2002 Maine Black Bears football team

The 2002 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the program's 111th season and they finished in a tie as Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) co-champions with Northeastern. The Black Bears earned a berth into the 16-team Division I-AA playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to Georgia Southern, 7–31. Maine was led by 10th-year head coach Jack Cosgrove.

2002 Maine Black Bears football
A-10 co-champion
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 7–31 vs. Georgia Southern
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 6
Record11–3 (7–2 A-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBobby Wilder (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRich Nagy (2nd season)
Captains
  • Stephen Cooper
  • Brendan Curry
  • Jake Eaton
Home stadiumAlfond Stadium
2002 Atlantic 10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Maine $^  7 2   11 3  
No. 11 Northeastern $^  7 2   10 3  
No. 4 Villanova ^  6 3   11 4  
UMass  6 3   8 4  
William & Mary  5 4   6 5  
Richmond  4 5   4 7  
Delaware  4 5   6 6  
Hofstra  4 5   6 6  
James Madison  4 6   5 7  
New Hampshire  2 7   3 8  
Rhode Island  1 8   3 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
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