2002 Houston Cougars football team

2002 Houston Cougars football
Conference	Conference USA
2002 record	5–7 (3–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Dana Dimel
Co-offensive coordinator	Clancy Barone
Co-offensive coordinator	Dave Warner
Co-defensive coordinator	Dick Bumpas
Co-defensive coordinator	Bradley Dale Peveto
Home stadium	Robertson Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)

The 2002 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 57th year of season play for Houston. The team was coached by Dana Dimel, who was fired after the season. The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	at Rice*	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bayou Bucket Classic)		W 24–10	30,747
September 7	7:00 PM	Tulane	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		L 13–34	16,307
September 14	7:00 PM	Louisiana–Lafayette*	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 36–17	19,569
September 21	7:00 PM	at No. 3 Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	L 11–41	82,936
October 5	2:00 PM	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX		L 17–34	24,088
October 12	2:00 PM	at UAB	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 34–51	13,897
October 19	2:00 PM	Army	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 56–42	16,469
November 2	1:00 PM	at Memphis	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN		W 26–21	20,532
November 9	2:00 PM	East Carolina	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		L 48–54 3OT	13,669
November 16	12:00 PM	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH		L 14–47	14,023
November 23	2:00 PM	South Florida	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX	FSN	L 14–32	12,856
November 30	2:00 PM	Louisville	Robertson Stadium • Houston, TX		W 27–10	11,048
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

2002 Houston Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 18 Harrison Arceneaux  Jr QB 16 Nick Eddy So OL 76 Rex Hadnot Jr RB 1 Joffrey Reynolds  Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 5 Hanik Milligan Sr CB 8 Stanford Routt So LB 47 Ji Yun  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 7 Dustin Bell Fr	Head coach Dana Dimel Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-17

Team players in the NFL

The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

References