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2002 Army

1–⁠11 (1–⁠7 Conference USA), coached by Todd Berry.

Schedule and results

Army in 2002, game by game: lost vs. Holy Cross 21–30; lost at Rutgers 0–44; lost vs. Louisville 14–45; lost vs. Southern Miss 6–27; lost at East Carolina 24–59; lost vs. TCU 27–46; lost at Houston 42–56; lost vs. UAB 26–29; lost vs. Air Force 30–49; won at Tulane 14–10; lost at Memphis 10–38; lost vs. Navy 12–58+7−46Lost 21–30 vs. Holy Cross-9Holy CrossLost 0–44 at Rutgers-44RutgersLost 14–45 vs. Louisville-31LouisvilleLost 6–27 vs. Southern Miss-21Southern MissLost 24–59 at East Carolina-35East CarolinaLost 27–46 vs. TCU-19TCULost 42–56 at Houston-14HoustonLost 26–29 vs. UAB-3UABLost 30–49 vs. Air Force-19Air ForceWon 14–10 at Tulane+4TulaneLost 10–38 at Memphis-28MemphisLost 12–58 vs. Navy-46Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsHoly CrossL 21–⁠3070%
Sep 14atRutgersL 0–⁠4453%
Sep 21vsLouisvilleL 14–⁠4520%
Sep 28vsSouthern MissL 6–⁠2721%
Oct 5atEast CarolinaL 24–⁠5918%
Oct 12vsTCUL 27–⁠4619%
Oct 19atHoustonL 42–⁠5630%
Oct 26vsUABL 26–⁠2929%
Nov 9vsAir ForceL 30–⁠4921%
Nov 16atTulaneW 14–⁠1013%
Nov 23atMemphisL 10–⁠3828%
Dec 7vsNavyL 12–⁠5853%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Navy 58–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Conference USA.

In program history: The 134th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2002.

Record
1–⁠11
Conference
1–⁠7 10th in Conference USA
AP final
Unranked
Points
226–⁠491
Coach
Todd Berry
Elo
1189 −181 this season
SP+ rating
-29.2 No. 117 of 117; offense No. 105, defense No. 116
SRS
−27.1 No. 116 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 100
Offensive coordinator
John Bond
Defensive coordinator
Dennis Therrell
Captains
Aris Comeaux, Clarence Holmes, Ryan Kent and Alex Moore
Offense
Spread/option
Defense
4–⁠4

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Zac Dahman PRO★★★No. 670
Matt Bowerman PRO★★No. 898
Chris Grevious CB★★No. 898
Sean Grevious CB★★No. 898
Mario Price APB★★No. 898

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks32.30.778
Running backs12.00.767
Defensive backs22.00.767
Whole class62.20.772

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2002 Conference USA standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
TCU6–⁠210–⁠223
Cincinnati6–⁠27–⁠7
Southern Miss5–⁠37–⁠6
Louisville5–⁠37–⁠6
Tulane4–⁠48–⁠5
UAB4–⁠45–⁠7
East Carolina4–⁠44–⁠8
Houston3–⁠55–⁠7
Memphis2–⁠63–⁠9
Army1–⁠71–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.