2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Houston Bowl champion
Houston Bowl, W 33–23 vs. Southern Miss
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
2002 record	8–5 (5–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Les Miles (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Gundy (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clay (2nd year)
Home stadium	Lewis Field (Capacity: 48,500)

2002 Big 12 football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Northern Division
#20 Colorado xy		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
Southern Division
#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 conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys' Houston Bowl appearance in 2002 was only the second time in 14 years that OSU made it to a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 PM	at Louisiana Tech*	Independence Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana		L 36–39	31,391^[1]
September 7	6:00 PM	Northern Iowa*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 45–10	40,085^[2]
September 14	6:00 PM	UCLA*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	L 24–38	43,020^[3]
September 21	6:00 PM	SMU*	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 52–16	41,190^[4]
October 5	11:30 AM	at No. 2 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas	FSN	L 15–17	83,116^[5]
October 12	1:10 PM	at No. 19 Kansas State	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas		L 9–44	48,404^[6]
October 19	11:30 AM	Nebraska	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 24–21	45,017^[7]
November 2	11:30 AM	Texas A&M	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma	FSN	W 28–23	47,607^[8]
November 9	1:00 PM	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium • Lubbock, Texas		L 24–49	44,595^[9]
November 16	1:00 PM	at Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, Kansas		W 55–20	27,500^[10]
November 23	1:00 PM	Baylor	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma		W 63–28	37,250^[11]
November 30	1:30 PM	No. 3 Oklahoma	Lewis Field • Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Game)	FSN	W 38–28	48,500^[12]
December 27	1:30 PM	vs. Southern Miss*	Reliant Stadium • Houston, Texas (Houston Bowl)	ESPN	W 33–23	44,687^[13]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	0	7	0	14	21
• Oklahoma State	0	3	7	14	24

Date: October 19
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 45,017
TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline)

Scoring summary

2	Oklahoma St	Phillips 45-yard field goal	Oklahoma St 3-0

2	Nebraska	Diedrick 2-yard run (Brown kick)	Nebraska 7-3

3	Oklahoma St	Fields 3-yard run (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 10-7

4	Oklahoma St	Woods 5-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 17-7

4	Nebraska	Horne 2-yard run (Brown kick)	Oklahoma St 17-14

4	Oklahoma St	Lewis 12-yard pass from Fields (Phillips kick)	Oklahoma St 24-14

4	Nebraska	Lord 1-yard run (Brown kick)	Oklahoma St 24-21

Oklahoma State's first win versus Nebraska since 1961.

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Kevin Williams	Defensive Tackle	1	9	Minnesota Vikings

Cowboys Rashaun Woods (31st overall), Tatum Bell (41st overall), and Antonio Smith (135th overall) would be selected in the 2004 NFL Draft.^[16]

Oklahoma State Cowboys football

Venues	Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present) Sherman E. Smith Training Center

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oklahoma: Bedlam Series Texas Tech Tulsa

Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete "The Waving Song" "Ride 'Em Cowboys" Marching band Johnny Bright incident 2007 Texas game 2015 homecoming parade crash

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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