2002 Navy Midshipmen football team

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2002 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Florida			–						9	–	2
No. 17 Notre Dame			–						10	–	3
Connecticut			–						6	–	6
Utah State			–						4	–	7
Troy State			–						4	–	8
Navy			–						2	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by first-year head coach Paul Johnson.

Schedule

August 31at SMU

• Gerald J. Ford Stadium
• University Park, Texas (Rivalry)

W 38–7 25,744 September 7No. 21 NC State

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, Maryland

L 19–65 29,613 September 21Northwestern

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, Maryland

HDNetL 40–49 27,012 September 28Duke

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, Maryland

HDNetL 17–43 31,647 October 5at Air Force

• Falcon Stadium
• Colorado Springs, Colorado (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)

L 7–48 48,550 October 12Rice

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, Maryland

HDNetL 10–17 25,104 October 19at Boston College

• Alumni Stadium
• Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

L 21–46 41,322 October 26at Tulane

• Tad Gormley Stadium
• New Orleans

L 30–51 27,417 November 9No. 9 Notre Dame

• Ravens Stadium
• Baltimore (Rivalry)

CBSL 23–30 70,260 November 16Connecticut

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, Maryland

L 0–38 25,664 November 23at Wake Forest

• Groves Stadium
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina

L 27–30 22,811 December 7vs. Army

• Giants Stadium
• East Rutherford, New Jersey (Army–Navy Game/Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)

CBSW 58–12  

Roster

2002 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 3 Dominic Bailey Jr RB 46 Ryan Barry So OT 70 Tucker Bennett Fr WR 10 J.P. Blecksmith Sr QB 11 Craig Candeto Jr RB 39 Marvin Dingle Fr RB 15 Frank Divis So RB 32 Kyle Eckel So C 66 Josh Goodin Jr RB 8 Cece Harris Jr OT 65 Derek Jaskowiak So WR 17 Amir Jenkins So RB 21 Tony Lane Jr G 63 Sean Magee Jr RB 24 Bryce McDonald Jr WR 4 Mike McIlravy So QB 19 Andy Michalowicz Jr C 58 Dan Peters Fr QB 6 Aaron Polanco So RB 34 Eric Roberts Fr G 74 August Roitsch Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 94 Steve Adair So NT 91 Babatunde Akingbemi So DT 96 Pete Beuttenmuller  Sr CB 16 Shalimar Brazier Jr DT 54 Josh Brindel Jr CB 29 David Bush Jr LB 56 Eddie Carthan Jr DE 91 Jeremy Chase Fr LB 53 T.J. Costello Fr CB 37 Sina Ekundayo Fr LB 55 Dustin Elliott So S 13 Joey Fay So CB 19 Matt Furgan So CB 9 Justin Golson So DE 95 Ralph Henry Jr DE 54 Adam Horne Fr S 24 Wayne Irons Fr LB 22 Lane Jackson So CB 23 Vaughn Kelley So LB 50 Ben Mathews Jr LB 40 Ryan McCabe So LB 51 Bobby McClarin So DE 90 Sean McElhannon So S 28 Lane Montgomery Fr LB 1 Jason Monts Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Paul Johnson Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-14