90th Grey Cup

The 90th Grey Cup was the 2002 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 24 at Commonwealth Stadium, in Edmonton, Alberta. The Alouettes defeated the Eskimos 25-16 in the first all-Canadian CFL championship game to feature the host team since 1983.

It was Don Matthews’ fifth Grey Cup title as a head coach, tying him with Lew Hayman, Frank Clair and Hugh Campbell for the all-time record.

This is the last Grey Cup game to be played on natural grass; by the time Edmonton hosted the next Grey Cup game, it had switched over to artificial turf.

Game summary

Montreal Alouettes (25) - TDs, Pat Woodcock, Jeremaine Copeland (2); FGs Terry Baker (1); cons., (3).

Edmonton Eskimos (16) - TDs, Ricky Walters, Ed Hervey; FGs, Sean Fleming (1); cons., Fleming (1).

First Quarter
MTL – Single Baker 68 yard punt went through the end zone 4:34 1 - 0 MTL
Second Quarter
MTL – TD Woodcock 99 pass from Calvillo (Baker convert) 1:58 8 - 0 MTL
MTL – FG Baker 42 13:45 11 - 0 MTL
Third Quarter
EDM – TD Walters 17 pass from Ray (Fleming convert) 2:58 11 - 7 MTL
EDM – FG Fleming 13 8:54 11 - 10 MTL
Fourth Quarter
MTL – TD Copeland 47 pass from Calvillo (Baker convert) 3:07 18 - 10 MTL
EDM – TD Hervey 17 pass from Ray (convert failed) 14:41 18 - 16 MTL
MTL – TD Copeland 47 kick-off return (Baker convert) 14:48 25 - 16 MTL