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2002 Independent Year Summary

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Record: 35-36, .493 W-L% (7th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -2.87 (7th of 12) ▪ SOS: -2.35 (8th of 12)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Notre Dame)

Standings

	Overall			Conference			Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
South Florida	9	2	.818				30.8	18.5	7.11	-2.71
Notre Dame	10	3	.769				22.3	16.7	10.89	5.51
Connecticut	6	6	.500				31.1	22.5	-0.75	-5.00
Utah State	4	7	.364				27.7	39.3	-11.97	-3.34
Troy	4	8	.333				18.2	21.0	-10.29	-6.62
Navy	2	10	.167				24.2	36.3	-12.20	-1.95

AP Poll Summary

School	Pre	8/26	9/2	9/8	9/15	9/22	9/29	10/6	10/13	10/20	10/27	11/3	11/10	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	Final
Notre Dame			23	20	12	10	9	8	7	6	4	9	9	8	7	11	11	17

1 Bowl Game

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
2003-01-01	Gator Bowl	North Carolina State	28	Notre Dame	6	Gator Bowl (Jacksonville, FL)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	246
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	230
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	221
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	129
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	125
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	51
7.	Pat Dillingham* (NDAME)	41
8.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	21
9.	Ronnie Banks (SFL)	11
10.	Jermell Williams (CT)	8

Pass Attempts

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	454
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	403
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	366
4.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	288
5.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	257
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	103
7.	Pat Dillingham* (NDAME)	81
8.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	47
9.	Ronnie Banks (SFL)	18
10.	Jermell Williams (CT)	15

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	60.4
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	57.1
3.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	54.2
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	50.2
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	43.4

Passing Yards

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	3268
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	2590
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	2488
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	1788
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	1463
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	843
7.	Pat Dillingham* (NDAME)	434
8.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	253
9.	Ronnie Banks (SFL)	182
10.	Jermell Williams (CT)	136

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	7.2
2.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	7.0
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	6.8
4.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	6.4
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	5.1

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	7.0
2.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	6.9
3.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	6.6
4.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	6.5
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	3.0

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	20
2.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	19
3.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	18
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	10
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	6
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	5
7.	Ronnie Banks (SFL)	2

Passing Interceptions

1.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	16
2.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	15
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	11
4.	Pat Dillingham* (NDAME)	7
5.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	5
6.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	4
	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	4
8.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	3
9.	David Mullins (SFL)	2
	Matt Ray (TROY)	2

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	128.6
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	124.3
3.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	122.6
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	117.6
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	81.8

Rush Attempts

1.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	261
2.	Terry Caulley (CT)	220
3.	Labarron Black (TROY)	210
4.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	177
5.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	144
6.	James Samuel (UTST)	120
7.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	101
8.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	98
9.	Vince Brewer (SFL)	95
10.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	92
	Clenton Crossley (SFL)	92

Rushing Yards

1.	Terry Caulley (CT)	1247
2.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	1085
3.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	775
4.	Labarron Black (TROY)	757
5.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	711
6.	James Samuel (UTST)	633
7.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	510
8.	Tony Lane (NAVY)	480
9.	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	469
10.	Clenton Crossley (SFL)	415

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	7.0
2.	Terry Caulley (CT)	5.7
3.	James Samuel (UTST)	5.3
4.	Clenton Crossley (SFL)	4.5
5.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	4.4
6.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	4.2
7.	Vince Brewer (SFL)	4.0
8.	Labarron Black (TROY)	3.6
9.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	3.5
10.	Richard Watson (UTST)	3.5

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	16
2.	Terry Caulley (CT)	15
3.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	9
4.	Labarron Black (TROY)	8
5.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	7
	James Samuel (UTST)	7
7.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	5
	Richard Watson (UTST)	5
	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	5
10.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	4
	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	4
	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	4

Receptions

1.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	74
2.	Hugh Smith (SFL)	62
3.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	58
4.	Gary Coleman (UTST)	47
5.	Jason Samples (TROY)	45
6.	Tommy Collins (CT)	39
7.	Omar Jenkins* (NDAME)	37
8.	Shaun Feldeisen (CT)	33
9.	Chris Cooley (UTST)	31
10.	Wes Timko (CT)	29

Receiving Yards

1.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	1258
2.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	786
3.	Hugh Smith (SFL)	661
4.	Omar Jenkins* (NDAME)	633
5.	Gary Coleman (UTST)	571
6.	Jason Samples (TROY)	552
7.	Chris Cooley (UTST)	502
8.	Tommy Collins (CT)	497
9.	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	429
10.	Shaun Feldeisen (CT)	425

