2002 San Jose State Spartans football team

2002 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	6–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach	Fitz Hill (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Norman Joseph and Charlie Roche (both in 2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ronnie Lee (2nd season)

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Boise State $		8	–	0					12	–	1
Hawaii		7	–	1					10	–	4
Fresno State		6	–	2					9	–	5
San Jose State		4	–	4					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					5	–	7
Rice		3	–	5					4	–	7
Louisiana Tech		3	–	5					4	–	8
SMU		3	–	5					3	–	9
UTEP		1	–	7					2	–	10
Tulsa		1	–	7					1	–	11
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Spartans were led by second-year head coach Fitz Hill and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. Although the Spartans improved from a 3–9 season in 2001, the Spartans did not get enough wins for bowl eligibility.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
Fitz Hill	Head coach	2	Ouachita Baptist (1987)
Earl Buckingham	Assistant head coach, defensive line	2	Arkansas (1983)
Norman Joseph	Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks	2	Mississippi State (1977)
Ronnie Lee	Defensive coordinator, defensive backs	2	Washington State (1989)
Charlie Roche	Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line	2	Eastern Illinois (1996)
Charles Nash	Running backs	2	Arizona (1976)
Kenwick Thompson	Linebackers, recruiting coordinator	2	Harding (1992)
Keith Williams	Wide receivers	2	San Diego State (1996)
Chris Wilkerson	Defensive ends	1	Eastern Illinois (1995)
Keith Allen	Special teams, defensive assistant	1	Oklahoma (1997)
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Final roster

2002 San Jose State Spartans final roster
Quarterbacks 2: Marcus Arroyo – Senior 16: Beau Pierce – Sophomore 5: Scott Rislov – Junior Running backs --: Steven Bradley – TB – Freshman 25: Clarence Cunningham – TB – Sophomore 8: Lamar Ferguson – TB – Sophomore 36: Demarcus Ingram – TB – Junior 31: Lance Martin – TB – Sophomore 45: Brandon Miles – FB – Senior --: Ahmir Rahmar – TB – Junior 26: Ezekiel Staples – Freshman Wide receivers 11: Jamall Broussard – Junior 85: John Broussard – Freshman 86: Chester Coleman – Freshman 91: Terell Johnson – Freshman 82: James Jones – Freshman 96: Ronald Jones – Freshman 89: Casey Miranda – Junior 10: Charles Pauley – Senior 80: Rufus Skillern – Freshman 1: Kendrick Starling – Junior 84: Malcolm Thompson – Freshman 81: Juan Walden – Senior 3: Tuati Wooden – Junior Tight ends 19: Courtney Anderson – Junior 88: Marcus Helfman – Senior		Offensive linemen 66: Justin Arrington – OG – Junior 76: Matt Cantu – OG – Freshman 64: Charley Dehoney – OG – Senior 70: Joseph Hayes – OG – Junior 78: Jeff Gordon – OT – Junior 65: Kevin Israel – OG – Junior 63: Eric Olson – OT – Freshman 59: Tim Provost – OT – Senior 73: Osmar Staples – OT – Junior 71: John Toensfeldt – OT – Freshman 77: LaMons Walker – C – Senior Defensive linemen 83: Ethan Allen – DE – Senior 57: Jamaal Allen – DE – Freshman 92: Mike Beams – DT – Senior 90: Adonis Forrest – DT – Senior 74: Aaron Gilbert – DT – Freshman 69: Kinji Green – DT – Freshman --: Daniel Grossi – DE – Freshman 93: Jason Gustus – DT – Junior 95: Justin James – DE – Freshman 44: Chip Kimmich – DE – Senior 40: Steve Nash – DE – Junior 56: Philip Perry – DE – Junior 54: Larnell Ransom – DE – Freshman 98: Dan Schultz – DE – Freshman 75: Joshua Smith – DT – Freshman		Linebackers --: Chris Catoe – Freshman 62: Ian Cossar – Freshman 49: Tony Ficklin – Sophomore 17: Brian Foreman – Senior 51: Erik Garcia – Freshman 52: Craig Grant - Freshman 20: Luke La Herran – Senior 29: Mike Liranzo – Senior --: Cory Lynch – Junior 94: Sean McNamara – Junior 87: Kollie Moore – Senior 35: Onyeka Ossai – Junior 67: Justin Pigg – Junior 55: Michael Smith – OLB – Junior 46: Tyrell Tyler – Freshman Defensive backs 41: C.J. Arnold – S – Senior 24: Kevin Boyer – CB – Junior 14: Jamonte Cox – S – Freshman 28: Shaun Fletcher – CB – Senior 38: Gerald Jones – S – Junior 23: Carlos Koustas – CB – Sophomore 30: Skyler McKnight – S – Junior --: Raul Menjivar – CB – Junior 15: Brian Nunez – S – Freshman 32: Neil Parry – S – Junior 33: Josh Powell – S – Sophomore 7: Zack Rance – S – Junior 27: Donald Richardson – S – Freshman 43: Terrance Tillman – CB – Junior --: Stephen Trammell – S – Freshman 4: I'lario Vital – CB – Freshman 6: Mario Vital – S – Junior 18: Quincy Washington – CB – Junior 21: Eric Wilson – CB – Sophomore Special teams 39: Michael Carr – P – Senior 13: Nick Gilliam – PK – Senior --: Craig Nakano – PK – Freshman 12: Dale Rogers – P – Junior
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Schedule

August 314:00 p.m.vs. Arkansas State*

• War Memorial Stadium
• Little Rock, Arkansas

W 33-14 18,492 September 712:30 p.m.at No. 14 Washington*

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle

FSNNWL 10–34 70,147 September 147:00 p.m.at Stanford*

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, California (Rivalry)

KRONL 26–63 54,500 September 2111:00 a.m.at Illinois*

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, Illinois

W 38–35 50,990 September 287:00 p.m.UTEP

• Spartan Stadium
• San Jose, California

FSNBA, FSNSWW 58–24 10,416 October 512:00 p.m.at SMU

• Gerald J. Ford Stadium
• Dallas

W 34–23 13,016 October 129:00 a.m.at No. 5 Ohio State*

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

ESPN+L 7–50 104,892 October 191:00 p.m.at Nevada

• Mackay Stadium
• Reno, Nevada

L 24–52 19,481 October 262:00 p.m.Boise State

• Spartan Stadium
• San Jose, California

L 8–45 10,497 November 28:00 p.m.at Hawaii

• Aloha Stadium
• Halawa, HI

Oceanic PPV, KFVEL 31–40 36,784 November 92:00 p.m.Louisiana Tech

• Spartan Stadium
• San Jose, California

W 42–30 6,391 November 1612:00 p.m.at Tulsa

• Skelly Stadium
• Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cox 9W 49–38 15,653 November 232:00 p.m.Fresno State

• Spartan Stadium
• San Jose, California (Rivalry)

L 16–19 14,134

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