2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Greg Colby (1st season)
Captains
Home stadium Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons
←  2001
2003  →
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Ohio State $#+  8 –0   14 –0  
No. 8 Iowa  %+  8 –0   11 –2  
No. 9 Michigan  6 –2   10 –3  
No. 16 Penn State  5 –3   9 –4  
Purdue  4 –4   7 –6  
Illinois  4 –4   5 –7  
Minnesota  3 –5   8 –5  
Wisconsin  2 –6   8 –6  
Michigan State  2 –6   4 –8  
Northwestern  1 –7   3 –9  
Indiana  1 –7   3 –9  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll [2]

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3111:00 amat Air Force *
 ABC L 3–5245,114
September 712:00 pm TCU *
 ESPNGP L 24–4821,442
September 1412:00 pm Duke *
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 26–2122,910
September 2111:00 amat Navy *
 HDNet W 49–4027,012
September 2812:00 pmat Michigan State
L 24–3974,215
October 56:00 pmNo. 5 Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
 ESPN2 L 16–2743,489
October 107:00 pmat Minnesota
L 42–4537,729
October 1911:00 amat No. 20 Penn State
ESPN2L 0–49108,853
October 2611:00 am Purdue Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
 ESPN+ L 13–4230,158
November 211:00 am Indiana
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+W 41–3725,077
November 911:00 amat No. 6 Iowa
ESPN2L 10–6268,728
November 2311:00 am Illinois
ESPN+L 24–3125,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Brett Basanez Fr
RB 32 Clifton Dawson Fr
OT 76 Trai Essex So
RB 33 Noah Herron So
C 62 Austin King  (C)Sr
OT 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe So
OT 73 Jeff Roehl Sr
WR 6Jon SchweighardtSr
G 63 Zach Strief Fr
G 64 Matt Ulrich So
QB 16Alexander WebbFr
RB 18 Jason Wright Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 7Ray BogenriefJr
DT 94 Luis Castillo So
DT 97Colby ClarkSo
DT 67 Barry Cofield Fr
CB 27Raheem CovingtonSr
LB 3Pat Durr (C)Sr
DE 96Greg LutzenFr
LB 44 Tim McGarigle Fr
LB 46Eric VanderHorstFr
CB 31Marvin WardSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 17David WasielewskiSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-16

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Austin King Center4133 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2002 Northwestern Football Archive". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.


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