2002 Utah Utes football team

The 2002 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain West Conference (MW) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Ron McBride in his 13th and final season as head coach, the Utes compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the MW. Utah played home games at Rice–Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Battle of the Brothers)	KJZZ	W 23–3	30,757
September 7	6:00 pm	Indiana*	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 40–13	33,419
September 14	7:22 pm	at Arizona*	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	KJZZ	L 17–23	44,243
September 21	10:00 am	at No. 14 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 7–10	109,734
September 28	1:00 pm	Air Force	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	L 26–30	35,659
October 12	5:00 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	KJZZ	L 17–36	20,410
October 19	1:00 pm	Colorado State	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	ESPN Plus	L 20–28	34,374
October 26	1:00 pm	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN Plus	L 35–42 ^OT	27,300
November 9	5:00 pm	UNLV	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	KJZZ	W 28–17	28,528
November 16	10:00 am	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY	KJZZ	W 23–18	10,611
November 23	1:00 pm	BYU	Rice–Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN Plus	W 13–6	45,167
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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2002 Mountain West Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Colorado State $	6	–	1	10	–	4
New Mexico	5	–	2	7	–	7
Air Force	4	–	3	8	–	5
San Diego State	4	–	3	4	–	9
Utah	3	–	4	5	–	6
UNLV	3	–	4	5	–	7
BYU	2	–	5	5	–	7
Wyoming	1	–	6	2	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll