2002 Northeastern Huskies football team

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2002 Northeastern Huskies football
A-10 co-champion
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 11
Record10–3 (7–2 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kevin Morris (3rd season)
Captains
  • Kurt Abrams
  • Steve Anzalone
  • John McDonald
  • Art Smith
Home stadium Parsons Field
Seasons
 2001
2003 
2002 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Maine $^  7 2   11 3  
No. 11 Northeastern $^  7 2   10 3  
No. 4 Villanova ^  6 3   11 4  
UMass  6 3   8 4  
William & Mary  5 4   6 5  
Richmond  4 5   4 7  
Delaware  4 5   6 6  
Hofstra  4 5   6 6  
James Madison  4 6   5 7  
New Hampshire  2 7   3 8  
Rhode Island  1 8   3 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2002 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 67th season and they finished as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with Maine. [1] [2] Picked to finish 10th in the conference preseason poll, the Huskies went on to set school records for single season overall wins (10) and conference wins (7). [2] They also upset favored Division I-A opponent Ohio 31–0, a marquee win in Northeastern's football program's history. [2] The Huskies were seeded fourth in the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs bracket but lost to Fordham, 24–29, in the first round. [3] Ten players earned spots on the All-Atlantic 10 team. [2] [4] The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Don Brown. [3]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31 Lock Haven *W 48–0
September 77:00 p.m.at Ohio *No. 22W 31–021,002
September 2112:30 p.m. UMass No. 18
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 42–176,651
September 28No. 24 Hofstra No. 14
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 28–17
October 51:00 p.m.at Delaware No. 11L 10–2721,043
October 12 Rhode Island No. 20
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 38–13
October 19at Harvard *No. 15W 17–14
October 261:00 p.m.at No. 14 William & Mary No. 15L 13–308,741
November 21:00 p.m.at Richmond No. 20W 24–215,106
November 9No. 11 Villanova Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 18
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 38–136,463
November 16at New Hampshire No. 12W 49–17
November 23 James Madison No. 10
  • Parsons Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 41–104,825 [5]
November 30No. 21 Fordham *No. 8
L 24–29

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Annual Results: 2002". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Northeastern University Football History". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "2002 Northeastern Huskies football results". College Football Data Warehouse . William Goodyear. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  4. "Awards and Honors (Football)". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  5. "Huskies do their share with win". The Boston Globe. November 24, 2002. Retrieved October 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.