2002 San Jose State Spartans football team

2002 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2002 record 6–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach Fitz Hill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Norman Joseph and Charlie Roche (both in 2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Ronnie Lee (2nd season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
(Capacity: 30,456)
2002 WAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Boise State $  8 –0     12 –1  
Hawaii  7 –1     10 –4  
Fresno State  6 –2     9 –5  
San Jose State  4 –4     6 –7  
Nevada  4 –4     5 –7  
Rice  3 –5     4 –7  
Louisiana Tech  3 –5     4 –8  
SMU  3 –5     3 –9  
UTEP  1 –7     2 –10  
Tulsa  1 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Spartans were led by second-year head coach Fitz Hill and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. Although the Spartans improved from a 3–9 season in 2001, the Spartans did not get enough wins for bowl eligibility.

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
San Jose State		Alma Mater
Fitz HillHead coach2Ouachita Baptist (1987)
Earl BuckinghamAssistant head coach, defensive line2Arkansas (1983)
Norman JosephCo-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks2Mississippi State (1977)
Ronnie LeeDefensive coordinator, defensive backs2Washington State (1989)
Charlie RocheCo-offensive coordinator, offensive line2Eastern Illinois (1996)
Charles NashRunning backs2Arizona (1976)
Kenwick ThompsonLinebackers, recruiting coordinator2Harding (1992)
Keith WilliamsWide receivers2San Diego State (1996)
Chris WilkersonDefensive ends1Eastern Illinois (1995)
Keith AllenSpecial teams, defensive assistant1Oklahoma (1997)
Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Final roster

2002 San Jose State Spartans final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • --: Steven Bradley – TB – Freshman
  • 25: Clarence Cunningham – TB – Sophomore
  • 8: Lamar Ferguson – TB – Sophomore
  • 36: Demarcus Ingram – TB – Junior
  • 31: Lance Martin – TB – Sophomore
  • 45: Brandon Miles – FB – Senior
  • --: Ahmir Rahmar – TB – Junior
  • 26: Ezekiel Staples – Freshman

Wide receivers

  • 11: Jamall Broussard – Junior
  • 85: John Broussard – Freshman
  • 86: Chester Coleman – Freshman
  • 91: Terell Johnson – Freshman
  • 82: James Jones – Freshman
  • 96: Ronald Jones – Freshman
  • 89: Casey Miranda – Junior
  • 10: Charles Pauley – Senior
  • 80: Rufus Skillern – Freshman
  • 1: Kendrick Starling – Junior
  • 84: Malcolm Thompson – Freshman
  • 81: Juan Walden – Senior
  • 3: Tuati Wooden – Junior

Tight ends

  

Offensive linemen

  • 66: Justin Arrington – OG – Junior
  • 76: Matt Cantu – OG – Freshman
  • 64: Charley Dehoney – OG – Senior
  • 70: Joseph Hayes – OG – Junior
  • 78: Jeff Gordon – OT – Junior
  • 65: Kevin Israel – OG – Junior
  • 63: Eric Olson – OT – Freshman
  • 59: Tim Provost – OT – Senior
  • 73: Osmar Staples – OT – Junior
  • 71: John Toensfeldt – OT – Freshman
  • 77: LaMons Walker – C – Senior

Defensive linemen

  • 83: Ethan Allen – DE – Senior
  • 57: Jamaal Allen – DE – Freshman
  • 92: Mike Beams – DT – Senior
  • 90: Adonis Forrest – DT – Senior
  • 74: Aaron Gilbert – DT – Freshman
  • 69: Kinji Green – DT – Freshman
  • --: Daniel Grossi – DE – Freshman
  • 93: Jason Gustus – DT – Junior
  • 95: Justin James – DE – Freshman
  • 44: Chip Kimmich – DE – Senior
  • 40: Steve Nash – DE – Junior
  • 56: Philip Perry – DE – Junior
  • 54: Larnell Ransom – DE – Freshman
  • 98: Dan Schultz – DE – Freshman
  • 75: Joshua Smith – DT – Freshman
  

Linebackers

  • --: Chris Catoe – Freshman
  • 62: Ian Cossar – Freshman
  • 49: Tony Ficklin – Sophomore
  • 17: Brian Foreman – Senior
  • 51: Erik Garcia – Freshman
  • 52: Craig Grant - Freshman
  • 20: Luke La Herran – Senior
  • 29: Mike Liranzo – Senior
  • --: Cory Lynch – Junior
  • 94: Sean McNamara – Junior
  • 87: Kollie Moore – Senior
  • 35: Onyeka Ossai – Junior
  • 67: Justin Pigg – Junior
  • 55: Michael Smith – OLB – Junior
  • 46: Tyrell Tyler – Freshman

Defensive backs

  • 41: C.J. Arnold – S – Senior
  • 24: Kevin Boyer – CB – Junior
  • 14: Jamonte Cox – S – Freshman
  • 28: Shaun Fletcher – CB – Senior
  • 38: Gerald Jones – S – Junior
  • 23: Carlos Koustas – CB – Sophomore
  • 30: Skyler McKnight – S – Junior
  • --: Raul Menjivar – CB – Junior
  • 15: Brian Nunez – S – Freshman
  • 32: Neil Parry – S – Junior
  • 33: Josh Powell – S – Sophomore
  • 7: Zack Rance – S – Junior
  • 27: Donald Richardson – S – Freshman
  • 43: Terrance Tillman – CB – Junior
  • --: Stephen Trammell – S – Freshman
  • 4: I'lario Vital – CB – Freshman
  • 6: Mario Vital – S – Junior
  • 18: Quincy Washington – CB – Junior
  • 21: Eric Wilson – CB – Sophomore

Special teams

  • 39: Michael Carr – P – Senior
  • 13: Nick Gilliam – PK – Senior
  • --: Craig Nakano – PK – Freshman
  • 12: Dale Rogers – P – Junior
Reference:[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 4:00 p.m. vs. Arkansas State* War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, Arkansas W 33-14   18,492
September 7 12:30 p.m. at No. 14 Washington* Husky Stadium • Seattle FSNNW L 10–34   70,147
September 14 7:00 p.m. at Stanford* Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California (Rivalry) KRON L 26–63   54,500
September 21 11:00 a.m. at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois W 38–35   50,990
September 28 7:00 p.m. UTEP Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California FSNBA, FSNSW W 58–24   10,416
October 5 12:00 p.m. at SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas W 34–23   13,016
October 12 9:00 a.m. at No. 5 Ohio State* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio ESPN+ L 7–50   104,892
October 19 1:00 p.m. at Nevada Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada L 24–52   19,481
October 26 2:00 p.m. Boise Statedagger Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California L 8–45   10,497
November 2 8:00 p.m. at Hawaii Aloha Stadium • Halawa, HI Oceanic PPV, KFVE L 31–40   36,784
November 9 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California W 42–30   6,391
November 16 12:00 p.m. at Tulsa Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma Cox 9 W 49–38   15,653
November 23 2:00 p.m. Fresno State Spartan Stadium • San Jose, California (Rivalry) L 16–19   14,134
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. All times are in Pacific Time.

Sources:[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "2002/2003 Football Roster". San Jose State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002.
  2. ↑ "Earl Buckingham". UAPB Athletics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Head coach Charles Nash". Competitive Elite Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.coachallen.com/PDFs/Allen.pdf
  5. ↑ "Keith Williams". Tulane Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kenwick Thompson". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20021208082552/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/schedule.asp?sportid=56
  8. ↑ http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2002-2003/teamstat.htm
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