2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
2002 record 3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Randy Walker (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Dunbar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Greg Colby (1st season)
Home stadium Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
2002 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
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[1]

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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 11:00 AM at Air Force* Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO ABC L 3–52   45,114
September 7 12:00 PM TCU* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPNGP L 24–48   21,442
September 14 12:00 PM Duke* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL W 26–21   22,910
September 21 11:00 AM at Navy* Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, MD HDNet W 49–40   27,012
September 28 12:00 PM at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 24–39   74,215
October 5 6:00 PM No. 5 Ohio State Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN2 L 16–27   43,489
October 10 7:00 PM at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN L 42–45   37,729
October 19 11:00 AM at No. 20 Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 L 0–49   108,853
October 26 11:00 AM Purduedagger Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN+ L 13–42   30,158
November 2 11:00 AM Indiana Ryan Field • Evanston, IL ESPN+ W 41–37   25,077
November 9 11:00 AM at No. 6 Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA ESPN2 L 10–62   68,728
November 23 11:00 AM Illinois Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) ESPN+ L 24–31   25,134
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster

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

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-16

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Austin KingCenter4133Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

  1. ↑ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ "2002 Northwestern Football Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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