2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

2002 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Consensus national champion
Big Ten co-champion
Fiesta Bowl champion
Fiesta Bowl (BCS NCG),
W 31–24 2OT vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record14–0 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJim Bollman (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMark Dantonio (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
MVPChris Gamble
MVPCraig Krenzel
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
(Capacity: 101,568)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was the first in NCAA Division I-A—now known as NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS)—history to finish its season at 14–0 following BYU's 14–1 season in 1996. Led by co-MVPs junior quarterback Craig Krenzel and sophomore wide receiver/cornerback Chris Gamble, freshman standout tailback Maurice Clarett, and senior safety Mike Doss, the Buckeyes won the Big Ten, then won the 2003 Fiesta Bowl, which was also the 2003 BCS National Championship Game, to finish as college football's national champions for the first time since 1968.

  1. ^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.

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