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2002 Utah Utes football team

This season was Ron McBride's last at Utah. The team won their first two games, before dropping six straight. At 2–6 with only three games remaining, the team was guaranteed a losing record and would be ineligible for bowl play. However, the team then won the final three games of the season, capped by a 13–6 home victory over their biggest rivals, the BYU Cougars, finishing the season with a 5–6 record.

2002 Utah Utes football
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorCraig Ver Steeg (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorKyle Whittingham (8th season)
Home stadiumRice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colorado State $   6 1     10 4  
New Mexico   5 2     7 7  
Air Force   4 3     8 5  
San Diego State   4 3     4 9  
Utah   3 4     5 6  
UNLV   3 4     5 7  
BYU   2 5     5 7  
Wyoming   1 6     2 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat Utah State*KJZZW 23–330,757
September 76:00 pmIndiana*KJZZW 40–1333,419
September 147:22 pmat Arizona*KJZZL 17–2344,243
September 2110:00 amat No. 14 Michigan*ESPNL 7–10109,734
September 281:00 pmAir Force 
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN+L 26–3035,659
October 125:00 pmat San Diego StateKJZZL 17–3620,410
October 191:00 pmColorado State
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
ESPN+L 20–2834,374
October 261:00 pmat New MexicoESPN+L 35–42 OT27,300
November 95:00 pmUNLV
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
KJZZW 28–1728,528
November 1610:00 amat WyomingKJZZW 23–1810,611
November 231:00 pmBYU
  • Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City (Holy War)
ESPN+W 13–645,167
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[1][2] [3] [4]

Roster edit

2002 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 69 Jordan Gross Sr
TE 89 Matt Hansen Jr
WR 88 Travis LaTendresse Fr
QB 11 Alex Smith Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 4 Antwoine Sanders Jr
DL 97 Lauvale Sape Sr
DE 44 Josh Savage Jr
DE 63 Garrett Smith Sr
DB 30 Soane Taliauli Fr
LB 5 Steven Thompson Fr
LB 49 Spencer Toone So
LB 13 Zach Tune So
DB 3 Cody Weight Sr
DB 10 Anthony White Jr
DB 2 Antonio Young Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt


Last update: 2002-12-02

After the season edit

NFL draft edit

Three players went in the 2003 NFL Draft, including first rounder and future pro bowler Jordan Gross.

References edit

  1. ^ (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ . College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  3. ^ (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  4. ^ . Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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