2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

	2002 Big Ten football standings
	† – BCS representative as champion ; ‡ – BCS at-large representative ; § – Conference co-champions ; *All wins for Penn State (9-4, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll;

Northwestern Wildcats football
	2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
	File:Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002 record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (1st season)
Captain	Pat Durr
Captain	Austin King
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 AM	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	L 3–52	45,114
September 7	12:00 PM	TCU*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNGP	L 24–48	21,442
September 14	12:00 PM	Duke*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 26–21	22,910
September 21	11:00 AM	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 49–40	27,012
September 28	12:00 PM	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 24–39	74,215
October 5	6:00 PM	No. 5 Ohio State	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 16–27	43,489
October 10	7:00 PM	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 42–45	37,729
October 19	11:00 AM	at No. 20 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	L 0–49	108,853
October 26	11:00 AM	Purdue	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 13–42	30,158
November 2	11:00 AM	Indiana	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 41–37	25,077
November 9	11:00 AM	at No. 6 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 10–62	68,728
November 23	11:00 AM	Illinois	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 24–31	25,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Basanez, BrettBrett Basanez	1.0 !Fr
RB	`32`	Dawson, CliftonClifton Dawson	1.0 !Fr
T	`76`	Essex, TraiTrai Essex	3.0 !So
RB	`33`	Herron, NoahNoah Herron	3.0 !So
C	`62`	King, AustinAustin King (C)	7.0 !Sr
T	`60`	Ndukwe, IkechukuIkechuku Ndukwe	3.0 !So
T	`73`	Roehl, JeffJeff Roehl	7.0 !Sr
WR	`6`	Schweighardt, JonJon Schweighardt	7.0 !Sr
G	`63`	Strief, ZachZach Strief	1.0 !Fr
G	`64`	Ulrich, MattMatt Ulrich	3.0 !So
QB	`16`	Webb, AlexanderAlexander Webb	1.0 !Fr
RB	`18`	Wright, JasonJason Wright	5.0 !Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`7`	Bogenrief, RayRay Bogenrief	5.0 !Jr
DT	`94`	Castillo, LuisLuis Castillo	3.0 !So
DT	`97`	Clark, ColbyColby Clark	3.0 !So
DT	`67`	Cofield, BarryBarry Cofield	1.0 !Fr
CB	`27`	Covington, RaheemRaheem Covington	7.0 !Sr
LB	`3`	Durr, PatPat Durr (C)	7.0 !Sr
DE	`96`	Lutzen, GregGreg Lutzen	1.0 !Fr
LB	`44`	McGarigle, TimTim McGarigle	1.0 !Fr
LB	`46`	VanderHorst, EricEric VanderHorst	1.0 !Fr
CB	`31`	Ward, MarvinMarvin Ward	3.0 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`17`	Wasielewski, DavidDavid Wasielewski	7.0 !Sr

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-16

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Austin King	Center	4	133	Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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2002 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
#1/1 Ohio State †§	8	–	0	14	–	0
#8/8 Iowa ‡§	8	–	0	11	–	2
#9/9 Michigan	6	–	2	10	–	3
#16/15 Penn State	0*	–	3	0*	–	4
Purdue	4	–	4	7	–	6
Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	7
Minnesota	3	–	5	8	–	5
Wisconsin	2	–	6	8	–	6
Michigan State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Northwestern	1	–	7	3	–	9
Indiana	1	–	7	3	–	9

† – BCS representative as champion ‡ – BCS at-large representative § – Conference co-champions *All wins for Penn State (9-4, 5-3) vacated due to scandal. Rankings from AP Poll^[2] / Coaches' Poll^[3]