2002 BYU Cougars football team

2002 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	5–7 (2–5 MW)
Head coach	Gary Crowton (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Borich (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Ken Schmidt (12th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium

2002 Mountain West Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Colorado State $		6	–	1					10	–	4
New Mexico		5	–	2					7	–	7
Air Force		4	–	3					8	–	5
San Diego State		4	–	3					4	–	9
Utah		3	–	4					5	–	6
UNLV		3	–	4					5	–	7
BYU		2	–	5					5	–	7
Wyoming		1	–	6					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	5:30 pm	Syracuse*		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	W 42–21	65,612
September 6	5:00 pm	Hawaii*		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	W 35–32	63,085
September 14	2:05 pm	at Nevada*	No. 24	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	SWP	L 28–31	23,109
September 21	1:30 pm	at Georgia Tech*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 19–28	43,719
October 4	7:00 pm	at Utah State*		Romney Stadium Logan, UT (Old Wagon Wheel)	SWP	W 35–34	30,341
October 12	8:00 pm	at No. 19 Air Force		Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	ESPN2	L 9–52	42,214
October 19	5:00 pm	UNLV		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	L 3–24	62,543
October 24	8:00 pm	at Colorado State		Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	L 10–37	29,457
November 2	1:00 pm	San Diego State		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN+	W 34–10	59,362
November 9	4:00 pm	Wyoming		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	W 35–31	61,689
November 16	4:00 pm	New Mexico		LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	SWP	L 16–20	60,764
November 23	1:00 pm	at Utah		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (Holy War)	ESPN+	L 6–13	45,167
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to the game

•SportsWest Productions (SWP) games were shown locally on KSL 5.

Roster

2002 BYU Cougars football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 85 Justin Anderson Sr G 64 Ben Archibald Sr QB 8 Matt Berry Fr WR 2 David Christensen Jr WR 80 Toby Christensen Jr QB 13 Bret Engemann Sr OL 64 Scott Jackson Jr WR 20 Reno Mahe Sr TE 89 Spencer Nead Sr G 75 Scott Young Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 46 Colby Bockwoldt Jr DE 92 John Denney So SS 33 Aaron Francisco So DL 56 Shaun Nua So LB 49 Brady Poppinga So DB 25 Mike Sumko Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Gary Crowton Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Syracuse

1 2 3 4 Total Syracuse 7 7 7 0 21 • BYU 7 14 6 15 42 Date: August 29 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 5:45 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 65,612 Game weather: 88 °F (31 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds SW 5 mph (8.0 km/h) Referee: Gene Steratore TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Dr. Jerry Punch

Scoring summary 1 8:14 BYU Andrew Ord 6-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7–0 1 3:43 SU Jamel Riddle 17-yard run (Colin Barber kick) TIED 7–7 2 14:46 BYU Toby Christensen 2-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) BYU 14–7 2 4:53 BYU Marcus Whalen 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 21–7 2 1:13 SU Damien Rhodes 5-yard run (Colin Barber kick) BYU 21–14 3 6:08 SU Damien Rhodes 4-yard run (Colin Barber kick) TIED 21–21 3 2:43 BYU Bret Engemann 3-yard run (kick failed) BYU 27–21 4 8:23 BYU David Christensen 50-yard pass from Bret Engemann (kick failed) BYU 33–21 4 6:33 BYU Matt Payne 31-yard field goal BYU 36–21 4 1:47 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (kick failed) BYU 42–21

Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total Hawaii 10 7 0 15 32 • BYU 0 14 14 7 35 Date: September 6 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 5:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 4:00 Game attendance: 63,085 Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Overcast, winds 0–2 mph (0.0–3.2 km/h) Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (ESPN): Jeff Hullinger, Todd Christensen, Alex Flanagan

