2002 San Jose State Spartans football team

American college football season

2002 San Jose State Spartans football

Conference| Western Athletic Conference
Record| 6–7 (4–4 WAC)
Head coach|

* Fitz Hill (2nd season)

Offensive coordinator| Norman Joseph (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator| Ronnie Lee (2nd season)
Home stadium| Spartan Stadium

Seasons

<- 2001

2003 ->

2002 Western Athletic Conference football standings

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No. 15 Boise State $  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 12  | - | 1  |
Hawaii |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 4  |
Fresno State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 5  |
San Jose State |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 7  |
Nevada |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Rice |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Louisiana Tech |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 8  |
SMU |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 9  |
UTEP |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Tulsa |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 11  |

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), the Spartans were led by second-year head coach Fitz Hill and played their home games at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in WAC play, to finish in fourth place. Although they improved from a 3–9 season in 2001, the Spartans did not participate in a bowl game.

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 31| 4:00 p.m.| vs. Arkansas State*|

* War Memorial Stadium
* Little Rock, AR

| | W 33-14| 18,492
September 7| 12:30 p.m.| at No. 11 Washington*|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| FSNNW| L 10–34| 70,147
September 14| 7:00 p.m.| at Stanford*|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA (rivalry)

| KRON| L 26–63| 54,500
September 21| 11:00 a.m.| at Illinois*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| | W 38–35| 50,990
September 28| 7:00 p.m.| UTEP|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA

| FSNBA, FSNSW| W 58–24| 10,416
October 5| 12:00 p.m.| at SMU|

* Gerald J. Ford Stadium
* Dallas, TX

| | W 34–23| 13,016
October 12| 9:00 a.m.| at No. 5 Ohio State*|

* Ohio Stadium
* Columbus, OH

| ESPN Plus| L 7–50| 104,892
October 19| 1:00 p.m.| at Nevada|

* Mackay Stadium
* Reno, NV

| | L 24–52| 19,481
October 26| 2:00 p.m.| Boise State|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA

| | L 8–45| 10,497
November 2| 8:00 p.m.| at Hawaii|

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)

| Oceanic PPV, KFVE| L 31–40| 36,784
November 9| 2:00 p.m.| Louisiana Tech|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA

| | W 42–30| 6,391
November 16| 12:00 p.m.| at Tulsa|

* Skelly Stadium
* Tulsa, OK

| Cox 9| W 49–38| 15,653
November 23| 2:00 p.m.| Fresno State|

* Spartan Stadium
* San Jose, CA (rivalry)

| | L 16–19| 14,134

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Pacific time

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## Game summaries

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### Vs. Arkansas State

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Spartans |  |  |  |  | 0
Indians  |  |  |  |  | 0

See also: 2002 Arkansas State Indians football team

### At No. 14 Washington

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Spartans  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 0 | 10
No. 14 Huskies | 0  | 0  | 17  | 17 | 34

See also: 2002 Washington Huskies football team

### At Stanford

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Spartans  | 10  | 10  | 6  | 0 | 26
Cardinal | 7  | 21  | 21  | 14 | 63

See also: 2002 Stanford Cardinal football team and Bill Walsh Legacy Game

### At Illinois

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Spartans | 7  | 14  | 7  | 10 | 38
Fighting Illini  | 0  | 21  | 0  | 14 | 35

See also: 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

### UTEP

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Miners  | 7  | 3  | 14  | 0 | 24
Spartans | 7  | 21  | 10  | 20 | 58

See also: 2002 UTEP Miners football team

### At SMU

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Spartans | 7  | 0  | 14  | 13 | 34
Mustangs  | 14  | 6  | 3  | 0 | 23

See also: 2002 SMU Mustangs football team

### At No. 5 Ohio State

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Spartans  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 7
No. 5 Buckeyes | 7  | 17  | 17  | 9 | 50

See also: 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

### At Nevada

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Spartans  | 0  | 17  | 0  | 7 | 24
Wolf Pack | 14  | 0  | 17  | 21 | 52

See also: 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

### Boise State

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Broncos | 21  | 7  | 3  | 14 | 45
Spartans  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 8 | 8

See also: 2002 Boise State Broncos football team

### At Hawaii

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Spartans  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 14 | 31
Warriors | 14  | 14  | 2  | 10 | 40

See also: 2002 Hawaii Warriors football team

### Louisiana Tech

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Bulldogs  | 9  | 14  | 0  | 7 | 30
Spartans | 0  | 14  | 7  | 21 | 42

See also: 2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

### At Tulsa

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Spartans | 14  | 28  | 7  | 0 | 49
Golden Hurricane  | 6  | 15  | 3  | 14 | 38

See also: 2002 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

### Fresno State

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Bulldogs | 0  | 10  | 3  | 6 | 19
Spartans  | 6  | 7  | 3  | 0 | 16

See also: 2002 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and Fresno State–San Jose State football rivalry

## Personnel

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### Coaching staff

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Name | Position | Seasons at
San Jose State | Alma Mater

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Fitz Hill | Head coach | 2 | Ouachita Baptist (1987)
Earl Buckingham | Assistant head coach, defensive line | 2 | Arkansas (1983)
Norman Joseph | Co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks | 2 | Mississippi State (1977)
Ronnie Lee | Defensive coordinator, defensive backs | 2 | Washington State (1989)
Charlie Roche | Co-offensive coordinator, offensive line | 2 | Eastern Illinois (1996)
Charles Nash | Running backs | 2 | Arizona (1976)
Kenwick Thompson | Linebackers, recruiting coordinator | 2 | Harding (1992)
Keith Williams | Wide receivers | 2 | San Diego State (1996)
Chris Wilkerson | Defensive ends | 1 | Eastern Illinois (1995)
Keith Allen | Special teams, defensive assistant | 1 | Oklahoma (1997)
Source:[3][4][5][6][7][8]

