The 1902 Tempe Normal Owls football team was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team that represented Tempe Normal School (later renamed

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the ...

) as an independent during the

1902 college football season The 1902 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Michigan and Yale as having been selected national champions. Conference and program changes Conference changes *One ...

. In their fourth season under head coach Frederick M. Irish, the Owls compiled a 2–1 record, shut out two opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 73 to 12. The team won games against the Phoenix High School (39–0) and the Phoenix Indians (34–0) and lost in the second

Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry The Arizona–Arizona State football rivalry (also known as the Duel in the Desert) is a college football rivalry between the University of Arizona Wildcats (UA) and the Arizona State University Sun Devils (ASU). One of the longest football r ...

game (0–12).

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