After each regular season game during the 2002 Season, ALL news wire articles regarding the just-completed game will be posted here, instead of on the main page. Check here following the game to read all about each game during the 2002 Season!!

9/6/02 - Offense Opens With Decent Effort	9/6/02 - Receiver Owens Has An Up-And-Down Opener
9/6/02 - Sneaking Off With A Victory	9/6/02 - RT Gragg Shuts Down Familiar Foe
9/6/02 - 49ers Get Their Kicks	9/6/02 - Winborn Shows His Stuff
9/6/02 - Cortez Has Answer For 49ers	9/6/02 - Giants Fail To Capitalize On Opportunities
9/6/02 - Giants Pick On Webster, Rumph	9/6/02 - Cortez Missed The Uprights
9/6/02 - Cortez And Offense Come Alive When It Counts	9/6/02 - Cortez Hopes To Have More Highs Than Lows
9/6/02 - Owens OK Despite Lack Of Numbers	9/6/02 - Win Wipes Away Worries - For Now
9/6/02 - Kick Start	9/6/02 - Numbers Don't Tell The Whole Story

9/15/02 - Broncos Have Little Problem Handling 49ers	9/15/02 - Penalties Cost 49ers In Loss
9/16/02 - Conservative Play-Calls Don't Get It Done	9/16/02 - Deep Trouble For Sorry Offense
9/16/02 - Going Nowhere Fast	9/16/02 - Even Their Faithful Rushing From This Show
9/16/02 - Patience Hasn't Been A Virtue For The Offense	9/16/02 - Broncos Weigh In On Which Team Is Better
9/16/02 - When Called Upon, 49ers Are Not Responding	9/16/02 - Denver Shows No Sign Of Slowdown
9/16/02 - 49ers Find Several Problems Were Self-Inflicted	9/16/02 - 49ers Don't Click At Candlestick
9/16/02 - A Run-Down Feeling	9/16/02 - Griese Responds Loud And Clear
9/16/02 - Punchless 49ers Fall To 1-1	9/16/02 - Broncos Overcome An Early Mixup
9/16/02 - Denver's Defense Excels Against A Quality Offense	9/16/02 - Option Besides Owens Is Needed

9/23/02 - A Game Rife With Bathroom Stories	9/23/02 - Offense Must Still Find Way To Get Ball Downfield
9/23/02 - Deese Leads Campaign For The Run	9/23/02 - 49ers Survive Gut Check
9/23/02 - G Fiore Injures Knee, Might Be Lost For Season	9/23/02 - Fun 'N' Gun Leaves 'Skins In Foul Mood
9/23/02 - Rattay Steps Right Into Spotlight	9/23/02 - You've Got To Hand It To Owens, Or Even Pass It
9/23/02 - Knee Injury Could End Fiore's Season	9/23/02 - Garcia Asks Out, Leaving Doubt
9/23/02 - Flustered Spurrier Having Little Fun	9/23/02 - Flu Bug Strikes But Can't Floor 49ers
9/23/02 - Flustered Spurrier Having Little Fun	9/23/02 - Two Reviews Prove Helpful For 49ers
9/23/02 - Garcia's Departure Breaks Tradition	9/23/02 - Real Gut Check For Niners
9/23/02 - Conservative Approach Irks Owens	9/23/02 - Spurrier's First Season Quickly Turning Ugly
9/23/02 - Banged-Up 49ers Need A Week Off	9/23/02 - Give Game Balls To Medical Staff
9/23/02 - Winning Is Contagious	9/23/02 - Ailing 49ers Earn Redemption

10/6/02 - 49ers 37, Rams 13	10/6/02 - 49ers Offense Pounds Rams 37-13
10/6/02 - 49ers End Rams Streak	10/6/02 - 49ers Run To Win
10/7/02 - Power Brokers	10/7/02 - Reeling Rams 'Very Shocked' At Plight
10/7/02 - Garcia's Footwork Serves Him Well	10/7/02 - Satisfying Victory Also A Turning Point
10/7/02 - St. Louis' Nightmare Season Gets Worse	10/7/02 - Retooled Secondary Revels In Victory
10/7/02 - At Last, A Cure For St. Louis Blues	10/7/02 - Dancing In Pocket, Garcia Finds Rhythm
10/7/02 - Rams Ship Continues To Sink	10/7/02 - 49ers Should Retain Must-Win Attitude
10/7/02 - 49ers End Domination By Rams By Racing To One-Sided Victory	10/7/02 - Secondary Improvement Was Primary In Their Minds
10/7/02 - Rams Try To Make Sense Of Their Opening Blight	10/7/02 - Playing Aggressively Again, Garcia Thrives

