2002 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

2002 Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 South co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–20 vs. LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese (5th season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons← 2001 2003 →

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North 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
South 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

The 2002 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by senior quarterback Chris Simms.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 27–0	83,051
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 52–21	60,500
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–11	82,936
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 49–0	46,678
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 2	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 17–15	83,116
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout, College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–35	75,587
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 17–14	50,659
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Iowa State	No. 7	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 21–10	83,071
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 27–24	78,268
November 9	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 4	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 41–0	83,016
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 4	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 38–42	52,047
November 29	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 50–20	83,711
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs. LSU*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–20	70,817
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	13	0	0	27

Date: August 31
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	14	7	21	52
North Carolina	0	7	7	7	21

Date: September 14
Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium

Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job.

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	17	0	10	41

Date: September 21
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	7	14	21	49
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 28
Location: Louisiana Superdome

Oklahoma St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	3	0	6	6	15
• Texas	0	10	7	0	17

Date: October 5
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	7	3	7	24
• Oklahoma	3	8	3	21	35

Date: October 12
Location: Cotton Bowl

Kansas St

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	0	7	7	3	17
Kansas St	0	6	0	8	14

Date: October 19
Location: KSU Stadium

Iowa St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	10	0	0	10
• Texas	7	0	7	7	21

Date: October 26
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	3	14	7	27
Nebraska	3	0	7	14	24

Date: November 2
Location: Memorial Stadium

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	17	3	7	41

Date: November 9
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	7	7	10	38
• Texas Tech	0	21	7	14	42

Date: November 16
Location: Jones SBC Stadium

Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
• Texas	9	14	7	20	50

Date: November 29
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 83,711

Chris Simms 278 Yds, 3 TD (finished 15–0 at home as starting QB)

Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	14	7	7	35
LSU	10	7	0	3	20

Date: January 1
Location: Cotton Bowl

Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`72`	Will Allen	Fr
RB	`32`	Cedric Benson	So
TE	`80`	Bo Scaife	So
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	Sr
WR	`4`	Roy Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Derrick Johnson	So
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-14

References

"Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
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