2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

2002 West Virginia Mountaineers football
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 25
Record9–4 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinatorJeff Casteel (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTodd Graham (1st season)
Home stadiumMountaineer Field
(Capacity: 63,500)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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.

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.