2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
2002 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Randy Walker (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Greg Colby (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Pat Durr; Austin King;
Home stadium	Ryan Field
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Ryan Field and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Randy Walker.

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Ohio State $#+	8	–	0	14	–	0
No. 8 Iowa %+	8	–	0	11	–	2
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 16 Penn State	5	–	3	9	–	4
Purdue	4	–	4	7	–	6
Illinois	4	–	4	5	–	7
Minnesota	3	–	5	8	–	5
Wisconsin	2	–	6	8	–	6
Michigan State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Northwestern	1	–	7	3	–	9
Indiana	1	–	7	3	–	9

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:00 am	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ABC	L 3–52	45,114
September 7	12:00 pm	TCU*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPNGP	L 24–48	21,442
September 14	12:00 pm	Duke*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL		W 26–21	22,910
September 21	11:00 am	at Navy*	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	HDNet	W 49–40	27,012
September 28	12:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 24–39	74,215
October 5	6:00 pm	No. 5 Ohio State	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 16–27	43,489
October 10	7:00 pm	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 42–45	37,729
October 19	11:00 am	at No. 20 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	L 0–49	108,853
October 26	11:00 am	Purdue	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	L 13–42	30,158
November 2	11:00 am	Indiana	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN+	W 41–37	25,077
November 9	11:00 am	at No. 6 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 10–62	68,728
November 23	11:00 am	Illinois	Ryan Field Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	ESPN+	L 24–31	25,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`14`	Brett Basanez	Fr
RB	`32`	Clifton Dawson	Fr
OT	`76`	Trai Essex	So
RB	`33`	Noah Herron	So
C	`62`	Austin King (C)	Sr
OT	`60`	Ikechuku Ndukwe	So
OT	`73`	Jeff Roehl	Sr
WR	`6`	Jon Schweighardt	Sr
G	`63`	Zach Strief	Fr
G	`64`	Matt Ulrich	So
QB	`16`	Alexander Webb	Fr
RB	`18`	Jason Wright	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`7`	Ray Bogenrief	Jr
DT	`94`	Luis Castillo	So
DT	`97`	Colby Clark	So
DT	`67`	Barry Cofield	Fr
CB	`27`	Raheem Covington	Sr
LB	`3`	Pat Durr (C)	Sr
DE	`96`	Greg Lutzen	Fr
LB	`44`	Tim McGarigle	Fr
LB	`46`	Eric VanderHorst	Fr
CB	`31`	Marvin Ward	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`17`	David Wasielewski	Sr

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-16

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Austin King	Center	4	133	Tampa Bay Buccaneers