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Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints

Final · Kickoff

2002 Regular season · Week 2 · Louisiana Superdome

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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NONew Orleans Saints35Home
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Saints beat Packers 35–20 in 2002 Week 2

The New Orleans Saints beat the Green Bay Packers 35–20 at home at Louisiana Superdome in Week 2 of the 2002 regular season on September 15, 2002.

The result moved the Saints to 2–0 and dropped the Packers to 1–1. The Packers finished 2002 at 12–4 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Saints finished 2002 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs.

WHYNFL’s results archive begins with the 1999 season, and this was the franchises’ first meeting in it. When they met again, the Green Bay Packers won 52–3 on October 9, 2005.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Saints lead the series 1–0 after meeting No. 1 since 2002 Full series history

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