2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2002 Wisconsin Badgers football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 31–28 OT vs. Colorado
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–6 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian White (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorKevin Cosgrove (8th season)
Base defense4–3
MVPJim Leonhard
Captains
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Ohio State $#+   8 – 0     14 – 0  
No. 8 Iowa %+   8 – 0     11 – 2  
No. 9 Michigan   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 16 Penn State   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Purdue   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Illinois   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Minnesota   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Wisconsin   2 – 6     8 – 6  
Michigan State   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Northwestern   1 – 7     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     3 – 9  
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 13th year under head coach Barry Alvarez, the Badgers compiled an 8–6 record (2–6 in conference games), finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten, and outscored opponents by a total of 372 to 322.[2] The Badgers opened the season with victories in five consecutive non-conference games, but lost six of eight conference games, including No. 20 Penn State, No. 4 Ohio State, No. 9 Iowa, and No. 12 Michigan. They concluded the season with a 31–28 overtime victory over No. 14 Colorado in the Alamo Bowl. The Badgers were not ranked in the final polls.[3]

The team's statistical leaders included: running back Anthony Davis (1,506 rushing yards, 72 points scored); quarterback Brooks Bollinger (1,551 passing yards); wide receivers Jonathan Orr (820 receiving yards) and Brand Williams (49 receptions); and defensive back Ryan Aiello (68 solo tackles, 98 total tackles).[2] Sophomore wide receiver Lee Evans did not play due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) sustained in the spring game.

The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 237:00 p.m.Fresno State*No. 25
ESPNW 23–2175,136[4]
August 316:45 p.m.at UNLV*
ESPN2W 27–742,075
September 711:00 a.m.West Virginia*No. 25
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN PlusW 34–1776,320
September 1411:00 a.m.Northern Illinois*No. 22
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN PlusW 24–2177,460
September 2111:00 a.m.Arizona*No. 22
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN2W 31–1078,582
October 52:30 p.m.No. 20 Penn StateNo. 19
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 31–3479,403
October 1211:00 p.m.at IndianaNo. 23
ESPN PlusL 29–3231,156
October 192:30 p.m.No. 4 Ohio State
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCL 14–1979,729
October 266:00 p.m.at Michigan State
ESPN2W 42–2474,507
November 211:00 a.m.at No. 9 Iowa
ESPNL 3–2070,397
November 911:00 a.m.Illinois
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPN PlusL 20–3778,709
November 1611:00 a.m.at No. 12 Michigan
ESPN2L 14–21110,41
November 2311:00 a.m.Minnesota
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI (rivalry)
ESPNW 49–3178,843
December 287:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 Colorado*
ESPNW 31–28 OT50,690
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Rankings

See also: 2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP25RV252222211923—————————RV
Coaches Poll2325211817161522—————————RV
BCSNot released————————Not released

Game summaries

Fresno State

See also: 2002 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bulldogs 7 0 7721
No. 25 Badgers 0 10 7623

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: August 23, 2002
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); Cloudy; Wind at N 6 MPH
  • Game attendance: 75,136
  • Referee: J. Strochertz
  • TV: ESPN
  • [1]
Game information

UNLV

See also: 2002 UNLV Rebels football team
Wisconsin vs UNLV – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Badgers 0 24 0327
Rebels 0 7 007

at Sam Boyd Stadium

  • Date: August 31, 2002
  • Game time: 6:45 p.m.
  • Game weather: 97 °F (36 °C); Cloudy; Wind at SW 11 MPH
  • Game attendance: 42,075
  • Referee: Clair Gausman
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [2]
Game information

West Virginia

See also: 2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
West Virginia vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Mountaineers 0 3 7717
No. 25 Badgers 7 27 0034

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 7, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C); Clear; Wind at SW 7 MPH
  • Game attendance: 76,320
  • Referee: Gene Steratore
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [3]
Game information

Northern Illinois

See also: 2002 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
Northern Illinois vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Huskies 3 3 31221
No. 22 Badgers 0 10 7724

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 14, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C); Cloudy; Wind at Var. 5 MPH
  • Game attendance: 77,460
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [4]
Game information

Arizona

See also: 2002 Arizona Wildcats football team
Arizona vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Wildcats 0 0 7310
No. 22 Badgers 0 24 7031

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: September 21, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); Sunny and Clear; Wind at NW 5-7 MPH
  • Game attendance: 78,582
  • Referee: D. Witvoet
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [5]
Game information

Penn State

See also: 2002 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Penn State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 20 Nittany Lions 10 11 7634
No. 19 Badgers 0 14 61131

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: October 5, 2002
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); Clear; Wind at W 6 MPH
  • Game attendance: 79,403
  • Referee: J. Lapetoma
  • TV: ABC
  • [6]
Game information

Indiana

See also: 2002 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Wisconsin vs Indiana – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 23 Badgers 6 10 13029
Hoosiers 3 7 71532

at Memorial Stadium

  • Date: October 12, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); Cloudy; Wind at N/A
  • Game attendance: 31,156
  • Referee: Steve Newman
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [7]
Game information

Ohio State

See also: 2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
Ohio State vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 4 Buckeyes 10 3 0619
Badgers 7 7 0014

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: October 19, 2002
  • Game time: 2:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 42 °F (6 °C); Cloudy; Wind at NE 10
  • Game attendance: 79,729
  • Referee: D. Honig
  • TV: ABC
  • [8]
Game information

Michigan State

See also: 2002 Michigan State Spartans football team
Wisconsin vs Michigan State – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Badgers 21 7 7742
Spartans 0 3 14724

at Spartan Stadium

  • Date: October 26, 2002
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C); Mostly Cloudy; Wind at W 5
  • Game attendance: 74,507
  • Referee: Dennis Lipski
  • TV: ESPN2
  • [9]
Game information

