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2002 Arizona

4–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by John Mackovic.

Schedule and results

Arizona in 2002, game by game: won vs. Northern Arizona 37–3; won vs. Utah 23–17; lost at No. 22 Wisconsin 10–31; won vs. North Texas 14–9; lost vs. No. 8 Oregon 14–31; lost at No. 22 Washington 28–32; lost at Stanford 6–16; lost vs. No. 9 Washington State 13–21; lost at Oregon State 3–38; lost vs. UCLA 7–37; won at California 52–41; lost vs. Arizona State 20–34+34−35Won 37–3 vs. Northern Arizona+34Northern ArizonaWon 23–17 vs. Utah+6UtahLost 10–31 at No. 22 Wisconsin-21No. 22 WisconsinWon 14–9 vs. North Texas+5North TexasLost 14–31 vs. No. 8 Oregon-17No. 8 OregonLost 28–32 at No. 22 Washington-4No. 22 WashingtonLost 6–16 at Stanford-10StanfordLost 13–21 vs. No. 9 Washington State-8No. 9 Washington StateLost 3–38 at Oregon State-35Oregon StateLost 7–37 vs. UCLA-30UCLAWon 52–41 at California+11CaliforniaLost 20–34 vs. Arizona State-14Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsNorthern ArizonaW 37–⁠382%
Sep 14vsUtahW 23–⁠1743%
Sep 21at22WisconsinL 10–⁠3136%
Sep 28vsNorth TexasW 14–⁠971%
Oct 5vs8OregonL 14–⁠3132%
Oct 12at22WashingtonL 28–⁠3232%
Oct 19atStanfordL 6–⁠1641%
Oct 26vs9Washington StateL 13–⁠2132%
Nov 2atOregon StateL 3–⁠3826%
Nov 9vsUCLAL 7–⁠3732%
Nov 16atCaliforniaW 52–⁠4126%
Nov 29vsArizona StateL 20–⁠3448%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 34–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2002.

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
227–⁠310
Coach
John Mackovic
Elo
1430 −60 this season
SP+ rating
-2.7 No. 69 of 117; offense No. 97, defense No. 42
SRS
−3.5 No. 71 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 33
Offensive coordinator
Rick Dykes
Defensive coordinator
Larry Mac Duff
Offense
Spread
Defense
Double Eagle Flex

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Biren Ealy WR★★★No. 266
Paul Phillip SDE★★★No. 414
Tim Volk WDE★★★No. 670
Marcus Smith WDE★★★No. 670
Lamon Means S★★★No. 670

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs12.00.767
Receivers22.50.817
Offensive line22.00.767
Defensive line33.00.811
Linebackers12.00.767
Defensive backs22.50.783
Athletes and specialists22.00.767
Whole class132.40.787

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 3Lance Briggs LBChicago Bears
Rd 5Bobby Wade WRChicago Bears
Rd 6Makoa Freitas OTIndianapolis Colts

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2002 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2002 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠111–⁠24
Washington State7–⁠110–⁠310
Arizona State5–⁠38–⁠6
Oregon State4–⁠48–⁠5
UCLA4–⁠48–⁠5
California4–⁠47–⁠5
Washington4–⁠47–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠57–⁠6
Arizona1–⁠74–⁠8
Stanford1–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.