2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2002 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Ohio State $#+		8	–	0					14	–	0
No. 8 Iowa %+		8	–	0					11	–	2
No. 9 Michigan		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 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

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule

August 3111:00 AMat Air Force*

• Falcon Stadium
• Colorado Springs, CO

ABCL 3–52 45,114 September 712:00 PMTCU*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPNGPL 24–48 21,442 September 1412:00 PMDuke*

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

W 26–21 22,910 September 2111:00 AMat Navy*

• Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
• Annapolis, MD

HDNetW 49–40 27,012 September 2812:00 PMat Michigan State

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, MI

L 24–39 74,215 October 56:00 PMNo. 5 Ohio State

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN2L 16–27 43,489 October 107:00 PMat Minnesota

• Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
• Minneapolis, MN

L 42–45 37,729 October 1911:00 AMat No. 20 Penn State

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, PA

ESPN2L 0–49 108,853 October 2611:00 AMPurdue

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN+L 13–42 30,158 November 211:00 AMIndiana

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL

ESPN+W 41–37 25,077 November 911:00 AMat No. 6 Iowa

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, IA

ESPN2L 10–62 68,728 November 2311:00 AMIllinois

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)

ESPN+L 24–31 25,134

Roster

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Brett Basanez Fr TE 7 Ray Bogenrief Jr OT 76 Trai Essex So RB 33 Noah Herron So C 62 Austin King Sr OT 60 Ikechuku Ndukwe So OT 73 Jeff Roehl Sr WR 6 Jon Schweighardt Sr G 63 Zach Strief Fr G 64 Matt Ulrich So QB 16 Alexander Webb Fr RB 18 Jason Wright Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 94 Luis Castillo So DT 97 Colby Clark So DT 67 Barry Cofield Fr CB 27 Raheem Covington Sr LB 3 Pat Durr Sr DE 96 Greg Lutzen Fr LB 44 Tim McGarigle Fr LB 46 Eric VanderHorst Fr CB 31 Marvin Ward So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 17 David Wasielewski Sr	Head coach Randy Walker Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-16

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Austin King	Center	4	133	Tampa Bay Buccaneers