Scoring summary 1 8:27 HAW Justin Ayat 22-yard field goal HAW 3–0 1 6:15 HAW Neal Gossett 6-yard pass from Jason Whieldon (Justin Ayat kick) HAW 10–0 2 12:38 BYU Marcus Whalen 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) HAW 10–7 2 8:07 HAW Thero Mitchell 4-yard run (Justin Ayat kick) HAW 17–7 2 0:22 BYU Toby Christensen 19-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) HAW 17–14 3 6:51 BYU Lance Pendleton 12-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 21–17 3 2:52 BYU Marcus Whalen 4-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 28–17 4 14:10 HAW Britton Komine 1-yard pass from Jason Whieldon (Justin Ayat kick) BYU 28–24 4 2:36 BYU Lance Pendleton 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 35–24 4 0:32 HAW Thero Mitchell 4-yard run (Clifton Herbert pass from Timmy Chang) BYU 35–32

Nevada

1 2 3 4 Total #RV/24 BYU 0 14 14 0 28 • Nevada 10 21 0 0 31 Date: September 14 Location: Mackay Stadium, Reno, NV Game start: 1:07 p.m. PDT Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 23,109 Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), Sunny w/ high clouds, winds light Referee: Gene Semko TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 3:31 UNR Damon Fine 41-yard field goal UNR 3–0 1 1:30 UNR Nate Burleson 95-yard pass from Zac Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) UNR 10–0 2 14:54 BYU Rod Wilkerson 31-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) UNR 10–7 2 11:02 UNR Dan Bythwood 16-yard pass from Zac Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) UNR 17–7 2 6:59 BYU Reno Mahe 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) UNR 17–14 2 0:48 UNR Eric Streelman 13-yard pass from Zac Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) UNR 24–14 2 0:01 UNR Tim Fleming 9-yard pass from Zac Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) UNR 31–14 3 10:21 BYU Marcus Whalen 30-yard run (Matt Payne kick) UNR 31–21 3 4:09 BYU Gabriel Reid 9-yard pass from Lance Pendleton (Matt Payne kick) UNR 31–28

Georgia Tech

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 10 9 0 19 • Georgia Tech 0 7 7 14 28 Date: September 21 Location: Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA Game start: 3:37 p.m. EDT Elapsed time: 3:33 Game attendance: 43,719 Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C), Cloudy, winds SSE 7 mph (11 km/h) Referee: Ken Flaherty TV announcers (ABC): Tim Brant, Ed Cunningham, Sam Ryan

Scoring summary 2 14:52 GT Tony Hollings 1-yard run (Luke Manget kick) GT 7–0 2 10:22 BYU Matt Payne 48-yard field goal GT 7–3 2 7:05 BYU Lance Pendleton 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 10–7 3 10:55 GT Ajenavi Eziemefe 1-yard run (Luke Manget kick) GT 14–10 3 6:52 BYU Matt payne 39-yard field goal GT 14–13 3 2:55 BYU Reno Mahe 17-yard pass from Lance Pendleton (pass failed) BYU 19–14 4 13:08 GT Tony Hollings 2-yard run (Luke Manget kick) GT 21–19 4 5:03 GT Tony Hollings 2-yard run (Luke Manget kick) GT 28–19

Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total • BYU 0 7 14 14 35 Utah State 3 31 0 0 34 Date: October 4 Location: Romney Stadium, Logan, UT Game start: 7:05 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 30,341 Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds Calm Referee: Ken Rivera TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 8:13 USU Dane Kidman 21-yard field goal USU 3–0 2 14:56 USU Richard Watson 1-yard run (Dane Kidman kick) USU 10–0 2 11:11 USU James Samuel 73-yard run (Dane Kidman kick) USU 17–0 2 7:47 BYU Curtis Brown 2-yard run (Matt Payne kick) USU 17–7 2 4:38 USU Kevin Curtis 14-yard run (Dane Kidman kick) USU 24–7 2 0:26 USU Dane Kidman 39-yard field goal USU 27–7 2 0:00 USU Jerome Dennis 76-yard interception return (Dane Kidman kick) USU 34–7 3 9:58 BYU Curtis Brown 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) USU 34–14 3 5:55 BYU Curtis Brown 32-yard run (Matt Payne kick) USU 34–21 4 9:55 BYU Jason Kukahiko 17-yard pass from Toby Christensen (Matt Payne kick) USU 34–28 4 6:46 BYU Gabriel Reid 18-yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) BYU 35–34

