2002 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2002 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led bye eighth-year head coach Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines compiled an overall record of 10–3 record with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big Ten. Michigan was invited to the Outback Bowl, where Wolverines beat Florida. The team played home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

2002 Michigan Wolverines football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 38–30 vs. Florida
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Malone (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (6th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	B. J. Askew
Captains	Victor Hobson Bennie Joppru
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Washington*	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (College GameDay)	ABC	W 31–29	111,491
September 7	12:10 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 7	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 35–12	107,856
September 14	1:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Notre Dame*	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 23–25	80,795
September 21	12:10 p.m.	Utah*	No. 14	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 10–7	109,734
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–28	69,249
October 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Penn State	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–24 OT	111,502
October 19	12:05 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 23–21	62,414
October 26	12:05 p.m.	No. 13 Iowa	No. 8	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 9–34	111,496
November 2	12:05 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 15	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 49–3	111,542
November 9	7:45 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 13	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	W 41–24	53,773
November 16	12:05 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	W 21–14	110,412
November 23	12:15 p.m.	at No. 2 Ohio State	No. 12	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 9–14	105,539
January 1, 2003	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 23 Florida*	No. 13	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–30	65,101
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Washington

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	13	10	6	29
• Michigan	7	7	7	10	31

• Date: August 31
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
• Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
• TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Chris Perry 57 yard run (Philip Brabbs kick)	Michigan 7–0
2		MICH	Braylon Edwards 45 yard pass from John Navarre (Philip Brabbs kick)	Michigan 14–0
2		WASH	Kevin Ware 3 yard pass from Cody Pickett (kick failed)	Michigan 14–6
2		WASH	Rich Alexis 7 yard run (John Anderson kick)	Michigan 14–13
3		WASH	Charles Frederick 52 yard pass from Cody Pickett (John Anderson kick)	Washington 20–14
3		MICH	Chris Perry 2 yard run (Troy Nienberg kick)	Michigan 21–20
3		WASH	John Anderson 30 yard field goal	Washington 23–21
4		MICH	Chris Perry 3 yard run (Troy Nienberg kick)	Michigan 28–23
4		WASH	Rich Alexis 1 yard run (pass failed)	Washington 29–28
4	:00	MICH	Philip Brabbs 44 yard field goal	Michigan 31–29

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Iowa

#13 Hawkeyes (7-1) at #8 Wolverines (6-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa	10	0	14	10	34
Michigan	0	6	3	0	9

• Date: October 26, 2002
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Game start: 12:10 PM EDT
• Game attendance: 111,496
• TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color commentator) & Holly Rowe (Sideline reporter)

• Source: Box Score Archived 2016-11-13 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary

1	10:37	Iowa	C.J. Jones 39-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 7-0
1	3:12	Iowa	Nate Kaeding 51-yard field goal	Iowa 10-0
2	1:13	Mich	Chris Perry 1-yard run (PAT failed)	Iowa 10-6
3	12:31	Mich	A Finley 40-yard field goal	Iowa 10-9
3	8:57	Iowa	C.J. Jones 3-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 17-9
3	2:58	Iowa	Jermelle Lewis 5-yard run (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 24-9
4	14:47	Iowa	Jermelle Lewis 23-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 31-9
4	2:49	Iowa	Nate Kaeding 27-yard field goal	Iowa 34-9

Wisconsin

Wisconsin at #12/#11 Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	7	7	0	0	14
• Michigan	14	0	7	0	21

• Date: November 16
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
• Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
• TV announcers (ESPN2): Pam Ward (Play-by-play), David Norrie (Color) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline)

• Source: USA Today

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Askew 27 yard run (Finley kick)	MICH 7-0
1		MICH	Perry 11 yard run (Finley kick)	MICH 14-0
1		WIS	Leonhard 39 yard punt return (Allen kick)	MICH 14-7
2		WIS	A. Davis 2 yard run (Allen kick)	Tied 14-14
3		MICH	Edwards 8 yard pass from Navarre (Finley kick)	MICH 21-14

• MICH: Chris Perry 175 Rush Yds (career-high)

Ohio State

See also: 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry

#12 Michigan Wolverines (9–2) at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes (12–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	3	6	0	0	9
Ohio St	7	0	0	7	14

