2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorGreg Colby (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumRyan Field
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Ohio State $#+   8 – 0     14 – 0  
No. 8 Iowa %+   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 9 Michigan   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 16 Penn State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Purdue   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Illinois   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Minnesota   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Wisconsin   2 – 6     8 – 6  
Michigan State   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Northwestern   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     3 – 9  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3111:00 amat Air Force*
ABCL 3–5245,114
September 712:00 pmTCU*
ESPNGPL 24–4821,442
September 1412:00 pmDuke*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
W 26–2122,910
September 2111:00 amat Navy*
HDNetW 49–4027,012
September 2812:00 pmat Michigan State
L 24–3974,215
October 56:00 pmNo. 5 Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN2L 16–2743,489
October 107:00 pmat Minnesota
L 42–4537,729
October 1911:00 amat No. 20 Penn State
ESPN2L 0–49108,853
October 2611:00 amPurduedagger
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+L 13–4230,158
November 211:00 amIndiana
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPN+W 41–3725,077
November 911:00 amat No. 6 Iowa
ESPN2L 10–6268,728
November 2311:00 amIllinois
ESPN+L 24–3125,134
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

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2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 14 Brett Basanez Fr
RB 32 Clifton Dawson Fr
OT 76 Trai Essex So
RB 33 Noah Herron So
C 62 Austin King (C) Sr
OT 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe So
OT 73 Jeff Roehl Sr
WR 6 Jon Schweighardt Sr
G 63 Zach Strief Fr
G 64 Matt Ulrich So
QB 16 Alexander Webb Fr
RB 18 Jason Wright Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 7 Ray Bogenrief Jr
DT 94 Luis Castillo So
DT 97 Colby Clark So
DT 67 Barry Cofield Fr
CB 27 Raheem Covington Sr
LB 3 Pat Durr (C) Sr
DE 96 Greg Lutzen Fr
LB 44 Tim McGarigle Fr
LB 46 Eric VanderHorst Fr
CB 31 Marvin Ward So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 17 David Wasielewski Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-16

Team players in the NFL

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Austin King Center 4 133 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  3. ^ "2002 Northwestern Football Archive". Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.


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