2002 Boston College Eagles football team

2002 Boston College Eagles football
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 51–25 vs. Toledo
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	9–4 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Tom O'Brien (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dana Bible (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (4th season)
Captains	Vinny Ciurciu Antonio Garay Brian St. Pierre [1]
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium (capacity: 44,500)
Seasons ←  2001 2003  →

2002 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $		7	–	0					12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia		6	–	1					9	–	4
No. 19 Pittsburgh		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 18 Virginia Tech		3	–	4					10	–	4
Boston College		3	–	4					9	–	4
Temple		2	–	5					4	–	8
Syracuse		2	–	5					4	–	8
Rutgers		0	–	7					1	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 24–16	40,066
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Stanford *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	W 34–27	41,065
September 21	7:45 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 6–38	73,622
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 43–0	41,826
October 10	7:45 p.m.	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 23–28	42,826
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Navy *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 46-21	41,322
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA		L 16–19 OT	45,060
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Notre Dame *	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 14–7	80,795
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 14–24	48,474
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 41–20	36,221
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 36–14	14,278
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 44–14	33,786
December 26	5:00 p.m.	vs. Toledo *	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	W 51–25	51,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

2002 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 2 Brian St. Pierre Sr WR 5 Grant Adams So QB 15 Quinton Porter Fr OT 72 Jeremy Trueblood Fr G 76 Chris Snee Jr C 77 Dan Koppen Sr TE 89 Sean Ryan Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Will Blackmon Fr S 24 Ralph Parent Sr LB 40 Vinny Ciurciu Sr LB 44 J. D. Schmidt Jr LB 45 Josh Ott Jr DE 85 Antonio Garay Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tom O'Brien Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-01

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Brian St. Pierre	Quarterback	5	163	Pittsburgh Steelers
Dan Koppen	Center	5	164	New England Patriots
Antonio Garay	Nose tackle	6	195	Cleveland Browns

References

1. 2009-10 Boston College Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine pg. 114
2. "2002 Archive". Boston College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.