2002 Army Black Knights football team

2002 Army Black Knights football
2002 Army Black Knights football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	1–11 (1–7 C-USA)
Head coach	Todd Berry (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	John Bond (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread/option
Defensive coordinator	Dennis Therrell (3rd season)
Base defense	4–4
Captain	Aris Comeaux, Clarence Holmes, Ryan Kent, Alex Moore
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Army Black Knights football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Todd Berry, the Black Knights compiled a 1–11 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 491 to 226.^[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Black Knights lost to Navy, 58–12.^[2] This loss began a 14-game losing streak by Army against Navy.

2002 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Cincinnati +	6	–	2	7	–	7
No. 23 TCU +	6	–	2	10	–	2
Louisville	5	–	3	7	–	6
Southern Miss	5	–	3	7	–	6
Tulane	4	–	4	8	–	5
UAB	4	–	4	5	–	7
East Carolina	4	–	4	4	–	8
Houston	3	–	5	5	–	7
Memphis	2	–	6	3	–	9
Army	1	–	7	1	–	11

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7		Holy Cross*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 21–30	28,063	^[3]
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	ESPN+	L 0–44	28,514
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Louisville	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	WDRB	L 14–45	28,625
September 29	1:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 6–27	31,402
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC		L 24–59	38,111	^[4]
October 12	6:00 p.m.	TCU	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 27–46	32,454
October 19	3:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX		L 42–56	16,469
October 26	12:00 p.m.	UAB	Michie Stadium West Point, NY		L 26–29	35,804
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Air Force*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY (Commander-in-Chief's Trophy)	ESPN+	L 30–49	39,288
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA		W 14–10	19,421
November 23	2:00 p.m.	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 10–38	20,906
December 1		vs. Navy*	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Army–Navy Game)		L 12–58
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

2002 Army Black Knights football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`5`	Reggie Nevels	So
QB	`8`	Zac Dahman	Fr
WR	`9`	Aris Comeaux	Sr
RB	`28`	Josh Holden	Sr
TE	`48`	Warren Stewart	Sr
C	`53`	Mike Hastings	Sr
G	`61`	Steve Schmidt	Sr
G	`70`	Aaron Burger	Sr
OT	`79`	Craig Cunningham	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Maurio Smith	Sr
LB	`43`	Joe Martinez	Sr
LB	`46`	Michael Lennox	Sr
LB	`52`	Jason Frazier	Sr
DT	`96`	Paddy Heiliger	Sr
DE	`97`	Keenan Beasley	So
DE	`98`	Will Sullivan	So
DL	`99`	Clarence Holmes	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`47`	Chris Castelli	Sr

^ "Army Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
^ "2002 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
^ Gross, Andrew (September 8, 2002). "Black Knights Embarrassed: Army Loses Five Fumbles in Defeat to I-AA Holy Cross". The Journal News. White Plains, N.Y. pp. 12C, 10C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "E. Carolina runs away from Army". Poughkeepsie Journal. October 6, 2002. Retrieved March 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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