American college football season
2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football |
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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
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Division | North Division |
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Record | 7–7 (3–5 Big 12) |
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Head coach | - Frank Solich (5th season)
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Offensive scheme | I formation |
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Defensive coordinator | Craig Bohl (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska finished in 4th place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 8th conference–wide, with a final record of 7–7 (3–5). With their loss to Ole Miss in the Independence Bowl, the Huskers streak of 40 straight winning seasons came to an end. Earlier, a loss to Iowa State knocked the Huskers out of the AP Poll for the first time since October 11, 1981. The run of 348 consecutive weeks in the rankings was the longest in college football history.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 24 | 6:45 pm | Arizona State* | No. 10 | | ESPN | W 48–10 | 77,779 |
August 31 | 6:00 pm | Troy State* | No. 9 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 31–16 | 77,831 |
September 7 | 6:00 pm | Utah State* | No. 9 | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| | W 44–13 | 78,176 |
September 14 | 7:00 pm | at Penn State* | No. 8 | | ABC | L 7–40 | 110,753 |
September 28 | 2:30 pm | at No. 19 Iowa State | No. 20 | | ABC | L 14–36 | 51,888 |
October 5 | 11:30 am | No. 2 (I-AA) McNeese State* | | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| HDNet | W 38–14 | 77,192 |
October 12 | 11:30 am | Missouri | | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| PPV | W 24–13 | 78,014 |
October 19 | 11:30 am | at Oklahoma State | | | FSN | L 21–24 | 45,017 |
October 26 | 6:00 pm | at Texas A&M | | | TBS | W 38–31 | 81,054 |
November 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Texas | | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE
| FSN | L 24–27 | 78,268 |
November 9 | 12:30 pm | Kansas | | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| | W 45–7 | 77,351 |
November 16 | 11:30 am | at No. 11 Kansas State | | | FSN | L 13–49 | 52,221 |
November 29 | 2:30 pm | No. 13 Colorado | | - Memorial Stadium
- Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
| ABC | L 13–28 | 77,804 |
December 27 | 3:30 pm | vs. Ole Miss* | | | ESPN | L 23–27 | 46,096 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster and coaching staff
2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | SE | 38 | Brandon Biodrowski | RFr | TE | 84 | Jon Bowling | Sr | QB | 11 | Joe Chrisman | Sr | G | 59 | Wes Cody | Sr | IB | 1 | Thunder Collins | Sr | SE | 32 | Kelly Cook | Jr | WB | 81 | Ben Cornelsen | Sr | TE | 80 | Will Dabbert | Sr | FB | 4 | Judd Davies | Jr | IB | 25 | Josh Davis | Jr | IB | 30 | Dahrran Diedrick | Sr | G | 78 | Mike Erickson | So | OT | 77 | M.J. Flaum | So | WR | 28 | Isaiah Fluellen | Fr | C | 52 | John Garrison (C) | Sr | FB | 39 | Zach Giesselmann | RFr | TE | 99 | Aaron Golliday | Sr | G | 72 | Tim Green | Jr | IB | 6 | DeAntae Grixby | Jr | WB | 89 | Troy Hassebroek | Sr | TE | 42 | Matt Herian | Fr | IB | 5 | David Horne | Fr | OT | 51 | Richie Incognito | RFr | WB | 31 | Joel Jackson | So | FB | 37 | Paul Kastl | Sr | TE | 47 | Dusty Keiser | So | SE | 19 | John Klem | Sr | TE | 46 | John Knopp | Fr | C | 75 | Brandon Koch | RFr | OT | 73 | Scott Koethe | Sr | C | 74 | David Kolowski | Sr | OT | 67 | Nate Kolterman | Sr | FB | 45 | Steve Kriewald | So | WR | 27 | Mark LeFlore | Fr | G | 66 | Jermaine Leslie | Fr | SE | 13 | Tim Liley | Jr | C | 63 | Jack Limbaugh | Jr | WB | 12 | DeWayne Long | So | OT | 76 | Chris Loos | Jr | QB | 10 | Jammal Lord | Jr | OT | 65 | Nate Manley | RFr | C | 64 | Kurt Mann | Fr | WB | 18 | Mike McLaughlin | RFr | SE | 14 | Ryan Mikluscak | So | FB | 32 | Grant Miller | Fr | IB | 21 | Robin Miller | Jr | IB | 23 | Nanfwang Mutfwang | RFr | G | 61 | Brian Nelson | Jr | WB | 24 | Jack O'Holleran | So | WB | 8 | Ryan Ommert | Jr | TE | 82 | Phil Peetz | Jr | G | 56 | Gary Pike | RFr | SE | 2 | Ross Pilkington | Fr | OT | 69 | Nick Povendo | So | IB | 36 | Tim Reese | Jr | TE | 86 | Kyle Ringenberg | Sr | IB | 22 | Cory Ross | RFr | G | 54 | Carson Schott | RFr | SE | 85 | Matt Schroeder | RFr | TE | 83 | Chris Septak | So | C | 79 | Josh Sewell | Jr | TE | 87 | Alex Shada | So | QB | 17 | Scott Siefken | So | IB | 33 | Marques Simmons | RFr | QB | 16 | Mike Stuntz | So | G | 55 | Junior Tagoa'i | Jr | SE | 9 | Wilson Thomas | Sr | OT | 57 | Cory Timm | Fr | FB | 41 | Dane Todd | Fr | OT | 68 | Dan Vili Waldrop | Jr | G | 53 | Cody Volk | Jr | WB | 20 | Kiffin Wigert | So | FB | 34 | Andy Wingender | Jr | TE | 44 | Matthew Woodward | RFr | SE | 3 | Ben Zajicek | So | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | PK | 26 | Josh Brown | Sr | PK | 22 | Sandro DeAngelis | So | PK | 32 | Dale Endorf | Jr | P | 37 | Sam Koch | RFr | P | 19 | Kyle Larson | Jr | PK | 48 | Zach Wright | RFr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Craig Bohl
3rd season as DC/LB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Turner Gill
11th season as QB coach 11th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Ron Brown
16th season as WR/TE coach 16th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Brown - Jeff Jamrog
3rd season as DL coach 5th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Dan Young
