American college football season
2002 Houston Cougars football |
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Conference | Conference USA |
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Record | 5–7 (3–5 C-USA) |
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Head coach | |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Dave Warner (2nd season) |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Clancy Barone (2nd season) |
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Offensive scheme | Spread |
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Co-defensive coordinator | Dick Bumpas (4th season) |
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Co-defensive coordinator | Bradley Dale Peveto (3rd season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Robertson Stadium |
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The 2002 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH represented the University of Houston in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 57th year of season play for Houston.[1] The team was coached by Dana Dimel, who was fired after the season.[2] The team played its home games at Robertson Stadium, a 32,000-person capacity stadium on-campus in Houston.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | at Rice* | | | W 24–10 | 30,747 |
September 7 | 7:00 pm | Tulane | | | L 13–34 | 16,307 |
September 14 | 7:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette* | - Robertson Stadium
- Houston, TX
| | W 36–17 | 19,569 |
September 21 | 7:00 pm | at No. 3 Texas* | | PPV | L 11–41 | 82,936 |
October 5 | 2:00 pm | at TCU | | | L 17–34 | 24,088 |
October 12 | 2:00 pm | at UAB | | | L 34–51 | 13,897 |
October 19 | 2:00 pm | Army | - Robertson Stadium
- Houston, TX
| | W 56–42 | 16,469 |
November 2 | 1:00 pm | at Memphis | | | W 26–21 | 20,532 |
November 9 | 2:00 pm | East Carolina | - Robertson Stadium
- Houston, TX
| | L 48–54 3OT | 13,669 |
November 16 | 12:00 pm | at Cincinnati | | | L 14–47 | 14,023 |
November 23 | 2:00 pm | South Florida* | - Robertson Stadium
- Houston, TX
| FSN | L 14–32 | 12,856 |
November 30 | 2:00 pm | Louisville | - Robertson Stadium
- Houston, TX
| | W 27–10 | 11,048 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster
2002 Houston Cougars football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 7 | Dustin Bell | Fr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
Roster Last update: 2002-10-17 |
Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 2002, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
References
- ^ "2002 Football Schedule". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Duarte, Joseph (August 10, 2022). "Dana Dimel lauds UH's success despite rough tenure of his own". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
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