2002 Washington State Cougars football team

2002 Washington State Cougars football

Pac-10 Co-Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Oklahoma, L, 14–34
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#10
AP	#10
2002 record	10–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Mike Price
Defensive coordinator	Bill Doba
Captain	Jason Gesser
Captain	Curtis Nettles
Captain	Marcus Trufant
Home stadium	Martin Stadium (Capacity: 37,600)

2002 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#10 Washington State $+		7	–	1		10	–	3
#4 USC %+		7	–	1		11	–	2
Arizona State		5	–	3		8	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4		8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	4		8	–	5
California		4	–	4		7	–	5
Washington		4	–	4		7	–	6
Oregon		3	–	5		7	–	6
Arizona		1	–	7		4	–	8
Stanford		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the college football season of 2002-2003. The team was led by fourteenth-year head coach Mike Price, and played its home games at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 PM	Nevada*	#12	Seahawks Stadium • Seattle, WA (Cougar Gridiron Classic)		W 31–7	63,588
September 7	3:00 PM	Idaho*	#11	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 49–14	30,110
September 14	12:30 PM	at #6 Ohio State*	#10	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 7–25	104,553
September 21	2:00 PM	Montana State*	#16	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA		W 45–28	23,713
September 28	2:00 PM	at California	#16	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 48–38	29,297
October 5	4:00 PM	#18 USC	#17	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	TBS	W 30–27 ^OT	36,861
October 12	2:00 PM	at Stanford	#12	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 36–11	30,750
October 26	7:00 PM	at Arizona	#9	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 21–13	46,462
November 2	12:30 PM	#16 Arizona State	#8	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	W 44–22	37,444
November 9	12:30 PM	#15 Oregon	#5	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	W 32–21	37,600
November 23	3:30 PM	Washington	#3	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA (95th Apple Cup)	FSN	L 26–29 ^3OT	37,600
December 7	1:30 PM	at UCLA	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 48–27	56,335
January 1	2:00 PM	vs. #8 Oklahoma	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 14–34	86,848
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP. All times are in Pacific Time.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Mike Price
Assistants: Robb Akey, Chris Ball, Bob Connelly, Bill Doba, Kasey Dunn, Mike Levenseller, Robin Pflugrad, Aaron Price, Mike Walker

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Game summaries

USC

#20 USC at #17 Washington State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
USC	7	0	7	13	0	27
• Washington St	10	0	7	10	3	30

Date: October 5
Location: Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington
Television network: TBS

Scoring summary

1		USC	Sultan McCullough 6 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)	USC 7-0

1		WSU	Drew Dunning 48 yard field goal	USC 7-3

1		WSU	Mike Bush 3 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)	Wash St 10-7

3		USC	Malaefou MacKenzie 15 yard pass from Carson Palmer (Ryan Killeen kick)	USC 14-10

3		WSU	Jermaine Green 75 yard run (Drew Dunning kick)	Wash St 17-14

4	10:03	WSU	Devard Darling 2 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)	Wash St 24-14

4		USC	Carson Palmer 3 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)	Wash St 24-21

4	4:10	USC	Mike Williams 55 yard pass from Carson Palmer (kick failed)	USC 27-24

4	1:50	WSU	Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal	Tie 27-27

OT		WSU	Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal	Wash St 30-27

Washington State's first win versus USC at home since 1986. ^[2]

2002 Team Players in the NFL

References

↑ 2012 Washington State Cougars football information guide.
↑ USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2013.

Washington State Cougars football

Venues	Rogers Field (1892–1969) Joe Albi Stadium (1950–1983; 1970–1971 as primary) Martin Stadium (1972–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Idaho (Battle of the Palouse) Washington (Apple Cup)

Culture & lore	Butch T. Cougar "Fight Song" Marching band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015)

National championships in bold

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