2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team


2002 Big 12 football standings
Team	W		L	W		L
North
#20 Colorado ^x	7	–	1	9	–	5
#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
#5 Oklahoma ^x^y†	6	–	2	12	–	2
#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 champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 2002. The team's head coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 2002 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 11-2, and a 6-2 record in Big 12 play. The season culminated with a with over Arizona State in the 2002 Holiday Bowl. Prior to the 2002 season, the artificial turf was updated to a more cushioned FieldTurf surface at a cost of $800,000 USD.

The Wildcats tied a school record for shutouts in a season with 3. They shutout Louisiana-Monroe, Kansas, and Missouri. The Wildcats also shutout three opponents in 1991 and 1999. The Wildcats also recorded a shutout on the road for the first time since the 1973 season. They recorded two shutouts on the road, beating Kansas and Missouri.^[1] The Wildcats scored 582 points in the season, good for second most all-time at Kansas State.^[2]

1 Schedule
2 Statistics
3 References
4 External links

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
Non-conference schedule
8/31/2002	6:10 PM	Western Kentucky*		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	None	W 48-3	45,844^[3]
9/7/2002	6:10 PM	Louisiana-Monroe*		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	None	W 68-0	43,104^[4]
9/14/2002	1:10 PM	Eastern Illinois*		KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	None	W 68-13	45,642^[5]
9/21/2002	6:00 PM	#11 USC*	#25	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	TBS	W 27-20	49,276^[6]
Conference schedule
10/5/2002	2:30 PM	at Colorado	#13	Folsom Field • Boulder, CO	ABC	L 31-35	52,584^[7]
10/12/2002	1:10 PM	Oklahoma State	#19	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	None	W 44-9	48,404^[8]
10/19/2002	6:00 PM	#8 Texas	#17	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 14-17	50,659^[9]
10/26/2002	2:00 PM	at Baylor	#20	Floyd Casey Stadium • Waco, TX	None	W 44-10	20,247^[10]
11/2/2002	1:00 PM	at Kansas	#14	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown)	None	W 64-0	43,000^[11]
11/9/2002	6:00 PM	#21 Iowa State	#12	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	TBS	W 58-7	49,504^[12]
11/16/2002	11:30 AM	Nebraska	#11	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	W 49-13	52,221^[13]
11/23/2002	2:30 PM	at Missouri	#10	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ABC	W 38-0	47,507^[14]
Bowl game
12/27/2002	7:00 PM	vs. Arizona State*	#6	Qualcomm Stadium • San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 34-27	58,717^[15]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Table references^[16]

Statistics

Scores by quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas State	128	191	148	115	582
Opponents	34	65	28	27	154

Team

	KSU	Opp
Scoring	582	154
Points per Game	44.8	11.8
First Downs	273	175
Rushing	168	58
Passing	85	97
Penalty	20	20
Total Offense	5,499	3237
Avg per Play	6.3	3.7
Avg per Game	423.0	249.0
Fumbles-Lost	37-18	23-13
Penalties-Yards	100-759	95-723
Avg per Game	58.4	58.4

	KSU	Opp
Punts-Yards	55-2,186	105-3974
Avg per Punt	39.7	37.8
Time of Possession/Game	31:13	28:47
3rd Down Conversions	76/166	58/205
4th Down Conversions	12/17	6/18
Touchdowns Scored	79	19
Field Goals-Attempts	11-16	7-12
PAT-Attempts	65-74	17-18
Attendance	384,654	163,338
Games/Avg per Game	8/48,082	4/40,834

Offense

Rushing

Name	GP	Att	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Darren Sproles	13	237	1,517	52	1,465	6.2	17	80	112.7
Ell Roberson	12	202	1,276	244	1,032	5.1	16	91	86.0
Terrence Newman	13	2	29	3	26	13.0	0	29	2.0
Total	13	655	3,823	390	3,433	5.2	53	91	264.1
Opponents	13	446	1,405	501	904	2.0	7	85	69.5

Passing

Name	GP-GS	Effic	Att-Cmp-Int	Yds	TD	Lng	Avg/G	Pct.
Ell Roberson	12	136.47	175-91-4	1580	7	56	131.7	52.0
Marc Dunn	10	199.92	35-22-2	383	6	58	38.3	62.9
Total	13	146.97	223-120-6	2,066	14	58	158.9	53.8
Opponents	13	91.69	418-191-20	2,333	11	94	179.5	45.7

Receiving

Name	GP	No.	Yds	Avg	TD	Long	Avg/G
Taco Wallace	13	39	704	18.1	5	58	54.2
James Terry	12	28	561	20.0	5	56	46.8
Total	13	120	2,066	17.2	14	58	158.9
Opponents	13	191	2,333	12.2	11	94	179.5

References

External links

Kansas State Wildcats football

Venues	Ahearn Field (1897–1922) Memorial Stadium (1922–1967) Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (1968–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Farmageddon (Iowa State) Sunflower Showdown (Kansas, Governor's Cup, all-time results)

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Wildcat Victory" "Wabash Cannonball" Kansas State University Marching Band Aggieville Riots

People	Head coaches

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2002 Big 12 Conference football season

North Division	Colorado Buffaloes Iowa State Cyclones Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildcats Missouri Tigers Nebraska Cornhuskers

South Division	Baylor Bears Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma State Cowboys Texas Longhorns Texas A&M Aggies Texas Tech Red Raiders

Championship	2002 Big 12 Championship Game