2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 7

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy	7	–	1	9	–	5
No. 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 Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$	6	–	2	12	–	2
No. 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 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2002 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–2, and a 6–2 record in Big 12 Conference play. The season culminated with a with over Arizona State in the 2002 Holiday Bowl. Prior to the 2002 season, the artificial turf was updated to a more cushioned FieldTurf surface at a cost of $800,000.

The Wildcats finished the 2002 season leading NCAA Division IA in scoring defense (11.8 points per game) and also tied a school record by posting three shut outs. The team shut out Louisiana-Monroe, Kansas, and Missouri. The Wildcats also recorded a shut out on the road for the first time since the 1973 season. They recorded two shut outs on the road, beating Kansas and Missouri.^[1] The Wildcats scored 582 points in the season, good for second most all-time at Kansas State.^[2]

Schedule

|- !colspan=8| Non-conference schedule

August 316:10 PMNo. 18 Western Kentucky*

W 48–3 45,844^[3] September 76:10 PMLouisiana–Monroe*

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

W 68–0 43,104^[4] September 141:10 PMEastern Illinois*

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

W 63–13 45,642^[5] September 216:00 PMNo. 11 USC*No. 25

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

TBSW 27–20 49,276^[6]

|- !colspan=8| Conference schedule

October 52:30 PMat ColoradoNo. 13

ABCL 31–35 52,584^[7] October 121:10 PMOklahoma StateNo. 19

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

W 44–9 48,404^[8] October 196:00 PMNo. 8 TexasNo. 17

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

FSNL 14–17 50,659^[9] October 262:00 PMat BaylorNo. 20

W 44–10 20,247^[10] November 21:00 PMat KansasNo. 14

W 64–0 43,000^[11] November 96:00 PMNo. 21 Iowa StateNo. 12

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

TBSW 58–7 49,504^[12] November 1611:30 AMNebraskaNo. 11

KSU Stadium
Manhattan, KS

FSNW 49–1352,221^[13] November 232:30 PMat MissouriNo. 10

ABCW 38–047,507^[14]

|- !colspan=8| Bowl game

December 277:00 PMvs. Arizona State*No. 6

ESPNW 34–2758,717^[15]

Template:CFB Schedule End Table references^[16]

Partial Roster

14 Williams, Eric QB 6–1 188 Jr. Holton, Kan. (Holton HS)
1 Scobey, Josh RB 6–0 205 Sr.
83 Seiler, Blake DE 6–2 230 Fr. Goddard, Kan. (Bishop Carroll)
98 Shull, Andrew DE 6–5 260 Jr. Webb City, Mo. (Webb City HS)
45 Sims, Ted LB 6–1 230 Fr. Newton, Kan. (Newton)
19 Snodgrass, Jeff K/P 6-2 200 Fr. Leawood, Kan. (Rockhurst)
13 Solt, Brandon WR 6–3 170 Sr. (University of Nebraska) (Wamego HS)
43 Sproles, Darren RB 5–7 170 So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe North)
35 Strozier, Noah DB 6–0 180 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst)
82 Terry, James WR 6–5 180 Jr. Homestead, Fla. (Butler County CC)
23 Tetuan, Jesse DB 6–0 185 RFr. Topeka, Kan. (Hayden)
87 Thalmann, Drew WR 6–2 190 Sr.
81 Thomas, Hammond WR 6–2 170 Fr. Baytown, Texas (Lee)
29 Thomas, Henry DB 5–10 195 So. (John Foster Dulles HS)
50 Thon, Drew LB 6–1 230 Sr. (Garden City, Kan., CC) (Greeley County HS)
57 Thurmond, Maurice LB 6–2 215 So. Fort Worth, Texas (Dunbar)
96 Togiai, Jerry DT 6–4 295 Sr.
2 Tyler, DeRon CB 5–8 170 Sr.
52 Vanover, Russ LS 6–1 185 So. Newton, Kan. (Newton)
19 Walker, Alan DB 6–1 175 Jr. (MacArthur HS)
1 Walker, Bobby CB 6–1 195 Sr. (Trinity Valley, Texas, CC) (Lee HS)
38 Clark, Blaine WR 6–2 185 Jr. Valley Center, Kan. (Butler County CC)
8 Wallace, Taco WR 6–1 190 Sr. (Mount San Antonio, Calif., Coll.) (Taft HS)
18 Waltman, Wade K 6–0 200 Jr. (Lee HS)
81 Warren, Nick TIGHT END 6–7 255 Sr.
59 Butler, Matt LB 6–2 220 Fr. Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan)
2 Washington, Rashad FS 6–3 210 Jr. Wichita, Kan. (Southeast HS)
9 Dunham, Quinton DE/LB 6–0 225 Fr.(Red Shirt) Dallas, Texas (Roosevelt HS)
78 Washington, Steve C 6–4 315 Sr. (Carter HS)
71 Weiner, Michael OL 6–5 265 So. Boca Raton, Fla. (Highland CC)
62 White, Corey DT 6–3 285 Sr. (Navarro, Texas, JC) (North Mesquite HS)
97 Williams, Melvin DE 6–3 270 Sr. (Mehlville HS)
26 Woolfolk, Tyler DB 5–9 180 So. (Garden City, Kan., CC) (Protection HS)
12 Yates, Derrick FS 6–2 185 Sr.

