2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Independence Bowl, L 23–27 vs. Ole Miss
Conference	Big 12 Conference North Division
2002 record	7–7 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Frank Solich (5th year)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Solich (5th year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bohl (3rd year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,918)

2002 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern Division
#20 Colorado xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
#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
#5 Oklahoma xy$		6	–	2					12	–	2
#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

The 2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Frank Solich and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska finished in 4th place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 8th conference–wide, with a final record of 7–7 (3–5).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	6:45 PM	Arizona State*	#10	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (BCA Classic)	ESPN	W 48–10	77,779
August 31	6:00 PM	Troy State*	#9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 31–16	77,831
September 7	6:00 PM	Utah State*	#9	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 44–13	78,176
September 14	7:00 PM	at Penn State*	#8	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	L 7–40	110,753
September 28	2:30 PM	at #19 Iowa State	#20	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA	ABC	L 14–36	51,888
October 5	11:30 AM	McNeese State*		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	HDNet	W 38–14	77,192
October 12	11:30 AM	Missouri		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	PPV	W 24–13	78,014
October 19	11:30 AM	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field • Stillwater, OK	FSN	L 21–24	45,017
October 26	6:00 PM	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX	TBS	W 38–31	81,054
November 2	6:00 PM	#7 Texas		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FSN	L 24–27	78,268
November 9	12:30 PM	Kansas		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE		W 45–7	77,351
November 16	11:30 AM	at #11 Kansas State		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 13–49	52,221
November 29	2:30 PM	#13 Colorado		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	L 13–28	77,804
December 27	3:30 PM	vs. Ole Miss*		Independence Stadium • Shreveport, LA (Independence Bowl)	ESPN	L 23–27	46,096
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Roster and coaching staff

