2002 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fourteenth-year head coach Mike Price, and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2002 Washington State Cougars football
Pac-10 co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–34 vs. Oklahoma
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
2002 record10–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coachMike Price (14th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller
(2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (9th season)
Captains
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(Capacity: 37,600)
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Washington State $+  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 4 USC %+  7 –1     11 –2  
Arizona State  5 –3     8 –6  
UCLA  4 –4     8 –5  
Oregon State  4 –4     8 –5  
California  4 –4     7 –5  
Washington  4 –4     7 –6  
Oregon  3 –5     7 –6  
Arizona  1 –7     4 –8  
Stanford  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State was 10–2 in the regular season and 7–1 in the Pac-10, co-champions with USC. They defeated the Trojans in overtime in early October,[1][2] but lost to unranked Washington in triple overtime in the Apple Cup at Pullman;[3] WSU regrouped and beat UCLA by three touchdowns two weeks later.[4] The seventh-ranked Cougars were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but were soundly defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners,[5][6][7] and dropped to tenth in the final rankings.

The Rose Bowl was the final game for Price at WSU; he left for Alabama,[7][8][9] but never coached a game for the Crimson Tide.[10][11] Longtime defensive coordinator Bill Doba was promoted to head coach for 2003,[9][12] and he led the Cougar program for five years.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:00 PMvs. Nevada*No. 12
W 31–763,588
September 73:00 PMIdaho*No. 11
W 49–1430,110
September 1412:30 PMat No. 6 Ohio State*No. 10
ABCL 7–25104,553
September 212:00 PMMontana State*No. 16
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 45–2823,713
September 282:00 PMat CaliforniaNo. 16
W 48–3829,297
October 54:00 PMNo. 18 USCNo. 17
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
TBSW 30–27 OT36,861
October 122:00 PMat StanfordNo. 12
W 36–1130,750
October 267:00 PMat ArizonaNo. 9
FSNW 21–1346,462
November 212:30 PMNo. 16 Arizona StateNo. 8
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 44–2237,444
November 912:30 PMNo. 15 OregonNo. 5
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 32–2137,600
November 233:30 PMWashingtonNo. 3
FSNL 26–29 3OT37,600
December 71:30 PMat UCLANo. 7
ABCW 48–2756,335
January 12:00 PMvs. No. 8 OklahomaNo. 7
ABCL 14–3486,848
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster
2002 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 67 Calvin Armstrong So
TE 81 Troy Bienemann Fr
WR 5 Mike Bush Sr
WR 1 Devard Darling So
QB 17 Jason Gesser (C) Sr
RB 30 Jermaine Green Jr
C 52 Tyler Hunt Sr
QB 4 Matt Kegel Jr
G 71 Billy Knotts Jr
T 50 Josh Parrish Jr
WR 84 Jerome Riley Sr
G 77 Derrick Roche Sr
QB 9 Josh Swogger Fr
RB 25 John Tippins Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 28 Hamza Abdullah So
LB 46 Pat Bennett So
DE 9 Isaac Brown Jr
FS 27 Erik Coleman Jr
CB 29 Jason David Jr
LB 58 Mawull Davis Sr
LB 51 Will Derting Fr
LB 48 Al Genatone Jr
DT 88 Rien Long Jr
CB 15 Karl Paymah So
DE 6 Fred Shavles Sr
CB 45 Marcus Trufant (C) Sr
DT 95 Jeremey Williams Jr
SS 24 Virgil Williams Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Kyle Basler Fr
K 10 Drew Dunning Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Source:[13][14][15][16]

Coaching staff
Source:[17]

Game summaries

USC
#20 USC at #17 Washington State
1 234OTTotal
USC 7 07130 27
• Washington St 10 07103 30
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington
  • Television network: TBS

Washington State's first win over USC in Pullman in sixteen years.[18]

2002 Cougars in professional football

References
  1. Grummert, Dale (October 6, 2002). "Cougars finish with classic flair". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  2. Richardson, Vince (October 7, 2002). "Cougar celebration". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  3. Korte, Tim (November 24, 2002). "Anderson comes up big as Huskies clip Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 9D.
  4. Nadel, John (December 8, 2002). "Gesser's heroic afternoon puts WSU in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 8D.
  5. Trimmer, Dave (January 2, 2003). "Handful of thorns". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
  6. Grummert, Dale (January 2, 2003). "A thorny sendoff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  7. Canfield, Owen (January 2, 2003). "Sooners clobber the Cougs". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1D.
  8. Grummert, Dale (December 18, 2002). "Mike Price goes out with Tide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  9. Richardson, Vince (December 18, 2002). "Southern comfort". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  10. Zenor, John (May 5, 2003). "Down and out". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  11. Yaeger, Don (May 12, 2003). "Bad Behavior - How he met his Destiny at a strip club - Mike Price: Fired". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  12. Grummert, Dale (December 19, 2002). "Crimson ties". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  13. "Today's lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 9, 2002. p. 4D.
  14. "Apple Cup preview: WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 2002. p. C15.
  15. "Rose Bowl by the numbers". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). December 31, 2002. p. 4B.
  16. "Rose Bowl matchups". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 1, 2003. p. 4B.
  17. 2012 Washington State Cougars football information guide.
  18. USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
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