2002 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2002 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled a 8–4 regular season record (4–4 in Pac-10, tied for fourth),^[1] but lost the Insight Bowl to the Pittsburgh Panthers in Phoenix on December 26.^[2]

2002 Oregon State Beavers football
Insight Bowl, L 13–38 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	8–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Lappano (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (3rd season)
Captain	Nick Barnett Eric Manning James Newsom Richard Seigler
Home stadium	Reser Stadium (Capacity: 35,362)
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Washington State $+		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 4 USC  %+		7	–	1					11	–	2
Arizona State		5	–	3					8	–	6
UCLA		4	–	4					8	–	5
Oregon State		4	–	4					8	–	5
California		4	–	4					7	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					7	–	6
Oregon		3	–	5					7	–	6
Arizona		1	–	7					4	–	8
Stanford		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

After the season in February, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers,^[3][4] and previous head coach Mike Riley was rehired.^[5][6]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 pm	Eastern Kentucky*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSNNW	W 49–10	35,546
September 5	4:00 pm	at Temple*		Franklin Field Philadelphia	FSNNW	W 35–3	20,162
September 14	4:00 pm	UNLV*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	TBS	W 47–17	36,121
September 21	3:30 pm	Fresno State*		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	FSN	W 59–19	36,457
September 28	3:30 pm	at No. 18 USC	No. 23	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	FSN	L 0–22	56,417
October 5	12:30 pm	UCLA		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon	ABC	L 35–43	36,529
October 12	7:00 pm	at Arizona State		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	FSNNW	L 9–13	47,434
October 26	1:00 pm	California		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 24–13	36,603
November 2	1:00 pm	Arizona		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon		W 38–3	36,644
November 9	12:30 pm	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle		L 29–41	72,557
November 16	2:00 pm	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, California		W 31–21	29,850
November 23	12:30 pm	Oregon		Reser Stadium Corvallis, Oregon (Civil War)	ABC	W 45–24	37,154
December 26	5:30 pm	vs. Pittsburgh*		Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, Arizona (Insight Bowl)	ESPN	L 13–38	40,533
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Source:^[7]

Roster

2002 Oregon State Beavers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 4 Deondre Alexander Jr QB 14 Derek Anderson So TE 84 Tim Euhus  Jr RB 34 Steven Jackson So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 42 Nick Barnett Sr DT 98 Dwan Edwards  Jr CB 8 Aric Williams  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dennis Erickson (4th year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Lappano (OC) Craig Bray (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Source:^[8][9]

Game summaries

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon 3 14 0 7 24 • Oregon State 10 14 14 7 45 Date: November 23 Location: Reser Stadium, Corvallis, Oregon Game start: 12:30 p.m. PST

Scoring summary 1 Oregon State Kirk Yliniemi 41-yard field goal Oregon State 3-0 1 Oregon Jared Siegel 22-yard field goal Tie 3-3 1 Oregon State Steven Jackson 16-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 10-3 2 Oregon State Steven Jackson 69-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 17-3 2 Oregon Keenan Howry 83-yard pass from Jason Fife (Jared Siegel kick) Oregon State 17-10 2 Oregon Jason Fife 12-yard run (Jared Siegel kick) Tie 17-17 2 Oregon State Shawn Kintner 10-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 24-17 3 Oregon State Kenny Farley 17-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 31-17 3 Oregon State Steven Jackson 1-yard run (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 38-17 4 Oregon Keenan Howry 63-yard punt return (Jared Siegel kick) Oregon State 38-24 4 Oregon State James Newson 40-yard pass from Derek Anderson (Kirk Yliniemi kick) Oregon State 45-24

Source^[1][10]

References

1. Clark, Bob (November 24, 2002). "Beavers blast sitting Ducks". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1D.
2. Rodman, Bob (December 27, 2002). "Beavers' second half is the pits". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1C.
3. Rodman, Bob (February 12, 2003). "Erickson strikes gold in San Francisco". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. C1.
4. Beacham, Greg (February 12, 2003). "49ers hire Erickson". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
5. Rodman, Bob (February 20, 2003). "Beavers give Riley second homecoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. E1.
6. "Riley returns to his roots, takes over at Oregon State". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). wire service reports. February 20, 2003. p. C2.
7. "OREGON STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Football". Archived from the original on January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
8. "Today's lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 23, 2002. p. 4D.
9. "Oregon State roster". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). December 26, 2002.
10. "Anderson Goes From Fan to Hero in 'Civil War'". ESPN. November 23, 2002. Archived from the original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2014.