2002 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class SE 38 Biodrowski, BrandonBrandon Biodrowski RFr TE 84 Bowling, JonJon Bowling Sr QB 11 Chrisman, JoeJoe Chrisman Sr OG 59 Cody, WesWes Cody Sr IB 1 Collins, ThunderThunder Collins Sr SE 32 Cook, KellyKelly Cook Jr WB 81 Cornelsen, BenBen Cornelsen Sr TE 80 Dabbert, WillWill Dabbert Sr FB 4 Davies, JuddJudd Davies Jr IB 25 Davis, JoshJosh Davis Jr IB 30 Diedrick, DahrranDahrran Diedrick Sr OG 78 Erickson, MikeMike Erickson So OT 77 Flaum, M.J.M.J. Flaum So WR 28 Fluellen, IsaiahIsaiah Fluellen Fr C 52 Garrison, JohnJohn Garrison Sr FB 39 Giesselmann, ZachZach Giesselmann RFr TE 99 Golliday, AaronAaron Golliday Sr OG 72 Green, TimTim Green Jr IB 6 Grixby, DeAntaeDeAntae Grixby Jr WB 89 Hassebroek, TroyTroy Hassebroek Sr TE 42 Herian, MattMatt Herian Fr IB 5 Horne, DavidDavid Horne Fr OT 51 Incognito, RichieRichie Incognito RFr WB 31 Jackson, JoelJoel Jackson So FB 37 Kastl, PaulPaul Kastl Sr TE 47 Keiser, DustyDusty Keiser So SE 19 Klem, JohnJohn Klem Sr TE 46 Knopp, JohnJohn Knopp Fr C 75 Koch, BrandonBrandon Koch RFr OT 73 Koethe, ScottScott Koethe Sr C 74 Kolowski, DavidDavid Kolowski Sr OT 67 Kolterman, NateNate Kolterman Sr FB 45 Kriewald, SteveSteve Kriewald So WR 27 LeFlore, MarkMark LeFlore Fr OG 66 Leslie, JermaineJermaine Leslie Fr SE 13 Liley, TimTim Liley Jr C 63 Limbaugh, JackJack Limbaugh Jr WB 12 Long, DeWayneDeWayne Long So OT 76 Loos, ChrisChris Loos Jr QB 10 Lord, JammalJammal Lord Jr OT 65 Manley, NateNate Manley RFr C 64 Mann, KurtKurt Mann Fr WB 18 McLaughlin, MikeMike McLaughlin RFr SE 14 Mikluscak, RyanRyan Mikluscak So FB 32 Miller, GrantGrant Miller Fr IB 21 Miller, RobinRobin Miller Jr IB 23 Mutfwang, NanfwangNanfwang Mutfwang RFr OG 61 Nelson, BrianBrian Nelson Jr WB 24 O'Holleran, JackJack O'Holleran So WB 8 Ommert, RyanRyan Ommert Jr TE 82 Peetz, PhilPhil Peetz Jr OG 56 Pike, GaryGary Pike RFr SE 2 Pilkington, RossRoss Pilkington Fr OT 69 Povendo, NickNick Povendo So IB 36 Reese, TimTim Reese Jr TE 86 Ringenberg, KyleKyle Ringenberg Sr IB 22 Ross, CoryCory Ross RFr OG 54 Schott, CarsonCarson Schott RFr SE 85 Schroeder, MattMatt Schroeder RFr TE 83 Septak, ChrisChris Septak So C 79 Sewell, JoshJosh Sewell Jr TE 87 Shada, AlexAlex Shada So QB 17 Siefken, ScottScott Siefken So IB 33 Simmons, MarquesMarques Simmons RFr QB 16 Stuntz, MikeMike Stuntz So OG 55 Tagoa'i, JuniorJunior Tagoa'i Jr SE 9 Thomas, WilsonWilson Thomas Sr OT 57 Timm, CoryCory Timm Fr FB 41 Todd, DaneDane Todd Fr OT 68 Vili Waldrop, DanDan Vili Waldrop Jr OG 53 Volk, CodyCody Volk Jr WB 20 Wigert, KiffinKiffin Wigert So FB 34 Wingender, AndyAndy Wingender Jr TE 44 Woodward, MatthewMatthew Woodward RFr SE 3 Zajicek, BenBen Zajicek So	Defense Pos. # Name Class RRE 98 Adams, DemoineDemoine Adams Sr NT 96 Adams, TitusTitus Adams RFr LRE 61 Alta, PeterPeter Alta RFr LCB 27 Amos, WillieWillie Amos Jr LG 71 Andersen, JakeJake Andersen So NT 68 Behrends, MattMatt Behrends Sr NT 59 Bingham, RyonRyon Bingham Jr LCB 16 Biodrowski, ColeCole Biodrowski RFr FS 21 Bland, PhilipPhilip Bland So WILL 39 Buller, ChadChad Buller Jr ROV 14 Bullocks, DanielDaniel Bullocks RFr FS 20 Bullocks, JoshJosh Bullocks RFr LCB 6 Burgess, RodneyRodney Burgess Sr FS 36 Burrow, DanDan Burrow So LCB 4 Butler, TerrellTerrell Butler Jr RE 90 Carriker, AdamAdam Carriker Fr NT 