2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 38–13 vs. Oregon State
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
2002 record9–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coachWalt Harris (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorJ. D. Brookhart (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorPaul Rhoads (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumHeinz Field
(Capacity: 64,450)
2002 Big East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Miami (FL) $  7 –0     12 –1  
No. 25 West Virginia  6 –1     9 –4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh  5 –2     9 –4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  3 –4     10 –4  
Boston College  3 –4     9 –4  
Syracuse  2 –5     4 –8  
Temple  2 –5     4 –8  
Rutgers  0 –7     1 –11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.Ohio*
W 27–1441,579
September 712:00 p.m.No. 20 Texas A&M*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNL 12–1445,489
September 147:00 p.m.at UAB*
W 26–2015,027
September 2112:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 23–332,519
September 281:30 p.m.Toledo*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 37–1939,713
October 512:00 p.m.at Syracuse
ESPN+W 48–2439,947
October 122:30 p.m.at No. 8 Notre Dame*
NBCL 6–1480,795
October 2612:00 p.m.Boston College
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 19–16 OT45,060
November 27:30 p.m.at No. 3 Virginia Tech
ESPN2W 28–2164,971
November 912:00 p.m.TempleNo. 22
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 29–2239,880
November 217:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)No. 17
ESPNL 21–2864,897
November 301:00 p.m.No. 24 West VirginiaNo. 17
ABCL 17–2466,731
December 268:30 p.m.vs. Oregon State*No. 24
ESPNW 38–1340,533
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77 Bryan Anderson  Sr
WR 85 Princell Brockenbrough Jr
WR 1 Larry Fitzgerald Fr
RB 25 Brandon Miree  Jr
T 75 Matt Morgan  Jr
QB 10 Tyler Palko Fr
RB 32 Lousaka Polite Jr
QB 12 Rod Rutherford Jr
TE 83 Kris Wilson  Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 15 Brian Beinecke  Sr
DB 22 Reggie Carter Fr
DB 5 Torrie Cox Sr
LB 51 Gerald Hayes Sr
DB 19 Shawntae Spencer Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 36 Andy Lee Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-15

Coaching staff
2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
  • Walt Harris – Head Coach
  • Bob Junko – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive tackles
  • J.D. Brookhart – Offensive Coordinator/Wide receivers
  • Paul Rhoads – Defensive Coordinator/Secondary
  • David Blackwell – Linebackers
  • Curtis Bray – Defensive ends
  • Bryan Deal – Recruiting Coordinator/Specialists
  • Tom Freeman – Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
  • Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/Special teams
  • Shawn Simms – Running backs
   Support Staff
  • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/Football Operations
  • Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant
  • Mark Nori – Graduate Assistant
  • Adam Waugh – Graduate Assistant
   Strength and Conditioning Staff
  • Dave Kennedy – Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Dave Langworthy – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Gerald HayesLinebacker370Arizona Cardinals
Torrie CoxDefensive back6205Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bryan AndersonGuard7261Chicago Bears

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References
  1. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2003.htm
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