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2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Season
The 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I-AA level, began in August 2002, and concluded with the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 20, 2002, at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers won their first I-AA championship, defeating the McNeese State Cowboys by a final score of 34−14. Conference changes and new programs Conference standings Conference champions Postseason NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket The top four teams in the tournament were seed A seed is an embryonic plant enclosed in a protective outer covering, along with a food reserve. The formation of the seed is a part of the process of reproduction in seed plants, the spermatophytes, including the gymnosperm and angiospe ...ed; seeded teams were assured of hosting games in the first two rounds. * ''Denote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 2002 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and the McNeese State Cowboys. The game was played on December 20, 2002, at Finley Stadium, home field of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The culminating game of the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Western Kentucky, 34–14. Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2002 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky started their season with a loss to Kansas State of Division I-A, and the team was 2–3 after their first five games. They then won six games in a row, to finish their regular season with an 8–3 record (7–1 in conference). Unseeded in the playoffs, the Hilltoppers defeated Murray State, second-seed Western Illinois, and third-seed Georgia Southern to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Western Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division II Independent Schools
NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the NCAA Division II level, but do not belong to an established athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete as members of an athletic conference in other sports. A school may also be fully independent, and not belong to any athletic conference for any sport at all. The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the school's primary athletic conference does not sponsor a particular sport. Full independents Current members ;Notes: Former members Men's sponsored sports by school Departing members in pink. Women's sponsored sports by school Departing members in pink. Other sponsored sports by school *‡ — D-I sport Baseball independents Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Bluefield State and Salem), since they have been listed before. Current member Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duquesne Dukes Football
: ''For information on all Duquesne University sports, see Duquesne Dukes'' The Duquesne Dukes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Duquesne University located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and is a member of the Northeast Conference. Duquesne has played football as a club team from 1891–1894, 1896–1903, 1913–1914, and 1920–1928, in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) from 1929–1942 and 1947–1950, again as a club team from 1969–1978, in NCAA Division III from 1979–1992 and in the NCAA Division I FCS from 1993–present. The Dukes have won or shared 16 conference championships in the past 26 years. The team plays its home games at the 2,200-seat Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Dukes are coached by Jerry Schmitt. The Dukes have qualified for the FCS playoffs twice due to an automatic bid for being NEC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penn Quakers Football
The Penn Quakers football program is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956, and are a Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Penn has played in 1,413 football games, the most of any school in any division. Penn plays its home games at historic Franklin Field, the oldest football stadium in the US. All Penn games are broadcast on WNTP or WFIL radio. Overall history Penn bills itself as "college football's most historic program". The Quakers have had 63 First Team All-Americans, and the college is the ''alma mater'' of John Heisman (the namesake of college football's most famous trophy). The team has won a share of 7 national championships (7th all-time) and competed in the "granddaddy of them all" (The Rose Bowl) in 1917. Penn's total of 837 wins puts them 11th all-time in colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Illinois Leathernecks Football
The Western Illinois Leathernecks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Western Illinois University located in Macomb, Illinois. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1903. The team plays its home games at the 16,368 seat Hanson Field. History Western Illinois had an unofficial football team in 1902, the year the school was established. The team played four games against regional high schools and the Western Illinois Normal & Business Institute. In 1903, the school formed an athletic association for the fall football season, which is considered the official beginning of Western Illinois football by the school. The team adopted its nickname in 1927 when coach Ray Hanson, a decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps, asked the U.S. Navy for permission to use the Corps' Fighting Leathernecks nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Football
The Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Gardner–Webb University in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference. Gardner–Webb's first football team was fielded in 1970. The team plays its home games at the 9,000-seat Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. The Runnin' Bulldogs are coached by Tre Lamb. History Classifications *1970–1992: NAIA Division I *1991–1999: NCAA Division II *2000–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS Conference affiliations * Independent (1946–1951) * NAIA Independent (1952–1974) * South Atlantic Conference (1975–1999) * NCAA Division II Independent (1999–2001) * Big South Conference (2002–present) Conference championships Playoff results NAIA The Runnin' Bulldogs appeared in the NAIA playoffs two times, with an overall record of 3–2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montana State Bobcats Football
The Montana State Bobcats football program competes in the Big Sky Conference of the NCAA's Division I Football Championship Subdivision for Montana State University. The program began in 1897 and has won three national championships (1956, 1976, and 1984). It is the only college football program in the nation to win national championships on three different levels of competition, NAIA, NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS). Through the 2022 season, the Bobcats had played in 1,049 games with an all-time record of 525–492–32. The first championship came in Montana State's last season in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which moved to NAIA in 1952. The national championship was the first ever for the RMAC and was also the first time the NAIA had a football champion. The Bobcats were members of the RMAC from 1917 to 1956, after being an independent from 1897 to 1916. MSC rejoined the NCAA (College Division) in 1957, and had one of its most successful runs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Montana Grizzlies Football Team
The 2002 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Schedule Roster References {{2002 Division I-AA football playoff navbox Montana Grizzlies football seasons[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idaho State Bengals Football
The Idaho State Bengals football program represents Idaho State University in college football. The Bengals play their home games at Holt Arena, an indoor facility on campus in Pocatello, Idaho. Idaho State is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) (formerly Division I-AA). Through the 2022 season, the Bengals have an all-time record of 478–545–20 (). Idaho State's current head coach is Cody Hawkins, who was hired on December 11, 2022. History The university and its football team have been known by several names since the program's inaugural season of 1902: * 1902–1914: Academy of Idaho Bantams * 1915–1926: Idaho Technical Tigers ** No team was fielded during the 1918 influenza pandemic * 1927–1934: Idaho Southern Branch Tigers * 1935–1946: Idaho Southern Branch Bengals ** Due to World War II, no team was fielded in 1943 or 1945 * 1947–present: Idaho State Bengals Early history (1902–1934) Idaho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Northeastern Huskies Football Team
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. 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). They also upset favored Division I-A opponent Ohio 31–0, a marquee win in Northeastern's football program's history. The Huskies were seeded fourth in the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs bracket but lost to Fordham, 24–29, in the first round. Ten players earned spots on the All-Atlantic 10 team. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Don Brown. Schedule Awards and honors *First Team All-Conference – Steve Anzalone, Liam Ezekiel, Tim Gale, Miro Kesic, John McDonald, Art Smith *Second Team All-Conference – Kurt Abrams, Tom Olivo, Adam Walter *Third Team All-Conferen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine Black Bears Football
: ''For information on all University of Maine sports, see Maine Black Bears.'' The Maine Black Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Maine located in the U.S. state of Maine. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association. Maine's first football team was fielded in 1892. The team plays its home games at the 8,419 seat Alfond Stadium in Orono, Maine. History Conference affiliations *1892: Independent *1893–1946: Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association *1947–96: Yankee Conference *1997–2006: Atlantic 10 Conference *2007–present: Colonial Athletic Association Playoffs The Black Bears have appeared in the Division I-AA/FCS Playoffs eight times. They have a 5–8 record in playoff games. Bowl games Maine has participated in one bowl game. Their record is 0–1. Conference championships Maine has won thirteen conference c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I FBS Independent Schools
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that FBS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition like conference schools do. There are fewer independent schools than in years past; many independent schools join, or attempt to join, established conferences. The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to bowl games that agree to take teams from certain conferences, and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season. All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the College Football Playoff (CFP), or for the so-called "access bowls" (the New Year's Six bowls that issue at-large bids: Cotton, Peach, and Fiesta), if they are chosen by the CFP selection committee. Army has an agreement w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
