| 2002 Boston College Eagles football | |
Motor City Bowl Champions | |
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Motor City Bowl, W 51–25 vs. Toledo | |
| Conference | Big East |
| 2002 record | 9–4 (3–4 Big East) |
| Head coach | Tom O'Brien |
| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium (Capacity: 44,500) |
Seasons | |
| 2002 Big East football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 Miami † | 7 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 West Virginia | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 Pittsburgh | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #18 Virginia Tech | 3 | – | 4 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 3 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – BCS representative as champion Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Division I-A college football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference during the 2002 season. The Eagles played their home games in 2002 at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their "home" stadium since 1957.
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 31* | 12:00 PM | Connecticut | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 24–16 | 40,066 | ||
| September 7* | 3:30 PM | Stanford | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN2 | W 34–27 | 41,065 | ||
| September 21 | 7:45 PM | at #1 Miami | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL | ESPN | L 6–38 | 73,622 | ||
| September 28* | 12:00 PM | Central Michigan | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 43–0 | 41,826 | |||
| October 10 | 7:45 PM | #4 Virginia Tech | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA (Rivalry) | ESPN | L 23–28 | 42,826 | ||
| October 19* | 12:00 PM | Navy | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | W 46-21 | 41,322 | |||
| October 26 | 12:00 PM | at Pittsburgh | Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA | L 16–19 OT | 45,060 | |||
| November 2* | 2:30 PM | at #4 Notre Dame | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Holy War) | NBC | W 14–7 | 80,795 | ||
| November 9 | 12:00 PM | at West Virginia | Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV | ESPN | L 14–24 | 48,474 | ||
| October 16 | 12:00 PM | Syracuse | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 41–20 | 36,221 | ||
| November 23 | 12:00 PM | at [[{{{school}}}|Temple]] | Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, PA | W 36–14 | 14,278 | |||
| November 30 | 12:00 PM | Rutgers | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | ESPN+ | W 44–14 | 33,786 | ||
| December 26* | 5:00 PM | vs. Toledo | Ford Field • Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl) | ESPN | W 51–25 | 51,872 | ||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. | ||||||||
References[]
- ↑ "2002 Archive". Boston College Athletics. http://www.bceagles.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/bc-m-footbl-2002.html. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
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