2002 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

American college football season February 2026 October 2025 August 2023 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack football Nevada Wolf Pack wordmark.svg Western Athletic Conference WAC 5–7 4–4 Chris Tormey 3rd Phil Earley 3rd Spread Jeff Mills 3rd 3–4 Mackay Stadium The 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The Wolf Pack were led by third–year head coach Chris Tormey and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. Schedule 2002 NCAA Division I-A AP Pacific August 31 12:00 p.m. l y y Washington State 12 Seahawks Stadium Seattle, WA Cougar Gridiron Classic FSNNW 7–31 63,588 September 14 1:00 p.m. w y BYU Mackay Stadium Reno, NV KRNV 31–28 23,109 September 21 1:00 p.m. w Rice Mackay Stadium Reno, NV 31–21 17,201 September 28 1:00 p.m. l y Colorado State 25 Mackay Stadium Reno, NV 28–32 19,292 October 5 7:00 p.m. l y y UNLV Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV Fremont Cannon KRNV 17–21 28,341 October 12 9:00 p.m. l y Hawaii Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI KRNV 34–59 39,616 October 19 1:00 p.m. w y San Jose State Mackay Stadium Reno, NV 52–24 19,481 October 26 12:00 p.m. l y Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA 47–50 15,315 November 2 12:00 p.m. w y SMU Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX KRNV 24–6 11,832 November 9 12:00 p.m. w UTEP Mackay Stadium Reno, NV 23–17 13,721 November 16 4:00 p.m. l y Fresno State Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA KRNV 30–38 40,866 November 23 12:00 p.m. l Boise State 23 Mackay Stadium Reno, NV rivalry 7–44 20,247 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack Schedule and Results https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/nevada/2002-schedule.html College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference December 24, 2025 2002 Football Schedule https://nevadawolfpack.com/sports/football/schedule/2002 Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics December 24, 2025 2025 Nevada Football Record Book https://nevadawolfpack.com/documents/2025/7/31/2025_Nevada_Football_Record_Book.pdf Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics 35 December 24, 2025 Game summaries Vs. Washington State Nevada vs. Washington State(Cougar Gridiron Classic) Wolf Pack No. 12 Cougars 7 0 0 0 0 14 0 17 August 31, 2002 Seahawks StadiumSeattle, WA 12:05 p.m. PDT 2 hours and 5 minutes 63,588 Temperature: 79 °F °C • Weather: Hazy and Partly Cloudy • Wind: N 3 MPH Jack Folliard N/A FSNNW yes 1 01:27 NEV Chance Kretschmer 7–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 2 14:52 WSU Jerome Riley 44–yard pass from Jason Gesser (Drew Dunning kick) TIE 7–7 2 00:27 WSU Jonathan Smith 2–yard run (Drew Dunning kick) WSU 14–7 4 14:31 WSU Jonathan Smith 2–yard run (Drew Dunning kick) WSU 21–7 4 11:07 WSU Drew Dunning 40–yard field goal WSU 24–7 4 06:42 WSU Will Derting 98–yard interception (Drew Dunning kick) WSU 31–7 yes 2002 Washington State Cougars football team BYU BYU at Nevada Cougars Wolf Pack 0 14 14 0 10 21 0 0 September 14, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 1:07 p.m. PDT 3 hours and 24 minutes 23,109 Temperature: 85 °F °C • Weather: Sun with High Clouds • Wind: Light Gene Semko N/A KRNV yes 1 03:31 NEV Damon Fine 41–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 01:30 NEV Nate Burleson 95–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 10–0 2 14:54 BYU Rod Wilkerson 31–yard pass from Bret Engemann (Matt Payne kick) NEV 10–7 2 11:02 NEV Dan Bythwood 16–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 17–7 2 06:59 BYU Reno Mahe 4–yard run (Matt Payne kick) NEV 17–14 2 00:48 NEV Erick Streelman 13–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 24–14 2 00:01 NEV Tim Fleming 9–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 