The 2002 Joliet Wolves football team was an

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team that represented

Joliet Junior College Joliet Junior College (JJC) is a public community college in Joliet, Illinois. Founded in 1901, it was the first public community college founded in the United States. In Spring 2014, the college enrolled 16,375 students. Every year, 48,000 st ...

as a member of the

North Central Community College Conference The North Central Community College Conference, commonly known as the N4C, was part of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Conference championships were held and individuals can be named to All-Conference and All-Academic tea ...

(N4C) during the 2002 junior college football season. In their third year under head coach Bob MacDougall, the Wolves compiled an 11–0 record (8–0 in conference games), won the N4C championship, and defeated

Georgia Military College Georgia Military College (GMC) is a Public college, public military junior college in Milledgeville, Georgia. It is divided into the junior college, a military junior college program, high school, middle school, and elementary school. It was ori ...

in the Golden Isles Bowl for the

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. The team extended its winning streak to 21 games, which at the time was the longest in the nation. The team's statistical leaders included DuJuan Johnson with 798 rushing yards, Jim Peyton with 2,251 passing yards and 25 passing touchdowns, and ·Kelvin Hayden with 1,297 receiving yards. Linebacker Rob Ninkovich later played 11 seasons in the

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. Defensive end John Chrestman set a school record with 15 sacks for Joliet during the 2002 season.

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