2002 UMass Minutemen football team

The 2002 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2002 season saw UMass return to the top half of the conference, as they finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall and 6–3 in conference play.

2002 UMass Minutemen football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
2002 record8–4 (6–3 A-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (17,000)
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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 71:00 p.m.Central Connecticut State*
W 52–38,103
September 141:00 p.m.American International*
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 42–137,064
September 2112:30 p.m.at No. 18 Northeastern
L 17–426,651
September 281:00 p.m.at No. 17 (AP) North Carolina State*
L 24–5651,221
October 53:00 p.m.at Richmond
W 34–136,927
October 121:00 p.m.No. 2 Maine
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 20-105,183
October 191:00 p.m.No. 4 VillanovaNo. 20
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 17-1611,208
October 253:30 p.m.at James Madison
W 14–711,567
November 212:00 p.m.DelawareNo. 13
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
W 17–711,553
November 912:00 p.m.at New HampshireNo. 12
L 14–313,686
November 1612:00 p.m.HofstraNo. 19
  • McGuirk Stadium
  • Hadley, MA
A10 TVL 28–315,090
November 2312:00 p.m.at Rhode Island
W 48–212,501
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings#the FCS Sports Network Poll,[1] unless otherwise noted Poll|the FCS Sports Network Poll,[2] unless otherwise noted Poll]] released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

References
  1. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite
  2. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/tsn-div-1aa-poll.htm Archived 2012-02-17 at WebCite


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