The 2002 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an

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team that represented

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during the

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. Georgetown finished sixth in the

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. In their tenth year under head coach

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, the Hoyas compiled a 5–6 record. Matt Fronczke, Ed Kuczma and Adam Rini were the team captains. The Hoyas were outscored 345 to 190. Their 2–5 conference record placed sixth out of eight in the Patriot League standings. After 23 years playing home games at Kehoe Field II, problems with the roof of

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prompted the Hoyas to find a new home for varsity football on their

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, campus. Starting in 2002, Georgetown's football team moved into shared quarters with varsity soccer at Harbin Field.

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