2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team

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The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7–5, they were not invited to a bowl game.

Record7–5 (5–1 Sun Belt)
Headcoach
OffensivecoordinatorBarney Cotton (6th season)
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2002 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record7–5 (5–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBarney Cotton (6th season)
Offensive schemeOption
Defensive coordinatorSteve Stanard (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
 2001
2003 
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2002 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Texas $ 60  85 
New Mexico State 51  75 
Arkansas State 33  67 
Middle Tennessee 24  48 
Louisiana–Lafayette 24  39 
Louisiana–Monroe 24  39 
Idaho 15  210 
  • $ Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 315:00 pmat No. 22 South Carolina*L 24–3483,717[1]
September 74:30 pmat California*L 13–3424,692[2]
September 216:00 pmNew Mexico*W 24–1328,587[3][4]
September 283:00 pmat No. 7 Georgia*L 10–4186,520[5]
October 56:05 pmUTEP*
W 49–1430,605[6]
October 126:05 pmLouisiana–Lafayettedagger
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 31–2819,876[7]
October 192:05 pmLouisiana–Monroe
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 34–2112,183[8]
October 265:00 pmat Arkansas StateW 26–2111,036[9]
November 24:00 pmMiddle Tennessee
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
W 24–2119,562[10]
November 91:00 pmat Utah State*L 30–3212,291[11]
November 162:00 pmat North TexasL 27–3820,064[12]
November 233:00 pmat IdahoW 35–315,462[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time
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Roster

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2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 4 Eric Higgins Jr
RB 6 Keith Mouton  Fr
WR 7 H. B. Briscoe  Sr
WR 8 Chris Lumpkin Jr
QB 10 Paul Drombowski  Fr
QB 11 Buck Pierce  So
QB 13 Carl Scaffidi  So
WR 14 Preston Williams  So
QB 17 Doug Brady Sr
WR 19 P. J. Winston Sr
RB 22 Walter Taylor Sr
RB 23 Tony Bostic Jr
WR 27 Ronshay Jenkins  Jr
FB 36 Kermit Okamura  Sr
FB 38 Rambo Fiaseu  Fr
FB 44 Marcus Dixon  Jr
C 68 B. J. Van Briesen  Sr
G 72 Adam Sinclair  So
G 75 Shalimar Jackson  Sr
G 77 Justin Shopbell  So
WR 81 Chris Duncan  Jr
TE 85 Travis Samuel  Fr
TE 89 Alex Davis  Jr
TE 97 Dustin Ditmore Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 3 Robert Canidate  Sr
S 9 Shukree Shabazz  Fr
S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz  Sr
S 31 Tyrone Gifford Sr
LB 34 Julmar Howard  Jr
LB 37 Richard Glover  So
LB 42 Jim Cottrell  Fr
DE 95 Lamar Hill Jr
DE 54 John Sioui Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 12 Dario Aguiniga Jr
P 16 Brian Copple Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Ross Els (Special Team Coordinator/safeties)
  • Mark Mauer (Wide receivers)
  • Steve Stanard (Defensive coordinator/linebacker)

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

Roster
Last update: September 2, 2014

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