The 2002 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 284 to 252, and finished in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Sky.[1]
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Conference | Big Sky Conference |
Record | 6–5 (3–4 Big Sky) |
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Home stadium | Walkup Skydome |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Montana +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Montana State +^ | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Idaho State + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Washington | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Arizona | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland State | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacramento State | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weber State | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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August 31 | at Arizona | No. 21 | L 3–37 | 48,446 | ||||
September 7 | at Cal Poly | W 31–24 | ||||||
September 14 | No. 14 Sam Houston State | W 40–14 | 6,019 | [2] | ||||
September 28 | No. 9 Portland State | No. 16 |
| W 14–10 | 8,752 | [3] | ||
October 5 | Weber State | No. 12 |
| W 26–21 | 5,439 | [4] | ||
October 12 | Sacramento State | No. 8 |
| L 21–24 | 9,126 | [5] | ||
October 19 | at Eastern Washington | No. 16 | L 29–41 | |||||
October 26 | Montana State |
| W 20–17 | |||||
November 2 | at No. 1 Montana | L 24–38 | 19,276 | |||||
November 9 | at No. 23 Idaho State | L 20–46 | 8,516 | |||||
November 16 | at Saint Mary's | Moraga, CA | W 24–12 | |||||
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References
edit- ^ "2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide" (PDF). Northern Arizona University. 2013. p. 79. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Zack Hall (September 15, 2002). "Clinic in efficiency". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Zack Hall (September 29, 2002). "Defensive dazzler". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Zack Hall (October 6, 2002). "Jacks find a way". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Zack Hall (October 13, 2002). "A stinging defeat". Arizona Daily Sun. pp. B1, B6 – via Newspapers.com.