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2002 Washington

7–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Rick Neuheisel.

Schedule and results

Washington in 2002, game by game: lost at No. 13 Michigan 29–31; won vs. San José State 34–10; won vs. Wyoming 38–7; won vs. Idaho 41–27; lost vs. California 27–34; won vs. Arizona 32–28; lost at No. 19 USC 21–41; lost at No. 23 Arizona State 16–27; lost vs. UCLA 24–34; won vs. Oregon State 41–29; won at No. 23 Oregon 42–14; won at No. 3 Washington State 29–26; lost vs. Purdue 24–34+31−20Lost 29–31 at No. 13 Michigan-2No. 13 MichiganWon 34–10 vs. San José State+24San José StateWon 38–7 vs. Wyoming+31WyomingWon 41–27 vs. Idaho+14IdahoLost 27–34 vs. California-7CaliforniaWon 32–28 vs. Arizona+4ArizonaLost 21–41 at No. 19 USC-20No. 19 USCLost 16–27 at No. 23 Arizona State-11No. 23 Arizona StateLost 24–34 vs. UCLA-10UCLAWon 41–29 vs. Oregon State+12Oregon StateWon 42–14 at No. 23 Oregon+28No. 23 OregonWon 29–26 at No. 3 Washington State+3No. 3 Washington StateLost 24–34 vs. Purdue-10Purdue
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31at13MichiganL 29–⁠3139%
Sep 7vsSan José StateW 34–⁠1076%
Sep 21vsWyomingW 38–⁠788%
Sep 28vsIdahoW 41–⁠2786%
Oct 5vsCaliforniaL 27–⁠3476%
Oct 12vsArizonaW 32–⁠2868%
Oct 19at19USCL 21–⁠4138%
Oct 26at23Arizona StateL 16–⁠2740%
Nov 2vsUCLAL 24–⁠3449%
Nov 9vsOregon StateW 41–⁠2947%
Nov 16at23OregonW 42–⁠1428%
Nov 23at3Washington StateW 29–⁠2628%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsPurdueSun BowlL 24–⁠3461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Purdue 34–⁠24 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 9
  2. Wk 2: 11
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 6: 13
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Wk 8: 22
  9. Wk 9: 22

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.

Consensus All-AmericanReggie Williams, WR

Record
7–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
398–⁠342
Coach
Rick Neuheisel
Elo
1589 +2 this season
SP+ rating
12.4 No. 34 of 117; offense No. 21, defense No. 47
SRS
9.7 No. 28 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 17
Offensive coordinator
Keith Gilbertson
Defensive coordinator
Tim Hundley
Captains
Paul Arnold, Ben Mahdavi, Jafar Williams and Elliot Zajac
Most valuable player
Cody Pickett and Ben Mahdavi
Offense
Spread
Defense
Multiple

Drives and havoc

Points per trip inside the 40Average startHavoc
Offense0.0own 34— allowed
Defense-1.1own 35— caused

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.

Top recruits in the 2002 class

Nathan Rhodes OT★★★★★No. 13
Donny Mateaki SDE★★★★No. 69
Isaiah Stanback DUAL★★★★No. 119
Jordan Slye ATH★★★No. 670
Robin Kezirian OG★★★No. 670

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

The 2002 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks14.00.931
Running backs13.00.800
Offensive line24.00.897
Defensive line14.00.970
Athletes and specialists23.00.800
Whole class73.60.871

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-Pac-10

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Cody PickettQBCoaches-2
  • Kai EllisDLCoaches-2
  • Derrick JohnsonDBCoaches-2
  • John AndersonKCoaches-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 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.