2002 Texas Longhorns football team

The 2002 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by senior quarterback Chris Simms.

2002 Texas 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
2002 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)

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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 27–0	83,051[1]
September 14	8:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 52–21	60,500[1]
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 41–11	82,936[1]
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 49–0	46,678[1]
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 2	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 17–15	83,116[1]
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) (College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–35	75,587[1]
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 17–14	50,659[1]
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Iowa State	No. 7	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 21–10	83,071[1]
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	FSN	W 27–24	78,268[1]
November 9	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 4	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–0	83,016[1]
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 4	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (Battle for the Chancellor's Spurs)	ABC	L 38–42	52,047[1]
November 29	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 50–20	83,711[1]
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs. LSU*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–20	70,817[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Season summary

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 Simms 278 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

References

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