2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002 record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (1st season)
Captains	Pat Durr[1] Austin King
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Ohio State $#+		8	–	0					14	–	0
No. 8 Iowa %+		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 9 Michigan		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 16 Penn State		5	–	3					9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	6
Illinois		4	–	4					5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5					8	–	5
Wisconsin		2	–	6					8	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6					4	–	8
Northwestern		1	–	7					3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7					3	–	9
– BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 AM	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	L 3–52	45,114
September 7	12:00 PM	TCU*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNGP	L 24–48	21,442
September 14	12:00 PM	Duke*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 26–21	22,910
September 21	11:00 AM	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 49–40	27,012
September 28	12:00 PM	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 24–39	74,215
October 5	6:00 PM	No. 5 Ohio State	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 16–27	43,489
October 10	7:00 PM	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 42–45	37,729
October 19	11:00 AM	at No. 20 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	L 0–49	108,853
October 26	11:00 AM	Purdue	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 13–42	30,158
November 2	11:00 AM	Indiana	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 41–37	25,077
November 9	11:00 AM	at No. 6 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 10–62	68,728
November 23	11:00 AM	Illinois	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 24–31	25,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Brett Basanez Fr RB 32 Clifton Dawson Fr T 76 Trai Essex So RB 33 Noah Herron So C 62 Austin King (C) Sr T 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe So T 73 Jeff Roehl Sr WR 6 Jon Schweighardt Sr G 63 Zach Strief Fr G 64 Matt Ulrich So QB 16 Alexander Webb Fr RB 18 Jason Wright Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 7 Ray Bogenrief Jr DT 94 Luis Castillo So DT 97 Colby Clark So DT 67 Barry Cofield Fr CB 27 Raheem Covington Sr LB 3 Pat Durr (C) Sr DE 96 Greg Lutzen Fr LB 44 Tim McGarigle Fr LB 46 Eric VanderHorst Fr CB 31 Marvin Ward So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 17 David Wasielewski Sr	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Pat Fitzgerald – Linebackers Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-16

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Austin King	Center	4	133	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 150. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
2. "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
3. "2002 Northwestern Football Archive". Archived from the original on 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2012-09-10.