2002 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2002 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled a 8–4 regular season record (4–4 in Pac-10, tied for fourth),[1] but lost the Insight Bowl to the Pittsburgh Panthers in Phoenix on December 26.[2]

2002 Oregon State Beavers football
Insight Bowl, L 13–38 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (3rd season)
CaptainNick Barnett
Eric Manning
James Newsom
Richard Seigler
Home stadiumReser Stadium
(Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Washington State $   7 1     10 3  
No. 4 USC  %   7 1     11 2  
Arizona State   5 3     8 6  
UCLA   4 4     8 5  
Oregon State   4 4     8 5  
California   4 4     7 5  
Washington   4 4     7 6  
Oregon   3 5     7 6  
Arizona   1 7     4 8  
Stanford   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

After the season in February, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers,[3][4] and previous head coach Mike Riley was rehired.[5][6]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 pmEastern Kentucky*FSNNWW 49–1035,546
September 54:00 pmat Temple*FSNNWW 35–320,162
September 144:00 pmUNLV*
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
TBSW 47–1736,121
September 213:30 pmFresno State*
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
FSNW 59–1936,457
September 283:30 pmat No. 18 USCNo. 23FSNL 0–2256,417
October 512:30 pmUCLA
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
ABCL 35–4336,529
October 127:00 pmat Arizona StateFSNNWL 9–1347,434
October 261:00 pmCalifornia
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 24–1336,603
November 21:00 pmArizona
  • Reser Stadium
  • Corvallis, Oregon
W 38–336,644
November 912:30 pmat WashingtonL 29–4172,557
November 162:00 pmat StanfordW 31–2129,850
November 2312:30 pmOregon
ABCW 45–2437,154
December 265:30 pmvs. Pittsburgh*ESPNL 13–3840,533
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Source:[7]

Roster

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2002 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 4 Deondre Alexander Jr
QB 14 Derek Anderson So
TE 84 Tim Euhus   Jr
RB 34 Steven Jackson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 42 Nick Barnett Sr
DT 98 Dwan Edwards   Jr
CB 8 Aric Williams   So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

Source:[8][9]

Game summaries

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Oregon

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1 234Total
Oregon 3 1407 24
Oregon State 10 14147 45
Source[1][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Clark, Bob (November 24, 2002). "Beavers blast sitting Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
  2. ^ Rodman, Bob (December 27, 2002). "Beavers' second half is the pits". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
  3. ^ Rodman, Bob (February 12, 2003). "Erickson strikes gold in San Francisco". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. C1.
  4. ^ Beacham, Greg (February 12, 2003). "49ers hire Erickson". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  5. ^ Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. E1.
  6. ^ "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2.
  7. ^ "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  8. ^ "Today's lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 23, 2002. p. 4D.
  9. ^ "Oregon State roster". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 26, 2002.
  10. ^ "Anderson Goes From Fan to Hero in 'Civil War'". ESPN. November 23, 2002. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2014.