2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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2002 Wisconsin Badgers football
Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 31–28 OT vs. Colorado
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2002 record8–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Barry Alvarez (13th season)
Offensive coordinatorBrian White
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 76,634,[1] Astroturf)
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 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 237:00 p.m.Fresno State*No. 25
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (John Thompson Foundation Classic[3])
ESPNW 23–2175,136[4]
August 316:45 p.m.at UNLV*
ESPN2W 27–742,075[4]
September 711:00 a.m.West Virginia*No. 25
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+W 34–1776,320[4]
September 1411:00 a.m.Northern Illinois*No. 22
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+W 24–2177,460[4]
September 2111:00 a.m.Arizona*No. 22
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN2W 31–1078,582[4]
October 52:30 p.m.No. 20 Penn StateNo. 19
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 31–3479,403[4]
October 1211:00 p.m.at IndianaNo. 23
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
ESPN+L 29–3231,156[4]
October 192:30 p.m.No. 4 Ohio Statedagger
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 14–1979,729[4]
October 266:00 p.m.at Michigan State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN2W 42–2474,507[4]
November 211:00 a.m.at No. 9 Iowa
ESPNL 3–2070,397[4]
November 911:00 a.m.Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN+L 20–3778,709[4]
November 1611:00 a.m.at No. 12 Michigan
  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI
ESPN2L 14–21110,412[4]
November 2311:00 a.m.Minnesota
ESPNW 49–3178,843[4]
December 287:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 Colorado*
ESPNW 31–28 OT50,690[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Season summary[]

Coming off a disappointing 5–7 2001 season, the Badgers of 2002 wanted improvement. Despite amazing statistics from WR Lee Evans and RB Anthony Davis, the Badgers had issues closing out games, and an overworked defense managed lackluster efforts when the team could hardly afford them.

In the spring game, Wisconsin's offense suffered a devastating blow when top receiver Lee Evans was lost for the season with a torn ACL. Evan's loss was a significant blow, but despite it, Wisconsin managed to start off the season by winning all five of their nonconference games. From there, though, things did not go Wisconsin's way; the Badgers lost their first three Big Ten games by less than 7 points. Among those was a near-upset of eventual National Champion Ohio State, a 19–14 Ohio State win that was Jim Tressel's first over the Badgers (having lost 20–17 to Wisconsin the previous year). After going 0–3 to open their Big Ten slate, Wisconsin defeated Michigan State in Spartan Stadium 42–24 for their first conference win of the season. After that game, Wisconsin would lose their next 3 games against Big Ten opponents, including a 20–3 loss to Big Ten co-champion Iowa, and yet another close game against a Lloyd Carr-coached Michigan team. The loss to Michigan dropped Wisconsin to 1–6 in Big Ten play.

To close out the regular season, Wisconsin finally put together a complete game in a 49–31 blowout of rival Minnesota, taking back Paul Bunyan's Axe and keeping Minnesota's losing streak in Camp Randall alive. The Badgers improved to 7–6 on the season.

Wisconsin was awarded a berth in the Alamo Bowl, having gotten the required 6 wins in the regular season, and faced Colorado, a Big Twelve opponent that had won the Big Twelve North outright and lost the Big Twelve Championship Game 29–7 to Oklahoma. At 9-4, Colorado entered the game ranked 14th in the nation, and hoping for a ten-win season. But Wisconsin managed to keep up with Colorado, and won the game 31–28 in overtime for their 8th win of the season, knocking Colorado to 9–5 on the year.

For Wisconsin, Freshman WR Jonathan Orr put together a good season in the absence of Lee Evans, catching 47 passes for 842 yards, with 8 receiving touchdowns. RB Anthony Davis ran for 1,555 yards on 300 carries, with 13 touchdowns.[5] QB Brooks Bollinger, in his senior season, completed 131 passes on 245 attempts for 1,758 yards and 14 touchdowns, with just 4 interceptions.[5]

Roster[]

2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 88 Mark Bell Jr
FB 45 Matt Bernstein Fr
FB 39 Erik Bickerstaff Sr
QB 5 Brooks Bollinger Sr
G 67 Dan Buenning So
OL 50 Jonathan Clinkscale Jr
QB 11 Owen Daniels So
RB 28 Anthony Davis So
WR 3 Lee Evans Jr
C 72 Al Johnson Sr
T 64 Ben Johnson Sr
OL 56 Jason Jowers Sr
TE 38 Jason Pociask So
WR 9 Jonathan Orr Fr
C 53 Donovan Raiola Fr
QB 19 Jim Sorgi Jr
OL 66 Andy Ulrich Jr
WR 25 Brandon Williams Fr
OL 78 Jake Wood So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 7 Ryan Aiello Jr
DB 8 Michael Broussard Jr
LB 53 Craig Cummings So
DT 77 Anttaj Hawthorne So
DE 90 Erasmus James So
DT 74 Jason Jefferson So
S 18 Jim Leonhard So
LB 12 Alex Lewis Jr
LB 46 Jeff Mack Sr
DE 95 Joe Monty Fr
DB 21 Levonne Rowan Fr
DE 99 Jake Sprague Sr
CB 2 Scott Starks So
CB 23 B. J. Tucker Sr
DE 92 Jonathan Welsh So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 97 Matt Allen So
K 16 Scott Campbell Jr
LS 86 Matt Katula Jr
Head coach
  • Barry Alvarez
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Game summaries[]

