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2002 California

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Jeff Tedford.

Schedule and results

California in 2002, game by game: won vs. Baylor 70–22; won vs. New Mexico State 34–13; won at No. 15 Michigan State 46–22; lost vs. Air Force 21–23; lost vs. No. 16 Washington State 38–48; won at No. 12 Washington 34–27; lost at No. 20 USC 28–30; won vs. UCLA 17–12; lost at Oregon State 13–24; won at No. 25 Arizona State 55–38; lost vs. Arizona 41–52; won vs. Stanford 30–7+48−11Won 70–22 vs. Baylor+48BaylorWon 34–13 vs. New Mexico State+21New Mexico StateWon 46–22 at No. 15 Michigan State+24No. 15 Michigan StateLost 21–23 vs. Air Force-2Air ForceLost 38–48 vs. No. 16 Washington State-10No. 16 Washington StateWon 34–27 at No. 12 Washington+7No. 12 WashingtonLost 28–30 at No. 20 USC-2No. 20 USCWon 17–12 vs. UCLA+5UCLALost 13–24 at Oregon State-11Oregon StateWon 55–38 at No. 25 Arizona State+17No. 25 Arizona StateLost 41–52 vs. Arizona-11ArizonaWon 30–7 vs. Stanford+23Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsBaylorW 70–⁠2260%
Sep 7vsNew Mexico StateW 34–⁠1356%
Sep 14at15Michigan StateW 46–⁠2225%
Sep 21vsAir ForceL 21–⁠2355%
Sep 28vs16Washington StateL 38–⁠4841%
Oct 5at12WashingtonW 34–⁠2724%
Oct 12at20USCL 28–⁠3028%
Oct 19vsUCLAW 17–⁠1241%
Oct 26atOregon StateL 13–⁠2435%
Nov 9at25Arizona StateW 55–⁠3831%
Nov 16vsArizonaL 41–⁠5274%
Nov 23vsStanfordW 30–⁠765%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 30–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 23

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
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 23
Points
427–⁠318
Coach
Jeff Tedford
Elo
1520 +135 this season
SP+ rating
12.6 No. 33 of 117; offense No. 8, defense No. 57
SRS
12.4 No. 20 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George Cortez
Defensive coordinator
Bob Gregory
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 1Kyle Boller QBBaltimore Ravens
Rd 1Nnamdi Asomugha DBOakland Raiders
Rd 6Scott Tercero OGSt. Louis Rams
Rd 7Tully Banta-Cain LBNew England Patriots

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 4 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.