2002 San Jose State Spartans football team

The 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Spartans were led by second-year head coach Fitz Hill and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. Although they improved from a 3–9 season in 2001, the Spartans did not participate in a bowl game, despite finishing with a 6-7 record.

2002 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
2002 record	6–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Fitz Hill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Norman Joseph and Charlie Roche (both in 2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ronnie Lee (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 30,456)

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Fitz Hill	Head coach	2	Ouachita Baptist (1987)
Earl Buckingham	Assistant head coach, defensive line	2	Arkansas (1983)
Norman Joseph	Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks	2	Mississippi State (1977)
Ronnie Lee	Defensive coordinator, defensive backs	2	Washington State (1989)
Charlie Roche	Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line	2	Eastern Illinois (1996)
Charles Nash	Running backs	2	Arizona (1976)
Kenwick Thompson	Linebackers, recruiting coordinator	2	Harding (1992)
Keith Williams	Wide receivers	2	San Diego State (1996)
Chris Wilkerson	Defensive ends	1	Eastern Illinois (1995)
Keith Allen	Special teams, defensive assistant	1	Oklahoma (1997)
Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Final roster

2002 San Jose State Spartans final roster
Quarterbacks 2: Marcus Arroyo – Senior 16: Beau Pierce – Sophomore 5: Scott Rislov – Junior Running backs --: Steven Bradley – TB – Freshman 25: Clarence Cunningham – TB – Sophomore 8: Lamar Ferguson – TB – Sophomore 36: Demarcus Ingram – TB – Junior 31: Lance Martin – TB – Sophomore 45: Brandon Miles – FB – Senior --: Ahmir Rahmar – TB – Junior 26: Ezekiel Staples – Freshman Wide receivers 11: Jamall Broussard – Junior 85: John Broussard – Freshman 86: Chester Coleman – Freshman 91: Terell Johnson – Freshman 82: James Jones – Freshman 96: Ronald Jones – Freshman 89: Casey Miranda – Junior 10: Charles Pauley – Senior 80: Rufus Skillern – Freshman 1: Kendrick Starling – Junior 84: Malcolm Thompson – Freshman 81: Juan Walden – Senior 3: Tuati Wooden – Junior Tight ends 19: Courtney Anderson – Junior 88: Marcus Helfman – Senior		Offensive linemen 66: Justin Arrington – OG – Junior 76: Matt Cantu – OG – Freshman 64: Charley Dehoney – OG – Senior 70: Joseph Hayes – OG – Junior 78: Jeff Gordon – OT – Junior 65: Kevin Israel – OG – Junior 63: Eric Olson – OT – Freshman 59: Tim Provost – OT – Senior 73: Osmar Staples – OT – Junior 71: John Toensfeldt – OT – Freshman 77: LaMons Walker – C – Senior Defensive linemen 83: Ethan Allen – DE – Senior 57: Jamaal Allen – DE – Freshman 92: Mike Beams – DT – Senior 90: Adonis Forrest – DT – Senior 74: Aaron Gilbert – DT – Freshman 69: Kinji Green – DT – Freshman --: Daniel Grossi – DE – Freshman 93: Jason Gustus – DT – Junior 95: Justin James – DE – Freshman 44: Chip Kimmich – DE – Senior 40: Steve Nash – DE – Junior 56: Philip Perry – DE – Junior 54: Larnell Ransom – DE – Freshman 98: Dan Schultz – DE – Freshman 75: Joshua Smith – DT – Freshman		Linebackers --: Chris Catoe – Freshman 62: Ian Cossar – Freshman 49: Tony Ficklin – Sophomore 17: Brian Foreman – Senior 51: Erik Garcia – Freshman 52: Craig Grant - Freshman 20: Luke La Herran – Senior 29: Mike Liranzo – Senior --: Cory Lynch – Junior 94: Sean McNamara – Junior 87: Kollie Moore – Senior 35: Onyeka Ossai – Junior 67: Justin Pigg – Junior 55: Michael Smith – OLB – Junior 46: Tyrell Tyler – Freshman Defensive backs 41: C.J. Arnold – S – Senior 24: Kevin Boyer – CB – Junior 14: Jamonte Cox – S – Freshman 28: Shaun Fletcher – CB – Senior 38: Gerald Jones – S – Junior 23: Carlos Koustas – CB – Sophomore 30: Skyler McKnight – S – Junior --: Raul Menjivar – CB – Junior 15: Brian Nunez – S – Freshman 32: Neil Parry – S – Junior 33: Josh Powell – S – Sophomore 7: Zack Rance – S – Junior 27: Donald Richardson – S – Freshman 43: Terrance Tillman – CB – Junior --: Stephen Trammell – S – Freshman 4: I'lario Vital – CB – Freshman 6: Mario Vital – S – Junior 18: Quincy Washington – CB – Junior 21: Eric Wilson – CB – Sophomore Special teams 39: Michael Carr – P – Senior 13: Nick Gilliam – PK – Senior --: Craig Nakano – PK – Freshman 12: Dale Rogers – P – Junior
Reference:[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:00 p.m.	vs. Arkansas State*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Arkansas		W 33-14	18,492
September 7	12:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle	FSNNW	L 10–34	70,147
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, California (rivalry)	KRON	L 26–63	54,500
September 21	11:00 a.m.	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois		W 38–35	50,990
September 28	7:00 p.m.	UTEP	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California	FSNBA, FSNSW	W 58–24	10,416
October 5	12:00 p.m.	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas		W 34–23	13,016
October 12	9:00 a.m.	at No. 5 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	ESPN+	L 7–50	104,892
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, Nevada		L 24–52	19,481
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Boise State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California		L 8–45	10,497
November 2	8:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	Oceanic PPV, KFVE	L 31–40	36,784
November 9	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California		W 42–30	6,391
November 16	12:00 p.m.	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma	Cox 9	W 49–38	15,653
November 23	2:00 p.m.	Fresno State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, California (rivalry)		L 16–19	14,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Sources:[7][8]

