2002 Montana Grizzlies football team

The 2002 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana – Missoula in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games at Washington–Grizzly Stadium.[1]

2002 Montana Grizzlies football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 7
Record11–3 (5–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Home stadiumWashington–Grizzly Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 Montana +^   5 2     11 3  
No. 19 Montana State +^   5 2     7 6  
No. 18 Idaho State +   5 2     8 3  
Eastern Washington   3 4     6 5  
Northern Arizona   3 4     6 5  
Portland State   3 4     6 5  
Sacramento State   3 4     5 8  
Weber State   1 6     3 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 294:00 pmat No. 15 Hofstra*No. 1MTNW 21–05,107
September 71:00 pmAlbany*No. 1MTNW 45–719,511
September 141:00 pmNorthern Colorado*No. 1
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTNW 31–1419,236
September 211:00 pmIdaho StateNo. 1
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTNW 13–919,689
October 51:00 pmat Idaho*No. 1W 38–3114,047
October 126:00 pmat Weber StateNo. 1MTNW 39–713,383
October 191:00 pmSouthern Utah*No. 1
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTNW 68–4519,681
October 267:00 pmat No. 13 Portland StateNo. 1MTNW 24–2112,733
November 212:00 pmNorthern ArizonaNo. 1
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTNW 38–2419,276
November 912:00 pmSacramento StateNo. 1
  • Washington–Grizzly Stadium
  • Missoula, MT
MTNW 31–2419,174
November 163:00 pmat Eastern WashingtonNo. 1MTNL 21–3017,142
November 2312:00 pmMontana StateNo. 4
MTNL 7–1019,879

Roster edit

2002 Montana Grizzlies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 85 Randyn Akiona   Fr
OT 64 Dylan Brown So
QB 5 John Edwards Sr
C 65 Garth Enger So
OT 74 Beau Hart So
OT 72 Dylan McFarland Jr
QB 16 Brandon Neill Sr
OT 75 Cory Procter So
OT 76 Brad Rhoades   Fr
OT 77 Jon Skinner Jr
WR 81 Rory Zikmund Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
FS 4 David DeCoite Jr
DT 90 Curt Colter Sr
DE 97 Herbert Fernandez Sr
CB 33 Joel Rosenburg Sr
DT 99 Alan Saenz So
CB 11 Vernon Smith Jr
SS 3 Trey Young Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References edit