2002 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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2002 Wyoming Cowboys football
Wyoming Athletics logo.svg
Conference Mountain West Conference
Record210 (16 MW)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorLawrence Livington (1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator Rob Phenicie (1st as OC, 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Wallerstedt (3rd as DC, 6th overall season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 33,500)
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Mountain West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Colorado State $  6 1   10 4  
New Mexico  5 2   7 7  
Air Force  4 3   8 5  
San Diego State  4 3   4 9  
Utah  3 4   5 6  
UNLV  3 4   5 7  
BYU  2 5   5 7  
Wyoming  1 6   2 10  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Vic Koenning, who was fired after the regular season. [1] They played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming, and competed in the Mountain West Conference.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 314:00 pmat No. 4 Tennessee * ESPN2 L 7–4767,221
September 711:00 amat Central Michigan *L 20–3218,251
September 142:00 pm Boise State *L 13–3516,256
September 218:00 pmat No. 11 Washington * FSN L 7–3872,898
October 52:00 pm The Citadel *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–3012,787
October 121:00 pmat Colorado State ESPN+ L 36–4432,151
October 191:00 pm San Diego State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
L 20–2413,757
October 261:00 pmNo. 22 Air Force
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
W 34–2615,022
November 25:00 pmat UNLV SPW L 48–49 OT23,346
November 94:00 pmat BYU SPWL 31–3561,689
November 1610:00 am Utah
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, WY
SPWL 18–2310,611
November 3012:00 pm New Mexico SPWL 20–4926,115
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2002 Wyoming Cowboys football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Casey Bramlet Jr
QB 17 Corey Bramlet Fr
WR 88 Malcom Floyd Jr
LBlink=y 52 class=Sr first=John Wilson
OT 74 Adam Goldberg Jr
QB 11 J. J. Raterink So
WR 83 Scottie Vines So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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References

  1. Cooke, Sarah. "Koenning fired as Wyoming football coach", The Daily Herald, November 19, 2002