### Final roster

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2002 San Jose State Spartans final roster

Quarterbacks

* 2: Marcus Arroyo – Senior
* 16: Beau Pierce – Sophomore
* 5: Scott Rislov – Junior

Running backs

* \--: Steven Bradley – TB – Freshman
* 25: Clarence Cunningham – TB – Sophomore
* 8: Lamar Ferguson – TB – Sophomore
* 36: Demarcus Ingram – TB – Junior
* 31: Lance Martin – TB – Sophomore
* 45: Brandon Miles – FB – Senior
* \--: Ahmir Rahmar – TB – Junior
* 26: Ezekiel Staples – Freshman

Wide receivers

* 11: Jamall Broussard – Junior
* 85: John Broussard – Freshman
* 86: Chester Coleman – Freshman
* 91: Terell Johnson – Freshman
* 82: James Jones – Freshman
* 96: Ronald Jones – Freshman
* 89: Casey Miranda – Junior
* 10: Charles Pauley – Senior
* 80: Rufus Skillern – Freshman
* 1: Kendrick Starling – Junior
* 84: Malcolm Thompson – Freshman
* 81: Juan Walden – Senior
* 3: Tuati Wooden – Junior

Tight ends

* 19: Courtney Anderson – Junior
* 88: Marcus Helfman – Senior

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Offensive linemen

* 66: Justin Arrington – OG – Junior
* 76: Matt Cantu – OG – Freshman
* 64: Charley Dehoney – OG – Senior
* 70: Joseph Hayes – OG – Junior
* 78: Jeff Gordon – OT – Junior
* 65: Kevin Israel – OG – Junior
* 63: Eric Olson – OT – Freshman
* 59: Tim Provost – OT – Senior
* 73: Osmar Staples – OT – Junior
* 71: John Toensfeldt – OT – Freshman
* 77: LaMons Walker – C – Senior

Defensive linemen

* 83: Ethan Allen – DE – Senior
* 57: Jamaal Allen – DE – Freshman
* 92: Mike Beams – DT – Senior
* 90: Adonis Forrest – DT – Senior
* 74: Aaron Gilbert – DT – Freshman
* 69: Kinji Green – DT – Freshman
* \--: Daniel Grossi – DE – Freshman
* 93: Jason Gustus – DT – Junior
* 95: Justin James – DE – Freshman
* 44: Chip Kimmich – DE – Senior
* 40: Steve Nash – DE – Junior
* 56: Philip Perry – DE – Junior
* 54: Larnell Ransom – DE – Freshman
* 98: Dan Schultz – DE – Freshman
* 75: Joshua Smith – DT – Freshman

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Linebackers

* \--: Chris Catoe – Freshman
* 62: Ian Cossar – Freshman
* 49: Tony Ficklin – Sophomore
* 17: Brian Foreman – Senior
* 51: Erik Garcia – Freshman
* 52: Craig Grant - Freshman
* 20: Luke La Herran – Senior
* 29: Mike Liranzo – Senior
* \--: Cory Lynch – Junior
* 94: Sean McNamara – Junior
* 87: Kollie Moore – Senior
* 35: Onyeka Ossai – Junior
* 67: Justin Pigg – Junior
* 55: Michael Smith – OLB – Junior
* 46: Tyrell Tyler – Freshman

Defensive backs

* 41: C.J. Arnold – S – Senior
* 24: Kevin Boyer – CB – Junior
* 14: Jamonte Cox – S – Freshman
* 28: Shaun Fletcher – CB – Senior
* 38: Gerald Jones – S – Junior
* 23: Carlos Koustas – CB – Sophomore
* 30: Skyler McKnight – S – Junior
* \--: Raul Menjivar – CB – Junior
* 15: Brian Nunez – S – Freshman
* 37: Brian Guthrie – S – Junior
* 32: Neil Parry – S – Junior
* 33: Josh Powell – S – Sophomore
* 7: Zack Rance – S – Junior
* 27: Donald Richardson – S – Freshman
* 43: Terrance Tillman – CB – Junior
* \--: Stephen Trammell – S – Freshman
* 4: I'lario Vital – CB – Freshman
* 6: Mario Vital – S – Junior
* 18: Quincy Washington – CB – Junior
* 21: Eric Wilson – CB – Sophomore

Special teams

* 39: Michael Carr – P – Senior
* 13: Nick Gilliam – PK – Senior
* \--: Craig Nakano – PK – Freshman
* 12: Dale Rogers – P – Junior

Reference:[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Official Website of the San Jose State Spartans". www.sjsuspartans.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
2. ^ "2002 Football Statistics". San José State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
3. ^ a b "2002/2003 Football Roster". San Jose State Spartans. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002.
4. ^ "Earl Buckingham". UAPB Athletics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013.
5. ^ "Head coach Charles Nash". Competitive Elite Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
6. ^ "Football Staff - Keith Allen" (PDF). coachallen.com.
7. ^ "Keith Williams". Tulane Athletics. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
8. ^ "Kenwick Thompson". Vanderbilt Commodores. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.

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