Air Force

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 3 0 0 6 9 • #21/19 Air Force 14 14 10 14 52 Date: October 12 Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, CO Game start: 8:06 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:07 Game attendance: 42,214 Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C), clear, winds SE 10–12 mph (16–19 km/h) Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (ESPN2): Jeff Hullinger, Todd Christensen, Stacy Paetz

Scoring summary 1 11:40 BYU Matt Payne 35-yard field goal BYU 3-0 1 5:43 AFA Chance Harridge 1-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 7-3 1 1:06 AFA Chance Harridge 4-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 14-3 2 13:04 AFA Darnell Stephens 7-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 21-3 2 10:23 AFA Chance Harridge 11-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 28-3 3 10:42 AFA Chance Harridge 1-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 35-3 3 4:16 AFA Joey Ashcroft 44-yard field goal AFA 38-3 4 6:17 AFA Adam Cole 1-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 45-3 4 5:36 BYU Gabriel Reid 13-yard pass from Matt Berry (pass intercepted) AFA 45-9 4 1:28 AFA Tim Gehrsitz 1-yard run (Joey Ashcroft kick) AFA 52-9

UNLV

1 2 3 4 Total • UNLV 3 0 6 15 24 BYU 0 3 0 0 3 Date: October 19 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 5:06 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 3:01 Game attendance: 62,543 Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), clear, winds N 2–3 mph (3.2–4.8 km/h) Referee: Ken Flaherty TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 11:24 UNLV Dillon Pieffer 27-yard field goal UNLV 3-0 2 8:10 BYU Matt Payne 24-yard field goal TIED 3-3 3 12:16 UNLV Jason Thomas 6-yard run (Michael Freund pass intercepted) UNLV 9-3 4 10:06 UNLV Jamaal Brimmer 27-yard fumble return (Earvin Johnson pass) UNLV 17-3 4 3:01 UNLV Chameio Sutton 38-yard interception return (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 24-3

Colorado State

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 0 10 0 0 10 • Colorado State 17 7 3 10 37 Date: October 24 Location: Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins, CO Game start: 8:06 p.m. MDT Elapsed time: 2:57 Game attendance: 29,457 Game weather: 31 °F (−1 °C), cold and overcast, winds SE 2 mph (3.2 km/h) Referee: Ken Rivera TV announcers (ESPN2): Jeff Hullinger, Todd Christensen, Stacy Paetz

Scoring summary 1 11:10 CSU Jeff Babcock 31-yard field goal CSU 3-0 1 9:05 CSU Cecil Sapp 7-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 10-0 1 2:44 CSU Brad Van Pelt 3-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 17-0 2 13:10 BYU Matt Berry 1-yard run (Matt Payne kick) CSU 17-7 2 3:44 BYU Matt Payne 25-yard field goal CSU 17-10 2 0:46 CSU Rahsaan Sanders 21-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 24-10 3 4:48 CSU Jeff Babcock 27-yard field goal CSU 27-10 4 7:16 CSU Cecil Saap 7-yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 34-10 4 3:19 CSU Jeff Babcock 40-yard field goal CSU 37-10

