2002 Baylor Bears 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 Baylor Bears football team (variously "Baylor", "BU", or the "Bears") represented Baylor University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were represented in the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco, Texas. They were coached by head coach Kevin Steele, who was fired after the conclusion of the regular season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	2:30 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, California		L 22–70	27,185
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Samford*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 50–12	28,375
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at New Mexico*	University Stadium Albuquerque, New Mexico		L 0–23	30,013
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Tulsa*	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 37–25	30,337
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Kansas	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		W 35–32	22,103
October 12	11:30 a.m.	Texas A&M	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas (Battle of the Brazos)	FSN	L 0–41	38,673
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Colorado	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado		L 0–34	46,281
October 26	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 Kansas State	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 10–44	20,247
November 2	1:00 p.m.	at Texas Tech	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas		L 11–62	43,243
November 9	11:30 a.m.	at No. 4 Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, Texas	PPV	L 0–41	83,016
November 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 4 Oklahoma	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, Texas		L 9–49	28,375
November 23	1:00 p.m.	at Oklahoma State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma		L 28–63	37,250
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 Baylor Bears football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`79`	Glen Oskin	Fr
WR	`80`	Ray Harrington	Sr
WR	`81`	Reggie Newhouse	Sr
WR	`82`	Robert Quiroga	Jr
TE	`85`	Chris DeLeenheer	Sr
TE	`86`	Billy Crawford	So
WR	`89`	James Whiteland	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2003-01-12

^ ^a ^b "2002 Baylor Football Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved February 5, 2024.
^ "Results/News Releases". Baylor University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on November 19, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.

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