2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma.

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 North champion
Alamo Bowl, L 28–31 OT vs. Wisconsin
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 20
2002 record9–5 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coachGary Barnett
Offensive coordinatorShawn Watson
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinatorTom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinatorVince Okruch
Base defense4–3 multiple
MVPChris Brown
Captains
Home stadiumFolsom Field
(Capacity: 50,942)
2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Northern 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  
Southern 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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3111:00 AMvs. Colorado State*No. 7
ESPN2L 14–1975,531
September 75:00 PMSan Diego State*No. 17
FSNW 34–1444,126
September 141:30 PMNo. 17 USC*No. 18
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ABCL 3–4053,119
September 211:30 PMat No. 20 UCLA*
ABCW 31–1763,880
October 51:30 PMNo. 13 Kansas State
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
ABCW 35–3152,584
October 1212:00 PMat Kansas
W 53–2934,500
October 191:00 PMBaylorNo. 23
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
W 34–046,281
October 2611:30 AMTexas TechNo. 21
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FSNW 37–1350,478
November 21:30 PMat No. 2 OklahomaNo. 13
ABCL 11–2775,403
November 910:30 AMat MissouriNo. 18
FSNW 42–35 OT48,465
November 165:00 PMIowa StateNo. 17
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
FSNW 41–2748,728
November 291:30 PMat NebraskaNo. 13
ABCW 28–1377,804
December 76:00 PMvs. No. 8 OklahomaNo. 12
ABCL 7–2963,332
December 286:00 PMvs. Wisconsin*No. 14
ESPNL 28–31 OT50,690

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Roster
2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Joel Klatt Fr
WR 15 Jeremy Bloom Fr
RB 22 Chris Brown Jr
TE 45 Quinn Sypniewski Jr
C 78 Wayne Lucier Sr
WR 80 Derek McCoy Jr
WR 81 Jason Burianek  Fr
TE 84 Jake Jones Jr
WR 88 D.J. Hackett  Jr
TE 89 Joe Klopfenstein  Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 4 Donald Strickland Sr
LB 39 Akarika Dawn Fr
LB 54 Sean Tufts Jr
DE 99 Tyler Brayton Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 25 Pat Brougham Sr
P 8 Mark Mariscal Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

USC
1 234Total
• USC 14 6020 40
Colorado 0 030 3
See also: 2002 USC Trojans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2000 L 14–17

at UCLA
See also: 2002 UCLA Bruins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 1984 L 16–33

Kansas State
See also: 2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–16–1 1997 W 16–6

at Oklahoma
Colorado Buffaloes at Oklahoma Sooners
1 234Total
#13 Colorado 3 080 11
• #2 Oklahoma 10 1070 27
See also: 2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–34–2 1999 W 38–24

Iowa State
1 234Total
Iowa State 7 767 27
• #17 Colorado 3 14321 41
  • Date: November 16
  • Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
  • Game start: 5:00 p.m. MST
  • Game attendance: 48,728
  • TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Zach Klein (Sideline)
See also: 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
43–12–1 2001 W 40–27

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vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game)
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Colorado Buffaloes
1 234Total
• #8 Oklahoma 7 6610 29
#12 Colorado 0 070 7
See also: Big 12 Championship Game
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–35–2 2002 L 11–27

vs. Wisconsin (Alamo Bowl)
1 234OTTotal
No. 14 Colorado 14 01400 28
• Wisconsin 7 14073 31
  • Date: December 28
  • Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
  • Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Main article: 2002 Alamo Bowl
See also: 2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0–1 1995 W 43–7

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References
  1. 2011 Colorado football information guide
  2. "Despite Brown's Sternum Injury, Buffaloes Roll". ESPN. November 16, 2002. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. ESPN
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