2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football
2002 Colorado Buffaloes football
Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 7–29 vs. Oklahoma
Alamo Bowl, L 28–31 OT vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	9–5 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett;
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Chris Brown
Captains	Justin Bates; Tyler Brayton; Wayne Lucier;
Home stadium	Folsom Field
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma.

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy	7	–	1	9	–	5
No. 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
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 am	vs. Colorado State*	No. 7	Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN2	L 14–19	75,531
September 7	5:00 pm	San Diego State*	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 34–14	44,126
September 14	1:30 pm	No. 17 USC*	No. 18	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	L 3–40	53,119
September 21	1:30 pm	at No. 20 UCLA*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 31–17	63,880
October 5	1:30 pm	No. 13 Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 35–31	52,584
October 12	12:00 pm	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 53–29	34,500
October 19	1:00 pm	Baylor	No. 23	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 34–0	46,281
October 26	11:30 am	Texas Tech	No. 21	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 37–13	50,478
November 2	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 13	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 11–27	75,403
November 9	10:30 am	at Missouri	No. 18	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 42–35 ^OT	48,465
November 16	5:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 41–27	48,728
November 29	1:30 pm	at Nebraska	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–13	77,804
December 7	6:00 pm	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma	No. 12	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 7–29	63,332
December 28	6:00 pm	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 14	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31 ^OT	50,690
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Roster

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TB	`2`	Brian Calhoun	Fr
QB	`10`	James Cox	Fr
QB	`14`	Joel Klatt	Fr
WR	`15`	Jeremy Bloom	Fr
WR	`16`	Tom Hubbard	Fr
RB	`21`	Marcus Houston	So
RB	`22`	Chris Brown	Jr
FB	`34`	Lawrence Vickers	Fr
TE	`44`	Beau Williams	Sr
TE	`45`	Quinn Sypniewski	Jr
WR	`48`	Nick Holz	Fr
OL	`58`	Mark Fenton	Fr
G	`62`	Marwan Hage	Jr
OL	`71`	Clint Werth	Jr
C	`78`	Wayne Lucier	Sr
WR	`80`	Derek McCoy	Jr
WR	`81`	Jason Burianek	Sr
WR	`83`	Daric Wilhite	Fr
TE	`84`	Jake Jones	Jr
WR	`88`	D.J. Hackett	Jr
TE	`89`	Joe Klopfenstein	Fr
SE	`90`	Sam Wilder	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`4`	Donald Strickland	Sr
DB	`7`	Vance Washington	Fr
OLB	`16`	Drew Wahlroos	Sr
S	`27`	Brian Iwuh	Fr
DE	`30`	Marques Harris	So
LB	`39`	Akarika Dawn	Fr
ILB	`49`	Thaddaeus Washington	Fr
DT	`53`	Geoff Whittaker	So
LB	`54`	Sean Tufts	Jr
DE	`60`	Matt McChesney	Jr
DT	`93`	Vaka Manupuna	Fr
DE	`97`	Gabe Nyenhuis	Jr
DE	`99`	Tyler Brayton	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`8`	Mark Mariscal	Sr
K	`25`	Pat Brougham	Sr
K	`28`	Justin Zaitz	Fr

Head coach

Gary Barnett

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Vs. Colorado State

San Diego State

No. 17 USC

No. 17 USC at No. 18 Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #17 USC	14	6	0	20	40
#18 Colorado	0	0	3	0	3

Date: September 14
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game start: 1:30 p.m. MST
Game attendance: 53,119
Television network: ABC

At No. 20 UCLA

No. 13 Kansas State

#13 Kansas State at Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	14	14	3	31
• Buffaloes	14	14	7	0	35

Date: October 5
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game start: 1:30 p.m. MST
Game attendance: 52,584
Television network: ABC

At Kansas

Baylor

Texas Tech

Texas Tech Red Raiders at #21 Colorado Buffaloes

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	10	3	0	0	13
• No. 21 Buffaloes	10	6	14	7	37

Date: October 26
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Game start: 11:30 a.m. MST
Game attendance: 50,478
Television network: FSN

At No. 2 Oklahoma

#13 Colorado Buffaloes at #2 Oklahoma Sooners

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Colorado	3	0	8	0	11
• #2 Oklahoma	10	10	7	0	27

Date: November 2
Location: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma
Game start: 1:35 p.m. MST
Elapsed time: 3:15
Game attendance: 75,403
Referee: Randy Christal
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

At Missouri

Iowa State

Iowa State Cyclones at #17 Colorado Buffaloes

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	7	7	6	7	27
• #17 Colorado	3	14	3	21	41

Date: November 16
Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
Game start: 5:00 p.m. MST
Game attendance: 48,728
TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Zach Klein (Sideline)

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At Nebraska

#13 Colorado Buffaloes at Nebraska Cornhuskers

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #13 Colorado	7	0	14	7	28
Nebraska	0	10	3	0	13

Date: November 29
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:36 p.m. MST
Game attendance: 77,804
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Bob Griese (color) & Lynn Swann (sideline)

Vs. No. 8 Oklahoma (Big 12 Championship game)

#8 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #12 Colorado Buffaloes

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #8 Oklahoma	7	6	6	10	29
#12 Colorado	0	0	7	0	7

Date: December 7
Location: Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas
Game start: 7:07 p.m. CST
Elapsed time: 3:05
Game attendance: 63,332
Referee: Jon Bible
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger (Play–by–play), Gary Danielson (Color) & Jack Arute (Sideline)

Vs. Wisconsin (Alamo Bowl)

#14 Colorado Buffaloes vs. Wisconsin Badgers (Alamo Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 14 Colorado	14	0	14	0	0	28
• Wisconsin	7	14	0	7	3	31

Date: December 28
Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Game start: 6:00 p.m. MST
Game attendance: 50,690
Television network: ESPN

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Awards and honors

Mark Mariscal – Ray Guy Award, Consensus All-American
Chris Brown – All-American (AFCA)
Wayne Lucier – All-American (TSN)

References

^ 2011 Colorado football information guide
^ "Despite Brown's Sternum Injury, Buffaloes Roll". ESPN. November 16, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
^ ESPN

[1] 2011 Colorado football information guide

[2] "Despite Brown's Sternum Injury, Buffaloes Roll". ESPN. November 16, 2002. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[3] ESPN

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2002 Colorado Buffaloes football

Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 7–29 vs. Oklahoma
Alamo Bowl, L 28–31 ^OT vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
Record	9–5 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Chris Brown
Captains	Justin Bates Tyler Brayton Wayne Lucier
Home stadium	Folsom Field
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →