2002 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season

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 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri. They were members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Gary Pinkel.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 pm	vs. Illinois*	Edward Jones Dome St. Louis, Missouri (Arch Rivalry)	ABC	W 33–20	61,876
September 7	6:00 pm	Ball State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 41–6	49,282
September 14	5:00 pm	at Bowling Green*	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, Ohio		L 28–51	21,969
September 28	1:00 pm	Troy State*	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 44–7	50,220
October 5	6:00 pm	No. 2 Oklahoma	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)	FSN	L 24–31	60,578
October 12	11:30 am	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska (rivalry)	FSN PPV	L 13–24	78,014
October 19	6:00 pm	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 38–52	42,781
October 26	1:00 pm	Kansas	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri		W 36–12	60,287
November 2	1:00 pm	at No. 22 Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, Iowa (Telephone Trophy)		L 35–42	44,339
November 9	11:30 am	No. 18 Colorado	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	FSN	L 35–42	48,465
November 16	1:00 pm	at Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, Texas		W 33–27	78,186
November 23	2:30 pm	No. 10 Kansas State	Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri	ABC	L 0–38	47,507
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 Missouri Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`75`	Howard Brown	So
QB	`14`	Kirk Farmer	Sr
WR	`12`	Justin Gage	Sr
G	`52`	Tony Palmer	Fr
C	`70`	A. J. Ricker	Jr
QB	`16`	Brad Smith	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`21`	Brandon Barnes	Jr
LB	`32`	Sean Doyle	Sr
CB	`26`	Michael Harden	Jr
CB	`45`	Shirdonya Mitchell	So
DT	`99`	C. J. Mosley	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Missouri, Columbia Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on June 12, 2012. Retrieved September 29, 2011.

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