2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2002 Wisconsin Badgers football
Alamo Bowl Champions
Alamo Bowl, W 31–28 ^OT vs. Colorado
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2002 record	8–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (13th year)
Offensive coordinator	Brian White
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Cosgrove
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 76,634,^[1] Astroturf)

2002 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 Ohio State $+		8	–	0		14	–	0
#8 Iowa %+		8	–	0		11	–	2
#9 Michigan		6	–	2		10	–	3
#16 Penn State		5	–	3		9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4		7	–	6
Illinois		4	–	4		5	–	7
Minnesota		3	–	5		8	–	5
Wisconsin		2	–	6		8	–	6
Michigan State		2	–	6		4	–	8
Northwestern		1	–	7		3	–	9
Indiana		1	–	7		3	–	9

# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative + – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll^[2]

The 2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 23	7:00 PM	Fresno State*	No. 25	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (John Thompson Foundation Classic^[3])	ESPN	W 23–21	75,136^[4]
August 31	6:45 PM	at UNLV*		Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	ESPN2	W 27–7	42,075^[4]
September 7	11:00 AM	West Virginia*	No. 25	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 34–17	76,320^[4]
September 14	11:00 AM	Northern Illinois*	No. 22	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN+	W 24–21	77,460^[4]
September 21	11:00 AM	Arizona*	No. 22	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN2	W 31–10	78,582^[4]
October 5	2:30 PM	No. 20 Penn State	No. 19	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ABC	L 31–34	79,403^[4]
October 12	11:00 AM	at Indiana	No. 23	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPN+	L 29–32	31,156^[4]
October 19	2:30 PM	No. 4 Ohio State		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ABC	L 14–19	79,729^[4]
October 26	6:00 PM	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	W 42–24	74,507^[4]
November 2	11:00 AM	at No. 9 Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPN	L 3–20	70,397^[4]
November 9	11:00 AM	Illinois		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPN+	L 20–37	78,709^[4]
November 16	11:00 AM	No. 12 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN2	L 14–21	110,412^[4]
November 23	11:00 AM	Minnesota		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN	W 49–31	78,843^[4]
December 28	7:00 PM	vs. No. 14 Colorado*		Alamodome • San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	W 31–28 ^OT	50,690^[4]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Season summary

Coming off a disappointing 5–7 2001 season, the Badgers of 2002 wanted improvement. Despite amazing statistics from WR Lee Evans and RB Anthony Davis, the Badgers had issues closing out games, and an overworked defense managed lackluster efforts when the team could hardly afford them.

In the spring game, Wisconsin's offense suffered a devastating blow when top receiver Lee Evans was lost for the season with a torn ACL. Evan's loss was a significant blow, but despite it, Wisconsin managed to start off the season by winning all five of their nonconference games. From there, though, things did not go Wisconsin's way; the Badgers lost their first three Big Ten games by less than 7 points. Among those was a near-upset of eventual National Champion Ohio State, a 19–14 Ohio State win that was Jim Tressel's first over the Badgers (having lost 20–17 to Wisconsin the previous year). After going 0–3 to open their Big Ten slate, Wisconsin defeated Michigan State in Spartan Stadium 42–24 for their first conference win of the season. After that game, Wisconsin would lose their next 3 games against Big Ten opponents, including a 20–3 loss to Big Ten co-champion Iowa, and yet another close game against a Lloyd Carr-coached Michigan team. The loss to Michigan dropped Wisconsin to 1–6 in Big Ten play.

To close out the regular season, Wisconsin finally put together a complete game in a 49–31 blowout of rival Minnesota, taking back Paul Bunyan's Axe and keeping Minnesota's losing streak in Camp Randall alive. The Badgers improved to 7–6 on the season.

Wisconsin was awarded a berth in the Alamo Bowl, having gotten the required 6 wins in the regular season, and faced Colorado, a Big Twelve opponent that had won the Big Twelve North outright and lost the Big Twelve Championship Game 29–7 to Oklahoma. At 9-4, Colorado entered the game ranked 14th in the nation, and hoping for a ten-win season. But Wisconsin managed to keep up with Colorado, and won the game 31–28 in overtime for their 8th win of the season, knocking Colorado to 9–5 on the year.

