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2002 Western Athletic Conference Year Summary

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Record: 56-69, .448 W-L% (11th of 12) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -7.21 (11th of 12) ▪ SOS: -4.60 (10th of 12)

Conference Champion: Boise State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll:(Boise State)

Standings

Overall Conference Pts/G SRS
School W L Pct W L Pct Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
Boise State 12 1 .923 8 0 1.000 45.6 18.5 12.28 -6.87
Hawaii 10 4 .714 7 1 .875 35.9 27.8 2.56 -5.51
Fresno State 9 5 .643 6 2 .750 27.0 27.1 0.67 -2.12
San Jose State 6 7 .462 4 4 .500 28.9 35.9 -7.13 -3.13
Nevada 5 7 .417 4 4 .500 27.6 30.9 -6.33 -3.41
Rice 4 7 .364 3 5 .375 23.0 26.9 -10.21 -7.03
Louisiana Tech 4 8 .333 3 5 .375 26.7 35.5 -11.13 -2.80
Southern Methodist 3 9 .250 3 5 .375 17.3 31.5 -16.34 -5.00
Texas-El Paso 2 10 .167 1 7 .125 18.3 42.6 -18.11 -4.69
Tulsa 1 11 .083 1 7 .125 19.4 34.8 -18.40 -5.40

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 8/26 9/2 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/3 11/10 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 Final
Boise State                           23 19 19 18 15