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Omar Jenkins* (NDAME)	17.1
2.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	17.0
3.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	16.8
4.	Chris Cooley (UTST)	16.2
5.	Jason Williams (CT)	15.4
6.	Huey Whittaker (SFL)	14.7
7.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	13.6
8.	Chris Iskra (SFL)	13.3
9.	Shaun Feldeisen (CT)	12.9
10.	Tommy Collins (CT)	12.7

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	9
2.	Tommy Collins (CT)	6
3.	Hugh Smith (SFL)	5
	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	5
5.	Chris Cooley (UTST)	4
6.	Maurice Stovall* (NDAME)	3
	Gary Coleman (UTST)	3
	Jason Samples (TROY)	3
	Wes Timko (CT)	3
	Jason Williams (CT)	3
	Omar Jenkins* (NDAME)	3
	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	3
	Huey Whittaker (SFL)	3
	Chris Stallworth (UTST)	3

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	270
2.	Terry Caulley (CT)	245
3.	Labarron Black (TROY)	217
4.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	178
5.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	151
6.	James Samuel (UTST)	138
7.	Clenton Crossley (SFL)	107
	Vince Brewer (SFL)	107
9.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	102
10.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	98

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Terry Caulley (CT)	1452
2.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	1279
3.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	1107
4.	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	898
5.	Labarron Black (TROY)	830
6.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	788
7.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	784
8.	James Samuel (UTST)	763
9.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	715
10.	Hugh Smith (SFL)	690

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Terry Caulley (CT)	16
	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	16
3.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	10
4.	Labarron Black (TROY)	9
	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	9
6.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	7
	Hugh Smith (SFL)	7
	James Samuel (UTST)	7
9.	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	6
	Tommy Collins (CT)	6

Total Plays

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	511
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	492
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	416
4.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	386
5.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	349
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	280
7.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	261
8.	Terry Caulley (CT)	220
9.	Labarron Black (TROY)	210
10.	Kyle Eckel (NAVY)	144

Total Yards

1.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	3164
2.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	2892
3.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	2402
4.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	1988
5.	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	1674
6.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	1618
7.	Terry Caulley (CT)	1247
8.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	1085
9.	Labarron Black (TROY)	757
10.	Dewhitt Betterson (TROY)	711

Total Yards Per Play

Jose Fuentes (UTST)

6.2

Total Touchdowns

1.	Dan Orlovsky (CT)	23
	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	23
3.	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	21
4.	Jose Fuentes (UTST)	20
5.	Terry Caulley (CT)	15
6.	Carlyle Holiday* (NDAME)	13
7.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	9
8.	Labarron Black (TROY)	8
	Hansell Bearden (TROY)	8
10.	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	7
	James Samuel (UTST)	7

Touchdowns

1.	Terry Caulley (CT)	16
	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	16
3.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	10
4.	Labarron Black (TROY)	9
	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	9
6.	James Samuel (UTST)	7
	Aaron Polanco (NAVY)	7
	Hugh Smith (SFL)	7
9.	Eric Roberts (NAVY)	6
	Tommy Collins (CT)	6
	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	6

Points

1.	Terry Caulley (CT)	96
	Craig Candeto (NAVY)	96
3.	Marc Hickok (CT)	83
	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	83
5.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	75
6.	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	74
7.	Kevin Curtis (UTST)	60
8.	Ryan Grant* (NDAME)	54
	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	54
	Labarron Black (TROY)	54

Extra Point Attempts

1.	Marc Hickok (CT)	48
2.	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	40
3.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	35
4.	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	32
5.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	24
6.	Eric Rolfs (NAVY)	21
7.	Geoffrey Blumenfeld (NAVY)	15

Extra Points Made

1.	Marc Hickok (CT)	47
2.	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	35
3.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	33
4.	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	32
5.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	21
6.	Eric Rolfs (NAVY)	20
7.	Geoffrey Blumenfeld (NAVY)	14

Field Goal Attempts

1.	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	25
2.	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	21
3.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	17
	Marc Hickok (CT)	17
5.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	15
6.	Eric Rolfs (NAVY)	6
7.	Geoffrey Blumenfeld (NAVY)	3

Field Goals Made

1.	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	16
2.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	14
	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	14
4.	Marc Hickok (CT)	12
5.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	11
6.	Eric Rolfs (NAVY)	4
7.	Geoffrey Blumenfeld (NAVY)	2

Field Goal Percentage

1.	Dane Kidman (UTST)	82.4
2.	Santiago Gramatica (SFL)	76.2
3.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	73.3
4.	Marc Hickok (CT)	70.6
5.	Nicholas Setta* (NDAME)	56.0

Punts

1.	Joey Hildbold* (NDAME)	78
2.	Adam Coles (CT)	76
3.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	72
4.	Devin Sanderson (SFL)	66
5.	Steve Mullins (UTST)	63
6.	John Skaggs (NAVY)	46
7.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	6
8.	Brandon Baker (SFL)	2

