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2002 Mid-American Conference Year Summary

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Record: 80-91, .468 W-L% (8th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -6.82 (10th of 12) ▪ SOS: -5.18 (12th of 12)

Division Champions: Marshall (East) and Toledo (West)
Conference Champion: Marshall (Won Championship Game 49-45)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 1 (Marshall)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 1 (Marshall)

Standings

	Overall			Conference			Pts/G		SRS
East	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Marshall	11	2	.846	7	1	.875	35.2	24.2	2.97	-7.03
Central Florida	7	5	.583	6	2	.750	32.6	26.3	0.29	-5.13
Miami (OH)	7	5	.583	5	3	.625	32.0	27.1	0.23	-2.44
Ohio	4	8	.333	4	4	.500	24.9	31.2	-10.71	-5.21
Akron	4	8	.333	3	5	.375	27.1	31.6	-9.42	-4.92
Kent State	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	16.8	35.3	-16.47	-4.72
Buffalo	1	11	.083	0	8	.000	17.8	34.7	-20.36	-6.69
West	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
Northern Illinois	8	4	.667	7	1	.875	31.3	24.8	-0.42	-4.75
Toledo	9	5	.643	7	1	.875	35.4	27.0	3.24	-3.12
Bowling Green State	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	40.8	25.3	2.70	-7.96
Ball State	6	6	.500	4	4	.500	23.2	27.8	-8.30	-5.30
Western Michigan	4	8	.333	3	5	.375	25.3	27.5	-6.65	-3.57
Central Michigan	4	8	.333	2	6	.250	22.3	32.0	-11.89	-5.80
Eastern Michigan	3	9	.250	1	7	.125	23.8	47.2	-20.64	-5.89

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
Marshall	19	19	16	16														24
Bowling Green State									25	24	21	20

2 Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
2002-12-26	Motor City Bowl	Boston College	51	Toledo	25	Motor City Bowl (Detroit, MI)
2002-12-18	GMAC Bowl	Marshall	38	Louisville	15	GMAC Bowl (Mobile, AL)

Award Winners

MAC Defensive Player of the Year:	Jason Babin (Western Michigan)
MAC Offensive Player of the Year:	Byron Leftwich (Marshall)

MAC Coach of the Year:	Joe Novak (Northern Illinois)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	331
2.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	297
3.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	271
4.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	265
5.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	250
6.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	232
7.	Randall Secky (BUF)	204
8.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	198
9.	Derrick Vickers (CMI)	175
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	162

Pass Attempts

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	491
2.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	430
3.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	428
4.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	423
5.	Randall Secky (BUF)	421
6.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	410
7.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	380
8.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	353
9.	Derrick Vickers (CMI)	320
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	309

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	70.2
2.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	67.4
3.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	65.8
4.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	63.3
5.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	61.6
6.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	56.6
7.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	56.1
8.	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	55.9
9.	Derrick Vickers (CMI)	54.7
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	52.4

Passing Yards

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	4268
2.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	3770
3.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	3446
4.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	3238
5.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	2824
6.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	2762
7.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	2425
8.	Chad Munson (WMI)	2160
9.	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	2027
10.	Randall Secky (BUF)	2015

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	8.8
2.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	8.7
3.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	8.1
4.	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	8.0
5.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	7.6
6.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	7.4
7.	Chad Munson (WMI)	7.0
8.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	6.9
9.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	6.7
10.	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	6.6

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	9.0
2.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	8.5
3.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	8.3
4.	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	8.1
5.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	7.4
6.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	7.2
7.	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	6.6
8.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	6.5
9.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	5.8
10.	Derrick Vickers (CMI)	5.6

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	31
2.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	30
3.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	23
4.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	22
	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	22
6.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	19
7.	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	15
	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	15
	Charlie Frye (AKR)	15
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	14

Passing Interceptions

1.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	18
2.	Chad Munson (WMI)	17
3.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	16
4.	Joshua Cribbs (KENT)	14
5.	Randall Secky (BUF)	13
6.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	11
	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	11
8.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	10
9.	Talmadge Hill (BALLST)	9
	Charlie Frye (AKR)	9
	Brian Jones* (TOL)	9

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	156.5
2.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	152.3
3.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	151.6
4.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	138.7
5.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	136.5
6.	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	133.0
7.	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	129.3
8.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	125.3
9.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	122.1
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	115.1

