2002 Texas Longhorns football team

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2002 Texas Longhorns football
Texas Longhorns logo.svg
Big 12 South co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–20 vs. LSU
Conference Big 12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 6
Record11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Greg Davis (5th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Carl Reese (5th season)
Home stadium Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by senior quarterback Chris Simms.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m. North Texas *No. 3 PPV W 27–083,051
September 147:00 p.m.at North Carolina *No. 3 ABC W 52–2160,500
September 218:00 p.m. Houston *No. 3
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
PPVW 41–1182,936
September 282:30 p.m.at Tulane *No. 3 ESPN W 49–046,678
October 511:30 a.m. Oklahoma State No. 2
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
FSN W 17–1583,116
October 122:30 p.m.vs. No. 2 Oklahoma No. 3ABCL 24–3575,587
October 196:00 p.m.at No. 17 Kansas State No. 8FSNW 17–1450,659
October 262:30 p.m.No. 17 Iowa State No. 7
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
ABCW 21–1083,071
November 26:00 p.m.at Nebraska No. 7FSNW 27–2478,268
November 911:30 a.m. Baylor No. 4
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
PPVW 41–083,016
November 162:30 p.m.at Texas Tech No. 4ABCL 38–4252,047
November 2911:00 a.m. Texas A&M No. 10
  • Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 50–2083,711
January 1, 200310:00 a.m.vs. LSU *No. 9
FOX W 35–2070,817
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Game summaries

North Texas

1234Total
North Texas00000
Texas14130027

[2]

North Carolina

1234Total
Texas101472152
North Carolina077721

Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job. [3]

Houston

1234Total
Houston030811
Texas141701041
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

[4]

Tulane

1234Total
Texas77142149
Tulane00000

[5]

Oklahoma St

1234Total
Oklahoma St306615
Texas0107017
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

[6]

Oklahoma

1234Total
Texas773724
Oklahoma3832135

[7]

Kansas St

1234Total
Texas077317
Kansas St060814

[8]

Iowa St

1234Total
Iowa St0100010
Texas707721
  • Date: October 26
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

[9]

Nebraska

1234Total
Texas3314727
Nebraska3071424

[10]

Baylor

1234Total
Baylor00000
Texas14173741
  • Date: November 9
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

[11]

Texas Tech

1234Total
Texas14771038
Texas Tech02171442

[12]

Texas A&M

1234Total
Texas A&M707620
Texas91472050
  • Date: November 29
  • Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,711

Cotton Bowl

1234Total
Texas7147735
LSU1070320
  • Date: January 1
  • Location: Cotton Bowl

[14]

Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
C 72Will Allen Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 32 Cedric Benson So
TE 80 Bo Scaife So
QB 2 Chris Simms Sr
WR 4 Roy Williams Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 11 Derrick Johnson So
DE 40 Cory Redding Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-14

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