Punting Yards

1.	Joey Hildbold* (NDAME)	3038
2.	Adam Coles (CT)	3030
3.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	2871
4.	Devin Sanderson (SFL)	2776
5.	Steve Mullins (UTST)	2500
6.	John Skaggs (NAVY)	1896
7.	Marquel Blackwell (SFL)	184
8.	Brandon Baker (SFL)	58
9.	D.J. Fitzpatrick* (NDAME)	31

Punting Yards Per Punt

1.	Devin Sanderson (SFL)	42.1
2.	John Skaggs (NAVY)	41.2
3.	Thomas Olmsted (TROY)	39.9
4.	Adam Coles (CT)	39.9
5.	Steve Mullins (UTST)	39.7
6.	Joey Hildbold* (NDAME)	38.9

Punt Returns

1.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	40
2.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	29
3.	Cliff Hill (CT)	23
4.	Andrew Amerson (TROY)	17
5.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	16
6.	Mike McIlravy (NAVY)	12
	Brandon Young (CT)	12
8.	David Fiefia (UTST)	11
9.	Shane Walton* (NDAME)	9
10.	Roger Robinson (UTST)	6

Punt Return Yards

1.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	432
2.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	385
3.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	176
4.	Andrew Amerson (TROY)	142
5.	Cliff Hill (CT)	129
6.	David Fiefia (UTST)	100
7.	Shane Walton* (NDAME)	85
8.	Brandon Young (CT)	77
9.	Brian Fisher (SFL)	75
10.	Aaron Weedo (NAVY)	57

Punt Return Yards Per Return

1.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	14.9
2.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	11.0
3.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	9.6
4.	David Fiefia (UTST)	9.1
5.	Andrew Amerson (TROY)	8.4
6.	Brandon Young (CT)	6.4
7.	Cliff Hill (CT)	5.6
8.	Mike McIlravy (NAVY)	3.7

Punt Return Touchdowns

Deandrew Rubin (SFL)

Kickoff Returns

1.	Jason Dellaselva (CT)	23
2.	Tony Lane (NAVY)	22
3.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	19
	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	19
5.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	16
6.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	15
7.	Jerome Dennis (UTST)	14
8.	Roger Robinson (UTST)	13
9.	Aaron Weedo (NAVY)	11
	Hugh Smith (SFL)	11
	David Fiefia (UTST)	11

Kickoff Return Yards

1.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	526
2.	Tony Lane (NAVY)	484
3.	Jason Dellaselva (CT)	477
4.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	402
5.	Jerome Dennis (UTST)	388
6.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	335
7.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	307
8.	Aaron Weedo (NAVY)	269
9.	David Fiefia (UTST)	252
10.	Roger Robinson (UTST)	250

Kickoff Return Yards Per Return

1.	Jerome Dennis (UTST)	27.7
2.	Vontez Duff* (NDAME)	27.7
3.	Deandrew Rubin (SFL)	26.8
4.	David Fiefia (UTST)	22.9
5.	Tony Lane (NAVY)	22.0
6.	Arnaz Battle* (NDAME)	20.9
7.	Jason Dellaselva (CT)	20.7
8.	Roger Robinson (UTST)	19.2
9.	Hugh Smith (SFL)	18.7
10.	Heyward Skipper (TROY)	16.2

Interceptions

1.	Shane Walton* (NDAME)	7
2.	Roy Hopkins (CT)	6
	J.R. Reed (SFL)	6
4.	Ron Hemingway (SFL)	5
5.	Maurice Lloyd (CT)	4
	Courtney Watson* (NDAME)	4
	Gerome Sapp* (NDAME)	4
8.	Chris Meyer (CT)	3
9.	Maurice Tucker (SFL)	2
	Josh Smith (NAVY)	2
	Marlon Jones (CT)	2
	Kevin Verpaele (SFL)	2
	Johnny Faulk (TROY)	2
	Derrick Ansley (TROY)	2
	Glenn Earl* (NDAME)	2
	David Philyaw (TROY)	2
	John Miller (SFL)	2

Interception Return Yards

1.	Courtney Watson* (NDAME)	123
2.	Chris Meyer (CT)	118
3.	Maurice Lloyd (CT)	94
4.	Shane Walton* (NDAME)	84
5.	Jerome Dennis (UTST)	75
6.	Josh Smith (NAVY)	69
7.	Jamal Lundy (CT)	62
8.	Bernard Davis (TROY)	59
9.	Ron Hemingway (SFL)	45
10.	Kawika Mitchell (SFL)	39

Interception Return Touchdowns

Shane Walton* (NDAME)

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