Fresno State[]

Fresno State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Bulldogs 7 0 7721
No. 25 Badgers 0 10 7623

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: August 23, 2002
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); Cloudy; Wind at N 6 MPH
  • Game attendance: 75,136
  • Referee: J. Strochertz
  • TV: ESPN
  • [1]
Game information

UNLV[]

Wisconsin vs UNLV – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Badgers 0 24 0327
Rebels 0 7 007

at Sam Boyd Stadium

  • Date: August 31, 2002
  • Game time: 6:45 p.m.
  • Game weather: 97 °F (36 °C); Cloudy; Wind at SW 11 MPH
  • Game attendance: 42,075
  • Referee: Clair Gausman
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [2]
Game information

West Virginia[]

West Virginia vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Mountaineers 0 3 7717
No. 25 Badgers 7 27 0034

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 7, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C); Clear; Wind at SW 7 MPH
  • Game attendance: 76,320
  • Referee: Gene Steratore
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [3]
Game information

Northern Illinois[]

Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Huskies 3 3 31221
No. 22 Badgers 0 10 7724

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 14, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); Cloudy; Wind at Var. 5 MPH
  • Game attendance: 77,460
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [4]
Game information

Arizona[]

Arizona vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Wildcats 0 0 7310
No. 22 Badgers 0 24 7031

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 21, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); Sunny and Clear; Wind at NW 5-7 MPH
  • Game attendance: 78,582
  • Referee: D. Witvoet
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [5]
Game information

#20 Penn State[]

Penn State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 20 Nittany Lions 10 11 7634
No. 19 Badgers 0 14 61131

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: October 5, 2002
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); Clear; Wind at W 6 MPH
  • Game attendance: 79,403
  • Referee: J. Lapetoma
  • TV: ABC
  • [6]
Game information

Indiana[]

Wisconsin vs Indiana – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 23 Badgers 6 10 13029
Hoosiers 3 7 71532

at Memorial Stadium

  • Date: October 12, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); Cloudy; Wind at N/A
  • Game attendance: 31,156
  • Referee: Steve Newman
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [7]
Game information

#4 Ohio State[]

Ohio State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
No. 4 Buckeyes 10 3 0619
Badgers 7 7 0014

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: October 19, 2002
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); Cloudy; Wind at NE 10
  • Game attendance: 79,729
  • Referee: D. Honig
  • TV: ABC
  • [8]
Game information

Michigan State[]

Wisconsin vs Michigan State – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Badgers 21 7 7742
Spartans 0 3 14724

at Spartan Stadium

  • Date: October 26, 2002
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C); Mostly Cloudy; Wind at W 5
  • Game attendance: 74,507
  • Referee: Dennis Lipski
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [9]
Game information

#9 Iowa[]

Wisconsin vs Iowa – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Badgers 0 3 003
No. 9 Hawkeyes 0 10 10020

at Kinnick Stadium

  • Date: November 2, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); Mostly Sunny; Wind at W 10
  • Game attendance: 70,397
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN
  • [10]
Game information

Illinois[]

Illinois vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Fighting Illini 10 14 31037
Badgers 3 10 7020

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: November 9, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); Mostly Sunny; Wind at W 10
  • Game attendance: 78,709
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [11]
Game information

#12 Michigan[]

Wisconsin vs Michigan – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Badgers 7 7 0014
No. 12 Wolverines 14 0 7021

at Michigan Stadium

  • Date: November 16, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C); Mostly cloudy; Wind at ENE 15
  • Game attendance: 110,412
  • Referee: S. Newman
  • TV: ESPN
  • [12]
Game information

Minnesota[]

Minnesota vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Golden Gophers 3 11 10731
Badgers 7 14 72149

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: November 23, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C); Partly cloudy; Wind at W 8
  • Game attendance: 78,843
  • Referee: D. Honig
  • TV: ESPN
  • [13]
Game information

#14 Colorado[]

Colorado vs Wisconsin – Game summary
1 2 34OTTotal
No. 14 Buffaloes 14 0 140028
Badgers 7 14 07331

at Alamodome

  • Date: December 28, 2002
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 50,690
  • Referee: Terry Brown
  • TV: ESPN
  • [14]
Game information

Regular starters[]

Team players selected in the 2003 NFL Draft[]

Player Position Round Overall Selection NFL Team
Al Johnson Center 2 38 Dallas Cowboys
B.J. Tucker Cornerback 6 178 Dallas Cowboys
Brooks Bollinger Quarterback 6 200 New York Jets
Ben Johnson Offensive Tackle 7 216 Detroit Lions

[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Badgers 2002 Football Schedule".
  2. ^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Stapleton, Arnie (August 24, 2002). "Late FG Lifts Wisconsin". The Beaufort Gazette. Associated Press. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "The Automated ScoreBook For Football" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  5. ^ a b "UWBADGERS.COM - The Official Web Site of The Wisconsin Badgers Athletics - Football". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  6. ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
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