2002 Missouri Tigers football team

The 2002 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

2002 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
2002 record	5–7 (2–6 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Pinkel (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Christensen (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Matt Eberflus (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Faurot Field (Capacity: 68,174)

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	2:30 PM	vs. Illinois*	Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri (Arch Rivalry)	ABC	W 33–20	61,876[1]
September 7	6:00 PM	Ball State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 41–6	49,282[1]
September 14	5:00 PM	at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		L 28–51	21,969[1]
September 28	1:00 PM	Troy State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 44–7	50,220[1]
October 5	6:00 PM	No. 2 Oklahoma	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)	FSN	L 24–31	60,578[1]
October 12	11:30 AM	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	FSN PPV	L 13–24	78,014[1]
October 19	6:00 PM	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 38–52	42,781[1]
October 26	1:00 PM	Kansas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 36–12	60,287[1]
November 2	1:00 PM	at No. 22 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa (Telephone Trophy)		L 35–42	44,339[1]
November 9	11:30 AM	No. 18 Colorado	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 35–42 ^OT	48,465[1]
November 16	1:00 PM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, Texas		W 33–27 ^2OT	78,186[1]
November 23	2:30 PM	No. 10 Kansas State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 0–38	47,507[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2002 Missouri Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 75 Howard Brown So QB 14 Kirk Farmer Sr WR 12 Justin Gage Sr G 52 Tony Palmer Fr QB 16 Brad Smith Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 21 Brandon Barnes Jr LB 32 Sean Doyle Sr CB 26 Michael Harden Jr CB 45 Shirdonya Mitchell So DT 99 C. J. Mosley So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Pinkel Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

References

1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Missouri, Columbia Department of Athletics. Retrieved September 29, 2011.