10/15/02 - Win In Seattle Suggests 49ers Can Win Anywhere	10/15/02 - 49ers Snap Seahawks 28-21
10/15/02 - Bronson Suffers Broken Left Foot	10/15/02 - 49ers Look Playoff Ready In Hard-Fought Triumph
10/15/02 - Owens Puts His Mark On 49ers Win	10/15/02 - Owens Signs, Seals And Delivers Victory For 49ers
10/15/02 - 49ers Can Pass Better When They're Running	10/15/02 - Owens Signs, Seals And Delivers Victory

10/20/02 - Saints Rally To Beat 49ers 35-27	10/21/02 - S.F. Takes Tough Loss To Saints In Stride
10/21/02 - 49ers Run Out Of Room, Time In Big-Easy Role Reversal	10/21/02 - Turnovers, Defense Do 49ers In
10/21/02 - Barlow Feeling Low After 4th-Qtr Fumble	10/21/02 - S.F. Declines Penalty, Is Forced To Take Loss
10/21/02 - Third-Downs Meant Doom To This Defense	10/21/02 - Mariucci: Time Right To Allow TD
10/21/02 - Fan No Pen Pal For 49ers	10/21/02 - Undone In The Dome

10/27/02 - 49ers 38 - Cardinals 28	10/27/02 - 49ers Crunch Cardinals 38-28
10/27/02 - Garcia, Owens Put Together Big Games	10/28/02 - Garcia Tilts Scoreboard With 4 TD's
10/28/02 - Game Grades	10/28/02 - At First The Defense Teed Off; Now The Offense Has The Honors
10/28/02 - Call Is Heard Loud And Clear When Defense Asked To Step Up	10/28/02 - Different Routes To Showdown
10/28/02 - Not A Very Pleasant Victory	10/28/02 - Making Himself Heard
10/28/02 - Kick Returner Changes Momentum	10/28/02 - Cards' Rallies Hit A Few Snags
10/28/02 - Backups Shine; 49ers Alone In First Place	10/28/02 - Owens Proves Hard To Catch
10/28/02 - Owens Feasts On Improvised Plays	10/28/02 - One Thing Is Apparent: These Cards Don't Fold
10/28/02 - Defender Wants To Be Heard	10/28/02 - Brilliant Half Enough For 49ers To Feel Good

11/3/02 - 49ers 23, Oakland 20 (OT)	11/3/02 - 49ers Squeek By Raiders 23-20 In OT
11/3/02 - Rice Loses To Old Team In 1st Regular-Season Meeting	11/4/02 - Raiders At Loss For Answers
11/4/02 - Time Is On Their Side	11/4/02 - Rice Mostly Watching, Not Catching, In 2nd Half
11/4/02 - 49ers Win On Sidelines, Too	11/4/02 - Second Chance Saves Cortez
11/4/02 - Owens Cramps Woodson's Best Effort	11/4/02 - Garcia Proves Detractors Wrong
11/4/02 - 49ers Keep Raiders At Bay	11/4/02 - Garcia At His Best Against Raiders
11/4/02 - 49ers Are Making A Habit Of Closing Out Games In Style	11/4/02 - Beasley Comes Up Big In Short-Yardage Scenes
11/4/02 - Cortez Redeems Himself After Miss	11/4/02 - Win Doubles As 49ers Benchmark
11/4/02 - Owens Floors The Raiders	11/4/02 - Garcia Finally Looks Like He's Home
11/4/02 - Rivalry Lives Up To Hype	11/4/02 - Newberry's Father Hit With Bottle
11/4/02 - Chargers Playbook Is Helpful To 49ers	11/4/02 - Raiders Offense Missing
11/4/02 - Garcia Gets Rave Notice And Respect	11/4/02 - Raiders In Free-Fall Mode Now
11/4/02 - It's 49ers At The Finish	11/4/02 - 49ers Survive Black Hole
11/4/02 - Wilson Catches First Career TD	11/4/02 - Owens Shreds Defense For 2nd-Biggest Game Of Career

