2002 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2002 Conference USA football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Cincinnati +		6	–	2					7	–	7
No. 23 TCU +		6	–	2					10	–	2
Louisville		5	–	3					7	–	6
Southern Miss		5	–	3					7	–	6
Tulane		4	–	4					8	–	5
UAB		4	–	4					5	–	7
East Carolina		4	–	4					4	–	8
Houston		3	–	5					5	–	7
Memphis		2	–	6					3	–	9
Army		1	–	7					1	–	11
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane University in the 2002 college football season. Led by J.P. Losman, the Green Wave won the Hawaiʻi Bowl for the first time in the school's history.

Schedule

August 312:30 PMSouthern*

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

W 37–19 40,337 September 77:00 PMat Houston

• Robertson Stadium
• Houston, TX

W 34–13 16,307 September 146:00 PMat East Carolina

• Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
• Greenville, NC

L 20–24 35,300 September 217:00 PMat Memphis

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

L 10–38 32,120 September 282:30 PMNo. 3 Texas*

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

ESPN+L 0–49 46,678 October 56:00 PMat Louisiana–Monroe*

• Malone Stadium
• Monroe, LA

W 52–9 11,645 October 122:30 PMCincinnati

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

W 35–17 19,575 October 192:30 PMUAB

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

W 35–14 19,343 October 262:30 PMNavy*

• Tad Gormley Stadium
• New Orleans, LA

W 51–30 27,417 November 92:00 PMat TCU

• Amon G. Carter Stadium
• Fort Worth, TX

L 10–17 27,694 November 162:30 PMArmy

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

L 10–14 19,421 November 232:30 PMSouthern Miss

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA

W 31–10 21,832 December 257:00 PMvs. Hawaiʻi*

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

ESPNW 36–28 35,513

Roster

2002 Tulane Green Wave football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Nick Cannon Fr QB 7 J. P. Losman Jr WR 9 Roydell Williams Jr RB 21 Brant Hocke Jr WR 25 James Dunn Jr RB 26 Mewelde Moore Jr OL 60 Seth Zaunbrecher Sr OT 73 Joe Mitchell Jr WR 80 Chris Bush So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 3 Jeff Sanchez Sr SS 23 Tra Boger So LB 29 Nick Simpson Sr DB 30 Darren Sapp So LB 36 Anthony Cannon Fr LB 42 Blake Baker So DE 71 Stephen Segari Jr DL 81 Terrence Tarver Jr DL 89 Roxie Shelvin Sr DE 95 Michael Roberts Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 47 Seth Marler Sr	Head coach Chris Scelfo Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players in the NFL

No Tulane Green Wave players were selected in the 2003 NFL Draft.

The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.

Player	Position	First NFL team
Seth Marler	Kicker	Jacksonville Jaguars
Jeff Sanchez	Cornerback	Dallas Cowboys