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The 2002 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Amherst Massachusetts. The 2002 season saw UMass return to the top half of the conference as they finished the season with a record of 8–4 overall and 6–3 in conference play.
