2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2002 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies were coached by head coach Tony Samuel and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They participated as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Their 7 wins were the most wins for New Mexico State since 1970. Until the 2017 season, this was the last Aggies team to finish with a winning record. Despite finishing 7–5, they were not invited to a bowl game.

2002 New Mexico State Aggies football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	7–5 (5–1 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Tony Samuel (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Barney Cotton (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Steve Stanard (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Aggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Sun Belt Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Texas $		6	–	0					8	–	5
New Mexico State		5	–	1					7	–	5
Arkansas State		3	–	3					6	–	7
Middle Tennessee		2	–	4					4	–	8
Louisiana–Lafayette		2	–	4					3	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		2	–	4					3	–	9
Idaho		1	–	5					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	5:00 pm	at No. 22 South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 24–34	83,717	[1]
September 7	4:30 pm	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 13–34	24,692	[2]
September 21	6:00 pm	New Mexico*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Rio Grande Rivalry)	W 24–13	28,587	[3][4]
September 28	3:00 pm	at No. 7 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 10–41	86,520	[5]
October 5	6:05 pm	UTEP*	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM (Battle of I-10)	W 49–14	30,605	[6]
October 12	6:05 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 31–28	19,876	[7]
October 19	2:05 pm	Louisiana–Monroe	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 34–21	12,183	[8]
October 26	5:00 pm	at Arkansas State	Indian Stadium Jonesboro, AR	W 26–21	11,036	[9]
November 2	4:00 pm	Middle Tennessee	Aggie Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 24–21	19,562	[10]
November 9	1:00 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 30–32	12,291	[11]
November 16	2:00 pm	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 27–38	20,064	[12]
November 23	3:00 pm	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	W 35–31	5,462	[13]
*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 New Mexico State Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 4 Eric Higgins Jr RB 6 Keith Mouton  Fr WR 7 H. B. Briscoe  Sr WR 8 Chris Lumpkin Jr QB 10 Paul Drombowski  Fr QB 11 Buck Pierce  So QB 13 Carl Scaffidi  So WR 14 Preston Williams  So QB 17 Doug Brady Sr WR 19 P. J. Winston Sr RB 22 Walter Taylor Sr RB 23 Tony Bostic Jr WR 27 Ronshay Jenkins  Jr FB 36 Kermit Okamura  Sr FB 38 Rambo Fiaseu  Fr FB 44 Marcus Dixon  Jr C 68 B. J. Van Briesen  Sr G 72 Adam Sinclair  So G 75 Shalimar Jackson  Sr G 77 Justin Shopbell  So WR 81 Chris Duncan  Jr TE 85 Travis Samuel  Fr TE 89 Alex Davis  Jr TE 97 Dustin Ditmore Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 3 Robert Canidate  Sr S 9 Shukree Shabazz  Fr S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz  Sr S 31 Tyrone Gifford Sr LB 34 Julmar Howard  Jr LB 37 Richard Glover  So LB 42 Jim Cottrell  Fr DE 95 Lamar Hill Jr DE 54 John Sioui Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Dario Aguiniga Jr P 16 Brian Copple Sr	Head coach Tony Samuel Coordinators/assistant coaches Ross Els (Special Team Coordinator/safeties) Mark Mauer (Wide receivers) Steve Stanard (Defensive coordinator/linebacker) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 2, 2014