2002 Purdue

• Biggest winBeat Illinois State 51–⁠10Aug 31

  By 41 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Aug 31	vsIllinois State	W 51–⁠10		85%
Sep 7	at23Notre Dame	L 17–⁠24		35%
Sep 14	vsWestern Michigan	W 28–⁠24		61%
Sep 21	vsWake Forest	L 21–⁠24		67%
Sep 28	vsMinnesota	W 28–⁠15		50%
Oct 5	at24Iowa	L 28–⁠31		34%
Oct 12	atIllinois	L 31–⁠38		46%
Oct 19	vs11Michigan	L 21–⁠23		35%
Oct 26	atNorthwestern	W 42–⁠13		59%
Nov 9	vs3Ohio State	L 6–⁠10		30%
Nov 16	atMichigan State	W 45–⁠42		48%
Nov 23	vsIndiana	W 34–⁠10		78%
Dec 31Bowls & playoff	vsWashingtonSun Bowl	W 34–⁠24		39%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

• Anthony SpencerLinebacker
• Nick HardwickCenter
• Niko KoutouvidesLinebacker
• Shaun PhillipsDefensive end
• Kyle OrtonQuarterback
• Taylor StubblefieldReceiver
• Stuart SchweigertDefensive back
• Uche NwaneriGuard
• Joe OdomLinebacker
• Brandon KirschQuarterback

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.

A trip inside the 40 is a drive that reaches the opponent’s 40-yard line; points per trip is how many it scored on average (allowed, on defense). Average start is where drives began (the defense’s line is where its opponents started). Havoc is the share of plays ending in a tackle for loss, a forced fumble, an interception or a pass broken up. From CollegeFootballData.com.

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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Ohio State	8–⁠0	14–⁠0	1
Iowa	8–⁠0	11–⁠2	8
Michigan	6–⁠2	10–⁠3	9
Penn State	5–⁠3	9–⁠4	16
Purdue	4–⁠4	7–⁠6
Illinois	4–⁠4	5–⁠7
Minnesota	3–⁠5	8–⁠5
Wisconsin	2–⁠6	8–⁠6
Michigan State	2–⁠6	4–⁠8
Northwestern	1–⁠7	3–⁠9
Indiana	1–⁠7	3–⁠9

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