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2002 Baylor

3–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Big 12), coached by Kevin Steele.

Schedule and results

Baylor in 2002, game by game: lost at California 22–70; won vs. Samford 50–12; lost at New Mexico 0–23; won vs. Tulsa 37–25; won vs. Kansas 35–32; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–41; lost at No. 23 Colorado 0–34; lost vs. No. 20 Kansas State 10–44; lost at Texas Tech 11–62; lost at No. 4 Texas 0–41; lost vs. No. 4 Oklahoma 9–49; lost at Oklahoma State 28–63+38−51Lost 22–70 at California-48CaliforniaWon 50–12 vs. Samford+38SamfordLost 0–23 at New Mexico-23New MexicoWon 37–25 vs. Tulsa+12TulsaWon 35–32 vs. Kansas+3KansasLost 0–41 vs. Texas A&M-41Texas A&MLost 0–34 at No. 23 Colorado-34No. 23 ColoradoLost 10–44 vs. No. 20 Kansas State-34No. 20 Kansas StateLost 11–62 at Texas Tech-51Texas TechLost 0–41 at No. 4 Texas-41No. 4 TexasLost 9–49 vs. No. 4 Oklahoma-40No. 4 OklahomaLost 28–63 at Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atCaliforniaL 22–⁠7040%
Sep 7vsSamfordW 50–⁠1270%
Sep 14atNew MexicoL 0–⁠2328%
Sep 21vsTulsaW 37–⁠2565%
Oct 5vsKansasW 35–⁠3254%
Oct 12vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠4130%
Oct 19at23ColoradoL 0–⁠3413%
Oct 26vs20Kansas StateL 10–⁠4423%
Nov 2atTexas TechL 11–⁠6216%
Nov 9at4TexasL 0–⁠416%
Nov 16vs4OklahomaL 9–⁠4910%
Nov 23atOklahoma StateL 28–⁠6320%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 63–⁠28; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 117th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 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
3–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 11th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
202–⁠496
Coach
Kevin Steele
Elo
1299 −74 this season
SP+ rating
-16.0 No. 100 of 117; offense No. 89, defense No. 104
SRS
−19.2 No. 109 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 36
Offensive coordinator
Dave Baldwin
Defensive coordinator
Bob Trott
Offense
Multiple pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Shawn Bell PRO★★★No. 670
Trent Shelton WR★★★No. 670
Travis Farst OT★★★No. 670
Nathan Uranga OLB★★★No. 670
Corey Ford SDE★★★No. 670

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.800
Receivers32.70.789
Offensive line22.50.783
Defensive line13.00.800
Linebackers23.00.800
Defensive backs12.00.767
Athletes and specialists22.00.767
Whole class122.60.786

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 7Ethan Kelley DTNew England Patriots

All-Big 12

1 second team

Second team

  • Reggie NewhouseWRCoaches-2; Media-2

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

2002 Big 12 standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado7–⁠19–⁠520
Oklahoma6–⁠212–⁠25
Kansas State6–⁠211–⁠27
Texas6–⁠211–⁠26
Texas Tech5–⁠39–⁠5
Oklahoma State5–⁠38–⁠5
Iowa State4–⁠47–⁠7
Nebraska3–⁠57–⁠7
Texas A&M3–⁠56–⁠6
Missouri2–⁠65–⁠7
Baylor1–⁠73–⁠9
Kansas0–⁠82–⁠10

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