2002 Boston College Eagles football team

American college football season

2002 Boston College Eagles football

Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 51–25 vs. Toledo
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	9–4 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Tom O'Brien (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dana Bible (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Vinny Ciurciu Antonio Garay Brian St. Pierre ^[1]
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia	6	–	1	9	–	4
No. 19 Pittsburgh	5	–	2	9	–	4
No. 18 Virginia Tech	3	–	4	10	–	4
Boston College	3	–	4	9	–	4
Temple	2	–	5	4	–	8
Syracuse	2	–	5	4	–	8
Rutgers	0	–	7	1	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 24–16	40,066
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Stanford *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	W 34–27	41,065
September 21	7:45 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 6–38	73,622
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 43–0	41,826
October 10	7:45 p.m.	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 23–28	42,826
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Navy *	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	W 46-21	41,322
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	L 16–19 ^OT	45,060
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Notre Dame *	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 14–7	80,795
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 14–24	48,474
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 41–20	36,221
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 36–14	14,278
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 44–14	33,786
December 26	5:00 p.m.	vs. Toledo *	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	W 51–25	51,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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2002 Boston College Eagles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Brian St. Pierre	Sr
WR	`5`	Grant Adams	So
QB	`15`	Quinton Porter	Fr
OT	`72`	Jeremy Trueblood	Fr
G	`76`	Chris Snee	Jr
C	`77`	Dan Koppen	Sr
TE	`89`	Sean Ryan	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Will Blackmon	Fr
S	`24`	Ralph Parent	Sr
LB	`40`	Vinny Ciurciu	Sr
LB	`44`	J. D. Schmidt	Jr
LB	`45`	Josh Ott	Jr
DE	`85`	Antonio Garay	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Tom O'Brien

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured Injured
Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002年10月01日

Team players in the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club

Brian St. Pierre Quarterback 5 163 Pittsburgh Steelers

Dan Koppen Center 5 164 New England Patriots

Antonio Garay Nose tackle 6 195 Cleveland Browns

References

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^ 2009-10 Boston College Record Book Archived 2016年03月04日 at the Wayback Machine pg. 114
^ "2002 Archive". Boston College Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.

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