2002 Utah Utes football team

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2002
Rice-Eccles Stadium
(Capacity: 45,634)
Seasons
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

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

biggest rivals, the BYU Cougars
, finishing the season with a 5–6 record.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pmat
Romney Stadium
  • Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers)
    		• KJZZW 23–330,757
    September 76:00 pm
    Rice-Eccles Stadium
  • Salt Lake City
    		• 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 pm
    ESPN+
    		L 26–3035,659
    October 125:00 pmat
    Qualcomm Stadium
  • San Diego
    		• KJZZL 17–3620,410
    October 191:00 pmColorado State
    • Rice-Eccles Stadium
    • Salt Lake City
    		ESPN+L 20–2834,374
    October 261:00 pmat New Mexico
    		ESPN+L 35–42 OT27,300
    November 95:00 pmUNLV
    • Rice-Eccles Stadium
    • Salt Lake City
    		KJZZW 28–1728,528
    November 1610:00 amat
    War Memorial Stadium
  • Laramie, Wyoming
    		• KJZZW 23–1810,611
    November 231:00 pmBYU
    • Rice-Eccles Stadium
    • Salt Lake City (Holy War)
    		ESPN+W 13–645,167
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Mountain time

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

    Roster

    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 Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: 2002-12-02

    After the season

    NFL draft

    Three players went in the

    2003 NFL Draft, including first rounder and future pro bowler Jordan Gross
    .

    Player Position Round Pick NFL club
    Jordan Gross
    Offensive tackle
    		 1 8 Carolina Panthers
    Lauvale Sape Defensive tackle 6 187 Buffalo Bills
    Antwoine Sanders Defensive back 7 258 Baltimore Ravens

    References

    1. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
    2. ^ "2002 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on April 20, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
    3. ^ "2003 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
    4. ^ "2002 Season Results". Utah Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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