Rush Attempts

1.	Michael Turner (NIL)	338
2.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	332
3.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	267
4.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	255
5.	Aaron Leeper (BUF)	235
6.	Chad Brinker (OH)	228
7.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	223
8.	Philip Reed (WMI)	221
9.	Bobby Hendry (AKR)	208
10.	Alex Haynes (CFL)	204

Rushing Yards

1.	Michael Turner (NIL)	1915
2.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	1618
3.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	1361
4.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	1231
5.	Chad Brinker (OH)	1099
6.	Joshua Cribbs (KENT)	1057
7.	Philip Reed (WMI)	1053
8.	Alex Haynes (CFL)	1038
9.	Bobby Hendry (AKR)	1021
10.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	1009

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Joshua Cribbs (KENT)	7.7
2.	Joe Alls (BGSU)	6.6
3.	Astin Martin* (TOL)	5.8
4.	P.J. Pope (BGSU)	5.7
5.	Michael Turner (NIL)	5.7
6.	William Bratton* (TOL)	5.6
7.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	5.3
8.	Eddie Beccles (KENT)	5.3
9.	Alex Haynes (CFL)	5.1
10.	Bobby Hendry (AKR)	4.9

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	20
2.	Michael Turner (NIL)	19
3.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	16
4.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	15
5.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	12
	Trinity Dawson* (TOL)	12
7.	William Bratton* (TOL)	10
	Aaron Leeper (BUF)	10
	Joshua Cribbs (KENT)	10
	Chad Brinker (OH)	10
	Philip Reed (WMI)	10

Receptions

1.	Kevin Walter (EMI)	93
2.	Denero Marriott* (MARSH)	86
3.	Robert Redd (BGSU)	83
4.	Carl Ford* (TOL)	79
5.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	75
	Josh Davis* (MARSH)	75
7.	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	71
8.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	63
9.	Jimmy Fryzel (CFL)	58
10.	Andre Forde (BUF)	54

Receiving Yards

1.	Kevin Walter (EMI)	1368
2.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	1237
3.	Josh Davis* (MARSH)	1191
4.	Jimmy Fryzel (CFL)	1126
5.	Carl Ford* (TOL)	1062
6.	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	1030
7.	Denero Marriott* (MARSH)	993
8.	Robert Redd (BGSU)	973
9.	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	783
10.	Andre Forde (BUF)	748

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	19.6
2.	Jimmy Fryzel (CFL)	19.4
3.	Curtis Jones* (MARSH)	17.4
4.	Jermaine Lewis (WMI)	17.2
5.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	16.5
6.	Josh Davis* (MARSH)	15.9
7.	Chris Talley (EMI)	14.8
8.	Kevin Walter (EMI)	14.7
9.	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	14.5
10.	Korey Kirkpatrick (MIAOH)	14.4

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	12
2.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	11
3.	Kevin Walter (EMI)	9
	Robert Redd (BGSU)	9
	Carl Ford* (TOL)	9
6.	Michael Larkin (MIAOH)	8
	Denero Marriott* (MARSH)	8
8.	Andrew Clarke* (TOL)	7
	Jason Branch (MIAOH)	7
	Andre Forde (BUF)	7
	Chris Roberson (EMI)	7

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	354
2.	Michael Turner (NIL)	348
3.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	294
4.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	281
5.	Aaron Leeper (BUF)	262
6.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	250
7.	Chad Brinker (OH)	241
8.	Philip Reed (WMI)	236
9.	Alex Haynes (CFL)	228
10.	Bobby Hendry (AKR)	220

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Michael Turner (NIL)	2015
2.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	1825
3.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	1614
4.	Kevin Walter (EMI)	1368
5.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	1346
6.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	1343
7.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	1289
8.	Philip Reed (WMI)	1252
9.	Chad Brinker (OH)	1214
10.	Josh Davis* (MARSH)	1196

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	22
2.	Michael Turner (NIL)	19
3.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	17
4.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	15
5.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	14
6.	Trinity Dawson* (TOL)	12
	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	12
	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	12
9.	Chad Brinker (OH)	11
	Philip Reed (WMI)	11

Total Plays

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	539
2.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	528
3.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	510
4.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	508
5.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	482
6.	Randall Secky (BUF)	480
7.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	467
8.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	455
9.	Derrick Vickers (CMI)	382
10.	Chad Munson (WMI)	343

