2002 Kansas Jayhawks football team

The 2002 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Mark Mangino and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

2002 Kansas Jayhawks football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	North
Record	2–10 (0–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Mangino (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Nick Quartaro (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (1st season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,250)

2002 Big 12 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 20 Colorado xy		7	–	1					9	–	5
No. 7 Kansas State		6	–	2					11	–	2
Iowa State		4	–	4					7	–	7
Nebraska		3	–	5					7	–	7
Missouri		2	–	6					5	–	7
Kansas		0	–	8					2	–	10
South Division
No. 5 Oklahoma xy$		6	–	2					12	–	2
No. 6 Texas x		6	–	2					11	–	2
Texas Tech		5	–	3					9	–	5
Oklahoma State		5	–	3					8	–	5
Texas A&M		3	–	5					6	–	6
Baylor		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Oklahoma 29, Colorado 7
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	11:30 a.m.	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	FSN	L 3–45	40,026
September 7	9:00 p.m.	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		L 20–31	25,109
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Southwest Missouri State*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 44–24	40,500
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Bowling Green*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 16–39	37,000
September 28	6:00 p.m.	at Tulsa*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK		W 43–33	17,893
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at Baylor	Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX		L 32–35	22,103
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Colorado	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 29–53	34,500
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Texas A&M	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 22–47	34,000
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at Missouri	Faurot Field Columbia, MO (Border War)		L 12–36	60,287
November 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 14 Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (Sunflower Showdown)		L 0–64	43,000
November 9	12:30 p.m.	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		L 7–45	77,351
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Oklahoma State	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 20–55	27,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2002 Kansas Jayhawks football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Byron Gasaway Sr WR 3 Jerome Lewis Fr QB 4 Bill Whittemore Jr QB 13 Zach Dyer Sr QB 14 Brian Luke  Fr WR 34 Charles Gordon Fr TE 87 Adrian Jones Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 Kevin Kane Fr DE 92 David McMillan So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class KR 5 Neight Jacks  Sr	Head coach Mark Mangino Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-09-04