2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC West Division co-champion
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division West
2002 record 8–4 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach Joe Novak
Home stadium Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 31,000)
2002 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 24 Marshall x$  7 –1     11 –2  
UCF  6 –2     7 –5  
Miami  5 –3     7 –5  
Ohio  4 –4     4 –8  
Akron  3 –5     4 –8  
Kent State  1 –7     3 –9  
Buffalo  0 –8     1 –11  
West Division
Toledo xy  7 –1     9 –5  
Northern Illinois x  7 –1     8 –4  
Bowling Green  6 –2     9 –3  
Ball State  4 –4     6 –6  
Western Michigan  3 –5     4 –8  
Central Michigan  2 –6     4 –8  
Eastern Michigan  1 –7     3 –9  
Championship: Marshall 49, Toledo 45
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Northern Illinois competed as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They were coached by Joe Novak.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 6:30 PM Wake Forest* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois FSN W 42–41 OT  19,653
September 7 6:00 PM at South Florida* Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida L 6–37   23,559
September 14 11:00 AM at No. 22 Wisconsin* Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin ESPN+ L 21–24   77,460
September 21 6:30 PM Western Illinois* Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois L 26–29   23,598
September 28 1:00 PM Kent State Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 13–6   16,302
October 5 1:00 PM at Ball State Ball State Stadium • Muncie, Indiana W 41–29   14,499
October 12 1:00 PM at Miami (OH) Yager Stadium • Oxford, Ohio W 48–41   15,234
October 19 1:00 PM Central Michigan Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois W 49–0   20,186
October 26 12:00 PM at Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan W 24–20   15,049
November 9 1:30 PM No. 20 Bowling Green Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois FSN W 26–17   25,822
November 16 12:00 PM at Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Michigan W 49–21   5,567
November 23 11:00 AM Toledo Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, Illinois FSN L 30–33   20,154
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 89 Brad Cieslak Fr
WR 82 P. J. Fleck Sr
QB 6 Ryan Gilbert Jr
QB 10 Josh Haldi So
TB 28 Thomas Hammock Sr
RB 24 A. J. Harris Fr
WR 84 Sam Hurd Fr
WR Edgar Rodriquez  Fr
WR 83 Shatone Powers Fr
TB 8 Jeremy Pugh  Fr
WR 88 Turner Pugh Jr
TE 80 Pat Raleigh Fr
FB 34 Mike Scaramella Jr
G 64 Shaun Schroeder Jr
WR 5 Dan Sheldon So
G 69 Graham Sleight Jr
RB 32 Michael Turner Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 91 Leonard Cooksey Jr
DT 51 Eric Didesch Sr
FS Keafta Dokes Fr
SS 37 Justin Dole Sr
CB 18 Randee Drew Jr
LB 45 Nick Duffy Jr
CB 29 Deon Smith  Fr
SS 48 Ray Smith Fr
LB 40 Willie Smith So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-02

References

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