2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team

	2002 Big 12 football standings
	North
	South
	Championship: Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7
	† – BCS representative as champion ; x – Division champion/co-champions ; y – Championship game participant ; Rankings from AP Poll

Iowa State Cyclones football
	2002 Iowa State Cyclones football
Humanitarian Bowl, L 16–34 vs. Boise State
Conference	Big 12 Conference
	North Division
2002 record	7–7 (4–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Dan McCarney (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Brickey (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	John Skladany (7th season)
Home stadium	Jack Trice Stadium; (Capacity: 45,816)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented the Iowa State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team captains were Zach Butler, Jordan Carstens, Seneca Wallace, and Chris Whitaker. The Cyclones were quarterbacked by Seneca Wallace. Seneca is among many former Cyclones from the 2002 team to make it to the NFL. Others were Ellis Hobbs, Jordan Carstens, Jeremy Loyd. Iowa State would conclude its season by playing in the 2002 Humanitarian Bowl. It was Iowa State's third consecutive bowl appearance – the two previous bowls were the 2000 Insight.com Bowl and the 2001 Independence Bowl.

Postseason[]

On November 30, 2002 eight Iowa State players were named to the all-Big 12 football teams. Second-team players were Offensive lineman Bob Montgomery, quarterback Seneca Wallace, place-kicker Adam Benike and defensive tackle Jordan Carstens. The third-team consisted of offensive lineman Zach Butler and strong safety JaMaine Billups. Wide receiver Lane Danielsen and linebacker Jeremy Loyd were honorable mention choices.^[1] On December 2, 2002 defensive tackle Jordan Carstens and wide receiver Jack Whitver were named to the Verizon Academic All-America Football Teams. They earned first and second team honors respectively. Iowa State was also only one of eight teams with more than one player recognized.^[2] On December 4, 2002 Iowa State started taking deposits on three bowl games. The three Bowls were the Tangerine, Humanitarian and Motor City bowls.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 24	7:30 PM	No. 3 Florida State*		Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Missouri (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	L 31–38	55,132
August 31	11:30 AM	Kansas		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa	FSN	W 45–3	40,026
September 7	6:00 PM	Tennessee Tech*		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 58–6	40,155
September 14	5:00 PM	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	ESPN2	W 36–31	70,397
September 21	6:00 PM	Troy State*	No. 21	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa		W 42–12	44,896
September 28	2:30 PM	No. 20 Nebraska	No. 19	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa	ABC	W 36–14	51,888
October 12	6:00 PM	Texas Tech	No. 11	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa	TBS	W 31–17	51,842
October 19	2:30 PM	at No. 2 Oklahoma	No. 9	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, Oklahoma	ABC	L 3–49	75,201
October 26	2:30 PM	at No. 7 Texas	No. 17	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	ABC	L 10–21	83,071
November 2	1:00 PM	Missouri	No. 22	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)		W 42–35	44,339
November 9	6:00 PM	at No. 12 Kansas State	No. 21	KSU Stadium Manhattan, Kansas (Rivalry)	TBS	L 7–58	49,504
November 16	6:00 PM	at No. 17 Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	FSN	L 27–41	48,728
November 23	1:00 PM	Connecticut*		Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa		L 20–37	34,582
December 31	11:00 AM	at No. 18 Boise State*		Bronco Stadium Boise, Idaho (Humanitarian Bowl)	ESPN	L 16–34	30,446
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster[]

2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`8`	Flynn, AustinAustin Flynn	1.0 !Fr
WR	`22`	Klith, T. J.T. J. Klith	File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr
QB	`16`	Love, ChrisChris Love	3.0 !So
WR	`83`	Montgomery, JamaulJamaul Montgomery	5.0 !Jr
QB	`3`	Van Winkle, KyleKyle Van Winkle	1.0 !Fr
QB	`15`	Wallace, SenecaSeneca Wallace	7.0 !Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`92`	Carstens, JordanJordan Carstens	5.0 !Jr
DT	`93`	Calease, JonJon Calease	File:Redshirt.svg 1.5 !Fr
LB	`41`	Loyd, JeremyJeremy Loyd	7.0 !Sr
DB	`3`	Ollie, BryanBryan Ollie	5.0 !Jr
DL	`70`	Otto, JaredJared Otto	5.0 !Jr
LB	`7`	Word, MattMatt Word	7.0 !Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`14`	Yelk, TonyTony Yelk	3.0 !So

Head coach

Dan McCarney

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2018-04-17

Rankings[]

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	NR	RV	RV	RV	21	19	15	11	9	17	22	21	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	14	13	18	23	22	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR
BCS	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References[]

↑ "ISU Eight Cyclones Named To Coaches All-Big 12 Football Teams" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 30, 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030201204336/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113002aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
↑ "ISU Iowa State's Carstens And Whitver Earn Verizon Academic All-America Honors" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 2, 2002. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030202170731/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120202aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.
↑ "ISU Ticket Office Taking Requests For Three Bowls" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 4, 2002. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021220031229/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120402aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.

External links[]

[1] "ISU Eight Cyclones Named To Coaches All-Big 12 Football Teams" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. November 30, 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030201204336/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113002aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.

[2] "ISU Iowa State's Carstens And Whitver Earn Verizon Academic All-America Honors" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 2, 2002. Archived from the original on February 2, 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030202170731/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120202aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.

[3] "ISU Ticket Office Taking Requests For Three Bowls" (Press release). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 4, 2002. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20021220031229/http://cyclones.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120402aaa.html. Retrieved December 2, 2008.

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