2002 Washington State Cougars football team

The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of Pacific-10 Conference the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Mike Price in his 14th and final season as head coach, and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.

2002 Washington State Cougars football
Pac-10 co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–34 vs. Oklahoma
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record10–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Levenseller (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Doba (9th season)
Captains
Home stadiumMartin Stadium
(capacity: 37,600)
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Washington State $+  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 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

Washington State finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–2 and mark of 7–1 in the conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with USC. They defeated the Trojans in overtime in early October,[1][2] but lost to unranked Washington in triple overtime in the Apple Cup at Pullman;[3] WSU regrouped and beat UCLA by three touchdowns two weeks later.[4] The seventh-ranked Cougars were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but were soundly defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners,[5][6][7] and dropped to tenth in the final rankings.

The Rose Bowl was the final game for Price at Washington State. He left to become the head football coach at the University of Alabama, but never coached a game for the Crimson Tide.[7][8][9][10][11] Bill Doba, longtime defensive coordinator for the cougars, was promoted to head coach for the 2003 season, and he led the Cougar program through 2007.[9][12]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3112:00 pmvs. Nevada*No. 12
W 31–763,588
September 73:00 pmIdaho*No. 11
W 49–1430,110
September 1412:30 pmat No. 6 Ohio State*No. 10
ABCL 7–25104,553
September 212:00 pmMontana State*No. 16
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
W 45–2823,713
September 282:00 pmat CaliforniaNo. 16
W 48–3829,297
October 54:00 pmNo. 18 USCdaggerNo. 17
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
TBSW 30–27 OT36,861
October 122:00 pmat StanfordNo. 12
W 36–1130,750
October 267:00 pmat ArizonaNo. 9
FSNW 21–1346,462
November 212:30 pmNo. 16 Arizona StateNo. 8
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 44–2237,444
November 912:30 pmNo. 15 OregonNo. 5
  • Martin Stadium
  • Pullman, WA
ABCW 32–2137,600
November 233:30 pmWashingtonNo. 3
FSNL 26–29 3OT37,600
December 71:30 pmat UCLANo. 7
ABCW 48–2756,335
January 1, 20032:00 pmvs. No. 8 Oklahoma*No. 7
ABCL 14–3486,848
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Conference opponent not played this season: Oregon State

Roster
2002 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 67 Calvin Armstrong So
TE 81 Troy Bienemann Fr
WR 5 Mike Bush Sr
WR 1 Devard Darling So
QB 17 Jason Gesser (C) Sr
RB 30 Jermaine Green Jr
C 52 Tyler Hunt Sr
QB 4 Matt Kegel Jr
G 71 Billy Knotts Jr
OT 50 Josh Parrish Jr
WR 84 Jerome Riley Sr
G 77 Derrick Roche Sr
QB 9 Josh Swogger Fr
RB 25 John Tippins Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 28 Hamza Abdullah So
LB 46 Pat Bennett So
DE 9 Isaac Brown Jr
FS 27 Erik Coleman Jr
CB 29 Jason David Jr
LB 58 Mawull Davis Sr
LB 51 Will Derting Fr
LB 48 Al Genatone Jr
DT 88 Rien Long Jr
CB 15 Karl Paymah So
DE 6 Fred Shavles Sr
CB 45 Marcus Trufant (C) Sr
DT 95 Jeremey Williams Jr
SS 24 Virgil Williams Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 8 Kyle Basler Fr
K 10 Drew Dunning Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Source:[13][14][15][16]

Coaching staff
Source:[17]

Game summaries

USC
#20 USC at #17 Washington State
1 234OTTotal
USC 7 07130 27
• Washington St 10 07103 30
  • Date: October 5
  • Location: Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington
  • Television network: TBS
Scoring summary
1USCSultan McCullough 6 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 7-0
1WSUDrew Dunning 48 yard field goalUSC 7-3
1WSUMike Bush 3 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 10-7
3USCMalaefou MacKenzie 15 yard pass from Carson Palmer (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 14-10
3WSUJermaine Green 75 yard run (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 17-14
410:03WSUDevard Darling 2 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 24-14
4USCCarson Palmer 3 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)Wash St 24-21
44:10USCMike Williams 55 yard pass from Carson Palmer (kick failed)USC 27-24
41:50WSUDrew Dunning 35 yard field goalTie 27-27
OTWSUDrew Dunning 35 yard field goalWash St 30-27

Washington State's first win over USC in Pullman in sixteen years.[18]

2002 Cougars in professional football

References
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  2. Richardson, Vince (October 7, 2002). "Cougar celebration". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  3. Korte, Tim (November 24, 2002). "Anderson comes up big as Huskies clip Cougars". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 9D.
  4. Nadel, John (December 8, 2002). "Gesser's heroic afternoon puts WSU in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 8D.
  5. Trimmer, Dave (January 2, 2003). "Handful of thorns". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
  6. Grummert, Dale (January 2, 2003). "A thorny sendoff". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  7. Canfield, Owen (January 2, 2003). "Sooners clobber the Cougs". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1D.
  8. Grummert, Dale (December 18, 2002). "Mike Price goes out with Tide". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1A.
  9. Richardson, Vince (December 18, 2002). "Southern comfort". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
  10. Zenor, John (May 5, 2003). "Down and out". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  11. Yaeger, Don (May 12, 2003). "Bad Behavior - How he met his Destiny at a strip club - Mike Price: Fired". Sports Illustrated. p. 38.
  12. Grummert, Dale (December 19, 2002). "Crimson ties". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  13. "Today's lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 9, 2002. p. 4D.
  14. "Apple Cup preview: WSU". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 2002. p. C15.
  15. "Rose Bowl by the numbers". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. (Idaho-Washington). December 31, 2002. p. 4B.
  16. "Rose Bowl matchups". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). January 1, 2003. p. 4B.
  17. 2012 Washington State Cougars football information guide.
  18. USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
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