2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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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

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
HDNet
W 49–4027,012
September 2812:00 pmat
Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
    		• 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
    University Park, PA
    		ESPN2L 0–49108,853
    October 2611:00 am
    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 am
    Sweet Sioux Tomahawk
    )    		ESPN+L 24–3125,134
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    [3]

    Roster

    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

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

    References

    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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