Official NFL 2002 Record & Fact Book [Paperback]

National Football League (Author)

Book Description

Series: NFL Record & Fact Book | Publication Date: August 12, 2002

The bible for serious football fans, the essential guide for sports reporters and commentators, and the only record book authorized by the NFL and distributed to media around the world. And now, with a new 6"x9" almanac-style trim size, The Official NFL 2002 Record & Fact Book is ready to go anywhere, so devotees can always have the stats at their fingertips.

>There's no resource more comprehensive or more indispensable. It contains: all-time NFL individual and team records; 2001 team and individual statistics; a 2002 NFL draft summary; game-by-game summaries of the 2001 season and official records for postseason, Super Bowl, and Pro Bowl games; top 2001 individual receiving, passing, rushing, and quarterback sack performances; active and career coaching records; active statistical leaders going into the 2002 season; a listing of outstanding individual performances; all-time team-versus-team results; a digest of NFL rules; a special Inside the Numbers statistical highlights section, and more. The Official NFL 2002 Record & Fact Book is the only reference with all the information for the game today.

Product Details

• Paperback: 720 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 2002 edition (August 12, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761126430
• ISBN-13: 978-0761126430
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,280,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Resource for NFL Fans, September 2, 2002

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C. Baker "cbaker" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Official NFL 2002 Record & Fact Book (Paperback)

This is a book that avid fans of professional football should purchase every three or four years or so. It is an awesome resource for statistics and facts of professional football. There is so much information here it is hard to list it all but here some highlights.

First, it is a compendium of every NFL record you care to imagine. And, has details of each Super Bowl and every Super Bowl record one could ever conceive of. And playoff records too.

It has a complete breakdown of EVERY game from the previous year.

There is a complete mini-history of every NFL team plus, most interesting and nostalgic, the career, single season, and single game records in many categories fans will be interested in (rushing, passing, receiving, and a few others).

There is additional information such as scheduling formulas, a break down of the rules, an explanation of the passer rating system, and this year's schedule.

There's more too....

And it is well organized and easy to find what you need. You want to resolve a dispute with some friend about some NFL historical fact or record? It'll be easy with this volume.

I spent hours with this book this week getting ready to enjoy the season.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Same content, different package., August 15, 2002

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"elftyrrell" (Avon, CT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official NFL 2002 Record & Fact Book (Paperback)

This book continues on the excellent yearly series with all of the same information, obviously updated for the 2002 season, of past editions.

However the book is no longer the 8.5 by 11 inch book that it was. I did not check the 'specifications' for the book and was surprised when it arrived to see that it has shrunk to 6 by 9 inches. It is now about 200 pages longer to accommodate the slightly increased amount of information compared to previous versions.

Unfortunately I think the change to a smaller size has hurt the book. One advantage is in portability. Unfortunately that seems to be the only advantage. The helmet pictures in the covers of are tiny. There is now obviously less content per page making it less satisfying to peruse and more difficult to find information. Team summaries have to be spread out over 6 smaller pages for instance. The nice rhythm of the old editions is missing.

There is no better source for statistics though. As usual it has a summary of every game played in 2001. The all time team vs. team results section continues to be great. I just hope they go back to the full size book for next year.