2002 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2002 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
NCAA Division I-AA First Round, L 13–14 vs. Maine
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8–4 (6–2 Southern)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (14th season)
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium (Capacity: 16,650)

2002 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 14 Wofford		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 10 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 9 Furman ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
VMI		3	–	5					6	–	6
Western Carolina		3	–	5					5	–	6
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Chattanooga		2	–	6					2	–	10
The Citadel		1	–	7					3	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2002 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the college football season of 2002–2003. The team was coached by Jerry Moore and the Mountaineers played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 (I-A) Marshall*		Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	ESPN+	L 17–50	31,042
September 14		Eastern Kentucky*		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 36–28	-
September 21		at Liberty*		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA		W 29–22	-
September 28	2:00 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 5	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 37–28	17,381
October 5		East Tennessee State		ETSU/Mountain States Health Alliance Athletic Center Johnson City, TN		W 29–10	-
October 12		Furman (SC)		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 16–15	-
October 19		at Georgia Southern		Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)		L 20–36	–
October 26		Wofford		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 19–26	–
November 2		at Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 20–17	–
November 9		VMI		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 54–13	11,007
November 16		at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 24–14	–
November 30		Maine*		Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Division I-AA 1st Round Playoff Game)		L 13–14	–
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time