2002 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2002 Penn State Nittany Lions football
2002 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Capital One Bowl, L 9–13 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 16
Record	9–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Paterno (37th season);
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter (19th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tom Bradley (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[2] The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

^ "2002 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Jan. 5)". ESPN. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
^ "Penn State Yearly Results (2000-2004)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.