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2002 Washington State Cougars football team
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The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of Pacific-10 Conference the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by Mike Price in his 14th and final season as head coach, and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.
Washington State finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–2 and mark of 7–1 in the conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with USC. They defeated the Trojans in overtime in early October,[1][2] but lost to unranked Washington in triple overtime in the Apple Cup at Pullman;[3] WSU regrouped and beat UCLA by three touchdowns two weeks later.[4] The seventh-ranked Cougars were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but were soundly defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners,[5][6][7] and dropped to tenth in the final rankings.
The Rose Bowl was the final game for Price at Washington State. He left to become the head football coach at the University of Alabama, but never coached a game for the Crimson Tide.[7][8][9][10][11] Bill Doba, longtime defensive coordinator for the cougars, was promoted to head coach for the 2003 season, and he led the Cougar program through 2007.[9][12]
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Schedule
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USC
#20 USC at #17 Washington State
- Date: October 5
- Location: Martin Stadium • Pullman, Washington
- Television network: TBS
| 1 | USC | Sultan McCullough 6 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick) | USC 7-0 | |
| 1 | WSU | Drew Dunning 48 yard field goal | USC 7-3 | |
| 1 | WSU | Mike Bush 3 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) | Wash St 10-7 | |
| 3 | USC | Malaefou MacKenzie 15 yard pass from Carson Palmer (Ryan Killeen kick) | USC 14-10 | |
| 3 | WSU | Jermaine Green 75 yard run (Drew Dunning kick) | Wash St 17-14 | |
| 4 | 10:03 | WSU | Devard Darling 2 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) | Wash St 24-14 |
| 4 | USC | Carson Palmer 3 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick) | Wash St 24-21 | |
| 4 | 4:10 | USC | Mike Williams 55 yard pass from Carson Palmer (kick failed) | USC 27-24 |
| 4 | 1:50 | WSU | Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal | Tie 27-27 |
| OT | WSU | Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal | Wash St 30-27 | |
Washington State's first win over USC in Pullman in sixteen years.[14]
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Coaching staff
- Head coach: Mike Price
- Assistants: Robb Akey, Chris Ball, Bob Connelly, Bill Doba, Kasey Dunn, Mike Levenseller, Robin Pflugrad, Aaron Price, Mike Walker
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Roster
2002 Cougars in professional football
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