2002 Texas A&M Aggies football team

The 2002 Texas A&M Aggies football team completed the season with a 6–6 record. The Aggies had a regular season Big 12 record of 3–5. Head coach R. C. Slocum was fired at the end of the season and replaced by Dennis Franchione. Despite finishing the season bowl eligible, the Aggies did not participate in a bowl game.

2002 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Division	South Division
Record	6–6 (3–5 Big 12)
Head coach	R. C. Slocum (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dino Babers (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kevin Sumlin (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kyle Field

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	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*	No. 23	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 31–7	75,087
September 7	11:00 am	at Pittsburgh*	No. 20	Heinz Field Pittsburgh, PA	ESPN	W 14–12	45,489
September 21	2:30 pm	No. 7 Virginia Tech*	No. 19	Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	L 3–13	83,746
September 28	6:00 pm	Louisiana Tech*	No. 24	Kyle Field College Station, TX		W 31–3	72,802
October 5	1:00 pm	Texas Tech	No. 23	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		L 47–48 OT	86,478
October 12	11:30 am	at Baylor		Floyd Casey Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	W 41–0	38,673
October 19	1:00 pm	at Kansas		Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		W 47–22	34,000
October 26	6:00 pm	Nebraska		Kyle Field College Station, TX	TBS	L 31–38	81,054
November 2	11:30 am	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	FSN	L 23–28	47,607
November 9	2:30 pm	No. 1 Oklahoma		Kyle Field College Station, TX	ABC	W 30–26	84,036
November 16	1:00 pm	Missouri		Kyle Field College Station, TX		L 27–33 2OT	78,186
November 29	11:00 am	at No. 10 Texas		Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	ABC	L 20–50	83,711
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Louisiana-Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana-Lafayette	0	0	0	7	7
Texas A&M	0	3	14	14	31

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	7	7	0	14
#23 Pittsburgh	0	0	0	12	12

Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Virginia Tech	0	3	3	7	13
Texas A&M	3	0	0	0	3

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Louisiana Tech	0	3	0	0	3
Texas A&M	10	7	0	14	31

Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Texas Tech	7	10	0	24	7	48
Texas A&M	14	14	7	6	6	47

Baylor

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	3	14	17	41
Baylor	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	0	24	7	16	47
Kansas	0	0	7	15	22

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nebraska	7	7	7	17	38
Texas A&M	14	7	10	0	31

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	7	9	0	23
Oklahoma State	7	21	0	0	28

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Oklahoma	7	6	10	3	26
Texas A&M	0	13	14	3	30

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Missouri	3	14	0	7	3	6	33
Texas A&M	3	0	7	14	3	0	27

Texas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas A&M	7	0	7	6	20
#9 Texas	9	14	7	20	50

Roster

2002 Texas A&M Aggies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 9 Bethel Johnson Sr QB 18 Dustin Long So QB 16 Reggie McNeal Fr WR 5 Terrence Murphy So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 94 Ty Warren Sr DE 99 David Ross  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach R. C. Slocum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt