2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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2002
Heinz Field
Seasons
2002 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Miami (FL) $   7 0     12 1  
No. 25 West Virginia   6 1     9 4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh   5 2     9 4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech   3 4     10 4  
Boston College   3 4     9 4  
Temple   2 5     4 8  
Syracuse   2 5     4 8  
Rutgers   0 7     1 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.
Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • W 27–1441,579
    September 712:00 p.m.No. 20 Texas A&M*
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ESPNL 12–1445,489
    September 147:00 p.m.at UAB*W 26–2015,027
    September 2112:00 p.m.
    ESPN+
    W 23–332,519
    September 281:30 p.m.Toledo*
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    W 37–1939,713
    October 512:00 p.m.at
    Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry
  • )
    ESPN+W 48–2439,947
    October 122:30 p.m.at No. 8 Notre Dame*NBCL 6–1480,795
    October 2612:00 p.m.Boston Collegedagger
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ESPN+W 19–16 OT45,060
    November 27:30 p.m.at No. 3 Virginia TechESPN2W 28–2164,971
    November 912:00 p.m.TempleNo. 22
    • Heinz Field
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    ESPN+W 29–2239,880
    November 217:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)No. 17ESPNL 21–2864,897
    November 301:00 p.m.No. 24 West VirginiaNo. 17
    ABCL 17–2466,731
    December 268:30 p.m.vs. Oregon State*No. 24ESPNW 38–1340,533
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    Roster

    2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    OL 77 Bryan Anderson  Sr
    WR 85 Princell Brockenbrough Jr
    WR 1 Larry Fitzgerald Fr
    RB 25 Brandon Miree  Jr
    OT 75 Matt Morgan  Jr
    QB 10 Tyler Palko Fr
    RB 32 Lousaka Polite Jr
    QB 12 Rod Rutherford Jr
    TE 83 Kris Wilson  Jr
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    LB 15 Brian Beinecke  Sr
    DB 22 Reggie Carter Fr
    DB 5 Torrie Cox Sr
    LB 51 Gerald Hayes Sr
    DB 19 Shawntae Spencer Jr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    36 Andy Lee Jr
    Head coach
    • Walt Harris
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    Roster
    Last update: 2002-10-15

    Coaching staff

    2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
    Coaching staff
    • Walt Harris
      – Head coach
    • Bob Junko – Assistant head coach/defensive tackles
    • J.D. Brookhart
      – Offensive coordinator/Wide receivers
    • Paul Rhoads – Defensive coordinator/secondary
    • David Blackwell – Linebackers
    • Curtis Bray – Defensive ends
    • Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists
    • Tom Freeman – Offensive line/run game coordinator
    • Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/Special teams
    • Shawn Simms – Running backs
      Support staff
    • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
    • Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant
    • Mark Nori – Graduate assistant
    • Adam Waugh – Graduate assistant
      Strength and conditioning staff
    • Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning coach
    • Dave Langworthy – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

    Team players drafted into the NFL

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Gerald Hayes Linebacker 3 70 Arizona Cardinals
    Torrie Cox Defensive back 6 205 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
    Bryan Anderson Guard 7 261 Chicago Bears

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    References

    1. ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.