2002 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2002 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. This was the 7th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 2002 champion of the Big 12 Conference.^[1] The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes, champions of the North division, and the Oklahoma Sooners, champions of the South division. Both teams had faced each other earlier in the regular season, with the Sooners defeating the Buffaloes 27–11.^[2] Oklahoma would win the rematch 29–7 and gained their second Big 12 title in three years.

2002 Big 12 Championship Game
Conference Championship
Colorado Buffaloes Oklahoma Sooners (9–3) (10–2) 7 29 Head coach:  Gary Barnett Head coach:  Bob Stoops AP Coaches BCS 12 14 12 AP Coaches BCS 8 9 7
1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 0 0 0 7 7 Oklahoma 7 6 6 10 29
Date	December 7, 2002
Season	2002
Stadium	Reliant Stadium
Location	Houston, Texas
Referee	Jon Bible
Attendance	63,332
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson
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2002 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	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

Teams

Colorado

Main article: 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Oklahoma

Main article: 2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Game summary

2002 Big 12 Championship Game

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Colorado	0	0	0	7	7
No. 8 Oklahoma	7	6	6	10	29

at Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas

• Date: December 7, 2002
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CST
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics

Statistics	COL	OKL
First downs	9	25
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession	21:57	38:03

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Colorado	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Oklahoma	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

1. "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
2. "Oklahoma Is Stifling". The Washington Post. November 3, 2002. Retrieved November 20, 2021.