1902 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1902

| team = Georgetown Blue and Gray

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 7–3

| head_coach = Billy Suter

| hc_year = 1st

| captain = Joe Reilly

| stadium = Georgetown Field

}}

{{1902 Southern college football independents records}}

The 1902 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University as an indepdennt during the 1902 college football season. Led by Billy Suter in his first and only season as head coach, Georgetown compiled a record of 7–3. Joe Reilly was the team's captain. The Blue and Gray played home games at Georgetown Field in Washington, D.C..

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Maryland

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 27–0

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Georgetown Opens Football Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29887874/the_washington_times/ |newspaper=The Washington Times |location=Washington, D.C. |date=September 28, 1902 |page=10 |access-date=March 24, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Navy

| stadium = Worden Field

| cityst = Annapolis, MD

| score = 4–0

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1902|team=St. John's Johnnies|title=St. John's (MD)}}

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 18–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=St. John's Collegians Easy For The Georgtown Eleven |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29887849/the_washington_times/ |newspaper=The Washington Times |location=Washington, D.C. |date=October 12, 1902 |page=10 |access-date=March 24, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

| attend =

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = VMI

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 23–11

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time =

| w/l = l

| opponent = Lafayette

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 0–23

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = West Virginia

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 5–0

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away =

| opponent = VPI

| site_stadium = Gibboney Field

| site_cityst = Blacksburg, VA

| score = 0–28

| attend =

| source = {{cite news |title=V.P.I's Easy Victory|url=http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RD19021109.1.21&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-vpi+quarterback------#|publisher=Library of Virginia|newspaper=Richmond Dispatch|date=November 9, 1902|page=21|accessdate=November 24, 2015}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| time =

| w/l = w

| neutral = y

| opponent = North Carolina

| stadium = Lafayette Field

| cityst = Norfolk, VA

| score = 12–5

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington YMCA

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 53–0

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 27

| time = 2:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Carlisle

| stadium = Georgetown Field

| cityst = Washington, DC

| score = 0–21

| attend = 3,500

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Georgtown Hopes To Surpass Virginia In Her Game With The Indians |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-herald/157419663/ |newspaper=The Evening Times |location=Washington, D.C. |date=November 27, 1902 |page=1 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Scalp Of Georgtown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post/157419717/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |date=November 28, 1902 |page=9 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Carlisle Indians Beat Georgtown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-st-louis-republic/157419762/ |newspaper=The St. Louis Republic |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=November 28, 1902 |page=10 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoyafootball.com/players/games/game-1900s.htm |title=Georgetown Football History Project |access-date=December 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809065420/http://hoyafootball.com/players/games/game-1900s.htm |archive-date=August 9, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

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