American college football season
The 2002 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University as a member of Pacific-10 Conference the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was led by Mike Price in his 14th and final season as head coach, and played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington .
Washington State finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–2 and mark of 7–1 in the conference play, sharing the Pac-10 title with USC . They defeated the Trojans in overtime in early October, but lost to unranked Washington in triple overtime in the Apple Cup at Pullman; WSU regrouped and beat UCLA by three touchdowns two weeks later. The seventh-ranked Cougars were invited to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, but were soundly defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners , and dropped to tenth in the final rankings .
The Rose Bowl was the final game for Price at Washington State. He left to become the head football coach at the University of Alabama , but never coached a game for the Crimson Tide . Bill Doba , longtime defensive coordinator for the cougars, was promoted to head coach for the 2003 season , and he led the Cougar program through 2007 .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 12:00 pm vs. Nevada * No. 12 W 31–7 63,588 September 7 3:00 pm Idaho *No. 11 W 49–14 30,110 September 14 12:30 pm at No. 6 Ohio State * No. 10 ABC L 7–25 104,553 September 21 2:00 pm Montana State *No. 16 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA W 45–28 23,713 September 28 2:00 pm at California No. 16 W 48–38 29,297 October 5 4:00 pm No. 18 USC No. 17 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA TBS W 30–27 36,861 October 12 2:00 pm at Stanford No. 12 W 36–11 30,750 October 26 7:00 pm at Arizona No. 9 FSN W 21–13 46,462 November 2 12:30 pm No. 16 Arizona State No. 8 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ABC W 44–22 37,444 November 9 12:30 pm No. 15 Oregon No. 5 Martin Stadium Pullman, WA ABC W 32–21 37,600 November 23 3:30 pm Washington No. 3 FSN L 26–29 37,600 December 7 1:30 pm at UCLA No. 7 ABC W 48–27 56,335 January 1, 2003 2:00 pm vs. No. 8 Oklahoma * No. 7 ABC L 14–34 86,848 *Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Roster
2002 Washington State Cougars football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
P
8
Kyle Basler
Fr
K
10
Drew Dunning
Jr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Source: Coaching staff
Source: Game summaries
USC
#20 USC at #17 Washington State
1
2 3 4 OT Total
USC
7
0 7 13 0
27
• Washington St
10
0 7 10 3
30
Date: October 5Location: Martin Stadium • Pullman, WashingtonTelevision network: TBS Scoring summary 1 USC Sultan McCullough 6 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick)USC 7-0 1 WSU Drew Dunning 48 yard field goal USC 7-3 1 WSU Mike Bush 3 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) Wash St 10-7 3 USC Malaefou MacKenzie 15 yard pass from Carson Palmer (Ryan Killeen kick) USC 14-10 3 WSU Jermaine Green 75 yard run (Drew Dunning kick) Wash St 17-14 4 10:03 WSU Devard Darling 2 yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick)Wash St 24-14 4 USC Carson Palmer 3 yard run (Ryan Killeen kick) Wash St 24-21 4 4:10 USC Mike Williams 55 yard pass from Carson Palmer (kick failed)USC 27-24 4 1:50 WSU Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal Tie 27-27 OT WSU Drew Dunning 35 yard field goal Wash St 30-27
Washington State's first win over USC in Pullman in sixteen years .
2002 Cougars in professional football
References
Grummert, Dale (October 6, 2002). "Cougars finish with classic flair" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
Richardson, Vince (October 7, 2002). "Cougar celebration" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
Korte, Tim (November 24, 2002). "Anderson comes up big as Huskies clip Cougars" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 9D.
Nadel, John (December 8, 2002). "Gesser's heroic afternoon puts WSU in Rose Bowl" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 8D.
Trimmer, Dave (January 2, 2003). "Handful of thorns" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). p. A1.
Grummert, Dale (January 2, 2003). "A thorny sendoff" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
^ Canfield, Owen (January 2, 2003). "Sooners clobber the Cougs" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1D.
Grummert, Dale (December 18, 2002). "Mike Price goes out with Tide" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1A.
^ Richardson, Vince (December 18, 2002). "Southern comfort" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). p. 1B.
Zenor, John (May 5, 2003). "Down and out" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). Associated Press. p. 1B.
Yaeger, Don (May 12, 2003). "Bad Behavior - How he met his Destiny at a strip club - Mike Price: Fired" . Sports Illustrated . p. 38.
Grummert, Dale (December 19, 2002). "Crimson ties" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). p. 1B.
"Today's lineups" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). November 9, 2002. p. 4D."Apple Cup preview: WSU" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). November 23, 2002. p. C15."Rose Bowl by the numbers" . Moscow-Pullman Daily News . (Idaho-Washington). December 31, 2002. p. 4B."Rose Bowl matchups" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho). January 1, 2003. p. 4B.USA Today. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
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