2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

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 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Houston Bowl champion
Houston Bowl, W 33–23 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	South Division
2002 record	8–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Les Miles (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Gundy (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clay (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lewis Field (Capacity: 48,500)

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern 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
Southern 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, Louisiana		L 36–39	31,391
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Northern Iowa*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 45–10	40,085
September 14	6:00 p.m.	UCLA*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	L 24–38	43,020
September 21	6:00 p.m.	SMU*	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 52–16	41,190
October 5	11:30 a.m.	at No. 2 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	FSN	L 15–17	83,116
October 12	1:10 p.m.	at No. 19 Kansas State	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas		L 9–44	48,404
October 19	11:30 a.m.	Nebraska	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 24–21	45,017
November 2	11:30 a.m.	Texas A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 28–23	47,607
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 24–49	44,595
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas		W 55–20	27,500
November 23	1:00 p.m.	Baylor	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 63–28	37,250
November 30	1:30 p.m.	No. 3 Oklahoma	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Game)	FSN	W 38–28	48,500
December 27	1:30 p.m.	vs. Southern Miss*	Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas (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

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Game summaries

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21 • Oklahoma State 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) Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 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

Oklahoma State's first win versus Nebraska since 1961.

Roster

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 58 Kevin Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Les Miles Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

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

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

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

Awards and honors

• Rashaun Woods, Co-MVP, Houston Bowl
• Kevin Williams, Co-MVP, Houston Bowl

References

1. "2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1989.htm
3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2004.htm