55 Clanton, JonJon Clanton Sr SLB 11 Cooper, IraIra Cooper So DT 97 Evwaraye, SeppoSeppo Evwaraye RFr LRE 62 Fisher, AnthonyAnthony Fisher Fr WILL 41 Franzluebbers, JaredJared Franzluebbers RFr WILL 51 Fries, GabeGabe Fries Sr DT 99 Greeson, BrandonBrandon Greeson Fr RCB 5 Groce, DeJuanDeJuan Groce Sr RCB 26 Guse, KevinKevin Guse Jr NT 73 Helming, JaredJared Helming RFr WILL 17 Hollowell, T.J.T.J. Hollowell Jr ROV 40 Hopkins, LannieLannie Hopkins So RCB 29 Huston, KellenKellen Huston So RCB 49 Ickes, AdamAdam Ickes RFr RRE 88 Johnson, TrevorTrevor Johnson Jr DT 94 Kabongo, PatrickPatrick Kabongo Jr LRE 57 Kelsay, ChrisChris Kelsay Sr RRE 95 Krug, NathanNathan Krug RFr RE 64 Lewin, KristopherKristopher Lewin RFr FS 15 Lindstrom, BrettBrett Lindstrom Jr NT 70 Lohr, JasonJason Lohr Sr FS 32 Matteo, DerekDerek Matteo So RRE 50 McBride, JeffJeff McBride So LCB 1 McPherson, LornellLornell McPherson So WILL 58 Miller, TimTim Miller Jr RE 44 Moore, JayJay Moore Fr DT 63 O'Shea, MattMatt O'Shea RFr ROV 13 Otto, JamieJamie Otto So FS 31 Pippens, JerrellJerrell Pippens Jr CB 29 Rexilius, SethSeth Rexilius RFr LCB 28 Ricketts, PatPat Ricketts Jr ROV 35 Roark, JamesJames Roark So RCB 30 Robinson, JoeyJoey Robinson RFr MIKE 38 Ruud, BarrettBarrett Ruud So MIKE 42 Safranek, SteveSteve Safranek Jr FS 8 Shanle, AndrewAndrew Shanle Fr SLB 43 Shanle, ScottScott Shanle Sr LRE 76 Shrader, MattMatt Shrader So RCB 23 Siegel, ShaneShane Siegel RFr MIKE 54 Sievers, ChadChad Sievers So SLB 45 Smith, JemondJemond Smith Sr LRE 92 Smith, JustinJustin Smith Sr DT 66 Smith, Le KevinLe Kevin Smith RFr MIKE 90 Tata, TonyTony Tata Sr ROV 2 Terpening, AaronAaron Terpening Sr LRE 10 Thomas, BenardBenard Thomas Jr CB 25 Thorne, FredFred Thorne Jr CB 25 Tiedtke, BlakeBlake Tiedtke RFr LRE 93 Toline, TylerTyler Toline So LB 35 Tomasevicz, CurtCurt Tomasevicz Jr CB 3 Washington, FabianFabian Washington Fr LCB 12 White, JayJay White Sr RCB 33 White, SethSeth White Jr WILL 7 Williams, DemorrioDemorrio Williams Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 26 Brown, JoshJosh Brown Sr PK 22 DeAngelis, SandroSandro DeAngelis So PK 32 Endorf, DaleDale Endorf Jr P 37 Koch, SamSam Koch RFr P 19 Larson, KyleKyle Larson Jr PK 48 Wright, ZachZach Wright RFr	Head coach Frank Solich    5th season    24th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Craig Bohl    3rd season as DC/LB coach    11th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Turner Gill    11th season as QB coach    11th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Ron Brown    16th season as WR/TE coach    16th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Jeff Jamrog    3rd season as DL coach    5th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Dan Young    20th season as OL/K coach    20th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    29th season as OL coach    29th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Nelson Barnes    6th season as RE coach    6th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: North Texas George Darlington    DB coach    30th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Dave Gillespie    5th season as RB coach    14th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha Boyd Epley    34th season as S&C coach    34th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 16, 2011

