CollegeFootballDigestfrom CooperSearch

2002 Kansas

2–⁠10 (0–⁠8 Big 12), coached by Mark Mangino.

Schedule and results

Kansas in 2002, game by game: lost at Iowa State 3–45; lost at UNLV 20–31; won vs. Missouri State 44–24; lost vs. Bowling Green 16–39; won at Tulsa 43–33; lost at Baylor 32–35; lost vs. Colorado 29–53; lost vs. Texas A&M 22–47; lost at Missouri 12–36; lost vs. No. 14 Kansas State 0–64; lost at Nebraska 7–45; lost vs. Oklahoma State 20–55+20−64Lost 3–45 at Iowa State-42Iowa StateLost 20–31 at UNLV-11UNLVWon 44–24 vs. Missouri State+20Missouri StateLost 16–39 vs. Bowling Green-23Bowling GreenWon 43–33 at Tulsa+10TulsaLost 32–35 at Baylor-3BaylorLost 29–53 vs. Colorado-24ColoradoLost 22–47 vs. Texas A&M-25Texas A&MLost 12–36 at Missouri-24MissouriLost 0–64 vs. No. 14 Kansas State-64No. 14 Kansas StateLost 7–45 at Nebraska-38NebraskaLost 20–55 vs. Oklahoma State-35Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atIowa StateL 3–⁠4528%
Sep 7atUNLVL 20–⁠3133%
Sep 14vsMissouri StateW 44–⁠2471%
Sep 21vsBowling GreenL 16–⁠3935%
Sep 28atTulsaW 43–⁠3355%
Oct 5atBaylorL 32–⁠3546%
Oct 12vsColoradoL 29–⁠5327%
Oct 19vsTexas A&ML 22–⁠4726%
Oct 26atMissouriL 12–⁠3627%
Nov 2vs14Kansas StateL 0–⁠6421%
Nov 9atNebraskaL 7–⁠4511%
Nov 16vsOklahoma StateL 20–⁠5536%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 55–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Big 12.

In program history: The 124th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 131 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
2–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠8 12th in Big 12
AP final
Unranked
Points
248–⁠507
Coach
Mark Mangino
Elo
1286 −127 this season
SP+ rating
-20.9 No. 110 of 117; offense No. 83, defense No. 113
SRS
−19.4 No. 110 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 55
Offensive coordinator
Nick Quartaro
Defensive coordinator
Bill Young

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Derek Fine TE★★No. 898
Charles Gordon WR★★No. 898
Brandon Perkins TE★★No. 898
Kevin Kane ILB★★No. 898
Kyle Knighton ILB★★No. 898

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.767
Receivers42.00.767
Offensive line12.00.767
Linebackers22.00.767
Defensive backs22.00.767
Whole class102.00.767

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.

All-Big 12

1 second team

Second team

  • Greg ColeLBMedia-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.