The 2002 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as an independent during the 2002 NCAA Division II football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Bob Biggs, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 9–3. 2002 was the 34th consecutive winning season for the Aggies. UC Davis was ranked No. 14 in the NCAA Division II poll at the end of the regular season and advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs for the seventh straight year. The Aggies upset previously unbeaten and fifth-ranked Central Washington before losing in quarterfinal round 20th-ranked Texas A&M–Kingsville . The team outscored their opponents 368 to 223 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Toomey Field in Davis, California.
| 2002 UC Davis Aggies football | |
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NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 20–27 at Texas A&M–Kingsville | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 14 |
| Record | 9–3 |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Moroski (10th season) |
| Home stadium | Toomey Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 UC Davis ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Haven | – | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quincy | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Joseph's (IN) | – | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | – | 2 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | at No. 1 Grand Valley State | No. 6 | L 17–24 | [1] | ||
| September 14 | Abilene Christian | No. 11 | W 34–17 | |||
| September 21 | North Dakota State | No. 10 |
| W 35–7 | 7,300 | [2] |
| September 28 | at Western Oregon | No. 10 |
| W 64–20 | ||
| October 5 | at Sacramento State | No. 9 | W 38–21 | 15,892 | [3] | |
| October 19 | Humboldt State | No. 6 |
| W 49–14 | ||
| October 26 | at Cal Poly | No. 5 | W 28–14 | |||
| November 2 | Saint Mary's | No. 5 |
| W 31–28 | ||
| November 9 | at No. 6 Central Washington | No. 5 |
| L 14–38 | ||
| November 16 | at Western Washington | No. 14 |
| W 14–7 | ||
| November 23 | at No. 5 Central Washington | No. 14 |
| W 24–6 | ||
| November 30 | at No. 20 Texas A&M–Kingsville | No. 14 |
| L 20–27 | ||
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References
edit- ^ Don VanderVeen (September 8, 2002). "No. 1 Grand Valley prevails". Detroit Free Press. p. 12D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aggies buffalo Bison". The Sacramento Bee. September 22, 2002. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hornet Sports.com: Football (UC Davis)" (PDF). Retrieved April 25, 2017.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.