American college football season
The 2002 Houston Cougars football team , also known as the Houston Cougars , Houston , or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season . It was the 57th year of season play for Houston.[ 1] The team was coached by Dana Dimel , who was fired after the season.[ 2] The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium , a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 7:00 pm at Rice * W 24–1030,747 September 7 7:00 pm Tulane L 13–3416,307 September 14 7:00 pm Louisiana–Lafayette * Robertson Stadium Houston, TX W 36–1719,569 September 21 7:00 pm at No. 3 Texas * PPV L 11–4182,936 October 5 2:00 pm at TCU L 17–3424,088 October 12 2:00 pm at UAB L 34–5113,897 October 19 2:00 pm Army Robertson Stadium Houston, TX W 56–4216,469 November 2 1:00 pm at Memphis W 26–2120,532 November 9 2:00 pm East Carolina Robertson Stadium Houston, TX L 48–54 3OT 13,669 November 16 12:00 pm at Cincinnati L 14–4714,023 November 23 2:00 pm South Florida * Robertson Stadium Houston, TX FSN L 14–3212,856 November 30 2:00 pm Louisville Robertson Stadium Houston, TX W 27–1011,048 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
2002 Houston Cougars football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 7 Dustin Bell Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-17
Team players in the NFL [ edit ] The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
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