2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Houston Bowl champion
Houston Bowl, W 33–23 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Les Miles (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Gundy (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clay (2nd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Lewis Field; (Capacity: 48,500)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys' Houston Bowl appearance in 2002 was only the second time in 14 years that OSU made it to a bowl game.

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy	7	–	1	9	–	5
No. 7 Kansas State	6	–	2	11	–	2
Iowa State	4	–	4	7	–	7
Nebraska	3	–	5	7	–	7
Missouri	2	–	6	5	–	7
Kansas	0	–	8	2	–	10
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 6 Texas x	6	–	2	11	–	2
Texas Tech	5	–	3	9	–	5
Oklahoma State	5	–	3	8	–	5
Texas A&M	3	–	5	6	–	6
Baylor	1	–	7	3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech*	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA		L 36–39	31,391
September 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 (I-AA) Northern Iowa*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 45–10	40,085
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UCLA*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	L 24–38	43,020
September 21	6:00 p.m.	SMU*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 52–16	41,190
October 5	11:30 a.m.	at No. 2 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	L 15–17	83,116
October 12	1:10 p.m.	at No. 19 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS		L 9–44	48,404
October 19	11:30 a.m.	Nebraska	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 24–21	45,017
November 2	11:30 a.m.	Texas A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	W 28–23	47,607
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX		L 24–49	44,595
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 55–20	27,500
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Baylor	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 63–28	37,250
November 30	1:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK (Bedlam)	FSN	W 38–28	48,500
December 27	1:30 p.m.	vs. Southern Miss*	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Houston Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–23	44,687
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	0	7	0	14	21
• Cowboys	0	3	7	14	24

Date: October 19
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 45,017
TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (play-by-play), Gary Reasons (color) & Jim Knox (sideline)

Oklahoma State's first win versus Nebraska since 1961.

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`13`	Josh Fields	So
RB	`7`	Tatum Bell	Jr
RB	`23`	Vernand Morency	Fr
WR	`82`	Rashaun Woods	Jr
WR	`84`	D'Juan Woods	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`58`	Kevin Williams	Sr
DB	`9`	Darrent Williams	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Kevin Williams	Defensive tackle	1	9	Minnesota Vikings

Cowboys Rashaun Woods (31st overall), Tatum Bell (41st overall), and Antonio Smith (135th overall) would be selected in the 2004 NFL draft.^[3]