Game Summaries

vs. Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Indians					0

See also: 2002 Arkansas State Indians football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-1	1995	ARST, 21-7

at No. 14 Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	10	0	0	10
No. 14 Huskies	0	0	17	17	34

See also: 2002 Washington Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-8	1996	53-10, WASH

at Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	10	6	0	26
Cardinal	7	21	21	14	63

See also: 2002 Stanford Cardinal football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13-43-1	2001	STAN, 41-14

at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	14	7	10	38
Fighting Illini	0	21	0	14	35

See also: 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	3	14	0	24
Spartans	7	21	10	20	58

See also: 2002 UTEP Miners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3-4	2001	SJSU, 40-28

at SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	14	13	34
Mustangs	14	6	3	0	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-1	2001	SMU, 24-17

at No. 5 Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	0	0	7
No. 5 Buckeyes	7	17	17	9	50

See also: 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	17	0	7	24
Wolf Pack	14	0	17	21	52

See also: 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7-6-2	2001	SJSU, 64-45

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	21	7	3	14	45
Spartans	0	0	0	8	8

See also: 2002 Boise State Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-2	2001	BSU, 56-6

at Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	7	0	14	31
Warriors	14	14	2	10	40

See also: 2002 Hawaii Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15-9-1	2001	HAW, 34-10

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	9	14	0	7	30
Spartans	0	14	7	21	42

See also: 2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-1	2001	HAW, 34-10

at Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	28	7	0	49
Golden Hurricane	6	15	3	14	38

See also: 2002 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-1	2001	SJSU, 63-27

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	3	6	19
Spartans	6	7	3	0	16

See also: 2002 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32-31-3	2001	FRES, 40-21

References

1. "2002/2003 Football Roster". San Jose State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002.
2. "Earl Buckingham". UAPB Athletics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
3. "Head coach Charles Nash". Competitive Elite Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
4. http://www.coachallen.com/PDFs/Allen.pdf
5. "Keith Williams". Tulane Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
6. "Kenwick Thompson". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20021208082552/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/schedule.asp?sportid=56
8. http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2002-2003/teamstat.htm