31–14 3 10:21 BYU Marcus Whalen 30–yard run (Matt Payne kick) NEV 31–21 3 04:09 BYU Gabe Reid 9–yard pass from Lance Pendleton (Matt Payne kick) NEV 31–28 yes 2002 BYU Cougars football team Rice Rice at Nevada Owls Wolf Pack 14 0 0 7 10 7 7 7 September 21, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 1:07 p.m. PDT 2 hours and 49 minutes 17,201 Temperature: 81 °F °C • Weather: Sunny • Wind: Light Robert Cameron None None yes 1 11:08 NEV Damon Fine 28–yard field goal NEV 3–0 1 09:05 NEV Nate Burleson 4–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 10–0 1 08:44 RICE Vincent Hawkins 80–yard run (Brennan Landry kick) NEV 10–7 1 02:30 RICE Jeremy Hurd 21–yard pass from Kyle Herm (Brennan Landry kick) RICE 14–10 2 05:24 NEV Nate Burleson 19–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 17–14 3 03:35 NEV Tim Fleming 31–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 24–14 4 11:58 NEV Nichiren Flowers 11–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 31–14 4 11:03 RICE Jeremy Hurd 71–yard pass from Greg Henderson (Brennan Landry kick) NEV 31–21 yes 2002 Rice Owls football team Colorado State Colorado State at Nevada No. 25 Rams Wolf Pack 0 7 11 14 7 7 7 7 September 28, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 1:07 p.m. PDT 3 hours and 15 minutes 19,292 Temperature: 72 °F °C • Weather: High Clouds • Wind: W 20 MPH Ken Flaherty None None yes 1 00:46 NEV Tim Fleming 23–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 2 10:55 NEV Nate Burleson 21–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–0 2 08:12 CSU Chris Pittman 34–yard pass from Justin Holland (Jeff Babcock kick) NEV 14–7 3 12:43 NEV Erick Streelman 9–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 21–7 3 07:52 CSU Jeff Babcock 29–yard field goal NEV 21–10 3 04:40 CSU Cecil Sapp 2–yard run (Joey Cuppari pass) NEV 21–18 4 14:12 CSU Bradlee Van Pelt 8–yard run (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 25–21 4 06:26 NEV Matt Milton 20–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 28–25 4 02:43 CSU Joel Dreessen 34–yard pass from Bradlee Van Pelt (Jeff Babcock kick) CSU 32–28 yes 2002 Colorado State Rams football team At UNLV Nevada at UNLV(Battle for the Fremont Cannon) Wolf Pack Rebels 0 6 0 11 7 7 0 7 October 5, 2002 Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV 7:06 p.m. PDT 3 hours and 41 minutes 28,341 Temperature: 77 °F °C • Weather: Clear • Wind: SW 2 MPH Gene Semko N/A KRNV yes 1 11:52 UNLV Joe Haro 1–yard run (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 7–0 2 13:37 NEV Damon Fine 19–yard field goal UNLV 7–3 2 10:44 UNLV Larry Croom 12–yard pass from Jason Thomas (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 14–3 2 03:16 NEV Damon Fine 25–yard field goal UNLV 14–6 4 12:31 NEV Damon Fine 37–yard field goal UNLV 14–9 4 08:51 NEV Nate Burleson 25–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Erick Streelman pass) NEV 17–14 4 06:03 UNLV Larry Croom 45–yard pass from Jason Thomas (Dillon Pieffer kick) UNLV 21–17 yes 2002 UNLV Rebels football team Fremont Cannon At Hawaii Nevada at Hawaii Wolf Pack Warriors 10 12 12 0 42 10 7 0 October 12, 2002 Aloha StadiumHalawa, HI 6:08 p.m. HADT 3 hours and 41 minutes 39,616 Temperature: 74 °F °C • Weather: Mostly Clear and Showers • Wind: TR 10–20 MPH Paul Labenne N/A KRNV yes 1 14:40 UH Britton Komine 72–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick) UH 7–0 1 13:49 UH Hyrum Peters 64–yard interception (Justin Ayat kick) UH 14–0 1 11:36 NEV Zack Threadgill 2–yard run (Damon Fine kick) UH 14–7 1 10:38 UH Chad Owens 50–yard pass from Timmy Chang (Justin Ayat kick) UH 21–7 1 07:59 UH Michael Brewster 4–yard run (Justin Ayat kick) UH 28–7 1 05:50 UH John West 6–yard run (Justin Ayat kick) UH 35–7 1 02:04 NEV Damon Fine 27–yard field goal UH 35–10 1 00:39 UH Britton Komine 