2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team information
American college football season
2002West Virginia Mountaineers football
Continental Tire Bowl, L 22–48 vs. Virginia
Conference
Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 20
AP
No. 25
Record
9–4 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Rich Rodriguez (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator
Jeff Casteel (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator
Todd Graham (1st season)
Home stadium
Mountaineer Field (Capacity: 63,500)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big East Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
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
The 2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with a 9–3 record and traveled to the Continental Tire Bowl, where they lost to the Virginia Cavaliers 48–22. They finished with a record of 9-4 and a ranking of 25/20.
WVU's 9–4 record marked the biggest one-season turnaround in Big East Conference history, after posting a 3–8 record the previous season.
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