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2002 Stanford

2–⁠9 (1–⁠7 Pac-10), coached by Buddy Teevens.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 2002, game by game: lost at Boston College 27–34; won vs. San José State 63–26; lost at Arizona State 24–65; lost at No. 9 Notre Dame 7–31; lost vs. No. 12 Washington State 11–36; won vs. Arizona 16–6; lost at UCLA 18–28; lost at No. 19 Oregon 14–41; lost vs. No. 10 USC 17–49; lost vs. Oregon State 21–31; lost at California 7–30+37−41Lost 27–34 at Boston College-7Boston CollegeWon 63–26 vs. San José State+37San José StateLost 24–65 at Arizona State-41Arizona StateLost 7–31 at No. 9 Notre Dame-24No. 9 Notre DameLost 11–36 vs. No. 12 Washington State-25No. 12 Washington StateWon 16–6 vs. Arizona+10ArizonaLost 18–28 at UCLA-10UCLALost 14–41 at No. 19 Oregon-27No. 19 OregonLost 17–49 vs. No. 10 USC-32No. 10 USCLost 21–31 vs. Oregon State-10Oregon StateLost 7–30 at California-23California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7atBoston CollegeL 27–⁠3444%
Sep 14vsSan José StateW 63–⁠2676%
Sep 28atArizona StateL 24–⁠6551%
Oct 5at9Notre DameL 7–⁠3132%
Oct 12vs12Washington StateL 11–⁠3643%
Oct 19vsArizonaW 16–⁠659%
Oct 26atUCLAL 18–⁠2832%
Nov 2at19OregonL 14–⁠4122%
Nov 9vs10USCL 17–⁠4932%
Nov 16vsOregon StateL 21–⁠3143%
Nov 23atCaliforniaL 7–⁠3035%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 30–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 88th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
2–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠7 tied for 9th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked
Points
225–⁠377
Coach
Buddy Teevens
Elo
1423 −158 this season
SP+ rating
-0.9 No. 68 of 117; offense No. 63, defense No. 65
SRS
−3.7 No. 72 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 32
Offensive coordinator
Mike Sanford
Defensive coordinator
Tom Williams
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Trent Edwards PRO★★★★★No. 25
Julian Jenkins WDE★★★★★No. 30
Trevor Hooper S★★★No. 670
T.J. Rushing CB★★★No. 670
Gerald Commissiong S★★★No. 670

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks15.00.989
Offensive line22.00.767
Defensive line15.00.986
Linebackers22.00.767
Defensive backs33.00.800
Athletes and specialists12.00.767
Whole class102.90.821

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 1Kwame Harris OTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 2Teyo Johnson TEOakland Raiders
Rd 4Colin Branch DBCarolina Panthers
Rd 7Casey Moore RBCarolina Panthers

All-Pac-10

1 first team

First 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.