Iowa

See also: 2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Wisconsin football rivalry
Wisconsin vs Iowa – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Badgers 0 3 003
No. 9 Hawkeyes 0 10 10020

at Kinnick Stadium

  • Date: November 2, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); Mostly Sunny; Wind at W 10
  • Game attendance: 70,397
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN
  • [10]
Game information

Illinois

See also: 2002 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Illinois vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Fighting Illini 10 14 31037
Badgers 3 10 7020

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: November 9, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 37 °F (3 °C); Mostly Sunny; Wind at W 10
  • Game attendance: 78,709
  • Referee: S. Pamon
  • TV: ESPN+
  • [11]
Game information

Michigan

See also: 2002 Michigan Wolverines football team
Wisconsin vs Michigan – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Badgers 7 7 0014
No. 12 Wolverines 14 0 7021

at Michigan Stadium

  • Date: November 16, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 35 °F (2 °C); Mostly cloudy; Wind at ENE 15
  • Game attendance: 110,412
  • Referee: S. Newman
  • TV: ESPN
  • [12]
Game information

Minnesota

See also: 2002 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry
Minnesota vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Golden Gophers 3 11 10731
Badgers 7 14 72149

at Camp Randall Stadium

  • Date: November 23, 2002
  • Game time: 11:00 a.m.
  • Game weather: 39 °F (4 °C); Partly cloudy; Wind at W 8
  • Game attendance: 78,843
  • Referee: D. Honig
  • TV: ESPN
  • [13]
Game information

Colorado

See also: 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team and 2002 Alamo Bowl
Colorado vs Wisconsin – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
No. 14 Buffaloes 14 0 140028
Badgers 7 14 07331

at Alamodome

  • Date: December 28, 2002
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Game attendance: 50,690
  • Referee: Terry Brown
  • TV: ESPN
  • [14]
Game information

Personnel

Roster

2002 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G 58 Kalvin Barrett  So
TE 88 Mark Bell  Jr
FB 45 Matt Bernstein  Fr
FB 39 Erik Bickerstaff Sr
QB 5 Brooks Bollinger (C)  Sr
WR 84 David Braun  Sr
WR 1 Byron Brown  Jr
G 67 Dan Buenning  So
WR 87 Darrin Charles So
G 50 Jonathan Clinkscale  So
QB 11 Owen Daniels  Fr
RB 28 Anthony Davis  So
OT 75 Morgan Davis  So
TE 81 Bob Docherty So
WR 3 Lee Evans  (C) Sr
C 72 Al Johnson (C)  Sr
OT 64 Ben Johnson  Sr
OT 56 Jason Jowers  Sr
OL 79 Mike Kleber  Fr
FB 37 Russ Kuhns  Sr
OT 61 Mike Lorenz  So
TE 36 Matt Mialik  Jr
TE 38 Jason Pociask So
WR 9 Jonathan Orr  Fr
TE 85 Tony Paciotti  So
RB 20 Jerrone Pettus  So
TE 38 Jason Pociask  Fr
C, G 53 Donovan Raiola  Fr
QB 16 Matt Schabert  So
RB 30 Dwayne Smith Fr
QB 19 Jim Sorgi  Jr
TE 82 Rob Tucker  Jr
G 66 Andy Ulrich  So
RB 24 LaMarr Watkins Fr
WR 6 Brandon White Fr
WR 25 Brandon Williams Fr
OT 78 Jake Wood  Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 7 Ryan Aiello Jr
CB 6 Brett Bell So
S 42 Robert Brooks So
LB 10 Chris Catalano  So
DT 97 Nick Cochart  Jr
CB 4 Chuckie Cowans  So
S 24 Patrick Ellestad  So
LB 4 Elliot Goode Fr
DT 77 Anttaj Hawthorne So
S 22 Nate Howard  Jr
DE 90 Erasmus James Jr
DT 74 Jason Jefferson  So
DE 98 Darius Jones  So
S 18 Jim Leonhard So
LB 12 Alex Lewis Jr
DE 91 Traison Lewis  So
LB 46 Jeff Mack  Jr
LB 30 Kyle McCorison  Jr
CB 21 Levonne Rowan Fr
S 14 Dontez Sanders  Fr
DB 15 Ryan Simmons  Sr
DE 99 Jake Sprague  Sr
CB 2 Scott Starks So
LB 34 Kareem Timbers  So
CB 23 B. J. Tucker Sr
DE 92 Jonathan Welsh  So
LB 27 Broderick Williams  Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 97 Matt Allen So
K 16 Scott Campbell Jr
LS 86 Matt Katula  So
P 19 R. J. Morse So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Brian White – Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs
  • Kevin Cosgrove – Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
  • Paul Chryst – Tight Ends
  • Ron Cooper – Defensive Backs
  • Jeff Horton – Quarterbacks
  • Jim Hueber – Offensive Line and Run Game Coordinator
  • Henry Mason – Wide Receivers
  • Brian Murphy – Outside Linebackers/Special Teams
  • John Palermo – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Regular starters

2003 NFL draft

See also: 2003 NFL draft
Player Position Round Overall Selection NFL team
Al Johnson Center 2 38 Dallas Cowboys
B. J. Tucker Cornerback 6 178 Dallas Cowboys
Brooks Bollinger Quarterback 6 200 New York Jets
Ben Johnson Offensive Tackle 7 216 Detroit Lions

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References

  1. ^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "2002 Football Cumulative Statistics". UWBadgers.com. University of Wisconsin. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  3. ^ "2002 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  4. ^ Stapleton, Arnie (August 24, 2002). "Late FG Lifts Wisconsin". The Beaufort Gazette. Associated Press. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  5. ^ "The Automated ScoreBook For Football" (PDF). University of Wisconsin Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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