2002 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2002
| team = Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
| sport = football
| image = Northern Arizona Athletics Script.png
| image_size = 150
| conference = Big Sky Conference
| short_conf = Big Sky
| record = 6–5
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Jerome Souers
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Walkup Skydome
}}
{{2002 Big Sky Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=2013 Northern Arizona Football Media Guide|publisher=Northern Arizona University|year=2013|page=79|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nau.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/5/26/2013_Football_Media_Guide-Web.pdf|accessdate=September 4, 2021|archive-date=October 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004022233/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nau.sidearmsports.com/documents/2017/5/26/2013_Football_Media_Guide-Web.pdf|url-status=dead}}
The team played its home games at the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, commonly known as the Walkup Skydome, in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2002
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|August 31|at|Arizona|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|{{cite news|title=Clinic in efficiency|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Zack Hall|date=September 15, 2002|pages=B1, B7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87249518/clinic-in-efficiency/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 28||No. 9 {{cfb link|year=2002|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}}
|October 5||{{cfb link|year=2002|team=Weber State Wildcats|title=Weber State}}|12|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|W 26–21|5,439|{{cite news|title=Jacks find a way|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Zack Hall|date=October 6, 2002|pages=B1, B5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87249708/jacks-find-a-way/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12||Sacramento State|8|Walkup Skydome|Flagstaff, AZ|L 21–24|9,126|{{cite news|title=A stinging defeat|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|author=Zack Hall|date=October 13, 2002|pages=B1, B6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87250140/a-stinging-defeat/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19|at|{{cfb link|year=2002|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}}|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 {{cfb link|year=2002|team=Idaho State Bengals|title=Idaho State}}||Holt Arena|Pocatello, ID|L 20–46|8,516|
|November 16|at|{{cfb link|year=2002|team=Saint Mary's Gaels|title=Saint Mary's}}|||Moraga, CA|W 24–12||
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