2002 Texas Longhorns football team

2002 Texas Longhorns football
2002 Texas Longhorns football
Big 12 South co-champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–20 vs. LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (5th season);
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 →

Last updated December 04, 2023

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Texas *	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 27–0	83,051^[1]
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at North Carolina *	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 52–21	60,500^[1]
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Houston *	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–11	82,936^[1]
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane *	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 49–0	46,678^[1]
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 2	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 17–15	83,116^[1]
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–35	75,587^[1]
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 17–14	50,659^[1]
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Iowa State	No. 7	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 21–10	83,071^[1]
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	FSN	W 27–24	78,268^[1]
November 9	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 4	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–0	83,016^[1]
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 4	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs)	ABC	L 38–42	52,047^[1]
November 29	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 50–20	83,711^[1]
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs. LSU *	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–20	70,817^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Season summary

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	13	0	0	27

Date: August 31
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	14	7	21	52
North Carolina	0	7	7	7	21

Date: September 14
Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium

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

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	17	0	10	41

Date: September 21
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	7	14	21	49
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 28
Location: Louisiana Superdome

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Oklahoma St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	3	0	6	6	15
• Texas	0	10	7	0	17

Date: October 5
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	7	3	7	24
• Oklahoma	3	8	3	21	35

Date: October 12
Location: Cotton Bowl

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Kansas St

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	0	7	7	3	17
Kansas St	0	6	0	8	14

Date: October 19
Location: KSU Stadium

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Iowa St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	10	0	0	10
• Texas	7	0	7	7	21

Date: October 26
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	3	14	7	27
Nebraska	3	0	7	14	24

Date: November 2
Location: Memorial Stadium

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Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	17	3	7	41

Date: November 9
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	7	7	10	38
• Texas Tech	0	21	7	14	42

Date: November 16
Location: Jones SBC Stadium

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Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
• Texas	9	14	7	20	50

Date: November 29
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 83,711

Chris Simms 278 Yds, 3 TD (finished 15–0 at home as starting QB)^[13]

Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	14	7	7	35
LSU	10	7	0	3	20

Date: January 1
Location: Cotton Bowl

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Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`72`	Will Allen	Fr
RB	`32`	Cedric Benson	So
TE	`80`	Bo Scaife	So
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	Sr
WR	`4`	Roy Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Derrick Johnson	So
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-14

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2002 Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 South co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–20 vs. LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (5th season)
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 →