2002 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

The 2002 Northern Iowa Panthers football team represented the University of Northern Iowa in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season.

2002 Northern Iowa Panthers football
ConferenceGateway Football Conference
2002 record5–6 (2–5 Gateway)
Head coach
Home stadiumUNI-Dome
2002 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Western Kentucky +^  6 –1   12 –3  
No. 5 Western Illinois +^  6 –1   11 –2  
Youngstown State  4 –3   7 –4  
Illinois State  4 –3   6 –5  
Indiana State  3 –4   5 –7  
Northern Iowa  2 –5   5 –6  
Southern Illinois  2 –5   4 –8  
SW Missouri State  1 –6   4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 29Wayne State*
W 34–0
September 7at Oklahoma State*
L 10–45
September 21Stephen F. Austin*
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 31–24
September 28at Cal Poly
W 29–26 3
October 5Western Kentucky
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
L 12–31
October 12at Southern Illinois
L 13–42
October 19at Youngstown State
W 22–7
October 26Illinois State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
L 20–31
November 2at Indiana State
L 19–21
November 9at Western Illinois
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
L 12–359,443[1]
November 16Southwest Missouri State
  • UNI-Dome
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 25–24
  • *Non-conference game

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Roster
2002 Northern Iowa Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense 11 Carter, Richard** TB 5-4 182 Jr. Lansing, MI (Sexton) 13 Petrie, Tom* QB 6-3 210 So. Plymouth, MN (Wayzata) 14 Boettcher, Aaron QB 6-2 209 Fr
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Brad Richtsmeier Sr
QB 12 Griff Jurgens Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 2 Benny Sapp Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Derrick Frost Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-25

References
  1. Gremmels, Jon (November 10, 2002). "Western Illinois claims title share; UNI drops to 4-6". Des Moines Register. p. 9C. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2002 Football Schedule". University of Northern Iowa Athletics. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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