2002 Bowling Green Falcons football team

2002 Bowling Green Falcons football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West
2002 record	9–3 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach	Urban Meyer
Home stadium	Doyt Perry Stadium (Capacity: 30,599)

2002 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
#24 Marshall x$		7	–	1		11	–	2
UCF		6	–	2		7	–	5
Miami		5	–	3		7	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4		4	–	8
Akron		3	–	5		4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	7		3	–	9
Buffalo		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
Toledo xy		7	–	1		9	–	5
Northern Illinois x		7	–	1		8	–	4
Bowling Green		6	–	2		9	–	3
Ball State		4	–	4		6	–	6
Western Michigan		3	–	5		4	–	8
Central Michigan		2	–	6		4	–	8
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7		3	–	9
Championship: Marshall 49, Toledo 45
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Bowling Green Falcons football team represented Bowling Green State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Urban Meyer and played their home games in Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. It was the 84th season of play for the Falcons.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 PM	Tennessee Tech*		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		W 41–7	15,696
September 14	6:00 PM	Missouri*		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		W 51–28	21,969
September 21	7:00 PM	at Kansas*		Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS		W 39–16	37,000
October 5	4:00 PM	Ohio		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ONN	W 72–21	20,069
October 12	1:00 PM	at Central Michigan		Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI		W 45–35	24,127
October 19	6:00 PM	Western Michigan	No. 25	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		W 48–45 ^OT	15,169
October 26	4:00 PM	Ball State	No. 24	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		W 38–20	21,039
November 2	2:00 PM	at Kent State	No. 21	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH (Battle for the Anniversary Award)		W 45–14	7,165
November 9	2:30 PM	at Northern Illinois	No. 20	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	FSN	L 17–26	25,822
November 16	7:00 PM	at South Florida*		Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL		L 7–29	28,098
November 23	6:00 PM	Eastern Michigan		Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		W 63–21	12,974
November 30	7:00 PM	at Toledo		Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH (Battle of I-75)		L 24–42	25,331
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowling Green Falcons football

Venues	Doyt Perry Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Anniversary Award) Toledo (Peace Pipe Trophy, 1980–2010; Battle of I-75 Trophy, 2011–present)

Culture & lore	Freddie and Frieda Falcon "Forward Falcons" "Ay Ziggy Zoomba" Falcon Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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