Total Yards

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	4267
2.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	3860
3.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	3681
4.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	3184
5.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	3162
6.	Charlie Frye (AKR)	2949
7.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	2667
8.	Joshua Cribbs (KENT)	2071
9.	Chad Munson (WMI)	2040
10.	Joshua Haldi (NIL)	1937

Total Yards Per Play

1.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	8.1
2.	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	7.9
3.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	7.6
4.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	6.2
5.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	5.9

Total Touchdowns

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	39
2.	Byron Leftwich* (MARSH)	33
	Ryan Schneider (CFL)	33
4.	Brian Jones* (TOL)	28
5.	Ben Roethlisberger (MIAOH)	23
6.	Troy Edwards (EMI)	22
	Charlie Frye (AKR)	22
8.	Michael Turner (NIL)	19
9.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	16
	Andy Roesch (BALLST)	16

Touchdowns

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	22
2.	Michael Turner (NIL)	20
3.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	17
4.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	15
5.	Marcus Merriweather (BALLST)	14
6.	Trinity Dawson* (TOL)	12
	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	12
	Darius Watts* (MARSH)	12
9.	Chad Brinker (OH)	11
	Philip Reed (WMI)	11

Points

1.	Josh Harris (BGSU)	134
2.	Michael Turner (NIL)	120
3.	Luke Clemens (MIAOH)	102
4.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	97
5.	Steve Azar (NIL)	95
6.	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	93
	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	93
8.	Ime Akpan (EMI)	90
9.	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	86
	Matt Prater (CFL)	86

Extra Point Attempts

1.	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	62
2.	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	59
3.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	53
4.	Matt Prater (CFL)	47
5.	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	46
6.	Steve Azar (NIL)	43
	Billy Sullivan (AKR)	43
8.	Eric Klaban (EMI)	39
9.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	36
10.	Mike Langford (BALLST)	33

Extra Points Made

1.	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	57
2.	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	54
3.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	49
4.	Matt Prater (CFL)	44
	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	44
6.	Steve Azar (NIL)	41
7.	Billy Sullivan (AKR)	40
8.	Eric Klaban (EMI)	37
9.	Mike Langford (BALLST)	31
	Kevin Kerr (OH)	31

Field Goal Attempts

1.	Steve Azar (NIL)	25
2.	Matt Prater (CFL)	21
3.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	20
4.	Mike Gruzwalski (CMI)	19
5.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	16
	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	16
7.	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	14
	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	14
	Billy Sullivan (AKR)	14
	Travis Mayle (KENT)	14

Field Goals Made

1.	Steve Azar (NIL)	18
2.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	16
3.	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	14
	Matt Prater (CFL)	14
	Mike Gruzwalski (CMI)	14
6.	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	13
7.	Travis Mayle (KENT)	12
	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	12
9.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	10
10.	Dallas Pelz (BUF)	9
	Mike Langford (BALLST)	9

Field Goal Percentage

1.	Jared Parseghian (MIAOH)	100.0
2.	Travis Mayle (KENT)	85.7
	Shaun Suisham (BGSU)	85.7
4.	Jason Robbins* (TOL)	81.2
5.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	80.0
6.	Mike Gruzwalski (CMI)	73.7
7.	Steve Azar (NIL)	72.0
8.	Dallas Pelz (BUF)	69.2
	Mike Langford (BALLST)	69.2
10.	Anthony Apa (WMI)	66.7
	Matt Prater (CFL)	66.7

Punts

1.	Scott McMahan (BUF)	81
2.	Brian Brandt (CMI)	71
3.	David Rysko (EMI)	64
4.	Jimmy Erwin (NIL)	63
5.	Jared Fritz (KENT)	59
6.	Reggie Hodges (BALLST)	57
7.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	55
8.	Pat Fleming (BGSU)	51
9.	Andy Jerdon (AKR)	46
10.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	42

Punting Yards

1.	Scott McMahan (BUF)	3258
2.	Brian Brandt (CMI)	2815
3.	David Rysko (EMI)	2660
4.	Jimmy Erwin (NIL)	2412
5.	Jared Fritz (KENT)	2409
6.	Reggie Hodges (BALLST)	2299
7.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	2258
8.	Pat Fleming (BGSU)	2000
9.	Andy Jerdon (AKR)	1856
10.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	1809

