2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Insight Bowl champion
Insight Bowl, W 38–13 vs. Oregon State
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record9–4 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJ. D. Brookhart (3rd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorPaul Rhoads (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumHeinz Field
(capacity: 64,450)
2002 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Miami (FL) $  7 –0   12 –1  
No. 25 West Virginia  6 –1   9 –4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh  5 –2   9 –4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  3 –4   10 –4  
Boston College  3 –4   9 –4  
Temple  2 –5   4 –8  
Syracuse  2 –5   4 –8  
Rutgers  0 –7   1 –11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.Ohio*
W 27–1441,579
September 712:00 p.m.No. 20 Texas A&M*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPNL 12–1445,489
September 147:00 p.m.at UAB*
W 26–2015,027
September 2112:00 p.m.Rutgers
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 23–332,519
September 281:30 p.m.Toledo*
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 37–1939,713
October 512:00 p.m.at Syracuse
ESPN+W 48–2439,947
October 122:30 p.m.at No. 8 Notre Dame*
NBCL 6–1480,795
October 2612:00 p.m.Boston Collegedagger
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 19–16 OT45,060
November 27:30 p.m.at No. 3 Virginia Tech
ESPN2W 28–2164,971
November 912:00 p.m.TempleNo. 22
  • Heinz Field
  • Pittsburgh, PA
ESPN+W 29–2239,880
November 217:30 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)No. 17
ESPNL 21–2864,897
November 301:00 p.m.No. 24 West VirginiaNo. 17
ABCL 17–2466,731
December 268:30 p.m.vs. Oregon State*No. 24
ESPNW 38–1340,533
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77 Bryan Anderson  Sr
WR 85 Princell Brockenbrough Jr
WR 1 Larry Fitzgerald Fr
RB 25 Brandon Miree  Jr
OT 75 Matt Morgan  Jr
QB 10 Tyler Palko Fr
RB 32 Lousaka Polite Jr
QB 12 Rod Rutherford Jr
TE 83 Kris Wilson  Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 15 Brian Beinecke  Sr
DB 22 Reggie Carter Fr
DB 5 Torrie Cox Sr
LB 51 Gerald Hayes Sr
DB 19 Shawntae Spencer Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 36 Andy Lee Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-15

Coaching staff
2002 Pittsburgh Panthers football staff
Coaching staff
  • Walt Harris – Head coach
  • Bob Junko – Assistant head coach/defensive tackles
  • J.D. Brookhart – Offensive coordinator/Wide receivers
  • Paul Rhoads – Defensive coordinator/secondary
  • David Blackwell – Linebackers
  • Curtis Bray – Defensive ends
  • Bryan Deal – Recruiting doordinator/Specialists
  • Tom Freeman – Offensive line/run game coordinator
  • Bob Ligashesky – Tight ends/Special teams
  • Shawn Simms – Running backs
   Support staff
  • Chris LaSala – Assistant Athletic Director/football operations
  • Matt Williamson – Recruiting Assistant
  • Mark Nori – Graduate assistant
  • Adam Waugh – Graduate assistant
   Strength and conditioning staff
  • Dave Kennedy – Strength and conditioning coach
  • Dave Langworthy – Assistant strength and conditioning coach

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gerald HayesLinebacker370Arizona Cardinals
Torrie CoxDefensive back6205Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bryan AndersonGuard7261Chicago Bears

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References
  1. "2003 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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