2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football
File:Colorado Buffaloes wordmark.svg
Big 12 North champion
Big 12 Championship Game, L 7–29 vs. Oklahoma
Alamo Bowl, L 28–31 OT vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
AP	No. 20
2002 record	9–5 (7–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Gary Barnett
Offensive coordinator	Shawn Watson
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom McMahon
Co-defensive coordinator	Vince Okruch
Base defense	4–3 multiple
MVP	Chris Brown
Captain	Justin Bates
Captain	Tyler Brayton
Captain	Wayne Lucier
Home stadium	Folsom Field (Capacity: 50,942)
Seasons

2002 Big 12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
#20 Colorado x		7	–	1					9	–	5
#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
#5 Oklahoma xy†		6	–	2					12	–	2
#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 champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. They participated in the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Gary Barnett. Colorado played in the Big 12 Championship Game for the second time, but lost to Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 AM	vs. Colorado State*	No. 7	Invesco Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	ESPN2	L 14–19	75,531
September 7	5:00 PM	San Diego State*	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 34–14	44,126
September 14	1:30 PM	No. 17 USC*	No. 18	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	L 3–40	53,119
September 21	1:30 PM	at No. 20 UCLA*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 31–17	63,880
October 5	1:30 PM	No. 13 Kansas State		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 35–31	52,584
October 12	12:00 PM	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 53–29	34,500
October 19	1:00 PM	Baylor	No. 23	Folsom Field Boulder, CO		W 34–0	46,281
October 26	11:30 AM	Texas Tech	No. 21	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 37–13	50,478
November 2	1:30 PM	at No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 13	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 11–27	75,403
November 9	10:30 AM	at Missouri	No. 18	Faurot Field Columbia, MO	FSN	W 42–35 OT	48,465
November 16	5:00 PM	Iowa State	No. 17	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FSN	W 41–27	48,728
November 29	1:30 PM	at Nebraska	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	ABC	W 28–13	77,804
December 7	6:00 PM	vs. No. 8 Oklahoma	No. 12	Reliant Stadium Houston, TX (Big 12 Championship Game)	ABC	L 7–29	63,332
December 28	6:00 PM	vs. Wisconsin*	No. 14	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31 OT	50,690
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 14 Klatt, JoelJoel Klatt 1.0 !Fr WR 15 Bloom, JeremyJeremy Bloom 1.0 !Fr RB 22 Brown, ChrisChris Brown 5.0 !Jr TE 45 Sypniewski, QuinnQuinn Sypniewski 5.0 !Jr C 78 Lucier, WayneWayne Lucier 7.0 !Sr WR 80 McCoy, DerekDerek McCoy 5.0 !Jr WR 81 Burianek, JasonJason Burianek File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr TE 84 Jones, JakeJake Jones 5.0 !Jr WR 88 Hackett, D.J.D.J. Hackett File:Redshirt.svg 3.5 !Jr TE 89 Klopfenstein, JoeJoe Klopfenstein File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Strickland, DonaldDonald Strickland 7.0 !Sr LB 39 Dawn, AkarikaAkarika Dawn 1.0 !Fr LB 54 Tufts, SeanSean Tufts 5.0 !Jr DE 99 Brayton, TylerTyler Brayton 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Barnett Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Iowa State

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 7 6 7 27 • Colorado 3 14 3 21 41 Date: November 16 Location: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO Game start: 5:00 p.m. MST Game attendance: 48,728 Scoring summary 1 COL Patrick Brougham 44-yard field goal Colorado 3–0 1 ISU Michael Wagner 5-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 7–3 2 COL D.J. Hackett 8-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 10–7 2 ISU Lance Young 50-yard pass from Seneca Wallace (Adam Benike kick) Iowa St 14–10 2 COL Chris Brown 5-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 17–14 3 ISU Joe Woodley 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa St 21–17 3 COL Patrick Brougham 41-yard field goal Iowa St 21–20 4 COL Derek McCoy 7-yard pass from Robert Hodge (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 27–21 4 COL Medford Moorer 71-yard fumble return (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 34–21 4 ISU Seneca Wallace 6-yard run (Adam Benike kick) Colorado 34–28 4 COL Bobby Purify 6-yard run (Patrick Brougham kick) Colorado 41–28