2002 Boston College Eagles football team

2002 Boston College Eagles football
2002 Boston College Eagles football
Motor City Bowl champion
Motor City Bowl, W 51–25 vs. Toledo
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	9–4 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach	Tom O'Brien (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Dana Bible (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Frank Spaziani (4th season)
Captains	Vinny Ciurciu; Antonio Garay; Brian St. Pierre;
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Boston College was a member of the Big East Conference. The Eagles played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which has been their home stadium since 1957.

2002 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $	7	–	0	12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia	6	–	1	9	–	4
No. 19 Pittsburgh	5	–	2	9	–	4
No. 18 Virginia Tech	3	–	4	10	–	4
Boston College	3	–	4	9	–	4
Temple	2	–	5	4	–	8
Syracuse	2	–	5	4	–	8
Rutgers	0	–	7	1	–	11

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	Connecticut*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 24–16	40,066
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Stanford*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN2	W 34–27	41,065
September 21	7:45 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	L 6–38	73,622
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 43–0	41,826
October 10	7:45 p.m.	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 23–28	42,826
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Navy*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		W 46-21	41,322
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA		L 16–19 ^OT	45,060
November 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)	NBC	W 14–7	80,795
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN	L 14–24	48,474
November 16	12:00 p.m.	Syracuse	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 41–20	36,221
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Temple	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA		W 36–14	14,278
November 30	12:00 p.m.	Rutgers	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN+	W 44–14	33,786
December 26	5:00 p.m.	vs. Toledo*	Ford Field Detroit, MI (Motor City Bowl)	ESPN	W 51–25	51,872
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2002 Boston College Eagles football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Brian St. Pierre	Sr
WR	`5`	Grant Adams	So
QB	`15`	Quinton Porter	Fr
OT	`72`	Jeremy Trueblood	Fr
G	`76`	Chris Snee	Jr
C	`77`	Dan Koppen	Sr
TE	`89`	Sean Ryan	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Will Blackmon	Fr
S	`24`	Ralph Parent	Sr
LB	`40`	Vinny Ciurciu	Sr
LB	`44`	J. D. Schmidt	Jr
LB	`45`	Josh Ott	Jr
DE	`85`	Antonio Garay	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-01