2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team completed the regular season with a 9–3 record and traveled to the Continental Tire Bowl, where they lost to the Virginia Cavaliers 48–22. They finished with a record of 9-4 and a ranking of 25/20.

2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 25
Record9–4 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
  • Rich Rodriguez (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Casteel (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTodd Graham (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
2002 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Miami (FL) $  7 0   12 1  
No. 25 West Virginia  6 1   9 4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh  5 2   9 4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  3 4   10 4  
Boston College  3 4   9 4  
Temple  2 5   4 8  
Syracuse  2 5   4 8  
Rutgers  0 7   1 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

WVU's 9–4 record marked the biggest one-season turnaround in Big East Conference history, after posting a 3–8 record the previous season.

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