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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS6-6-0L-1

Mid-American Conference Record: 4-4-0 		 
09/07/02 Missouri 6 41  
09/14/02 + Indiana St. 23 21  
09/21/02 Clemson 7 30  
09/28/02 Connecticut 24 21 OT
10/05/02 + Northern Ill. 29 41  
10/12/02 Toledo 17 37  
10/19/02 + Eastern Mich. 42 17  
10/26/02 Bowling Green 20 38  
11/02/02 + Western Mich. 17 7  
11/16/02 Central Mich. 38 21  
11/23/02 + Buffalo 41 21  
11/30/02 Marshall 14 38  
+ Home Game $ Neutral Site * Night Game OT Overtime Game
TEAM RANKINGS
117 teams ranked in Division IA
14 teams ranked in Mid-American Conference
CategoryNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		Actual Conf
Rank		Mid-American Conference
Leader		Actual
Rushing Offense 49 162.92 Air Force 307.777 Ohio 239.83
Passing Offense 87 178.67 Texas Tech 388.869 Marshall 369.54
Total Offense 90 341.58 Boise St. 501.4611 Marshall 495.31
Scoring Offense 84 23.17 Boise St. 45.6211 Bowling Green 40.83
Rushing Defense 80 169.08 TCU 64.8310 Northern Ill. 131.83
Pass Efficiency Defense 97 137.63 Miami (Fla.) 83.9111 Marshall 96.79
Total Defense T-89 405.25 TCU 240.259 Western Mich. 330.67
Scoring Defense 72 27.75 Kansas St. 11.858 Marshall 24.23
Net Punting 58 34.41 Brigham Young 42.695 Central Fla. 37.53
Punt Returns 36 11.59 Northern Ill. 20.194 Northern Ill. 20.19
Kickoff Returns 103 18.08 Iowa 25.1111 Western Mich. 22.89
Turnover Margin 76 -.42 South Fla. 1.919 Bowling Green .75
Pass Defense 86 236.17 Miami (Fla.) 119.6911 Marshall 161.46
Passing Efficiency 72 118.72 Boise St. 169.399 Toledo 152.83

PLAYER RANKINGS (Player must have played in 75% of Teams games
Summary of Top 100 National Leaders and top 25 in conference
12 Categories Ranked

CategoryPlayerNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		ActualConf
Rank		 Mid-American Conference
Leader		 Actual
Rushing Marcus Merriweather 5 134.83 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.542 Turner, NIll 159.58
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Andy Roesch 35 129.28 Banks, Iowa 157.127 Leftwich, Marsh 156.52
  Talmadge Hill   105.52  13  
Total Offense Andy Roesch   140.90 Leftwich, Marsh 355.5814 Leftwich, Marsh 355.58
  Marcus Merriweather   134.83  15  
Receptions Per Game Dante Ridgeway   3.67 Burleson, Nevada 11.5016 Walter, EMich 7.75
Receiving Yards Per Game Dante Ridgeway   46.33 Tolver, SDSt 137.3115 Walter, EMich 114
Interceptions Douglas Owusu   .27 Leonhard, Wis .7912 Drew, NIll .58
  Quentin Manley   .17  23  
  Steve Monson   .17  23  
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Reggie Hodges 54 40.33 Payne, BYU 47.595 Rysko, EMich 41.56
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Sean Schembra 38 11.71 Sheldon, NIll 22.715 Sheldon, NIll 22.71
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Larry Bostic 61 21.86 Pauley, SnJose 31.556 Drew, NIll 26.13
  Sean Schembra   16.00  15  
Field Goals Mike Langford T-87 .75 Browne, TCU 1.9211 Azar, NIll 1.5
Scoring Marcus Merriweather 66 7.00 Forsey, Boise 14.7710 Harris, BGreen 11.17
All-Purpose Runners Marcus Merriweather 16 152.08 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.235 Turner, NIll 190.33

T=tied at this ranking