3 Bowl Games

Date Bowl Winner/Tie Pts Loser/Tie Pts Notes
2002-12-31 Humanitarian Bowl Boise State 34 Iowa State 16 Humanitarian Bowl (Boise, ID)
2002-12-31 Silicon Valley Bowl Fresno State 30 Georgia Tech 21 Silicon Valley Bowl (San Jose, CA)
2002-12-25 Hawaii Bowl Tulane 36 Hawaii 28 Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu, HI)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 349
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 296
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 275
  Scott Rislov (SJST) 275
5. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 230
6. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 190
7. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 134
8. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 113
9. Richard Bartel (SMETH) 89
10. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 83
Pass Attempts
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 624
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 505
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 451
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 449
5. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 403
6. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 348
7. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 205
8. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 182
9. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 176
10. Omar Duarte (TXEP) 161
Pass Completion Percentage
1. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 65.4
2. Scott Rislov (SJST) 61.2
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 61.0
4. Luke McCown (LATECH) 58.6
5. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 57.1
6. Timmy Chang* (HI) 55.9
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 54.6
8. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 45.6
Passing Yards
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 4474
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 3539
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 3418
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 3251
5. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 2929
6. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 2283
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 2100
8. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 1444
9. Richard Bartel (SMETH) 1078
10. Omar Duarte (TXEP) 1000
Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 11.1
2. Zack Threadgill (NV) 7.6
3. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 7.3
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 7.2
5. Timmy Chang* (HI) 7.2
6. Luke McCown (LATECH) 7.0
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 6.0
8. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 4.6
Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 12.4
2. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 7.1
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 7.0
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 6.8
5. Timmy Chang* (HI) 6.4
6. Luke McCown (LATECH) 6.1
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 6.0
8. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 2.4
Passing Touchdowns
1. Zack Threadgill (NV) 26
2. Timmy Chang* (HI) 25
3. Scott Rislov (SJST) 22
4. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 20
  Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 20
6. Luke McCown (LATECH) 19
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 17
8. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 11
9. Richard Bartel (SMETH) 8
10. Shawn Withy-Allen* (HI) 7
Passing Interceptions
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 22
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 19
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 17
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 14
5. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 10
  Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 10
7. Richard Bartel (SMETH) 8
  Tyler Gooch (TLS) 8
  Jon Schaper (TXEP) 8
10. Orlando Cruz (TXEP) 6
Passing Efficiency Rating
1. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 188.2
2. Zack Threadgill (NV) 136.1
3. Scott Rislov (SJST) 132.0
4. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 129.5
5. Luke McCown (LATECH) 122.4
6. Timmy Chang* (HI) 122.3
7. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 116.8
8. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 78.5
Rush Attempts
1. Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 327
2. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 313
3. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 295
4. Matt Milton (NV) 225
5. Joe Smith (LATECH) 207
6. Eric Richardson (TLS) 182
7. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 173
8. Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 128
9. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 127
10. Robbie Beck (RICE) 120
Rushing Yards
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 1611
2. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 1586
3. Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 1279
4. Joe Smith (LATECH) 1217
5. Matt Milton (NV) 1108
6. Eric Richardson (TLS) 957
7. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 844
8. Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 634
9. David Mikell* (BOISE) 606
10. Robbie Beck (RICE) 601
Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1. Kris Briggs (SMETH) 7.0
2. Joe Smith (LATECH) 5.9
3. David Mikell* (BOISE) 5.8
