2002 Oregon State Beavers football team

The 2002 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson, the Beavers compiled a 8–4 regular season record (4–4 in Pac-10, tied for fourth), but lost the Insight Bowl to the Pittsburgh Panthers in Phoenix on December 26.

2002 Oregon State Beavers football
Insight Bowl, L 13–38 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record8–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Lappano (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bray (3rd season)
CaptainNick Barnett
Eric Manning
James Newsom
Richard Seigler
Home stadiumReser Stadium
(Capacity: 35,362)
2002 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Washington State $+  7 1   10 3  
No. 4 USC  %+  7 1   11 2  
Arizona State  5 3   8 6  
UCLA  4 4   8 5  
Oregon State  4 4   8 5  
California  4 4   7 5  
Washington  4 4   7 6  
Oregon  3 5   7 6  
Arizona  1 7   4 8  
Stanford  1 7   2 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

After the season in February, Erickson left for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, and previous head coach Mike Riley was rehired.

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