Punting Yards Per Punt

1.	Curtis Head* (MARSH)	43.1
2.	Ryan Flinn (CFL)	41.8
3.	Michael Wafzig (MIAOH)	41.6
4.	David Rysko (EMI)	41.6
5.	Kevin Kerr (OH)	41.1
6.	Jared Fritz (KENT)	40.8
7.	Andy Jerdon (AKR)	40.3
8.	Reggie Hodges (BALLST)	40.3
9.	Scott McMahan (BUF)	40.2
10.	Brian Brandt (CMI)	39.6

Punt Returns

1.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	31
	Robert Redd (BGSU)	31
3.	Kendrick Mosley (WMI)	29
4.	Eddie Tillitz (MIAOH)	28
5.	Stafford Owens (OH)	27
6.	Chris Roberson (EMI)	21
	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	21
	Sean Schembra (BALLST)	21
9.	Andre Forde (BUF)	19
	Asante Samuel (CFL)	19

Punt Return Yards

1.	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	477
2.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	443
3.	Kendrick Mosley (WMI)	440
4.	Stafford Owens (OH)	271
5.	Sean Schembra (BALLST)	246
6.	Asante Samuel (CFL)	233
7.	Chris Roberson (EMI)	232
8.	Robert Redd (BGSU)	209
9.	Eddie Tillitz (MIAOH)	206
10.	Andre Forde (BUF)	161

Punt Return Yards Per Return

1.	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	22.7
2.	Kendrick Mosley (WMI)	15.2
3.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	14.3
4.	Asante Samuel (CFL)	12.3
5.	Sean Schembra (BALLST)	11.7
6.	Chris Roberson (EMI)	11.0
7.	Stafford Owens (OH)	10.0
8.	Dante McKnight (CMI)	8.5
9.	Andre Forde (BUF)	8.5
10.	Eddie Tillitz (MIAOH)	7.4

Punt Return Touchdowns

1.	Dan Sheldon (NIL)	3
2.	Kendrick Mosley (WMI)	2

Kickoff Returns

1.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	36
	Matt Carter (AKR)	36
3.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	31
4.	Antonio King (KENT)	30
	Andre Forde (BUF)	30
6.	Lagarian Houston (EMI)	29
7.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	27
	Milt Bowen (MIAOH)	27
9.	Dion Byrum (OH)	26
10.	Sean Schembra (BALLST)	24
	Jason Caesar (OH)	24

Kickoff Return Yards

1.	Matt Carter (AKR)	867
2.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	809
3.	Doug Gabriel (CFL)	632
4.	Andre Forde (BUF)	626
5.	Antonio King (KENT)	598
6.	Milt Bowen (MIAOH)	592
7.	Dion Byrum (OH)	541
8.	Robbie Mixon (CMI)	524
9.	Lagarian Houston (EMI)	508
10.	Jason Caesar (OH)	505

Kickoff Return Yards Per Return

1.	Tyrone Walker (WMI)	32.8
2.	Randee Drew (NIL)	26.1
3.	Matt Carter (AKR)	24.1
4.	Donta Greene* (TOL)	22.5
5.	Martez Johnson (BGSU)	22.2
6.	Milt Bowen (MIAOH)	21.9
7.	Larry Bostic (BALLST)	21.9
8.	Korey Kirkpatrick (MIAOH)	21.7
9.	Jason Caesar (OH)	21.0
10.	Andre Forde (BUF)	20.9

Kickoff Return Touchdowns

Tyrone Walker (WMI)

Interceptions

1.	Randee Drew (NIL)	7
2.	Brandon Hefflin* (TOL)	6
	Milt Bowen (MIAOH)	6
	Bop White (OH)	6
	Mark Graham (BUF)	6
6.	Tony Carr (WMI)	5
	Vince Thompson (NIL)	5
8.	James King (CMI)	4
	Dante McKnight (CMI)	4
	Asante Samuel (CFL)	4
	Nashville Dyer (KENT)	4

Interception Return Yards

1.	Randee Drew (NIL)	103
2.	Mike Lambert (BUF)	90
3.	Rob Stover (OH)	77
4.	Shawn Armstead (KENT)	75
5.	Mark Graham (BUF)	72
6.	Keon Jackson* (TOL)	58
7.	Omar Laurence (CFL)	57
8.	Bop White (OH)	52
	Janssen Patton (BGSU)	52
10.	Mike Johnson (WMI)	51

Interception Return Touchdowns

Keon Jackson* (TOL)

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