The 2002 NAIA football season was the component of the 2002 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The season's playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, culminated with the championship game on December 21, at Jim Carroll Stadium in Savannah, Tennessee. The Carroll Fighting Saints defeated the Georgetown Tigers, 28–7, in the title game to win the program's first NAIA championship.[1]
Conference standings[]
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2002 Great Plains Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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No. 3 Sioux Falls $^
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8
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0
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12
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1
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No. 17 Doane
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6
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2
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7
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3
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No. 24 Hastings
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5
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3
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7
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3
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Concordia (NE)
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5
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3
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5
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5
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Northwestern (IA)
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4
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4
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6
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4
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Nebraska Wesleyan
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4
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4
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6
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4
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Midland Lutheran
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3
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5
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4
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7
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Dakota Wesleyan
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1
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7
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3
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7
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Dana
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0
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8
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2
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9
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- $ – Conference champion
- ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2002 Mid-States Football Association standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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W |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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Mideast League
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No. 8 Saint Francis (IN) x^
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6
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0
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11
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1
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No. 21 Tri-State
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5
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1
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6
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3
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No. 22 Walsh
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4
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2
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8
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3
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Geneva
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3
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3
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7
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5
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Malone
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2
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4
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4
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6
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Taylor
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1
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5
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3
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7
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Urbana
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1
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5
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1
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10
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Midwest League
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No. 4 McKendree x^
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6
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1
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11
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2
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No. 11 Saint Xavier x^
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6
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1
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9
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3
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No. 14 St. Ambrose x^
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6
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1
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8
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3
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Olivet Nazarene
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4
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3
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4
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6
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Trinity International
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3
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4
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6
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5
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William Penn
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2
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5
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4
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7
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St. Francis (IL)
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1
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6
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2
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8
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Iowa Wesleyan
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0
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7
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1
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9
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- x – League champion/co-champions
^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Coaches' Poll
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2002 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
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Conf |
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Overall
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Team |
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W |
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L |
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W |
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L |
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North
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Northwestern (MN) x
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3
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0
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8
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2
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Martin Luther
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2
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1
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6
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3
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Crown
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1
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2
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2
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7
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Trinity Bible
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0
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3
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0
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9
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South
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Maranatha Baptist x
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4
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0
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6
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3
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Westminster (MO)
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3
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1
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7
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2
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Principia
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2
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2
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5
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4
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Rockford
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1
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3
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4
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6
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Blackburn
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0
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4
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1
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8
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- x – Division champion/co-champions
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Postseason[]
Rankings[]
References[]
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Seasons | |
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Championships | | Division I |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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Division II |
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
- 1978
- 1979
- 1980
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983
- 1984
- 1985
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
- 1996
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