4. Vincent Hawkins (RICE) 5.8
5. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 5.5
6. Eric Richardson (TLS) 5.3
7. Greg Henderson (RICE) 5.1
8. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 5.1
9. Robbie Beck (RICE) 5.0
10. Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 5.0
Rushing Touchdowns
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 26
2. Joe Smith (LATECH) 16
3. Thero Mitchell* (HI) 11
4. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 9
  Matt Milton (NV) 9
6. Robbie Beck (RICE) 8
  Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 8
  David Mikell* (BOISE) 8
9. Ed Bailey (RICE) 7
  Howard Jackson (TXEP) 7
  Kris Briggs (SMETH) 7
  Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 7
Receptions
1. Nate Burleson (NV) 138
2. Justin Colbert* (HI) 92
3. Marque Davis* (FREST) 64
4. Jamall Broussard (SJST) 62
  Billy Wingfield* (BOISE) 62
6. Chris Norwood (LATECH) 61
7. Charles Pauley (SJST) 60
8. Britton Komine* (HI) 58
9. D.J. Curry (LATECH) 57
10. Romby Bryant (TLS) 49
  Cody Cardwell (SMETH) 49
  Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI) 49
  Kendrick Starling (SJST) 49
Receiving Yards
1. Nate Burleson (NV) 1629
2. Justin Colbert* (HI) 1302
3. Billy Wingfield* (BOISE) 1138
4. Marque Davis* (FREST) 956
5. Britton Komine* (HI) 886
6. Charles Pauley (SJST) 804
7. Chris Norwood (LATECH) 748
8. Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI) 731
9. D.J. Curry (LATECH) 730
10. Lou Fanucchi* (BOISE) 697
Receiving Yards Per Reception
1. Billy Wingfield* (BOISE) 18.4
2. Lou Fanucchi* (BOISE) 18.3
3. Jay Swillie* (BOISE) 17.3
4. Marcus Battle (RICE) 16.5
5. Jermaine Jamison* (FREST) 16.4
6. Tuati Wooden (SJST) 15.4
7. Terrance Minor (TXEP) 15.4
8. Ahmad Harris (LATECH) 15.3
9. Britton Komine* (HI) 15.3
10. Marque Davis* (FREST) 14.9
Receiving Touchdowns
1. Nate Burleson (NV) 12
2. Britton Komine* (HI) 10
3. Justin Colbert* (HI) 8
4. Terrance Minor (TXEP) 7
  Billy Wingfield* (BOISE) 7
  Marque Davis* (FREST) 7
  Romby Bryant (TLS) 7
8. Jay Swillie* (BOISE) 6
  Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 6
10. Kendrick Starling (SJST) 5
  Deandre Gilbert* (FREST) 5
  Lou Fanucchi* (BOISE) 5
  Jeremiah Cockheran* (HI) 5
  Rocky Atkinson* (BOISE) 5
  Jamall Broussard (SJST) 5
Plays From Scrimmage
1. Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 347
2. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 332
3. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 331
4. Joe Smith (LATECH) 254
5. Matt Milton (NV) 230
6. Eric Richardson (TLS) 216
7. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 182
8. Nate Burleson (NV) 160
9. Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 137
10. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 127
Yards From Scrimmage
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 1893
2. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 1748
3. Nate Burleson (NV) 1744
4. Joe Smith (LATECH) 1569
5. Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 1422
6. Justin Colbert* (HI) 1302
7. Eric Richardson (TLS) 1206
8. Billy Wingfield* (BOISE) 1179
9. Matt Milton (NV) 1151
10. Marque Davis* (FREST) 974
Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 32
2. Joe Smith (LATECH) 16
3. Nate Burleson (NV) 13
4. Thero Mitchell* (HI) 11
5. Britton Komine* (HI) 10
6. David Mikell* (BOISE) 9
  Rodney Davis* (FREST) 9
  Matt Milton (NV) 9
9. Justin Colbert* (HI) 8
  Howard Jackson (TXEP) 8
  Robbie Beck (RICE) 8
  Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 8
Total Plays
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 663
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 566
3. Scott Rislov (SJST) 521
4. Zack Threadgill (NV) 513
5. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 475
6. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 468
7. Keylon Kincade (SMETH) 327
8. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 313
9. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 297
10. Tate Wallis (SMETH) 254
Total Yards
1. Timmy Chang* (HI) 4457
2. Luke McCown (LATECH) 3569
3. Zack Threadgill (NV) 3534
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 3264
5. Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 2798
6. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 2319
7. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 2247
8. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 1611
9. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 1586
10. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 1435
Total Yards Per Play
1. Zack Threadgill (NV) 6.9
2. Timmy Chang* (HI) 6.7
3. Luke McCown (LATECH) 6.3
4. Scott Rislov (SJST) 6.3
Total Touchdowns
1. Zack Threadgill (NV) 27
2. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 26
  Timmy Chang* (HI) 26
4. Ryan Dinwiddie* (BOISE) 23
5. Scott Rislov (SJST) 22
6. Luke McCown (LATECH) 21
  Paul Pinegar* (FREST) 21
8. Tyler Gooch (TLS) 18
9. Joe Smith (LATECH) 16
10. B.J. Rhode* (BOISE) 14
Touchdowns
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 32
2. Joe Smith (LATECH) 16
3. Nate Burleson (NV) 13
4. Thero Mitchell* (HI) 11
5. Britton Komine* (HI) 10
6. Rodney Davis* (FREST) 9
  David Mikell* (BOISE) 9
  Charles Pauley (SJST) 9
  Matt Milton (NV) 9
10. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 8
  Justin Colbert* (HI) 8
  Lamar Ferguson (SJST) 8
  Robbie Beck (RICE) 8
Points
1. Brock Forsey* (BOISE) 192
2. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 112
3. Justin Ayat* (HI) 100
4. Joe Smith (LATECH) 98
5. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 96
6. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 78
  Josh Scobee (LATECH) 78
  Nate Burleson (NV) 78
9. Thero Mitchell* (HI) 66
10. Damon Fine (NV) 65
Extra Point Attempts
1. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 66
2. Justin Ayat* (HI) 56
3. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 44
4. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 43
5. Damon Fine (NV) 38
6. Josh Scobee (LATECH) 35
7. Brennan Landry (RICE) 33
8. Keith Robinson (TXEP) 28
9. Brad Devault (TLS) 17
10. Trent Stephenson (SMETH) 14
Extra Points Made
1. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 63
2. Justin Ayat* (HI) 55
3. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 43
4. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 42
5. Damon Fine (NV) 35
6. Brennan Landry (RICE) 31
7. Josh Scobee (LATECH) 30
8. Keith Robinson (TXEP) 28
9. Tyler Jones* (BOISE) 12
10. Brad Devault (TLS) 11
Field Goal Attempts
1. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 30
2. Justin Ayat* (HI) 23
3. Josh Scobee (LATECH) 21
4. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 20
5. Damon Fine (NV) 17
6. Brennan Landry (RICE) 15
7. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 13
8. Brad Devault (TLS) 12
  Keith Robinson (TXEP) 12
10. Trent Stephenson (SMETH) 10
Field Goals Made
1. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 23
2. Josh Scobee (LATECH) 16
3. Justin Ayat* (HI) 15
4. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 12
5. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 11
6. Damon Fine (NV) 10
7. Brennan Landry (RICE) 8
  Keith Robinson (TXEP) 8
9. Brad Devault (TLS) 7
  Trent Stephenson (SMETH) 7
Field Goal Percentage
1. Nick Calaycay* (BOISE) 84.6
2. Asen Asparuhov* (FREST) 76.7
3. Josh Scobee (LATECH) 76.2
4. Keith Robinson (TXEP) 66.7
5. Justin Ayat* (HI) 65.2
6. Nick Gilliam (SJST) 60.0
7. Damon Fine (NV) 58.8
8. Brad Devault (TLS) 58.3
9. Brennan Landry (RICE) 53.3
Punts
1. Cort Moffitt (TLS) 75
2. Jason Simpson* (FREST) 74
3. Bryce Benekos (TXEP) 70
4. Ryan Mentzel (SMETH) 69
5. Dustin Upton (LATECH) 64
6. Derek Jones (NV) 63
7. Travis Hale (RICE) 58
8. Michael Carr (SJST) 57
9. Mat McBriar* (HI) 48
10. Keith Schuttler* (BOISE) 24
Punting Yards
1. Cort Moffitt (TLS) 3016
2. Jason Simpson* (FREST) 3007
3. Bryce Benekos (TXEP) 2855
4. Ryan Mentzel (SMETH) 2659
5. Derek Jones (NV) 2579
6. Dustin Upton (LATECH) 2405
7. Travis Hale (RICE) 2352
8. Michael Carr (SJST) 2174
9. Mat McBriar* (HI) 2148
10. Keith Schuttler* (BOISE) 958
Punting Yards Per Punt
1. Mat McBriar* (HI) 44.8
2. Derek Jones (NV) 40.9
3. Bryce Benekos (TXEP) 40.8
4. Jason Simpson* (FREST) 40.6
5. Travis Hale (RICE) 40.6
6. Cort Moffitt (TLS) 40.2
7. Ryan Mentzel (SMETH) 38.5
8. Michael Carr (SJST) 38.1
9. Dustin Upton (LATECH) 37.6
Punt Returns
1. Adam Jennings* (FREST) 36
  Corey Brazil (LATECH) 36
3. Tim Gilligan* (BOISE) 35
4. Cody Cardwell (SMETH) 27
5. Jahmal Fenner (TXEP) 25
6. Marlon McLaughlin (NV) 22
7. Charles Pauley (SJST) 21
8. Chad Owens* (HI) 17
9. Jermaine Landrum (TLS) 16
10. Kevin Ford (RICE) 15
Punt Return Yards
1. Tim Gilligan* (BOISE) 491
2. Cody Cardwell (SMETH) 467
3. Adam Jennings* (FREST) 310
4. Corey Brazil (LATECH) 285
5. Charles Pauley (SJST) 237
6. Jahmal Fenner (TXEP) 223
7. Chad Owens* (HI) 131
8. Jermaine Landrum (TLS) 112
9. Marlon McLaughlin (NV) 105
10. Kevin Ford (RICE) 100
Punt Return Yards Per Return
1. Cody Cardwell (SMETH) 17.3
2. Tim Gilligan* (BOISE) 14.0
3. Charles Pauley (SJST) 11.3
4. Jahmal Fenner (TXEP) 8.9
5. Adam Jennings* (FREST) 8.6
6. Corey Brazil (LATECH) 7.9
7. Chad Owens* (HI) 7.7
8. Jermaine Landrum (TLS) 7.0
9. Kevin Ford (RICE) 6.7
10. Marlon McLaughlin (NV) 4.8
Kickoff Returns
1. Erick Franklin (LATECH) 40
2. Jonas Rutledge (SMETH) 38
3. Charles Pauley (SJST) 31
4. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 23
5. Ronnie Hardiman (NV) 22
  Sherman Steptoe (TLS) 22
7. David Mikell* (BOISE) 21
8. Chad Owens* (HI) 19
  Marque Davis* (FREST) 19
10. Michael Brewster* (HI) 18
  Sean White (RICE) 18
Kickoff Return Yards
1. Charles Pauley (SJST) 978
2. Jonas Rutledge (SMETH) 901
3. Erick Franklin (LATECH) 887
4. David Mikell* (BOISE) 532
5. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 507
6. Ronnie Hardiman (NV) 501
7. Chad Owens* (HI) 477
8. Michael Brewster* (HI) 444
9. Marque Davis* (FREST) 420
10. Sherman Steptoe (TLS) 408
Kickoff Return Yards Per Return
1. Charles Pauley (SJST) 31.5
2. David Mikell* (BOISE) 25.3
3. Chad Owens* (HI) 25.1
4. Michael Brewster* (HI) 24.7
5. Jonas Rutledge (SMETH) 23.7
6. Ronnie Hardiman (NV) 22.8
7. Erick Franklin (LATECH) 22.2
8. Marque Davis* (FREST) 22.1
9. Howard Jackson (TXEP) 22.0
10. Adam Jennings* (FREST) 21.6
Kickoff Return Touchdowns
1. Charles Pauley (SJST) 2
Interceptions
1. Gerald Jones (SJST) 8
  Gabe Franklin* (BOISE) 8
3. Cameron Worrell* (FREST) 5
4. Josh Powell (SJST) 4
  Keone Kauo (NV) 4
  Kelvin Millhouse* (HI) 4
  D.J. Walker (TXEP) 4
  Melvin Cook (SJST) 4
  Hyrum Peters* (HI) 4
10. Darrell Wimberly (TLS) 3
  Dee Meza* (FREST) 3
  Wes Nurse* (BOISE) 3
  Jahmal Fenner (TXEP) 3
  Jeff Thibodeaux (TLS) 3
Interception Return Yards
1. Hyrum Peters* (HI) 176
2. Dee Meza* (FREST) 128
3. Gerald Jones (SJST) 116
4. Nathan Ray* (FREST) 100
5. Cameron Worrell* (FREST) 97
6. Josh Powell (SJST) 85
7. Jason Benjamin (RICE) 70
  Gabe Franklin* (BOISE) 70
9. Julius Brown* (BOISE) 63
10. Wes Nurse* (BOISE) 52
Interception Return Touchdowns
1. Hyrum Peters* (HI) 3
2. Dee Meza* (FREST) 2