20th season as OL/K coach 20th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Reed - Milt Tenopir
29th season as OL coach 29th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Sterling - Nelson Barnes
6th season as RE coach 6th year at Nebraska Alma mater: North Texas - George Darlington
DB coach 30th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Rutgers - Dave Gillespie
5th season as RB coach 14th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha - Boyd Epley
34th season as S&C coach 34th year at Nebraska Alma mater: Nebraska - Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: January 16, 2011 |
Depth chart
Defense | FS | Josh Bullocks | Jerrell Pippens | ⋅ | | WEAK | MIDDLE | STRONG | Demorrio Williams T.J. Hollowell | Barrett Ruud | Scott Shanle | Chad Buller | Chad Sievers | Ira Cooper | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | ROVER | Phillip Bland | Aaron Terpening | Lannie Hopkins Daniel Bullocks | | CB | Fabian Washington | Pat Ricketts | ⋅ | | | DE | DT | DT | DE | Demoine Adams Trevor Johnson | Ryon Bingham | Patrick Kabongo | Chris Kelsay | Titis Adams | Jon Clanton | Le Kevin Smith | Justin Smith | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | | CB | DeJuan Groce | Lornell McPherson | ⋅ | | Offense | WR | Wilson Thomas | Ross Pilkington | ⋅ | | | LT | LG | C | RG | RT | Richie Incognito | Mike Erickson | John Garrison | Wes Cody | Dan Vili Waldrop | Nick Povendo | Junior Tagoa'l | Josh Sewell | Jake Anderson | Nate Kolerman | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | | TE | Matt Herian | Aaron Golliday | Jon Bowling | | WR | Troy Hassebroek | Ben Cornelson | ⋅ | | | QB | Jammal Lord | Mike Stuntz | ⋅ | | | | RB | Dahrran Diedrick | David Horne | Cory Ross Josh Davis | | | FB | Judd Davies | Steve Kriewald | ⋅ | | Special teams | PK Josh Brown | P Kyle Larson | KR Josh Davis | PR DeJuan Groce | | | | | |
Game summaries
Arizona State
Arizona State at Nebraska [box score] |
Troy State
Troy State at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Troy State | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | • Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 31 | |
Utah State
Utah State at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Utah State | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | • Nebraska | 17 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 44 | |
Penn State
Nebraska at Penn State [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Penn State | 0 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 40 | |
Iowa State
Nebraska at Iowa State [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | • Iowa State | 3 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 36 | |
McNeese State
McNeese State at Nebraska [box score] |
This was the first week Nebraska was not featured in the AP Poll since their 59-0 defeat of Colorado on October 10, 1981.
Missouri
Missouri at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Missouri | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | • Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 | |
Oklahoma State
Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score] |
Nebraska's first loss against Oklahoma State since 1961.
Texas A&M
Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 38 | Texas A&M | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 31 | |
Texas
Texas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Texas | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 24 | |
Kansas
Kansas at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Kansas | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Nebraska | 14 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 45 | |
Kansas State
Nebraska at Kansas State [box score] |
Colorado
Colorado at Nebraska [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Colorado | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 | Nebraska | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
Ole Miss
Nebraska vs Ole Miss [box score] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Nebraska | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 | • Ole Miss | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
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AP | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches Poll | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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After the season
Nebraska finished in 4th place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 8th conference-wide, with a final record of 7-7 (3-5).
Awards
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Award | Name(s) |
All-America 1st team | DeJuan Groce, Richie Incognito |
All-America 2nd team | Fabian Washington |
All-America 4th team | David Horne |
All-Big 12 1st team | Josh Brown, DeJuan Groce, Richie Incognito |
All-Big 12 2nd team | John Garrison, Chris Kelsay, Kyle Larson |
All-Big 12 3rd team | Dahrran Diedrick |
Freshman All-Big 12 1st team | Matt Herian, David Horne, Richie Incognito, Ross Pilkington, Le Kevin Smith, Fabian Washington |
NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2002 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.[3]
References
- ^ "Football - 2002 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska–Lincoln Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ 2002 Husker Honors
- ^ "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on August 15, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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Venues | - Lincoln Park (1891–1893)
- Antelope Field (1894–1908)
- Nebraska Field (1909–1922)
- Memorial Stadium (1923–present)
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