
0
14
0
21
14
 54
14
11,722Saturday
April 20, 2002
at F.C. Barcelona Ministadion
10:00 AM EST
4:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
WEEK 3
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Barcelona Dragons
10
7
7
13
3
7
7
3
 27
30
8,200Saturday
April 27, 2002
11:30 AM EST
5:30 PM
DirecTV
Rhein Fire
@ Berlin Thunder
0
7
3
6
7
3
10
0
 20
16
9,327Saturday
April 27, 2002
12:00 PM EST
6:00 PM
DirecTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
0
6
7
0
6
3
3
 9
16
31,215Saturday
April 27, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
WEEK 4
Berlin Thunder
@ Amsterdam Admirals
7
0
0
0
14
7
7
2
 28
9
10,207Friday
May 3, 2002
2:00 PM EST
8:00 PM
DirecTV
Barcelona Dragons
@ Rhein Fire
0
7
0
14
0
3
3
7
 3
31
26,711Saturday
May 4, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Scottish Claymores
0
0
7
3
0
7
7
0
 14
10
9,197Sunday
May 5, 2002
at Murrayfield
10:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 5
Scottish Claymores
@ Amsterdam Admirals
3
3
6
0
0
3
7
7
 16
13
9,243Saturday
May 11, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Rhein Fire
10
7
7
7
0
10
3
0
 20
24
41,109Saturday
May 11, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
DirecTV
Barcelona Dragons
@ Berlin Thunder
7
7
0
7
7
7
0
3
 14
24
8,449Sunday
May 12, 2002
9:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 6
Berlin Thunder
@ Barcelona Dragons
3
0
6
10
8
3
7
3
 24
16
7,729Saturday
May 18, 2002
11:30 AM EST
5:30 PM
FOX Sports Net
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
6
0
0
11
0
7
13
3
 19
21
27,456Sunday
May 19, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX
Rhein Fire
@ Scottish Claymores
0
0
7
14
0
3
0
0
 7
17
12,843Sunday
May 19, 2002
10:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 7
Barcelona Dragons
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
7
0
7
3
0
7
17
0
 31
10
26,639Saturday
May 25, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Berlin Thunder
@ Rhein Fire
7
7
0
0
7
14
0
3
 14
24
32,287Sunday
May 26, 2002
10:00 AM EST
4:00 PM
FOX
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Scottish Claymores
3
0
0
3
3
7
7
7
 13
17
10,373Sunday
May 26, 2002
10:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 8
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Amsterdam Admirals
0
0
13
10
0
0
7
3
 20
13
11,983Saturday
June 01, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Rhein Fire
@ Barcelona Dragons
0
0
14
0
7
14
3
7
 24
21
8,712Saturday
June 01, 2002
11:30 AM EST
5:30 PM
DirecTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Berlin Thunder
3
0
7
10
10
7
3
14
 23
31
8,696Sunday
June 02, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX
WEEK 9
Rhein Fire
@ Frankfurt Galaxy
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
 3
0
58,572Saturday
June 08, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
Barcelona Dragons
@ Amsterdam Admirals
0
14
10
7
14
7
7
17
 31
45
13,146Saturday
June 08, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
DirecTV
Berlin Thunder
@ Scottish Claymores
0
6
10
7
0
10
14
0
 24
23
11,722Sunday
June 09, 2002
10:00 AM EST
3:00 PM
DirecTV
WEEK 10
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Rhein Fire
7
0
14
10
7
0
0
0
 28
10
33,486Saturday
June 15, 2002
1:00 PM EST
7:00 PM
DirecTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Barcelona Dragons
7
7
14
7
0
3
6
7
 27
24
8,119Saturday
June 15, 2002
11:30 AM EST
5:30 PM
DirecTV
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Berlin Thunder
7
7
0
3
0
7
0
10
 7
27
12,397Saturday
June 15, 2002
12:00 PM EST
6:00 PM
FOX Sports Net
WORLD BOWL 2002 at Rheinstadion; Düsseldorf, Germany
Berlin Thunder
vs Rhein Fire
13
0
7
0
3
7
3
13
 26
20
53,109Saturday
June 22, 2002
12:00 PM EST
6:00 PM
FOX

 

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