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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Team	W		L	W		L
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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

Vs. Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Indians					0

At No. 14 Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	10	0	0	10
No. 14 Huskies	0	0	17	17	34

At Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	10	6	0	26
Cardinal	7	21	21	14	63

At Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	14	7	10	38
Fighting Illini	0	21	0	14	35

UTEP

	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	7	3	14	0	24
Spartans	7	21	10	20	58

At SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	14	13	34
Mustangs	14	6	3	0	23

At No. 5 Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	7	0	0	7
No. 5 Buckeyes	7	17	17	9	50

At Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	17	0	7	24
Wolf Pack	14	0	17	21	52

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	21	7	3	14	45
Spartans	0	0	0	8	8

At Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	10	7	0	14	31
Warriors	14	14	2	10	40

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	9	14	0	7	30
Spartans	0	14	7	21	42

At Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	14	28	7	0	49
Golden Hurricane	6	15	3	14	38

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	3	6	19
Spartans	6	7	3	0	16

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at San Jose State	Alma Mater
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

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

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

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
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

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

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