2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Music City Bowl Champions
Music City Bowl, W 2914 vs. Arkansas
Conference Big Ten Conference
2002 record 85 (35 Big Ten)
Head coach Glen Mason (6th year)
Defensive coordinator Greg Hudson
Home stadium H.H.H. Metrodome
2002 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Ohio State $+   8 0         14 0  
#8 Iowa %+   8 0         11 2  
#9 Michigan   6 2         10 3  
#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[1]

The 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2002 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled an 47 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 376 to 319.[2] The 2001 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll. The 2002 Minnesota Gophers offensive roster includes QB#19 Benji Kamrath, RB#44 Thomas Tapeh, WR#15 Jermaine Mays, WR#1 Keith Matthews, RB#33 Renato Fitzpatrick, RB#5 Dominique Sims, WR#18 Antoine Burns, WR#17 Tony Patterson, and WR/RB#36 Demetrus Johnson.

Redshirt freshman defensive end Brandon Hall was shot and killed on September 1, 2002 in downtown Minneapolis after a fight that involved other teammates and other individuals. Hall's killer was convicted in his murder.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 6:00 PM SW Texas State* Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN W 420   32,209[3]
September 7 7:00 PM at Louisiana–Lafayette* Cajun FieldLafayette, LA ESPN+ W 3511   20,512[4]
September 14 1:30 PM Toledo* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 3121   36,640[5]
September 21 1:30 PM Buffalo* Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 4217   34,294[6]
September 28 5:00 PM at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN ESPN2 L 1528   56,839[7]
October 3 7:00 PM Illinois Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 W 3110   32,663[8]
October 10 7:00 PM Northwestern Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 4542   37,729[9]
October 19 11:00 AM at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI ESPN+ W 287   74,232[10]
November 2 3:30 PM at #4 Ohio State #19 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC L 334   104,897[11]
November 9 6:45 PM #13 Michigan Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug) ESPN L 2441   53,773[12]
November 16 11:00 AM #6 Iowa Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale) ESPN L 2145   65,184[13]
November 23 11:00 AM Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe) ESPN L 3149   78,843[14]
December 30 1:00 PM vs. #25 Arkansas* Adelphia ColiseumNashville, TN (Music City Bowl) ESPN W 2914   39,183[15]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

References

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