2002 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2002 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Dennis Erickson in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Beavers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play, placing in a four-way tie for fourth in the Pac-10. Oregon State was invited to the Insight Bowl, where the Beavers lost to Pittsburgh. The team played home games at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

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)
Offensive scheme	Single-back spread
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bray (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captains	Nick Barnett Eric Manning James Newsom Richard Seigler
Home stadium	Reser Stadium
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
Oregon State		4	–	4					8	–	5
UCLA		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 2003, Erickson left for Oregon State to become head coach for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). Previous head coach Mike Riley was rehired to replace him.

Schedule

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

Game summaries

Oregon

Team	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

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