2002 Texas Longhorns football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 6

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings
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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 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by head football coach Mack Brown and led on the field by senior quarterback Chris Simms.

Schedule

August 317:00 p.m.North Texas*No. 3

PPVW 27–0 83,051^[1] September 148:00 p.m.at North Carolina*No. 3

ABCW 52–21 60,500^[1] September 218:00 p.m.Houston*No. 3

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX (rivalry)

PPVW 41–11 82,936^[1] September 282:30 p.m.at Tulane*No. 3

ESPNW 49–0 46,678^[1] October 511:30 a.m.Oklahoma StateNo. 2

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX

FSNW 17–15 83,116^[1] October 122:30 p.m.vs. No. 2 OklahomaNo. 3

ABCL 24–35 75,587^[1] October 196:00 p.m.at No. 17 Kansas StateNo. 8

FSNW 17–14 50,659^[1] October 262:30 p.m.No. 17 Iowa StateNo. 7

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX

ABCW 21–10 83,071^[1] November 26:00 p.m.at NebraskaNo. 7

FSNW 27–24 78,268^[1] November 911:30 a.m.BaylorNo. 4

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX

PPVW 41–0 83,016^[1] November 162:30 p.m.at Texas TechNo. 4

ABCL 38–42 52,047^[1] November 2911:00 a.m.Texas A&MNo. 10

Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin, TX (rivalry)

ABCW 50–20 83,711^[1] January 1, 200310:00 a.m.vs. LSU*No. 9

Cotton Bowl
Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)

FOXW 35–20 70,817^[1]

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Season summary

North Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	13	0	0	27

Date: August 31
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	10	14	7	21	52
North Carolina	0	7	7	7	21

Date: September 14
Location: Kenan Memorial Stadium

Mack Brown's first game back at North Carolina since taking the Texas job.^[3]

Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	3	0	8	11
• Texas	14	17	0	10	41

Date: September 21
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	7	14	21	49
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 28
Location: Louisiana Superdome

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Oklahoma St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma St	3	0	6	6	15
• Texas	0	10	7	0	17

Date: October 5
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	7	7	3	7	24
• Oklahoma	3	8	3	21	35

Date: October 12
Location: Cotton Bowl

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Kansas St

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	0	7	7	3	17
Kansas St	0	6	0	8	14

Date: October 19
Location: KSU Stadium

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Iowa St

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa St	0	10	0	0	10
• Texas	7	0	7	7	21

Date: October 26
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	3	3	14	7	27
Nebraska	3	0	7	14	24

Date: November 2
Location: Memorial Stadium

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Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	14	17	3	7	41

Date: November 9
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium

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Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas	14	7	7	10	38
• Texas Tech	0	21	7	14	42

Date: November 16
Location: Jones SBC Stadium

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Texas A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
• Texas	9	14	7	20	50

Date: November 29
Location: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
Game attendance: 83,711

Chris Simms 278 Yds, 3 TD (finished 15–0 at home as starting QB)^[13]

Cotton Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Texas	7	14	7	7	35
LSU	10	7	0	3	20

Date: January 1
Location: Cotton Bowl

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Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
C	`72`	Will Allen	Fr
RB	`32`	Cedric Benson	So
TE	`80`	Bo Scaife	So
QB	`2`	Chris Simms	Sr
WR	`4`	Roy Williams	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Derrick Johnson	So
DE	`40`	Cory Redding	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Mack Brown

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-14

References

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