2002 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2002 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team was an American football team that represented Northern Arizona University (NAU) as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jerome Souers, the Lumberjacks compiled a 6–5 record (3–4 against conference opponents), were outscored by a total of 284 to 252, and finished in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Big Sky.

2002 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	6–5 (3–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (5th season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome

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

The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	at Arizona	No. 21	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 3–37	48,446
September 7	at Cal Poly		Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 31–24
September 14	No. 14 Sam Houston State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 40–14	6,019
September 28	No. 9 Portland State	No. 16	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 14–10	8,752
October 5	Weber State	No. 12	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 26–21	5,439
October 12	Sacramento State	No. 8	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	L 21–24	9,126
October 19	at Eastern Washington	No. 16	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 29–41
October 26	Montana State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	W 20–17
November 2	at No. 1 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	L 24–38	19,276
November 9	at No. 23 Idaho State		Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	L 20–46	8,516
November 16	at Saint Mary's		Moraga, CA	W 24–12
Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game