2002 Texas Longhorns football team

The 2002 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by senior quarterback Chris Simms.

2002 Texas Longhorns football
Big 12 South co-champion Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 35–20 vs. LSU
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6
Record	11–2 (6–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Mack Brown (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Carl Reese (5th season)
Home stadium	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 80,092)
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
No. 7 Kansas State		6	–	2					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	7
Nebraska		3	–	5					7	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	8					2	–	10
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$		6	–	2					12	–	2
No. 6 Texas x		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		5	–	3					9	–	5
Oklahoma State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					6	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	North Texas*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 27–0	83,051
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at North Carolina*	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 52–21	60,500
September 21	8:00 p.m.	Houston*	No. 3	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	PPV	W 41–11	82,936
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Tulane*	No. 3	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 49–0	46,678
October 5	11:30 a.m.	Oklahoma State	No. 2	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	FSN	W 17–15	83,116
October 12	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 3	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout, College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–35	75,587
October 19	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Kansas State	No. 8	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 17–14	50,659
October 26	2:30 p.m.	No. 17 Iowa State	No. 7	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	ABC	W 21–10	83,071
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at Nebraska	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	FSN	W 27–24	78,268
November 9	11:30 a.m.	Baylor	No. 4	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	PPV	W 41–0	83,016
November 16	2:30 p.m.	at Texas Tech	No. 4	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 38–42	52,047
November 29	11:00 a.m.	Texas A&M	No. 10	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	W 50–20	83,711
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs. LSU*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	W 35–20	70,817
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

North Texas

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	13	0	0	27

• Date: August 31
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 8:00
• TV announcers (Fox Sports PPV): Bill Land, Spike Dykes, Gary Reasons, Kevin Eschenfelder

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North Carolina

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	14	7	21	52
North Carolina	0	7	7	7	21

• Date: September 14
• Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 8:00
• TV announcers (ABC): Sean McDonough, David Norrie

Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job.^[3]

Houston

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	17	0	10	41

• Date: September 21
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 8:00
• TV announcers (FSN PPV): Bill Land, Gary Reasons, Jim Knox

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Tulane

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	7	14	21	49
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

• Date: September 28
• Location: Louisiana Superdome
• Game start: 3:30
• TV announcers (ESPN+): Doug Bell, Merril Hoge

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Oklahoma St

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	3	0	6	6	15
• Texas	0	10	7	0	17

• Date: October 5
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 12:30
• TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land, Gary Reasons, Jim Knox

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Oklahoma

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	7	3	7	24
• Oklahoma	3	8	3	21	35

• Date: October 12
• Location: Cotton Bowl
• Game start: 3:30
• TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, Jack Arute

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Kansas St

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	0	7	7	3	17
Kansas St	0	6	0	8	14

• Date: October 19
• Location: KSU Stadium
• Game start: 7:00
• TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Dave Lapham, Jim Knox

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Iowa St

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	10	0	0	10
• Texas	7	0	7	7	21

• Date: October 26
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 3:30
• TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant, Ed Cunningham, Sam Ryan

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Nebraska

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	3	14	7	27
Nebraska	3	0	7	14	24

• Date: November 2
• Location: Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 7:00
• TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers, Dave Lapham, Jim Knox

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Baylor

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	17	3	7	41

• Date: November 9
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 12:30
• TV announcers (FSN PPV): Kevin Eschenfelder, Spike Dykes, Brian Anderson

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Texas Tech

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	7	7	10	38
• Texas Tech	0	21	7	14	42

• Date: November 16
• Location: Jones SBC Stadium
• Game start: 3:30
• TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Bob Griese, Lynn Swann

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Texas A&M

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
• Texas	9	14	7	20	50

• Date: November 29
• Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Game start: 12:00
• Game attendance: 83,711
• TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant, Ed Cunningham, Sam Ryan

• Chris Simms 278 Yds, 3 TD (finished 15–0 at home as starting QB)^[13]

Cotton Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	14	7	7	35
LSU	10	7	0	3	20

• Date: January 1
• Location: Cotton Bowl
• Game start: 11:00
• TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Tim Green, Ron Pitts, Brian Baldinger

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Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class C 72 Will Allen  Fr RB 32 Cedric Benson So TE 80 Bo Scaife So QB 2 Chris Simms Sr WR 4 Roy Williams Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 11 Derrick Johnson So DE 40 Cory Redding Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Mack Brown Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-14