2002 Michigan Wolverines football team

American college football season

2002 Michigan Wolverines football

Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 38–30 vs. Florida
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lloyd Carr (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Malone (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Herrmann (6th season)
Base defense	Multiple
MVP	B. J. Askew
Captains	Victor Hobson Bennie Joppru
Home stadium	Michigan Stadium
Seasons← 2001 2003 →

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
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

The 2002 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Lloyd Carr. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team was led by All-Americans Bennie Joppru and Marlin Jackson as well as team MVP B. J. Askew.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	12:00 p.m.	No. 11 Washington*	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (College GameDay)	ABC	W 31–29	111,491
September 7	12:10 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 7	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 35–12	107,856
September 14	1:30 p.m.	at No. 20 Notre Dame*	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 23–25	80,795
September 21	12:10 p.m.	Utah*	No. 14	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	W 10–7	109,734
September 28	3:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–28	69,249
October 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 15 Penn State	No. 13	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–24	111,502
October 19	12:05 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 11	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 23–21	62,414
October 26	12:05 p.m.	No. 13 Iowa	No. 8	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 9–34	111,496
November 2	12:05 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 15	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 49–3	111,542
November 9	7:45 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 13	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	W 41–24	53,773
November 16	12:05 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	W 21–14	110,412
November 23	12:15 p.m.	at No. 2 Ohio State	No. 12	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 9–14	105,539
January 1, 2003	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 23 Florida*	No. 13	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–30	65,101
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	13	10	6	29
• Michigan	7	7	7	10	31

Date: August 31
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play), Bob Griese (Color) & Lynn Swann (Sideline)

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Chris Perry 57 yard run (Philip Brabbs kick)	Michigan 7–0

2		MICH	Braylon Edwards 45 yard pass from John Navarre (Philip Brabbs kick)	Michigan 14–0

2		WASH	Kevin Ware 3 yard pass from Cody Pickett (kick failed)	Michigan 14–6

2		WASH	Rich Alexis 7 yard run (John Anderson kick)	Michigan 14–13

3		WASH	Charles Frederick 52 yard pass from Cody Pickett (John Anderson kick)	Washington 20–14

3		MICH	Chris Perry 2 yard run (Troy Nienberg kick)	Michigan 21–20

3		WASH	John Anderson 30 yard field goal	Washington 23–21

4		MICH	Chris Perry 3 yard run (Troy Nienberg kick)	Michigan 28–23

4		WASH	Rich Alexis 1 yard run (pass failed)	Washington 29–28

4	:00	MICH	Philip Brabbs 44 yard field goal	Michigan 31–29

Iowa

#13 Hawkeyes (7-1) at #8 Wolverines (6-1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Iowa	10	0	14	10	34
Michigan	0	6	3	0	9

Date: October 26, 2002
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 12:10 PM EDT
Game attendance: 111,496
TV announcers (ESPN): Mark Jones (Play-by-play), Bob Davie (Color commentator) & Holly Rowe (Sideline reporter)

Source: Box Score Archived 2016-11-13 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary

1	10:37	Iowa	C.J. Jones 39-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 7-0

1	3:12	Iowa	Nate Kaeding 51-yard field goal	Iowa 10-0

2	1:13	Mich	Chris Perry 1-yard run (PAT failed)	Iowa 10-6

3	12:31	Mich	A Finley 40-yard field goal	Iowa 10-9

3	8:57	Iowa	C.J. Jones 3-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 17-9

3	2:58	Iowa	Jermelle Lewis 5-yard run (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 24-9

4	14:47	Iowa	Jermelle Lewis 23-yard pass from Brad Banks (Nate Kaeding kick)	Iowa 31-9

4	2:49	Iowa	Nate Kaeding 27-yard field goal	Iowa 34-9

Wisconsin

Wisconsin at #12/#11 Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	7	7	0	0	14
• Michigan	14	0	7	0	21

Date: November 16
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
TV announcers (ESPN2): Pam Ward (Play-by-play), David Norrie (Color) & Jimmy Dykes (Sideline)

Source: USA Today

Scoring summary

1	MICH	Askew 27 yard run (Finley kick)	MICH 7-0

1	MICH	Perry 11 yard run (Finley kick)	MICH 14-0

1	WIS	Leonhard 39 yard punt return (Allen kick)	MICH 14-7

2	WIS	A. Davis 2 yard run (Allen kick)	Tied 14-14

3	MICH	Edwards 8 yard pass from Navarre (Finley kick)	MICH 21-14

MICH: Chris Perry 175 Rush Yds (career-high)

Ohio State

See also: 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry #12 Michigan Wolverines (9–2) at #2 Ohio State Buckeyes (12–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	3	6	0	0	9
Ohio St	7	0	0	7	14

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: November 23, 2002
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Cloudy, 38 °F (3 °C)
Game attendance: 105,539
Referee: Jim Lapetina
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Gary Danielson, and Jack Arute
Box Score

Game information

First quarter

MICH – Adam Finley 36-yard field goal, 8:35. Michigan 3–0. Drive: 12 plays, 41 yards, 4:30.
OSU – Maurice Clarett 2-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 2:56. Ohio St 7–3. Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 5:30.