11/11/02 - Peterson Allows Gonzalez Little Room To Roam	11/11/02 - Kenninson's Day Nearly Perfect, But One Play Leaves Sour Taste
11/11/02 - Plenty Of Glory To Go Around On S.F. Defense	11/11/02 - Mistakes Don't Cost 49ers, This Time
11/11/02 - 49ers Solve Case Of The Elusive Holmes	11/11/02 - 49ers' Twist Ties Up Chiefs
11/11/02 - 49ers Again Win Possession Battle	11/11/02 - Fans' Boos Give Mariucci An Oddly Expected Sendoff
11/11/02 - Beauty In Winning Ugly	11/11/02 - Mariucci Takes Blame For Botched Drill
11/11/02 - Everything Goes Peterson's Way In Gonzalez Showdown	11/11/02 - Defense Takes Turn At Grabbing Glory
11/11/02 - 49ers' Defense, K.C. Miscues Stop Holmes	11/11/02 - Tony Award Goes To Peterson
11/11/02 - Mariucci Takes Heat For First-Half Blunder

11/17/02 - Chargers 20-49ers 17	11/18/02 - Niners Can't Close Deal vs. Chargers
11/18/02 - Chargers OT Win Is No Kick For 49ers	11/18/02 - Front Office Sees Win Booted Away
11/18/02 - Foot Fault Ends 49ers' Last Shot	11/18/02 - Garcia Not Thrilled By His Gaudy Numbers
11/18/02 - 'Terrible Loss' Might Have Repercussions In January	11/18/02 - Cortez Braves A Tough Situation
11/18/02 - 49ers Let One Sail Away In San Diego	11/18/02 - Garcia Bemoans Misplays Before Missed FG

11/25/02 - Eagles 38, 49ers 17	11/26/02 - Thrown Back For A Loss
11/26/02 - Turkey Was Served At Candlestick	11/26/02 - Philly Exposes Flaws
11/26/02 - Eagles Put Hurt On 49ers Against Eagles	11/26/02 - Detmer Sets Tone For Eagles
11/26/02 - Monday Stumble May Hurt 49ers	11/26/02 - 49ers A Flop In Prime Time
11/26/02 - Detmer Hurts 49ers, Then Is Hurt Himself	11/26/02 - 49ers' Woes Exposed At Secondary
11/26/02 - Throwback Uniforms Do Little Good	11/26/02 - Niners: Complete Collapse

12/1/02 - Hearst Scores 3 TD's In 49ers Win	12/2/02 - Escape Route
12/1/02 - Hearst Keeps Feet Moving (Away From Mouth)	12/2/02 - Jimmy Williams Emotional About Scoring On Punt Return
12/1/02 - Seattle Defense Struggles	12/2/02 - Sputtering Offense Gives 49ers No Satisfaction In Victory
12/1/02 - Rumph Gets 'Confidence Boost' From His Play	12/2/02 - This Time, Hearst Does His Talking With His Play
12/1/02 - 49ers Survive Follies	12/2/02 - Bedraggled Secondary Makes Big Play
12/1/02 - The Bare Necessities	12/2/02 - Hearst Responds To His Big Workload
12/1/02 - Williams' Punt Return Redeems Special Teams	12/2/02 - Punt Returner Struts His Stuff
12/1/02 - Williams' Punt Return Redeems Special Teams

12/8/02 - 49ers Grab Last Minute Victory	12/9/02 - Photo Finish
12/9/02 - One Man, Four Jobs	12/9/02 - After Slow Start, 49ers Get Revved Up
12/9/02 - Owens Gives Cowboys The Blues	12/9/02 - Peterson Placed In Good Position
12/9/02 - 49ers, Owens Go Fourth, Get Last Laugh On 'Boys	12/9/02 - Peterson Placed In Good Position
12/9/02 - Garcia Back To His Basics	12/9/02 - It's 49ers' Time Again
12/9/02 - Injuries Piling Up	12/9/02 - Peterson Positions Himself On Defense

