2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team information
American college football season
2002Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Music City Bowl champion
Music City Bowl, W 29–14 vs. Arkansas
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
8–5 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Glen Mason (6th season)
Co-offensive coordinator
Mitch Browning (3rd as OC, 6th overall season)
Co-offensive coordinator
Tony Petersen (3rd as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator
Moe Ankney (2nd season)
Captain
Asad Abdul-Khaliq, Michael Lehan
Home stadium
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
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[1]
The 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Glen Mason, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8-5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 376 to 319.[2] The 2001 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was not ranked in either the final USA Today/AFCA Coaches poll or Associated Press poll.
Redshirt freshman defensive end Brandon Hall was shot and killed on September 1, 2002 in downtown Minneapolis after a fight that involved other teammates and other individuals. Hall's killer was convicted in his murder.
^"2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
^"2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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