2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Hawkeyes played their home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa and were led by head coach Kirk Ferentz.

2002 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Big Ten co-champion
Orange Bowl, L 1738 vs. USC
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record11–2 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKen O'Keefe (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumKinnick Stadium
(Capacity: 70,397)
2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

Iowa finished the regular-season with an 11–1 record, and were unbeaten in Big Ten Conference games at 8–0. The one loss came to rival Iowa State. With all the regular season success, which included a Co-Big Ten championship, the Hawkeyes could do little right in the 2003 Orange Bowl and lost 38-17 to the USC Trojans. Despite the loss, the 11 wins established an Iowa record for wins in a single season (matched in 2009, surpassed in 2015).

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