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: November 23, 2002
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C)
• Game attendance: 105,539
• Referee: Jim Lapetina
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter MICH – Adam Finley 36-yard field goal, 8:35. Michigan 3–0. Drive: 12 plays, 41 yards, 4:30. OSU – Maurice Clarett 2-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 2:56. Ohio St 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 5:30. Second quarter MICH – Adam Finley 35-yard field goal, 10:56. Ohio St 7–6. Drive: 16 plays, 62 yards, 6:55. MICH – Adam Finley 22-yard field goal, 0:16. Michigan 9–7. Drive: 19 plays, 88 yards, 8:24. Fourth quarter OSU – Maurice Hall 3-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 4:55. Ohio St 14–9. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:35. Top passers MICH – John Navarre – 23/46, 247 yards, INT OSU – Craig Krenzel – 10/14, 124 yards Top rushers MICH – Chris Perry – 28 rushes, 76 yards OSU – Maurice Clarett – 20 rushes, 119 yards, TD Top receivers MICH – Braylon Edwards – 10 receptions, 107 yards OSU – Michael Jenkins – 4 receptions, 51 yards

Roster

2002 Michigan Wolverines football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 37 B. J. Askew Sr WR 8 Jason Avant Fr G 75 David Baas Jr WR 27 Calvin Bell Jr OL 63 Derek Bell So WR 19 Ronald Bellamy Sr WR 80 Braylon Edwards So TE 83 Bennie Joppru Sr WR 88 Tim Massaquoi So QB 16 John Navarre Jr RB 23 Chris Perry Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 90 Norman Heuer Sr LB 6 Victor Hobson Sr FS 2 Cato June Sr LB 58 Roy Manning Jr DL 53 Shantee Orr Sr DE 85 Dave Spytek So LB 31 John Spytek Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Lloyd Carr Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Statistical achievements

Michigan led the Big Ten Conference in quarterback sacks for all games (3.2 sacks per game), while Iowa led for conference games.^[3]

John Navarre set numerous single-season school records that he would break the following season: attempts (448), surpassing his own record of 385 the prior season; completions (248), surpassing Tom Brady's 1998 and 1999 totals of 214; yards (2905), Jim Harbaugh's 1986 record of 2729. He also broke the career pass attempts record (910), surpassing Elvis Grbac's 835 in 1992, which he would extend the following year and which Chad Henne would eventually break in 2007. On September 14, Navarre joined Grbac as the only Wolverines with two career 4-touchdown passing games. On September 28, he tied Grbac with three such career outings and became the only Wolverine with two in the same season. Navarre broke Tom Brady's single-season yards per game record of 215.5 set in 1999 with a 223.5 average. He set the current single-season interception percentage record (1.56, minimum 100 attempts), surpassing Wally Gabler's 1965 record of 1.60. He also broke Harbaugh's 1986 single-season 200-yard game total of 8 with 9 and surpassed Brady's career total of 15 by posting his 18th in his junior year.^[4]

Awards and honors

• Co-captains: Victor Hobson, Bennie Joppru
• All-Americans: Bennie Joppru, Marlin Jackson
• All-Conference: David Baas, Victor Hobson, Marlin Jackson, Tony Pape
• Most Valuable Player: B.J. Askew
• Meyer Morton Award: John Navarre
• John Maulbetsch Award: Jason Avant
• Frederick Matthei Award: David Baas
• Arthur Robinsion Scholarship Award: Joe Sgroi
• Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Tony Pape
• Robert P. Ufer Award: Charles Drake, Bennie Joppru
• Roger Zatkoff Award: Victor Hobson

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Lloyd Carr
• Assistant coaches: Teryl Austin, Erik Campbell, Jim Herrmann, Brady Hoke, Fred Jackson, Scot Loeffler, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bill Sheridan
• Trainer: Paul Schmidt
• Manager: Craig Hisey (senior manager), Chris Anderson, Tom Burpee, Jeff Clancy, Brandon Greer, Joseph Harper, Michael Henderson, Brad Hoffman, Jeff Levine, Atif Lodhi, Katie McNall, Brad Rosenwasser, Davon Wilson