The2002 Northeastern Huskies football team representedNortheastern University during the2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 67th season and they finished asAtlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions withMaine.^[1][2] Picked to finish 10th in the conference preseason poll, the Huskies went on to set school records for single season overall wins (10) and conference wins (7).^[2] They also upset favoredDivision I-A opponentOhio 31–0, a marquee win in Northeastern's football program's history.^[2] The Huskies were seeded fourth in the 16-teamDivision I-AA playoffs bracket but lost toFordham, 24–29, in the first round.^[3] Ten players earned spots on the All-Atlantic 10 team.^[2][4] The Huskies were led by third-year head coachDon Brown.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31		Lock Haven*		Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 48–0
September 7	7:00 p.m.	atOhio*	No. 22	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 31–0	21,002
September 21	12:30 p.m.	UMass	No. 18	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 42–17	6,651
September 28		No. 24Hofstra	No. 14	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 28–17
October 5	1:00 p.m.	atDelaware	No. 11	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 10–27	21,043
October 12		Rhode Island	No. 20	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 38–13
October 19		atHarvard*	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 17–14
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at No. 14William & Mary	No. 15	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	L 13–30	8,741
November 2	1:00 p.m.	atRichmond	No. 20	UR Stadium Richmond, VA	W 24–21	5,106
November 9		No. 11Villanova	No. 18	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 38–13	6,463
November 16		atNew Hampshire	No. 12	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	W 49–17
November 23		James Madison	No. 10	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 41–10	4,825	[5]
November 30		No. 21Fordham*	No. 8	Parsons Field Brookline, MA (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	L 24–29
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromThe Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are inEastern time

• First Team All-Conference – Steve Anzalone,Liam Ezekiel, Tim Gale, Miro Kesic, John McDonald, Art Smith
• Second Team All-Conference – Kurt Abrams, Tom Olivo, Adam Walter
• Third Team All-Conference – Adam Bourget
• Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year –Don Brown
• New England All-Stars – Kurt Abrams, Steve Anzalone, Liam Ezekiel, John McDonald, Art Smith

• 2002 Atlantic 10 Conference football season
• Northeastern Huskies football seasons
• Atlantic 10 Conference football champion seasons
• 2002 in sports in Massachusetts

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