2002 Missouri Tigers 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

The 2002 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31*	2:30 PM	vs. Illinois	Edward Jones Dome • St. Louis, MO (Arch Rivalry)	ABC	W 33–20	61,876^[1]
September 7*	6:00 PM	Ball State	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 41–6	49,282^[1]
September 14*	5:00 PM	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH		L 28–51	21,969^[1]
September 28*	1:00 PM	[[{{{school}}}\|Troy State]]	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 44–7	50,220^[1]
October 5	6:00 PM	#2 Oklahoma	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Tiger-Sooner Peace Pipe)	FSN	L 24–31	60,578^[1]
October 12	11:30 AM	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE (Rivalry)	FSN PPV	L 13–24	78,014^[1]
October 19	6:00 PM	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, TX		L 38–52	42,781^[1]
October 26	1:00 PM	Kansas	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		W 36–12	60,287^[1]
November 2	1:00 PM	at #22 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA (Telephone Trophy)		L 35–42	44,339^[1]
November 9	11:30 AM	#18 Colorado	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	FSN	L 35–42 ^OT	48,465^[1]
November 16	1:00 PM	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		W 33–27 ^2OT	78,186^[1]
November 23	2:30 PM	#10 Kansas State	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ABC	L 0–38	47,507^[1]
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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2002 Big 12 football standings
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 ^x^y†	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