2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 7–29 vs. Oklahoma
Alamo Bowl, L 28–31 OT vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	9–5 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Chris Brown
Captains	Justin Bates Tyler Brayton Wayne Lucier
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ←  2001 2003  →

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	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 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 am	vs. Colorado State *	No. 7	Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN2	L 14–19	75,531
September 7	5:00 pm	San Diego State *	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 34–14	44,126
September 14	1:30 pm	No. 17 USC *	No. 18	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	L 3–40	53,119
September 21	1:30 pm	at No. 20 UCLA *		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 31–17	63,880
October 5	1:30 pm	No. 13 Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 35–31	52,584
October 12	12:00 pm	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 53–29	34,500
October 19	1:00 pm	Baylor	No. 23	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 34–0	46,281
October 26	11:30 am	Texas Tech	No. 21	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 37–13	50,478
November 2	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 13	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 11–27	75,403
November 9	10:30 am	at Missouri	No. 18	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 42–35 OT	48,465
November 16	5:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 41–27	48,728
November 29	1:30 pm	at Nebraska	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–13	77,804
December 7	6:00 pm	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma	No. 12	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 7–29	63,332
December 28	6:00 pm	vs. Wisconsin *	No. 14	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31 OT	50,690
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TB 2 Brian Calhoun Fr QB 10 James Cox Fr QB 14 Joel Klatt Fr WR 15 Jeremy Bloom Fr WR 16 Tom Hubbard  Fr RB 21 Marcus Houston  So RB 22 Chris Brown Jr FB 34 Lawrence Vickers Fr TE 44 Beau Williams  Sr TE 45 Quinn Sypniewski Jr WR 48 Nick Holz Fr OL 58 Mark Fenton Fr G 62 Marwan Hage  Jr OL 71 Clint Werth Jr C 78 Wayne Lucier Sr WR 80 Derek McCoy Jr WR 81 Jason Burianek Sr WR 83 Daric Wilhite  Fr TE 84 Jake Jones Jr WR 88 D.J. Hackett  Jr TE 89 Joe Klopfenstein  Fr SE 90 Sam Wilder  So	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Donald Strickland Sr DB 7 Vance Washington Fr OLB 16 Drew Wahlroos Sr S 27 Brian Iwuh Fr DE 30 Marques Harris  So LB 39 Akarika Dawn Fr ILB 49 Thaddaeus Washington Fr DT 53 Geoff Whittaker So LB 54 Sean Tufts Jr DE 60 Matt McChesney Jr DT 93 Vaka Manupuna Fr DE 97 Gabe Nyenhuis Jr DE 99 Tyler Brayton Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 8 Mark Mariscal Sr K 25 Pat Brougham Sr K 28 Justin Zaitz  Fr	Head coach Gary Barnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Vs. Colorado State

See also: 2002 Colorado State Rams football team and Rocky Mountain Showdown

San Diego State

See also: 2002 San Diego State Aztecs football team

No. 17 USC

No. 17 USC at No. 18 Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total •#17 USC 14 6 0 20 40 #18 Colorado 0 0 3 0 3 Date: September 14 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game start: 1:30 p.m. MST Game attendance: 53,119 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Dan Fouts, Todd Harris

Scoring summary 1 9:56 USC Malaefou MacKenzie 32-yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick) USC 7-0 1 2:46 USC Malaefou MacKenzie 14-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 14-0 2 2:08 USC Sultan McCullough 62-yard run (kick failed) USC 20-0 3 2:51 COL Patrick Brougham 42-yard field goal USC 20-3 4 10:24 USC Carson Palmer 1-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 27-3 4 8:47 USC Mike Ross recovered blocked punt in end zone (kick failed) USC 33-3 4 2:47 USC Darryl Poston 4-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 40-3

See also: 2002 USC Trojans football team

At No. 20 UCLA

See also: 2002 UCLA Bruins football team

No. 13 Kansas State

#13 Kansas State at Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total #13 Wildcats 0 14 14 3 31 •Buffaloes 14 14 7 0 35 Date: October 5 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game start: 1:30 p.m. MST Game attendance: 52,584 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute

See also: 2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team and Colorado–Kansas State football rivalry

At Kansas

See also: 2002 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Baylor

See also: 2002 Baylor Bears football team

Texas Tech

Texas Tech Red Raiders at #21 Colorado Buffaloes

1 2 3 4 Total Red Raiders 10 3 0 0 13 •No. 21 Buffaloes 10 6 14 7 37 Date: October 26 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Game start: 11:30 a.m. MST Game attendance: 50,478 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land, Gary Reasons, Jim Knox

See also: 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

At No. 2 Oklahoma

#13 Colorado Buffaloes at #2 Oklahoma Sooners

1 2 3 4 Total #13 Colorado 3 0 8 0 11 •#2 Oklahoma 10 10 7 0 27 Date: November 2 Location: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game start: 1:35 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 75,403 Referee: Randy Christal TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color), & Jack Arute (Sideline)

See also: 2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team

At Missouri

See also: 2002 Missouri Tigers football team

Iowa State

Iowa State Cyclones at #17 Colorado Buffaloes

1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 7 6 7 27 •#17 Colorado 3 14 3 21 41 Date: November 16 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO Game start: 5:00 p.m. MST Game attendance: 48,728 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color), & Zach Klein (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 COL Patrick Brougham 44-yard field goal Colorado 3–0 1 ISU Michael Wagner 5-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 7–3 2 COL D.J. Hackett 8-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 10–7 2 ISU Lance Young 50-yard pass from Seneca Wallace (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 14–10 2 COL Chris Brown 5-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 17–14 3 ISU Joe Woodley 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa St 21–17 3 COL Patrick Brougham 41-yard field goal Iowa St 21–20 4 COL Derek McCoy 7-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 27–21 4 COL Medford Moorer 71-yard fumble return (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 34–21 4 ISU Seneca Wallace 6-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Colorado 34–28 4 COL Bobby Purify 6-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 41–28

See also: 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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At Nebraska

#13 Colorado Buffaloes at Nebraska Cornhuskers

1 2 3 4 Total •#13 Colorado 7 0 14 7 28 Nebraska 0 10 3 0 13 Date:November 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 1:36 p.m. MST Game attendance: 77,804 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (color), & Lynn Swann (sideline)

See also: 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry

Vs. No. 8 Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship game)

#8 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #12 Colorado Buffaloes

1 2 3 4 Total •#8 Oklahoma 7 6 6 10 29 #12 Colorado 0 0 7 0 7 Date: December 7 Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas Game start: 7:07 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 63,332 Referee: Jon Bible TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

See also: 2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team and 2002 Big 12 Championship Game

Vs. Wisconsin (Alamo Bowl)

#14 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Wisconsin Badgers (Alamo Bowl)

1 2 3 4 OT Total No. 14 Colorado 14 0 14 0 0 28 •Wisconsin 7 14 0 7 3 31 Date: December 28 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Game start: 6:00 p.m. MST Game attendance: 50,690 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried, Adrian Karsten

Main article: 2002 Alamo Bowl

See also: 2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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Awards and honors

• Mark Mariscal – Ray Guy Award, Consensus All-American
• Chris Brown – All-American (AFCA)
• Wayne Lucier – All-American (TSN)

References

1. 2011 Colorado football information guide
2. "Despite Brown's Sternum Injury, Buffaloes Roll". ESPN . November 16, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
3. ESPN