2002 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2002 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Record3–8 (2–7 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChip Kelly (4th season)
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
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 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fourth year under head coach Sean McDonnell, the team compiled a 3–8 record (2–7 against conference opponents) and finished tenth out of eleven teams in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 29at Kent State*
W 7–3416,073
September 7at James Madison
L 14–207,831[2]
September 14 No. 17 Hofstra
L 28–52
September 21at No. 14 Villanova
L 3–45[3]
September 28at Dartmouth*
W 29–267,928[4]
October 12Richmond
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
W 20–194,289
October 19 No. 14 William & Mary
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 27–343,122
October 26at Delaware
L 9–2119,886
November 9 No. 12 UMass
W 31–143,686
November 16 No. 12 Northeastern
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
L 17–49
November 23at No. 9 Maine
L 14–31

References

  1. ^ "2017 New Hampshire Media Guide". University of New Hampshire. 2017. p. 67. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "JMU gets past New Hampshire". The Daily News Leader. September 8, 2002. Retrieved October 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Villanova gets Talley's message". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 22, 2002. p. D10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "UNH 29, Dartmouth 26". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. Associated Press. September 29, 2002. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "A-10 Standings, Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 29, 2002. p. C18.