For Wisconsin, Freshman WR Jonathan Orr put together a good season in the absence of Lee Evans, catching 47 passes for 842 yards, with 8 receiving touchdowns. RB Anthony Davis ran for 1,555 yards on 300 carries, with 13 touchdowns.^[6] QB Brooks Bollinger, in his senior season, completed 131 passes on 245 attempts for 1,758 yards and 14 touchdowns, with just 4 interceptions.^[6]

Game summaries

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fresno St	7	0	7	7	21
• Wisconsin	0	10	7	6	23

Date: August 23
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST

Scoring summary

1	FRES	Bernard Berrian 22 yard pass from Jeff Grady (Asen Asparuhov kick)	Fresno St 7–0

2	WIS	Matt Bernstein 1 yard run (Mike Allen kick)	Tie 7–7

2	WIS	Mike Allen 27 yard field goal	Wisconsin 10–7

3	FRES	Adam Jennings 8 yard pass from Jeff Grady (Asen Asparuhov kick)	Fresno St 14–10

3	WIS	Matt Bernstein 3 yard run (Mike Allen kick)	Wisconsin 17–14

4	WIS	Mike Allen 35 yard field goal	Wisconsin 20–14

4	FRES	Alec Greco 23 yard pass from Jeff Grady (Asen Asparuhov kick)	Fresno St 21–20

4	WIS	Mike Allen 34 yard field goal	Wisconsin 23–21

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UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wisconsin	0	24	0	3	27
UNLV	0	7	0	0	7

Date: August 31
Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
Game start: 8:45 p.m. EST

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West Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
West Virginia	0	3	7	7	17
• Wisconsin	7	27	0	0	34

Date: September 7
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

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Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
N Illinois	3	3	3	12	21
• Wisconsin	0	10	7	7	24

Date: September 14
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

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Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Arizona	0	0	7	3	10
• Wisconsin	0	24	7	0	31

Date: September 21
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

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Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Penn St	10	11	7	6	34
Wisconsin	0	14	6	11	31

Date: October 5
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST

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Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	6	10	13	0	29
• Indiana	3	7	7	15	32

Date: October 12
Location: Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

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Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio St	10	3	0	6	19
Wisconsin	7	7	0	0	14

Date: October 19
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST

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Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wisconsin	21	7	7	7	42
Michigan St	0	3	14	7	24

Date: October 26
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Game start: 7:05 p.m. EST

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Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	3	0	0	3
• Iowa	0	10	10	0	20

Date: November 2
Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game start: 12:05 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 70,397
Television network: ESPN

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Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Illinois	10	14	3	10	37
Wisconsin	3	10	7	0	20

Date: November 9
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:10 p.m. EST

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Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	7	7	0	0	14
• Michigan	14	0	7	0	21

Date: November 16
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 12:05 p.m. EST

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Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	3	11	10	7	31
• Wisconsin	7	14	7	21	49

Date: November 23
Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin
Game start: 12:05 p.m. EST

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Alamo Bowl

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colorado	14	0	14	0	0	28
• Wisconsin	7	14	0	7	3	31

Date: December 28
Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST

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Regular starters

Position	Player
Quarterback	Brooks Bollinger
Running Back	Anthony Davis
Fullback	Matt Bernstein
Wide Receiver	Darrin Charles
Wide Receiver	Jonathan Orr
Tight End	Tony Paciotti
Left Tackle	Ben Johnson
Left Guard	Dan Buenning
Center	Al Johnson
Right Guard	Jonathan Clinkscale
Right Tackle	Jason Jowers

Position	Player
Defensive End	Jake Sprague
Defensive Tackle	Anttaj Hawthorne
Defensive Tackle	Jason Jefferson
Defensive End	Erasmus James
Outside Linebacker	Alex Lewis
Inside Linebacker	Jeff Mack
Outside Linebacker	Kareem Timbers
Cornerback	Scott Starks
Strong Safety	Jim Leonhard
Free Safety	Ryan Aiello
Cornerback	B.J. Tucker

Team players selected in the 2003 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall Selection	NFL Team
Al Johnson	Center	2	38	Dallas Cowboys
B.J. Tucker	Cornerback	6	178	New York Jets
Brooks Bollinger	Quarterback	6	200	Miami Dolphins
Ben Johnson	Offensive Tackle	7	216	Detroit Lions

References

↑ http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/college_football_2002_schedules/wisconsin.htm
↑ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
↑ Stapleton, Arnie (August 24, 2002). "Late FG Lifts Wisconsin". The Beaufort Gazette. Associated Press. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "The Automated ScoreBook For Football" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Department of Athletics.
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Wisconsin Badgers football

Venues	Randall Field (1895-1916) Camp Randall Stadium (1917–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Heartland Trophy) Minnesota (Slab of Bacon, 1930–1943; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present) Nebraska (Freedom Trophy)

Culture & lore	Bucky Badger "On, Wisconsin!" Marching band "Jump Around" Tall Grass Game

People	Head coaches Players in the NFL Draft Statistical leaders

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