2002 Washington Huskies football team

The 2002 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its fourth season under head coach Rick Neuheisel, the team compiled a 7–6 record, finished in a four-way tie for fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 398 to 342. Cody Pickett and Ben Mahdavi were selected as the team's most valuable player offensive and defensive players, respectively.

2002 Washington Huskies football
Sun Bowl, L 24–34 vs. Purdue
ConferencePacific-10
Record7–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Rick Neuheisel (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorKeith Gilbertson (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorTim Hundley (4th season)
Base defenseMultiple
MVPCody Pickett (O)
Ben Mahdavi (D)
CaptainPaul Arnold
Ben Mahdavi
Jafar Williams
Elliot Zajac
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
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
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