54–yard pass from Shawn Withy-Allen (Justin Ayat kick) UH 42–10 2 12:23 UH John West 2–yard run (Justin Ayat kick) UH 49–10 2 07:45 NEV Matt Milton 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick failed) UH 49–16 2 04:42 NEV Erick Streelman 3–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (pass failed) UH 49–22 2 01:55 UH Justin Ayat 25–yard field goal UH 52–22 3 06:59 NEV Nichiren Flowers 20–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (pass failed) UH 52–28 3 04:35 UH John West 2–yard run (Justin Ayat kick) UH 59–28 3 01:07 NEV B.J. Mitchell 2–yard run (Zack Threadgill rush failed) UH 59–34 yes 2002 Hawaii Warriors football team San Jose State San Jose State at Nevada Spartans Wolf Pack 0 17 0 7 7 7 17 21 October 19, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 1:07 p.m. PDT 2 hours and 58 minutes 19,481 Temperature: 67 °F °C • Weather: Clear and Mostly Sunny • Wind: Calm Frank White None None yes 1 05:31 NEV Maurice Mann 36–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–0 2 14:16 SJSU Nick Gilliam 22–yard field goal NEV 7–3 2 06:45 NEV B.J. Mitchell 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–3 2 04:31 SJSU Charles Pauley 5–yard run (Nick Gilliam kick) NEV 14–10 2 00:53 SJSU Tuati Wooden 22–yard pass from Scott Rislov (Nick Gilliam kick) SJSU 17–14 3 10:45 NEV Maurice Mann 13–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 21–17 3 04:14 NEV Damon Fine 37–yard field goal NEV 24–17 3 00:38 NEV Nate Burleson 27–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 31–17 4 11:38 SJSU Lance Martin 2–yard run (Nick Gilliam kick) NEV 31–24 4 07:22 NEV Matt Milton 31–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 38–24 4 06:27 NEV Keone Kauo 21–yard interception (Damon Fine kick) NEV 45–24 4 04:29 NEV Matt Milton 71–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 52–24 yes 2002 San Jose State Spartans football team At Louisiana Tech Nevada at Louisiana Tech Wolf Pack Bulldogs 14 13 7 13 10 13 21 6 October 26, 2002 Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA 2:00 p.m. CDT N/A 15,315 Temperature: 60 °F °C • Weather: Overcast and Drizzle • Wind: N/A Daniel Romeo None None yes 1 13:02 LATECH Josh Scobee 23–yard field goal LATECH 3–0 1 09:48 NEV Nate Burleson 14–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–3 1 07:45 LATECH Joe Smith 9–yard run (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 10–7 1 02:23 NEV Matt Milton 2–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 14–10 2 14:20 LATECH Major Richmond 36–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick blocked) LATECH 16–14 2 11:10 NEV Matt Milton 3–yard run (Zack Threadgill pass failed) NEV 20–16 2 05:41 NEV Matt Milton 3–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 27–16 2 03:38 LATECH Joe Smith 15–yard run (Josh Scobee kick) NEV 27–23 3 14:37 LATECH Ahmad Harris 73–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 30–27 3 06:11 NEV Maurice Mann 10–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 34–30 3 03:22 LATECH D.J. Curry 14–yard pass from Luke McCown (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 37–34 3 01:28 LATECH Corey Brazil 49–yard interception (Josh Scobee kick) LATECH 44–34 4 14:09 NEV Matt Milton 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick) LATECH 44–41 4 12:17 LATECH Joe Smith 3–yard run (Josh Scobee kick failed) LATECH 50–41 4 01:20 NEV Nichiren Flowers 20–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick failed) LATECH 50–47 yes 2002 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team At SMU Nevada at SMU Wolf Pack Mustangs 0 0 3 21 0 0 0 6 November 2, 2002 Gerald J. Ford StadiumUniversity Park, TX 2:10 p.m. CST 2 hours and 59 minutes 11,832 Temperature: 52 °F °C • Weather: Cloudy and 76% Humidity • Wind: E 6 MPH Bill Athan N/A KRNV yes 3 13:27 NEV Damon Fine 45–yard field goal