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SCHEDULE AND RESULTS3-9-0L-2

Big Ten Conference Record: 1-7-0 		 
08/31/02 Air Force 3 52  
09/07/02 + TCU 24 48  
09/14/02 + Duke 26 21  
09/21/02 Navy 49 40  
09/28/02 Michigan St. 24 39  
10/05/02 + Ohio St. 16 27  
10/12/02 Minnesota 42 45  
10/19/02 Penn St. 0 49  
10/26/02 + Purdue 13 42  
11/02/02 + Indiana 41 37  
11/09/02 Iowa 10 62  
11/23/02 + Illinois 24 31  
+ Home Game $ Neutral Site * Night Game OT Overtime Game
TEAM RANKINGS
117 teams ranked in Division IA
11 teams ranked in Big Ten Conference
CategoryNational
Rank		ActualNational
Leader		Actual Conf
Rank		Big Ten Conference
Leader		Actual
Rushing Offense 53 157.00 Air Force 307.778 Penn St. 228.62
Passing Offense 45 232.00 Texas Tech 388.865 Illinois 282.33
Total Offense 42 389.00 Boise St. 501.466 Purdue 452.23
Scoring Offense 87 22.67 Boise St. 45.6210 Iowa 37.23
Rushing Defense 117 313.58 TCU 64.8311 Ohio St. 77.71
Pass Efficiency Defense 115 160.83 Miami (Fla.) 83.9111 Purdue 105.24
Total Defense 116 502.33 TCU 240.2511 Purdue 317.15
Scoring Defense 113 41.08 Kansas St. 11.8511 Ohio St. 13.07
Net Punting 85 32.74 Brigham Young 42.6911 Ohio St. 37.28
Punt Returns 111 5.88 Northern Ill. 20.1911 Penn St. 12.23
Kickoff Returns 6 24.10 Iowa 25.112 Iowa 25.11
Turnover Margin 79 -.50 South Fla. 1.917 Wisconsin 1.29
Pass Defense 29 188.75 Miami (Fla.) 119.692 Minnesota 178.62
Passing Efficiency 91 110.13 Boise St. 169.3911 Iowa 156.33

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		 Big Ten Conference
Leader		 Actual
Rushing Jason Wright 30 102.83 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.546 L.Johnson, PennSt 160.54
  Noah Herron   30.42  22  
Passing Efficiency (Min. 15 Att./Game) Brett Basanez 72 118.23 Banks, Iowa 157.1211 Banks, Iowa 157.12
Total Offense Brett Basanez 38 230.00 Leftwich, Marsh 355.582 Banks, Iowa 230.46
  Jason Wright   102.83  17  
Receptions Per Game Jon Schweighardt 49 4.83 Burleson, Nevada 11.507 Stubblfld, Purdue 7.7
  Kunle Patrick T-88 4.08  11  
Receiving Yards Per Game Jon Schweighardt 79 59.92 Tolver, SDSt 137.3113 Rogers, MichSt 112.58
  Kunle Patrick   46.50  17  
Interceptions Raheem Covington T-55 .33 Leonhard, Wis .793 Leonhard, Wis .79
Punting (Min. 3.6 Punts/Game) Brian Huffman 37 41.47 Payne, BYU 47.593 Groom, OhioSt 44.95
Punt Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Kunle Patrick 90 7.47 Sheldon, NIll 22.718 B.Johnson, PennSt 12.88
Kickoff Returns (Min. 1.2 Ret./Game) Jason Wright 4 28.50 Pauley, SnJose 31.551 Wright, NW 28.5
  Jeff Backes 13 26.22  3  
Field Goals David Wasielewski T-72 .83 Browne, TCU 1.926 Nugent, OhioSt 1.79
Scoring Jason Wright T-81 6.50 Forsey, Boise 14.777 L.Johnson, PennSt 10.77
  David Wasielewski   4.67  19  
All-Purpose Runners Jason Wright 4 167.75 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.232 L.Johnson, PennSt 204.23

T=tied at this ranking