2002 Texas Longhorns football team

2002Texas Longhorns football
2002Texas Longhorns football
Big 12 South co-champion; Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic,W 35–20 vs.LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown(5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis(5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese(5th season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium; (Capacity: 80,092)
	Seasons ←2001 2003→

The2002 Texas Longhorns football teamrepresented theUniversity of Texas at Austinin the2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.The team was coached by head football coachMack Brownand led on the field bysenior quarterback Chris Simms.

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No.20Coloradoxy	7	–	1	9	–	5
No.7Kansas 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.5Oklahomaxy$	6	–	2	12	–	2
No.6Texasx	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 fromAP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W27–0	83,051
September 14	7:00 p.m.	atNorth Carolina*	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W52–21	60,500
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W41–11	82,936
September 28	2:30 p.m.	atTulane*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W49–0	46,678
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 2	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W17–15	83,116
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 2Oklahoma	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX(Red River Shootout,College GameDay)	ABC	L24–35	75,587
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W17–14	50,659
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 17Iowa State	No. 7	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W21–10	83,071
November 2	6:00 p.m.	atNebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W27–24	78,268
November 9	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 4	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W41–0	83,016
November 16	2:30 p.m.	atTexas Tech	No. 4	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX(rivalry)	ABC	L38–42	52,047
November 29	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W50–20	83,711
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs.LSU*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W35–20	70,817
*Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Pollreleased prior to the game All times are inCentral time

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Game summaries

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	13	0	0	27

Date:August 31
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	14	7	21	52
North Carolina	0	7	7	7	21

Date:September 14
Location:Kenan Memorial Stadium

Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job.^[3]

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	17	0	10	41

Date:September 21
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	7	14	21	49
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Date:September 28
Location:Louisiana Superdome

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Oklahoma St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	3	0	6	6	15
• Texas	0	10	7	0	17

Date:October 5
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	7	3	7	24
• Oklahoma	3	8	3	21	35

Date:October 12
Location:Cotton Bowl

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Kansas St

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	0	7	7	3	17
Kansas St	0	6	0	8	14

Date:October 19
Location:KSU Stadium

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Iowa St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	10	0	0	10
• Texas	7	0	7	7	21

Date:October 26
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	3	14	7	27
Nebraska	3	0	7	14	24

Date:November 2
Location:Memorial Stadium

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Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	17	3	7	41

Date:November 9
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	7	7	10	38
• Texas Tech	0	21	7	14	42

Date:November 16
Location:Jones SBC Stadium

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Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
• Texas	9	14	7	20	50

Date:November 29
Location:Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Game attendance:83,711

Chris Simms278 Yds, 3 TD (finished 15–0 at home as starting QB)^[13]

Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	14	7	7	35
LSU	10	7	0	3	20

Date:January 1
Location:Cotton Bowl

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Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`72`	Will Allen	Fr
RB	`32`	Cedric Benson	So
TE	`80`	Bo Scaife	So
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	Sr
WR	`4`	Roy Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Derrick Johnson	So
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C)Team captain
(S)Suspended
(I)Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-14

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2002Texas Longhorns football

Big 12 South co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic,W 35–20 vs.LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown(5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis(5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese(5th season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons ←2001 2003→