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2002 San Diego State

4–⁠9 (4–⁠3 Mountain West Conference), coached by Tom Craft.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 2002, game by game: lost at Fresno State 14–16; lost at No. 17 Colorado 14–34; lost vs. Arizona State 28–39; lost at Idaho 38–48; lost vs. UCLA 7–43; won vs. Utah 36–17; won at Wyoming 24–20; won vs. UNLV 31–21; lost at BYU 10–34; lost at New Mexico 8–15; lost vs. No. 21 Colorado State 21–49; won at Air Force 38–34; lost at Hawai’i 40–41+19−36Lost 14–16 at Fresno State-2Fresno StateLost 14–34 at No. 17 Colorado-20No. 17 ColoradoLost 28–39 vs. Arizona State-11Arizona StateLost 38–48 at Idaho-10IdahoLost 7–43 vs. UCLA-36UCLAWon 36–17 vs. Utah+19UtahWon 24–20 at Wyoming+4WyomingWon 31–21 vs. UNLV+10UNLVLost 10–34 at BYU-24BYULost 8–15 at New Mexico-7New MexicoLost 21–49 vs. No. 21 Colorado State-28No. 21 Colorado StateWon 38–34 at Air Force+4Air ForceLost 40–41 at Hawai’i-1Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29atFresno StateL 14–⁠1622%
Sep 7at17ColoradoL 14–⁠3420%
Sep 14vsArizona StateL 28–⁠3944%
Sep 21atIdahoL 38–⁠4850%
Sep 28vsUCLAL 7–⁠4329%
Oct 12vsUtahW 36–⁠1728%
Oct 19atWyomingW 24–⁠2053%
Oct 26vsUNLVW 31–⁠2146%
Nov 2atBYUL 10–⁠3434%
Nov 9atNew MexicoL 8–⁠1533%
Nov 16vs21Colorado StateL 21–⁠4923%
Nov 23atAir ForceW 38–⁠3421%
Dec 7atHawai’iL 40–⁠4119%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 41–⁠40; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Mountain West Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 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.

Led the nationJ.R. Tolver: receiving yards (1,785 yds)

Record
4–⁠9
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 3rd in Mountain West Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
309–⁠411
Coach
Tom Craft
Elo
1401 −14 this season
SP+ rating
-6.7 No. 77 of 117; offense No. 75, defense No. 83
SRS
−7.8 No. 81 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 60
Defensive coordinator
Thom Kaumeyer
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Denny Flanagan S★★No. 898
Brandon Rager DT★★No. 898
Carl McCullough CB★★No. 898

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Defensive line12.00.767
Defensive backs22.00.767
Whole class32.00.767

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.

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 5J.R. Tolver WRMiami Dolphins

2002 Mountain West Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠110–⁠4
New Mexico5–⁠27–⁠7
Air Force4–⁠38–⁠5
San Diego State4–⁠34–⁠9
Utah3–⁠45–⁠6
UNLV3–⁠45–⁠7
BYU2–⁠55–⁠7
Wyoming1–⁠62–⁠10

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