Second quarter

MICH – Adam Finley 35-yard field goal, 10:56. Ohio St 7–6. Drive: 16 plays, 62 yards, 6:55.
MICH – Adam Finley 22-yard field goal, 0:16. Michigan 9–7. Drive: 19 plays, 88 yards, 8:24.

Fourth quarter

OSU – Maurice Hall 3-yard run (Mike Nugent kick), 4:55. Ohio St 14–9. Drive: 8 plays, 57 yards, 3:35.

Top passers

MICH – John Navarre – 23/46, 247 yards, INT
OSU – Craig Krenzel – 10/14, 124 yards

Top rushers

MICH – Chris Perry – 28 rushes, 76 yards
OSU – Maurice Clarett – 20 rushes, 119 yards, TD

Top receivers

MICH – Braylon Edwards – 10 receptions, 107 yards
OSU – Michael Jenkins – 4 receptions, 51 yards

Roster

2002 Michigan Wolverines football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`37`	B. J. Askew	Sr
WR	`8`	Jason Avant	Fr
G	`75`	David Baas	Jr
WR	`27`	Calvin Bell	Jr
OL	`63`	Derek Bell	So
WR	`19`	Ronald Bellamy	Sr
WR	`80`	Braylon Edwards	So
TE	`83`	Bennie Joppru	Sr
WR	`88`	Tim Massaquoi	So
QB	`16`	John Navarre	Jr
RB	`23`	Chris Perry	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`90`	Norman Heuer	Sr
LB	`6`	Victor Hobson	Sr
FS	`2`	Cato June	Sr
LB	`58`	Roy Manning	Jr
DL	`53`	Shantee Orr	Sr
DE	`85`	Dave Spytek	So
LB	`31`	John Spytek	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lloyd Carr

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Statistical achievements

Michigan led the Big Ten Conference in quarterback sacks for all games (3.2 sacks per game), while Iowa led for conference games.

John Navarre set numerous single-season school records that he would break the following season: attempts (448), surpassing his own record of 385 the prior season; completions (248), surpassing Tom Brady's 1998 and 1999 totals of 214; yards (2905), Jim Harbaugh's 1986 record of 2729. He also broke the career pass attempts record (910), surpassing Elvis Grbac's 835 in 1992, which he would extend the following year and which Chad Henne would eventually break in 2007. On September 14, Navarre joined Grbac as the only Wolverines with two career 4-touchdown passing games. On September 28, he tied Grbac with three such career outings and became the only Wolverine with two in the same season. Navarre broke Tom Brady's single-season yards per game record of 215.5 set in 1999 with a 223.5 average. He set the current single-season interception percentage record (1.56, minimum 100 attempts), surpassing Wally Gabler's 1965 record of 1.60. He also broke Harbaugh's 1986 single-season 200-yard game total of 8 with 9 and surpassed Brady's career total of 15 by posting his 18th in his junior year.

Awards and honors

Co-captains: Victor Hobson, Bennie Joppru
All-Americans: Bennie Joppru, Marlin Jackson
All-Conference: David Baas, Victor Hobson, Marlin Jackson, Tony Pape
Most Valuable Player: B.J. Askew
Meyer Morton Award: John Navarre
John Maulbetsch Award: Jason Avant
Frederick Matthei Award: David Baas
Arthur Robinsion Scholarship Award: Joe Sgroi
Hugh Rader Jr. Award: Tony Pape
Robert P. Ufer Award: Charles Drake, Bennie Joppru
Roger Zatkoff Award: Victor Hobson

Coaching staff

Head coach: Lloyd Carr
Assistant coaches: Teryl Austin, Erik Campbell, Jim Herrmann, Brady Hoke, Fred Jackson, Scot Loeffler, Terry Malone, Andy Moeller, Bill Sheridan
Trainer: Paul Schmidt
Manager: Craig Hisey (senior manager), Chris Anderson, Tom Burpee, Jeff Clancy, Brandon Greer, Joseph Harper, Michael Henderson, Brad Hoffman, Jeff Levine, Atif Lodhi, Katie McNall, Brad Rosenwasser, Davon Wilson

References

"2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
"Brabbs' Last-Second Field Goal Deflates Huskies". ESPN. August 31, 2002. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
"Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 58. Archived from the original on July 3, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
"Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2010. pp. 120–123. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.

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