2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Houston Bowl champion
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Record8–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Gundy (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorBill Clay (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumLewis Field
(Capacity: 48,500)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy   7 – 1     9 – 5  
No. 7 Kansas State   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Iowa State   4 – 4     7 – 7  
Nebraska   3 – 5     7 – 7  
Missouri   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Kansas   0 – 8     2 – 10  
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$   6 – 2     12 – 2  
No. 6 Texas x   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Texas Tech   5 – 3     9 – 5  
Oklahoma State   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Texas A&M   3 – 5     6 – 6  
Baylor   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Championship: Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys' Houston Bowl appearance in 2002 was only the second time in 14 years that OSU made it to a bowl game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech*
L 36–3931,391
September 76:00 p.m.No. 2 (I-AA) Northern Iowa*
W 45–1040,085
September 146:00 p.m.UCLA*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
FSNL 24–3843,020
September 216:00 p.m.SMU*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 52–1641,190
October 511:30 a.m.at No. 2 Texas
FSNL 15–1783,116
October 121:10 p.m.at No. 19 Kansas State
L 9–4448,404
October 1911:30 a.m.Nebraska
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
FSNW 24–2145,017
November 211:30 a.m.Texas A&Mdagger
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
FSNW 28–2347,607
November 91:00 p.m.at Texas Tech
L 24–4944,595
November 161:00 p.m.at Kansas
W 55–2027,500
November 231:00 p.m.Baylor
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 63–2837,250
November 301:30 p.m.No. 3 Oklahoma
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)
FSNW 38–2848,500
December 271:30 p.m.vs. Southern Miss*
ESPNW 33–2344,687
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

Nebraska

1 234Total
Cornhuskers 0 7014 21
• Cowboys 0 3714 24
Scoring summary
2Oklahoma StPhillips 45-yard field goalOklahoma St 3-0
2NebraskaDiedrick 2-yard run (Brown kick)Nebraska 7-3
3Oklahoma StFields 3-yard run (Phillips kick)Oklahoma St 10-7
4Oklahoma StWoods 5-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)Oklahoma St 17-7
4NebraskaHorne 2-yard run (Brown kick)Oklahoma St 17-14
4Oklahoma StLewis 12-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)Oklahoma St 24-14
4NebraskaLord 1-yard run (Brown kick)Oklahoma St 24-21

Oklahoma State's first win versus Nebraska since 1961.

Roster

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 13 Josh Fields So
RB 7 Tatum Bell Jr
RB 23 Vernand Morency Fr
WR 82 Rashaun Woods Jr
WR 84 D'Juan Woods Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 58 Kevin Williams Sr
DB 9 Darrent Williams So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Kevin Williams Defensive tackle 1 9 Minnesota Vikings

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Cowboys Rashaun Woods (31st overall), Tatum Bell (41st overall), and Antonio Smith (135th overall) would be selected in the 2004 NFL draft.[3]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ "1989 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
  3. ^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 23, 2007.