2002 SFA season

The 2002 SFA season was the fourth regular season of the Texas Sixman Football League.

2002 continued the tradition of expansion for the SFA adding 1 new team and bringing in a veteran team under a new banner after losing another.

Teams
The Seminoles and Wolf Pack both returned for their fourth seasons of the SFA. The Mean Machine, Red Raiders and Rhinos continued for their third seasons. The Bandits(previously Sharks), Bucs, Mad Dogs, Rage, Thunder and Wolverines are all in their second year of competition. The Longhorns of the 2000 season re-entered the league as the Outlawz for their second season and the Six-Pack joined for their rookie season.

The Northern Conference consisted of the Bandits, Bucs, Mean Machine, Outlawz, Six-Pack, Thunder and Wolf Pack. The Southern Conference consisted of the Mad Dogs, Rage, Red Raiders, Rhinos, Seminoles and Wolverines.

Regular season
The fourth year of the SFA lasted eleven weeks from January 27, 2002 to April 7, 2002.

Week 1
January 27, 2002

Bucs 36 - Rage 22

Six-Pack 38- Rhinos 37

Bandits 42 - Raiders 26

Seminoles 20 - Thunder 6

Wolf Pack 34 - Wolverines 24

Mean Machine 31 - Outlawz 19

Week 2
February 3, 2002

Bandits 27 - Rage 6

Rhinos 30 - Thunder 24

Wolverines 14 - Bucs 10

Mad Dogs 35 - Raiders 6

Wolf Pack 33 - Seminoles 19

Mean Machine 35 - Six-Pack 18

Week 3
February 10, 2002

Mad Dogs 24 - Rage 22

Bucs 46 - Seminoles 20

Wolf Pack 34 - Rhinos 13

Outlawz 21 - Six-Pack 14

Bandits 34 - Wolverines 20

Mean Machine 38 - Thunder 14

Week 4
February 17, 2002

Rhinos 51 - Raiders 6

Bucs 30 - Six-Pack 24

Bandits 18 - Outlawz 12

Wolf Pack 33 - Thunder 6

Rage 1(8) - Seminoles 0(32)

Mean Machine 34 - Mad Dogs 27

Week 5
February 24, 2002

Rhinos 28 - Bucs 18

Rage 20 - Raiders 15

Outlawz 40 - Thunder 33

Bandits 46 - Seminoles 0

Mad Dogs 40 - Wolverines 28

Mean Machine 18 - Wolf Pack 14

Week 6
March 3, 2002

Wolf Pack 13 - Rage 8

Bandits 33 - Rhinos 6

Mad Dogs 53 - Outlawz 47

Raiders 43 - Bucs 37 (4OT)

Seminoles 30 - Six-Pack 19

Wolverines 32 - Thunder 30

Week 7
March 10, 2002

Outlawz 31 - Rage 0

Mad Dogs 1 - Thunder 0

Seminoles 31 - Rhinos 25

Raiders 26 - Six-Pack 12

Bandits 21 - Wolf Pack 6

Mean Machine 32 - Wolverines 12

Week 8
March 17, 2002

Rhinos 8 - Rage 6

Thunder 40 - Bucs 0

Outlawz 41 - Mad Dogs 39

Bandits 31 - Six-Pack 20

Wolverines 30 - Seminoles 7

Mean Machine 33 - Raiders 27

Week 9
March 24, 2002

Outlawz 40 - Raiders 0

Wolf Pack 19 - Bucs 18

Bandits 38 - Thunder 22

Mean Machine 33 - Rage 8

Mad Dogs 51 - Six-Pack 6

Rhinos 37 - Wolverines 12

Week 10
March 31, 2002

Outlawz 54 - Bucs 6

Mad Dogs 31 - Rhinos 6

Wolverines 25 - Rage 14

Raiders 20 - Seminoles 7

Wolf Pack 19 - Six-Pack 6

Bandits 45 - Mean Machine 33

Week 11
April 7, 2002

Six-Pack 18 - Thunder 18

Outlawz 22 - Wolf Pack 12

Mad Dogs 32 - Seminoles 0

Mean Machine 44 - Bucs 25

Wolverines 25 - Raiders 14

Playoffs
The fourth year of playoffs for the SFA consisted of the top 4 from the Southern Conference making the playoffs again with the top 5 from the Northern Conference making it with the two bottom seeds playing each other in a "Wild-Card" round.

Wildcard Round
April 14, 2002

Bucs 26 - Wolf Pack 19

Conference Semi-Finals
April 21, 2002

Bandits 45 – Bucs 0

Outlawz 47 - Mean Machine 0

Wolverines 34 - Rhinos 26

Mad Dogs 33 - Raiders 8

Conference Championships
April 28, 2002

Bandits 24 – Outlawz 20

Mad Dogs 20 – Wolverines 13

Epler Cup IV
May 5, 2002

Bandits 34 - Mad Dogs 27