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total San Diego State 0 0 3 7 10 • BYU 10 10 6 8 34 Date: November 2 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 1:05 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:15 Game attendance: 59,362 Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C), clear, wind SW 5–7 mph (8.0–11.3 km/h) Referee: Jack Wood TV announcers (ESPN+): Gary Bender, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 1 9:09 BYU Matt Payne 49-yard field goal BYU 3-0 1 7:13 BYU Jason Kukahiko 37-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 10-0 2 3:59 BYU Marcus Whalen 4-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 17-0 2 0:03 BYU Matt Payne 47-yard field goal BYU 20-0 3 6:51 BYU Reno Mahe 4-yard pass from Matt Berry (Berry pass failed) BYU 26-0 3 4:11 SDSU Tommy Kirovski 40-yard field goal BYU 26-3 3 2:47 BYU Matt Payne 42-yard field goal BYU 26-3 4 14:55 SDSU J.R. Tolver 8-yard pass from Adam Hall (Tommy Kirovski kick) BYU 26-10 4 10:52 BYU Gabriel Reed 27-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Berry run) BYU 34-10

Wyoming

1 2 3 4 Total Wyoming 7 7 9 8 31 • BYU 0 21 7 7 35 Date: November 9 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 61,689 Game weather: 46 °F (8 °C), cloudy, wind N 2–5 mph (3.2–8.0 km/h) Referee: Gerald Wright TV announcers (SportsWest): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 13:14 WY Casey Bramlet 3-yard run (Scott Parker kick) WY 7-0 2 10:57 BYU Marcus Whalen 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) TIED 7-7 2 7:25 BYU Spencer Nead 15-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 14-7 2 5:58 WY Derek Armah 36-yard pass from Casey Bramlet (Scott Parker kick) TIED 14-14 2 3:27 BYU Lanc Pendleton 6-yard run (Matt Payne kick) BYU 21-14 3 12:09 WY Scott Parker 21-yard field goal BYU 21-17 3 7:25 BYU Andrew Ord 21-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 28-17 3 0:00 WY Jacque Finn 100-yard interception run (Casey Brmalet rush failed) BYU 28-23 4 9:10 WY Derek Armah 3-yard run (Malcolm Floyd pass) WY 31-28 4 3:28 BYU Gabriel Reid 4-yard pass from Matt Berry (Matt Payne kick) BYU 35-31

New Mexico

1 2 3 4 Total • New Mexico 0 14 0 6 20 BYU 10 3 3 0 16 Date: November 16 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT Game start: 4:07 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 60,764 Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), high thin clouds, no wind Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (SportsWest): Tom Kirkland, Blaine Fowler

Scoring summary 1 7:05 BYU Jon Burbidge 80-yard interception return (Matt Payne kick) BYU 7-0 1 0:15 BYU Matt Payne 32-yard field goal BYU 10-0 2 12:00 UNM Dontrell Moore 1-yard run (Kenny Byrd kick) BYU 10-7 2 2:52 UNM Dwight Counter 7-yard pass from Casey Kelly (Kenny Byrd kick) UNM 14-10 2 0:27 BYU Matt Payne 52-yard field goal UNM 14-13 3 6:20 BYU Matt Payne 37-yard field goal BYU 16-14 4 7:59 UNM Dontrell Moore 2-yard run (Moore rush failed) UNM 20-16

Utah

1 2 3 4 Total BYU 3 3 0 0 6 • Utah 0 0 10 3 13 Date: November 23 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 1:06 p.m. MST Elapsed time: 3:02 Game attendance: 45,167 Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C), Partly cloudy & Hazy, winds N 5 mph (8.0 km/h) Referee: Ken Rivera TV announcers (ESPN+): Gary Bender, JC Pearson, Beth Mowins

Scoring summary 1 9:34 BYU Matt Payne 30-yard field goal BYU 3-0 2 10:20 BYU Matt Payne 48-yard field goal BYU 6-0 3 7:50 UTAH Bryan Borreson 31-yard field goal BYU 6-3 3 3:03 UTAH Brand Warfield 4-yard run (Bryan Borreson kick) UTAH 10-6 4 7:09 UTAH Bryan Borreson 22-yard field goal UTAH 13-6