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
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Les Miles, the Cowboys compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big 12's South Division. Oklahoma State was invited to the Houston Bowl, where the Cowboys defeated Southern Miss. The bowl game appearance was only the second for the program in 14 seasons. The team played home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

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Record8–5 (5–3 Big 12)

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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

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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

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


2	Oklahoma St	Phillips 45-yard field goal	Oklahoma St 3-0

2	Nebraska	Diedrick 2-yard run (Brown kick)	Nebraska 7-3

3	Oklahoma St	Fields 3-yard run (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 10-7

4	Oklahoma St	Woods 5-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 17-7

4	Nebraska	Horne 2-yard run (Brown kick)	Oklahoma St 17-14

4	Oklahoma St	Lewis 12-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 24-14

4	Nebraska	Lord 1-yard run (Brown kick)	Oklahoma St 24-21

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

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