2002 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

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2002 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 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

August 317:00 PMat Louisiana Tech*

• Independence Stadium
• Shreveport, LA

L 36–39 31,391 September 76:00 PMNorthern Iowa*

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

W 45–10 40,085 September 146:00 PMUCLA*

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

FSNL 24–38 43,020 September 216:00 PMSMU*

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

W 52–16 41,190 October 511:30 AMat No. 2 Texas

• Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
• Austin, TX

FSNL 15–17 83,116 October 121:10 PMat No. 19 Kansas State

• KSU Stadium
• Manhattan, KS

L 9–44 48,404 October 1911:30 AMNebraska

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

FSNW 24–21 45,017 November 211:30 AMTexas A&M

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

FSNW 28–23 47,607 November 91:00 PMat Texas Tech

• Jones SBC Stadium
• Lubbock, TX

L 24–49 44,595 November 161:00 PMat Kansas

• Memorial Stadium
• Lawrence, KS

W 55–20 27,500 November 231:00 PMBaylor

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK

W 63–28 37,250 November 301:30 PMNo. 3 Oklahoma

• Lewis Field
• Stillwater, OK (Bedlam Game)

FSNW 38–28 48,500 December 271:30 PMvs. Southern Miss*

• Reliant Stadium
• Houston, TX (Houston Bowl)

ESPNW 33–23 44,687

Game notes

Nebraska

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, OK Game attendance: 45,017 TV announcers (FSN): Bill Land (Play-by-play), Gary Reasons (Color) & Jim Knox (Sideline) Source: USA Today

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.

2003 Team Players in the NFL

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.

Awards and honors

• Rashaun Woods, Co-MVP, Houston Bowl
• Kevin Williams, Co-MVP, Houston Bowl

External links

• Oklahoma State Cowboys site