2002 Washington State Cougars football team information
American college football season
2002Washington State Cougars football
Pac-10 co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–34 vs. Oklahoma
Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 10
AP
No. 10
Record
10–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Mike Price (14th season)
Offensive coordinator
Mike Levenseller (2nd season)
Offensive scheme
Spread
Defensive coordinator
Bill Doba (9th season)
Base defense
4–3
Captains
Jason Gesser
Curtis Nettles
Marcus Trufant
Home stadium
Martin Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
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
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.
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]
^Grummert, Dale (October 6, 2002). "Cougars finish with classic flair". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
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