Year: | 2002 |
Team: | Carroll Fighting Saints |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Frontier Conference |
Short Conf: | Frontier |
Record: | 12–2 |
Conf Record: | 7–1 |
Head Coach: | Mike Van Diest |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Stadium: | Nelson Field |
Champion: | NAIA national champion Frontier champion |
Bowl: | NAIA National Championship Game |
Bowl Result: | W 28–7 vs. |
The 2002 Carroll Fighting Saints football team was an American football team that represented Carroll College as a member of the Frontier Conference during the 2002 NAIA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mike Van Diest, the Saints compiled a 12–2 record (7–1 against conference opponents) and won the NAIA national championship, defeating, 28–7, in the NAIA National Championship Game.[1] It was the first of six national championships between 2002 and 2010.
The team played its home games at Nelson Field at Helena, Montana.