American college football season
2002 Colorado Buffaloes football Conference Big 12 Conference Division North Division Coaches No. 21 AP No. 20 2002 record 9–5 (7–1 Big 12) Head coach Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson Offensive scheme Multiple Co-defensive coordinator Tom McMahon Co-defensive coordinator Vince Okruch Base defense 4–3 multipleMVP Chris Brown Captains
Home stadium Folsom Field (Capacity: 50,942)Seasons
The 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado . They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett . Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 11:00 am vs. Colorado State * No. 7 ESPN2 L 14–1975,531
September 7 5:00 pm San Diego State * No. 17 FSN W 34–1444,126
September 14 1:30 pm No. 17 USC * No. 18 ABC L 3–4053,119
September 21 1:30 pm at No. 20 UCLA * ABC W 31–1763,880
October 5 1:30 pm No. 13 Kansas State ABC W 35–3152,584
October 12 12:00 pm at Kansas Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS W 53–2934,500
October 19 1:00 pm Baylor No. 23 W 34–046,281
October 26 11:30 am Texas Tech No. 21 FSN W 37–1350,478
November 2 1:30 pm at No. 2 Oklahoma No. 13 ABC L 11–2775,403
November 9 10:30 am at Missouri No. 18 FSN W 42–35 OT 48,465
November 16 5:00 pm Iowa State No. 17 FSN W 41–2748,728
November 29 1:30 pm at Nebraska No. 13 Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry )ABC W 28–1377,804
December 7 6:00 pm vs. No. 8 Oklahoma No. 12 ABC L 7–2963,332
December 28 6:00 pm vs. Wisconsin * No. 14 ESPN L 28–31 OT 50,690
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
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Roster [ ]
2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
Game summaries [ ]
USC [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• USC
14
6 0 20
40
Colorado
0
0 3 0
3
Scoring summary 1 9:56 USC Malaefou MacKenzie 32-yard pass from Carson Palmer (David Davis kick)USC 7-0
1 2:46 USC Malaefou MacKenzie 14-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 14-0
2 2:08 USC Sultan McCullough 62-yard run (kick failed)USC 20-0
3 2:51 COL Patrick Brougham 42-yard field goal USC 20-3
4 10:24 USC Carson Palmer 1-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 27-3
4 8:47 USC Mike Ross recovered blocked punt in end zone (kick failed) USC 33-3
4 2:47 USC Darryl Poston 4-yard run (David Davis kick) USC 40-3
at UCLA [ ]
Kansas State [ ]
at Oklahoma [ ]
Colorado Buffaloes at Oklahoma Sooners
1
2 3 4 Total
#13 Colorado
3
0 8 0
11
• #2 Oklahoma
10
10 7 0
27
Iowa State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Iowa State
7
7 6 7
27
• #17 Colorado
3
14 3 21
41
Date: November 16Location: Folsom Field , Boulder, CO Game start: 5:00 p.m. MST Game attendance: 48,728TV announcers (FSN ): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & (Sideline)
Scoring summary 1 COL Patrick Brougham 44-yard field goal Colorado 3–0
1 ISU Michael Wagner 5-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 7–3
2 COL D.J. Hackett 8-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick)Colorado 10–7
2 ISU Lance Young 50-yard pass from Seneca Wallace (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 14–10
2 COL Chris Brown 5-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick)Colorado 17–14
3 ISU Joe Woodley 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa St 21–17
3 COL Patrick Brougham 41-yard field goal Iowa St 21–20
4 COL Derek McCoy 7-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 27–21
4 COL Medford Moorer 71-yard fumble return (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 34–21
4 ISU Seneca Wallace 6-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Colorado 34–28
4 COL Bobby Purify 6-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick)Colorado 41–28
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vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship Game) [ ]
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Colorado Buffaloes
1
2 3 4 Total
• #8 Oklahoma
7
6 6 10
29
#12 Colorado
0
0 7 0
7
Date: December 7Location: Reliant Stadium , Houston, Texas Game start: 7:07 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:05Game attendance: 63,332Referee: Jon BibleTV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)
vs. Wisconsin (Alamo Bowl) [ ]
1
2 3 4 OT Total
No. 14 Colorado
14
0 14 0 0
28
• Wisconsin
7
14 0 7 3
31
Date: December 28Location: Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
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References [ ]
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