Game notes

Arizona State

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona State 3 0 7 0 10 • Nebraska 3 7 14 24 48 Date: August 24 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 77,779 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin (Play-by-play), Mike Gottfried (Color) & Adrian Karsten (Sideline)

Troy State

Troy State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Troy State 0 3 7 6 16 • Nebraska 7 7 14 3 31 Date: August 31 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,831

Utah State

Utah State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah State 7 0 0 6 13 • Nebraska 17 20 7 0 44 Date: September 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 78,176

Penn State

Nebraska at Penn State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 0 0 7 • Penn State 0 13 20 7 40 Date: September 14 Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania Game start: 7:07 p.m. CST Game attendance: 110,753 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14 • Iowa State 3 16 7 10 36 Date: September 28 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game start: 2:37 p.m. CST Game attendance: 51,888 TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play-by-play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

McNeese State

McNeese State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total McNeese State 0 7 0 7 14 • Nebraska 7 14 0 17 38 Date: October 5 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:35 a.m. CST Game attendance: 77,192 Television network: HDNet

Missouri

Missouri at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Missouri 10 3 0 0 13 • Nebraska 7 7 7 3 24 Date: October 12 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 11:36 a.m. CST Game attendance: 78,014 TV announcers (PPV): Dave Armstrong (Play-by-play), Rich Baldinger (Color), Bill Doleman (Sideline) & Chris Gerving (Sideline)

Oklahoma State

Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 0 14 21 • Oklahoma State 0 3 14 7 24 Date: October 19 Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma Game start: 11:39 a.m. CST Game attendance: 45,017 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

Texas A&M

Nebraska at Texas A&M [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 7 7 17 38 Texas A&M 14 7 10 0 31 Date: October 26 Location: Kyle Field, College Station, Texas Game start: 6:07 p.m. CST Game attendance: 81,054 TV announcers (TBS): Ron Thulin (Play-by-play), Charles Davis (Color) & Craig Sager (Sideline)

Texas

Texas at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Texas 3 3 14 7 27 Nebraska 3 0 7 14 24 Date: November 2 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 6:09 p.m. CST Game attendance: 78,268 TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play-by-play), Dave Lapham (Color) & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 7 0 0 0 7 • Nebraska 14 10 21 0 45 Date: November 9 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 12:30 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,351

Kansas State

Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 6 7 0 13 • Kansas State 14 7 7 21 49 Date: November 16 Location: KSU Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas Game start: 11:39 a.m. CST Game attendance: 52,221 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Colorado 7 0 14 7 28 Nebraska 0 10 3 0 13 Date: November 29 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game start: 2:36 p.m. CST Game attendance: 77,804 TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Ole Miss

Nebraska vs Ole Miss [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 14 3 3 23 • Ole Miss 0 14 10 3 27 Date: December 27 Location: Independence Stadium, Shreveport, Louisiana Game start: 3:38 p.m. CST Game attendance: 46,096 TV announcers (ESPN): Jeff Hullinger (Play-by-play), Todd Christensen (Color) & Stacy Paetz (Sideline)

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
AP	10	9	9	8	18	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches																NR
BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	N/A

After the season

Nebraska finished in 4th place in the Big 12 North Division and tied for 8th conference-wide, with a final record of 7-7 (3-5).

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
All-America 1st team	DeJuan Groce, Richie Incognito
All-America 2nd team	Fabian Washington
All-America 4th team	David Horne
All-Big 12 1st team	Josh Brown, DeJuan Groce, Richie Incognito
All-Big 12 2nd team	John Garrison, Chris Kelsay, Kyle Larson
All-Big 12 3rd team	Dahrran Diedrick
Freshman All-Big 12 1st team	Matt Herian, David Horne, Richie Incognito, Ross Pilkington, Le Kevin Smith, Fabian Washington

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 2002 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Demoine Adams	Edmonton Eskimos
Titus Adams	New York Jets
Ryon Bingham	San Diego Chargers
Josh Brown	Seattle Seahawks
Daniel Bullocks	Detroit Lions
Josh Bullocks	New Orleans Saints
Adam Carriker	St. Louis Rams
Josh Davis	New York Jets
Aaron Golliday	Scottish Claymores
DeJuan Groce	St. Louis Rams
T. J. Hollowell	New York Giants
Richie Incognito	St. Louis Rams
Trevor Johnson	New York Jets
Patrick Kabongo	Detroit Lions
Chris Kelsay	Buffalo Bills
Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens
Kyle Larson	Cincinnati Bengals
Jammal Lord	Houston Texans
Jay Moore	San Francisco 49ers
Jerrell Pippens	Chicago Bears
Cory Ross	Baltimore Ravens
Barrett Ruud	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Scott Shanle	St. Louis Rams
Le Kevin Smith	New England Patriots
Fabian Washington	Oakland Raiders
Demorrio Williams	Atlanta Falcons

References

1. "Football - 2002 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
2. 2002 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.