12/15/02 - Garcia, Team Come Up Empty On Final Drive	12/16/02 - Raiders, 49ers Fall To Fellow Division Leaders
12/16/02 - Bye-Bye To Bye: Loss Hurts Seed	12/16/02 - Owens, Garcia Might Rest For Playoffs
12/16/02 - Stop, Relax: 49ers Are Still In Same Boat	12/16/02 - Blustery Conditions Are Favorable For Tight Ends
12/16/02 - 49ers Don't Give Themselves A Chance To Win	12/16/02 - 49ers Unfazed By Loss To Favre, Packers
12/16/02 - Favre Wreaks Havoc In Worst Weather	12/16/02 - Next Game, Owens May Just Cheer
12/16/02 - Favre Creates A Subtle Difference	12/16/02 - A Positive Spin
12/16/02 - Mooch Can't Find Words For This Loss	12/16/02 - Better Game Plan, Healthy Player Ought To Be Focus In PO
12/16/02 - Deficiencies Are Sure To Be On Display In Playoffs	12/16/02 - Weather-Beaten SF, Garcia Unable To Produce Another Last-Minute Comeback
12/16/02 - The Elements Are Favre's Elements

12/21/02 - 49ers 17, Cardinals 14	12/22/02 - Defense Saves The Day Against Arizona
12/22/02 - Safe, Not Sound	12/22/02 - Call To Beasley Works This Time
12/22/02 - In His Possible Home Finale, Plummer Was Being Himself	12/22/02 - Chandler Misfires On Two Kicks
12/22/02 - Garcia Is The QB Plummer Might Have Been	12/22/02 - Defense Doesn't Rest
12/22/02 - A 49er Kicker Under Fire Again After 2-Of-3 Kicks Fail	12/22/02 - Mariucci's Hints Become Reality As Owens Sits
12/22/02 - Playing It Safe Is Risky For Garcia	12/22/02 - 49ers Gather Some Playoff Momentum

12/30/02 - Will Collapse vs. Rams Cost Niners Momentum?	12/31/02 - A Game That Even A Scout Could Hate
12/31/02 - 49ers Looking Ahead	12/31/02 - 49ers Fumble Away Chances In Finale
12/31/02 - Time For Mariucci To Make The Calls	12/31/02 - Playoff Tuneup Hits Snag
12/31/02 - Alarming Number Of Late Collapses	12/31/02 - Troubling Tuneup?

1/5/03 - 49ers 39, Giants 38	1/6/03 - Mariucci Cuts 49ers' Offense Loose - Finally
1/6/03 - Watching Jeff, You Also Saw Joe, Steve	1/6/03 - A Rally To Remember
1/6/03 - Unbelievable	1/6/03 - Plummer Happy To See Long Come To An End
1/6/03 - Toomer's Big Day Doesn't Make Up For Defeat	1/6/03 - Vindication For Fans Who Stay
1/6/03 - 49ers Inspiration Born Of Desparation	1/6/03 - A Wild Comeback
1/6/03 - Unbelievable!	1/6/03 - Brawl Was Personal For Safety Williams
1/6/03 - All The Way Back	1/6/03 - Adjustments, Emotions Turned Tide
1/6/03 - Plummer Ok After Getting Into A Zone	1/6/03 - Toomer's TD's Ring Hollow
1/6/03 - Garcia, Owens Carve Their Niche	1/6/03 - Offensive Linemen Prove They Are Tough As Leather
1/6/03 - Garcia, Owens Carve Their Niche

1/12/03 - Bucs 31, 49ers 6	1/12/03 - Bucs Steamroll 49ers 31-6
1/12/03 - Bucs D Takes Everything From Owens	1/13/03 - Defense Leaky Without Plummer
1/13/03 - Half-Ending Strategy Meets With Dissent	1/13/03 - From Big Comeback To Big Comedown
1/13/03 - Bucs Dominate, Mariucci's Fate Unclear	1/13/03 - Mooch's Future Even Murkier After Horrid Loss
1/13/03 - Carefully Constructed D Proves To Be House Of Cards	1/13/03 - Garcia Frustrated By Worst Outing Of Season
1/13/03 - Injuries Take Tremendous Toll On Secondary	1/13/03 - Predictable End For A Team That's Not Complete
1/13/03 - The End Was Clear Before First Half's Suprise Close	1/13/03 - Big Pain, Big Gain