Statistics

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	128	191	148	115	582
Opponents	34	65	28	27	154

Team

	KSU	Opp
Scoring	582	154
Points per Game	44.8	11.8
First Downs	273	175
Rushing	168	58
Passing	85	97
Penalty	20	20
Total Offense	5,499	3237
Avg per Play	6.3	3.7
Avg per Game	423.0	249.0
Fumbles-Lost	37–18	23–13
Penalties-Yards	100–759	95–723
Avg per Game	58.4	58.4

	KSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	55–2,186	105–3974
Avg per Punt	39.7	37.8
Time of Possession/Game	31:13	28:47
3rd Down Conversions	76/166	58/205
4th Down Conversions	12/17	6/18
Touchdowns Scored	79	19
Field Goals-Attempts	11–16	7–12
PAT-Attempts	65–74	17–18
Attendance	384,654	163,338
Games/Avg per Game	8/48,082	4/40,834

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Darren Sproles	13	237	1,517	52	1,465	6.2	17	80	112.7
Ell Roberson	12	202	1,276	244	1,032	5.1	16	91	86.0
Terrence Newman	13	2	29	3	26	13.0	0	29	2.0
Total	13	655	3,823	390	3,433	5.2	53	91	264.1
Opponents	13	446	1,405	501	904	2.0	7	85	69.5

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Ell Roberson	12	136.47	175–91–4	1580	7	56	131.7	52.0
Marc Dunn	10	199.92	35–22–2	383	6	58	38.3	62.9
Total	13	146.97	223–120–6	2,066	14	58	158.9	53.8
Opponents	13	91.69	418–191–20	2,333	11	94	179.5	45.7

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Taco Wallace	13	39	704	18.1	5	58	54.2
James Terry	12	28	561	20.0	5	56	46.8
Total	13	120	2,066	17.2	14	58	158.9
Opponents	13	191	2,333	12.2	11	94	179.5

References

[1] Shutout info

[2] Points scored fact Archived July 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[3] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/083102aaa.html

[4] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/090702aaa.html

[5] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/091402aaa.html

[6] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/092102aaa.html

[7] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/100502aaa.html

[8] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/101202aaa.html

[9] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/101902aaa.html

[10] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/102602aab.html

[11] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/110202aaa.html

[12] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/110902aaa.html

[13] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/111602aaa.html

[14] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/112302aaa.html

[15] ttp://kstatesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/122702aaa.html

[16] DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (2002)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

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