2002 Buffalo Bulls football team

2002 Buffalo Bulls football
File:Buffalo Bulls logo.svg
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	1–11 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Hofher (2nd season)
Captain	Chad Bartoszek, Marquis Dwarte, Lamar Wilcher
Home stadium	University at Buffalo Stadium

2002 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
No. 24 Marshall x$		7	–	1					11	–	2
UCF		6	–	2					7	–	5
Miami (OH)		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 Buffalo Bulls football team represented the University at Buffalo in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulls offense scored 214 points while the defense allowed 416 points. Though the Bulls went 1–11 on the season, they did make team history by recording their first victory over a team from a Bowl Championship Series conference, a 34–11 road victory over Big East member Rutgers on September 7, 2002.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 29	7:30 pm	Lehigh*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 26–37	21,103
September 7	7:00 pm	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 34–11	19,101
September 14	7:30 pm	Connecticut*	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 3–24	17,012
September 21	2:30 pm	at Minnesota*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 17–41	34,294
September 28	7:00 pm	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 32–34	12,512
October 4	1:00 pm	Western Michigan	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 17–31	8,112
October 12	4:30 pm	at Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 21–66	28,200
October 19	1:00 pm	Miami (OH)	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 0–49	9,213
October 26	1:00 pm	Kent State	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 12–16	5,102
November 9	1:00 pm	UCF	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	L 21–45	6,923
November 16	1:00 pm	at Akron	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 10–21	4,178
November 23	1:00 pm	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 21–41	7,957
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2002 Buffalo Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 88 Chad Bartoszek Sr WR 20 Maurice Bradford Fr WR 84 Carnell Jones File:Redshirt.svg Fr RB 22 Dave Dawson File:Redshirt.svg Fr OL 64 Kevin Dunn So RB 28 Marquis Dwarte Jr RB 36 Dimitri Facaros Fr WR 81 Andre Forde Sr OL 69 Ted Howard Fr WR 14 Adam Johnson So WR 82 Dan Lindsay Sr WR 85 Matt Knueven So QB 7 Randall Secky So RB 40 Tom Shaughnessy Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 56 Anthony Andriano So DE 52 Demetrius Austrum So LB 33 Ryan Buttles Jr DL 96 Rashad Clark Fr LB 55 Chris Clifton Fr LB 1 Jason Coley Sr DB 23 Kevin Concepcion Fr LB 46 Bryan Cummings Fr DB 29 J. J. Gibson So DB 2 Mark Graham Jr LB 30 Roman Guzman Fr LB 93 Obadiah Harris Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Michael Baker File:Redshirt.svg Fr K 5 Dallas Pelz Jr	Head coach Jim Hofher Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Injured Redshirt Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-07-27