2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7-5, they weren't invited to a bowl game.

2002 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2002 record7–5 (5–1 SBC)
Head coachTony Samuel (6th season)
Defensive coordinatorSteve Stanard (3rd season)
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 30,343)
2002 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
North Texas $  6 –0     8 –5  
New Mexico State  5 –1     7 –5  
Arkansas State  3 –3     6 –7  
Middle Tennessee  2 –4     4 –8  
Louisiana–Lafayette  2 –4     3 –9  
Louisiana–Monroe  2 –4     3 –9  
Idaho  1 –5     2 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
August 315:00 PMat No. 22 South Carolina*
L 24–34[1]83,717
September 74:30 PMat California*
L 13–34[2]24,692
September 216:00 PMNew Mexico*
W 24–13[3][4]28,587
September 283:00 PMat No. 7 Georgia*
L 10–41[5]86,520
October 56:05 PMUTEP*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM (The Battle of I-10)
W 49–14[6]30,605
October 126:05 PMLouisiana–Lafayette
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 31–28[7]19,876
October 192:05 PMLouisiana–Monroe
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 34–21[8]12,183
October 265:00 PMat Arkansas State
W 26–21[9]11,036
November 24:00 PMMiddle Tennessee
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 24–21[10]19,562
November 91:00 PMat Utah State*
L 30–32[11]12,291
November 162:00 PMat North Texas
L 27–38[12]20,064
November 233:00 PMat Idaho
W 35–31[13]5,462
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Roster
2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 4 Eric Higgins Jr
RB 6 Keith Mouton  Fr
WR 7 H. B. Briscoe  Sr
WR 8 Chris Lumpkin Jr
QB 10 Paul Drombowski  Fr
QB 11 Buck Pierce  So
QB 13 Carl Scaffidi  So
WR 14 Preston Williams  So
QB 17 Doug Brady Sr
WR 19 P. J. Winston Sr
RB 22 Walter Taylor Sr
RB 23 Tony Bostic Jr
WR 27 Ronshay Jenkins  Jr
FB 36 Kermit Okamura  Sr
FB 38 Rambo Fiaseu  Fr
FB 44 Marcus Dixon  Jr
C 68 B. J. Van Briesen  Sr
G 72 Adam Sinclair  So
G 75 Shalimar Jackson  Sr
G 77 Justin Shopbell  So
WR 81 Chris Duncan  Jr
TE 85 Travis Samuel  Fr
TE 89 Alex Davis  Jr
TE 97 Dustin Ditmore Jr
 Defense {{American football roster/Player|first=John|last=Sioui|num=54|pos=DE|class=JR}}
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Robert Canidate  Sr
S 9 Shukree Shabazz  Fr
S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz  Sr
S 31 Tyrone Gifford Sr
LB 34 Julmar Howard  Jr
LB 37 Richard Glover  So
LB 42 Jim Cottrell  Fr
DE 95 Lamar Hill Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 12 Dario Aguiniga Jr
P 16 Brian Copple Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ross Els (Special Team Coordinator/Safeties)
  • Mark Mauer (Wide Receivers)
  • Steve Stanard (Defensive Coordinator/Linebacker)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 2, 2014

References
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  4. "New Mexico Lobos football schedule". University of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 24 August 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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  6. "UTEP vs New Mexico State (Oct 05, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 25 December 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  7. "UL Lafayette vs New Mexico State (Oct 12, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 12 October 2002. Archived from the original on 30 October 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  8. "New Mexico State defeats UL-Monroe; 34–21". New Mexico State University. 19 October 2002. Archived from the original on 16 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  9. "New Mexico State vs Arkansas State (Oct 26, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 27 October 2002. Archived from the original on 16 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  10. "Middle Tennessee vs New Mexico State (Nov 02, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 2 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  11. "New Mexico State losses to Utah State, 32–30". New Mexico State University. 9 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  12. "New Mexico State vs North Texas (Nov 16, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 16 November 2002. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  13. "New Mexico State vs Idaho Vandals (Nov 23, 2002)". New Mexico State University. 23 November 2002. Archived from the original on 16 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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