2002 Temple Owls football team

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2002 Big East Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Miami (FL) $		7	–	0					12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia		6	–	1					9	–	4
No. 19 Pittsburgh		5	–	2					9	–	4
No. 18 Virginia Tech		3	–	4					10	–	4
Boston College		3	–	4					9	–	4
Temple		2	–	5					4	–	8
Syracuse		2	–	5					4	–	8
Rutgers		0	–	7					1	–	11
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the college 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Owls competed as a member of the Big East Conference, and the team was coached by Bobby Wallace.

Schedule

August 297:00 PMRichmond*

• Franklin Field
• Philadelphia

W 34–715,329 September 54:00 PMOregon State*

• Franklin Field
• Philadelphia

FSNNWL 3–3520,162 September 1412:00 PMNo. 1 Miami (FL)

• Franklin Field
• Philadelphia

ESPN+L 21–4433,169 September 217:00 PMat South Carolina*

• Williams-Brice Stadium
• Columbia, South Carolina

L 21–4281,409 September 2812:00 PMCincinnati*

• Franklin Field
• Philadelphia

L 22–3518,336 October 1212:00 PMSyracuse

• Veterans Stadium
• Philadelphia

TWCSNW 17–1617,220 October 1912:00 PMat Connecticut*

• Memorial Stadium
• Storrs, Connecticut

W 38–2415,723 October 261:00 PMat No. 3 Virginia Tech

• Lane Stadium
• Blacksburg, Virginia

PPVL 10–2064,937 November 212:00 PMWest Virginia

• Veterans Stadium
• Philadelphia

L 20–4615,042 November 912:00 PMat Pittsburgh

• Heinz Field
• Pittsburgh

ESPN+L 22–2939,880 November 163:30 PMat Rutgers

• Rutgers Stadium
• Piscataway, New Jersey

ESPN+W 20–1710,225 November 2312:00 PMBoston College

• Veterans Stadium
• Philadelphia

ESPN+L 14–3614,278

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Roster

2002 Temple Owls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 66 Anthony Bolden Sr WR 27 Zamir Cobb Sr WR 6 Donnie Coleman Jr QB 10 Mike Frost Sr OT 79 Dave Yovanovits Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 73 Dan Klecko Sr DT 72 David Terry Sr DT 90 Dominique Veney Jr FS 9 Jamal Wallace Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Wallace Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-08-17

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Dan Klecko	Defensive tackle	4	117	New England Patriots
Dave Yovanovits	Tackle	7	237	New York Jets