2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team

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2002 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record7–5 (5–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Barney Cotton (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Steve Stanard (3rd season)
Home stadium Aggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  2001
2003  →
2002 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Texas $  6 –0   8 –5  
New Mexico State  5 –1   7 –5  
Arkansas State  3 –3   6 –7  
Middle Tennessee  2 –4   4 –8  
Louisiana–Lafayette  2 –4   3 –9  
Louisiana–Monroe  2 –4   3 –9  
Idaho  1 –5   2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7-5, they were not invited to a bowl game.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 315:00 pmat No. 22 South Carolina *
L 24–3483,717 [1]
September 74:30 pmat California *
L 13–3424,692 [2]
September 216:00 pm New Mexico *
W 24–1328,587 [3] [4]
September 283:00 pmat No. 7 Georgia *
L 10–4186,520 [5]
October 56:05 pm UTEP *
W 49–1430,605 [6]
October 126:05 pm Louisiana–Lafayette Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 31–2819,876 [7]
October 192:05 pm Louisiana–Monroe
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 34–2112,183 [8]
October 265:00 pmat Arkansas State
W 26–2111,036 [9]
November 24:00 pm Middle Tennessee
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 24–2119,562 [10]
November 91:00 pmat Utah State *
L 30–3212,291 [11]
November 162:00 pmat North Texas
L 27–3820,064 [12]
November 233:00 pmat Idaho
W 35–315,462 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 4Eric HigginsJr
RB 6Keith Mouton Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 7H. B. Briscoe Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 8Chris LumpkinJr
QB 10Paul Drombowski Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 11 Buck Pierce Redshirt.svg  So
QB 13Carl Scaffidi Redshirt.svg  So
WR 14Preston Williams Redshirt.svg  So
QB 17Doug BradySr
WR 19P. J. WinstonSr
RB 22Walter TaylorSr
RB 23Tony BosticJr
WR 27Ronshay Jenkins Redshirt.svg  Jr
FB 36Kermit Okamura Redshirt.svg  Sr
FB 38Rambo Fiaseu Redshirt.svg  Fr
FB 44Marcus Dixon Redshirt.svg  Jr
C 68B. J. Van Briesen Redshirt.svg  Sr
G 72Adam Sinclair Redshirt.svg  So
G 75Shalimar Jackson Redshirt.svg  Sr
G 77Justin Shopbell Redshirt.svg  So
WR 81Chris Duncan Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 85Travis Samuel Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 89Alex Davis Redshirt.svg  Jr
TE 97Dustin DitmoreJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3Robert Canidate Redshirt.svg  Sr
S 9Shukree Shabazz Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz Redshirt.svg  Sr
S 31Tyrone GiffordSr
LB 34Julmar Howard Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 37Richard Glover Redshirt.svg  So
LB 42 Jim Cottrell Redshirt.svg  Fr
DE 95Lamar HillJr
DE 54John SiouiJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 12Dario AguinigaJr
P 16Brian CoppleSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ross Els (Special Team Coordinator/safeties)
  • Mark Mauer (Wide receivers)
  • Steve Stanard (Defensive coordinator/linebacker)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 2, 2014

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