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American college football season
The 2002 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. The 2002 season saw UMass return to the top half of the conference, as they finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall and 6–3 in conference play.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 7 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut State* | | | | W 52–3 | 8,103 | |
September 14 | 1:00 p.m. | American International* | | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | W 42–13 | 7,064 | |
September 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 18 Northeastern | | | | L 17–42 | 6,651 | |
September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 17 (I-A) NC State* | | | | L 24–56 | 51,221 | |
October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | at Richmond | | | | W 34–13 | 6,927 | |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 2 Maine![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | W 20–10 | 5,183 | |
October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Villanova | No. 20 | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | W 17–16 | 11,208 | |
October 25 | 3:30 p.m. | at James Madison | No. 16 | | | W 14–7 | 11,567 | [1] |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | Delaware | No. 13 | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | W 17–7 | 11,553 | |
November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at New Hampshire | No. 12 | | | L 14–31 | 3,686 | |
November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Hofstra | No. 19 | - McGuirk Stadium
- Hadley, MA
| | L 28–31 | 5,090 | |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island | | | | W 48–21 | 2,501 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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