NEV 3–0 4 14:46 NEV Nate Burleson 4–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 10–0 4 07:54 SMU Kris Briggs 5–yard run (Trent Stephenson kick failed) NEV 10–6 4 02:58 NEV Nichiren Flowers 29–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) NEV 17–6 4 02:38 NEV Craig Bailey 29–yard interception (Damon Fine kick) NEV 24–6 yes 2002 SMU Mustangs football team UTEP UTEP at Nevada Miners Wolf Pack 0 17 0 0 0 14 6 3 November 9, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 12:05 p.m. PST 3 hours and 2 minutes 13,721 Temperature: 51 °F °C • Weather: Partly Cloudy and Cool • Wind: 20 MPH Frank White None None yes 2 12:12 UTEP Sherman Austin 26–yard pass from Omar Duarte (Keith Robinson kick) UTEP 7–0 2 10:27 NEV B.J. Mitchell 4–yard run (Damon Fine kick) TIE 7–7 2 06:56 UTEP Omar Duarte 5–yard run (Keith Robinson kick) UTEP 14–7 2 04:35 NEV Nate Burleson 11–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) TIE 14–14 2 00:00 UTEP Keith Robinson 54–yard field goal UTEP 17–14 3 11:07 NEV Bill Lynch 4–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick failed) NEV 20–17 4 13:34 NEV Damon Fine 32–yard field goal NEV 23–17 yes 2002 UTEP Miners football team At Fresno State Nevada at Fresno State Wolf Pack Bulldogs 10 0 0 20 3 14 14 7 November 16, 2002 Bulldog StadiumFresno, CA 4:08 p.m. PST 3 hours and 37 minutes 40,866 Temperature: 67 °F °C • Weather: Partly Cloudy and Hazy • Wind: Light Paul Labenne N/A KRNV yes 1 10:45 FS Asen Asparuhov 37–yard field goal FS 3–0 1 05:39 NEV Matt Milton 1–yard run (Damon Fine kick) NEV 7–3 1 00:36 NEV Damon Fine 36–yard field goal NEV 10–3 2 10:02 FS Bryson Sumlin 5–yard run (Asen Asparuhov kick) TIE 10–10 2 00:10 FS Marque Davis 17–yard pass from Paul Pinegar (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 17–10 3 12:18 FS Cameron Worrell 62–yard interception (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 24–10 3 10:23 FS Dee Meza 60–yard interception (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 31–10 4 14:46 NEV Nate Burleson 4–yard run (Damon Fine kick) FS 31–17 4 08:30 NEV Nate Burleson 18–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine pass failed) FS 31–23 4 03:04 FS James Cummings 12–yard run (Asen Asparuhov kick) FS 38–23 4 02:06 NEV Nate Burleson 45–yard pass from Zack Threadgill (Damon Fine kick) FS 38–30 yes 2002 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Boise State Boise State at Nevada(rivalry) No. 23 Broncos Wolf Pack 17 10 10 7 0 0 0 7 November 23, 2002 Mackay StadiumReno, NV 12:07 p.m. PST 3 hours and 4 minutes 20,247 Temperature: 58 °F °C • Weather: Clear • Wind: Light Rich Kollen None None yes 1 10:46 BSU Brock Forsey 4–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 7–0 1 07:34 BSU Brock Forsey 2–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 14–0 1 00:00 BSU Nick Calaycay 21–yard field goal BSU 17–0 2 11:04 BSU Brock Forsey 1–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 24–0 2 00:30 BSU Nick Calaycay 28–yard field goal BSU 27–0 3 11:18 BSU Jay Swillie 5–yard pass from Ryan Dinwiddie (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 34–0 3 05:15 BSU Nick Calaycay 32–yard field goal BSU 37–0 4 14:42 BSU Brock Forsey 38–yard run (Nick Calaycay kick) BSU 44–0 4 05:31 NEV Nate Burleson 17–yard pass from Jeff Rowe (Damon Fine kick) BSU 44–7 yes 2002 Boise State Broncos football team Boise State–Nevada football rivalry Roster 2002 Nevada Wolf Pack f 5 Fr Jeff Rowe American football QB y 12 Sr Aaron Carter WR 13 So Andy Heiser QB 14 Sr Zack Threadgill QB 16 Fr Travis Moore QB 58 Fr Joel Primus OL 59 So Harvey Dahl T y 60 So Joe Andrews T 62 Fr Cody Jackson OL 62 So Chris Hines G 63 Jr Clayton Madole OL 64 Fr Adam Garica OL 66 Sr Cody Johnson C 67 Jr John Tennert G 68 Fr Adam Kiefer yes T 70 Fr Barrett Reznick OL 71 Jr Steve Church C 72 Fr Nick Schneider G 73 Fr Tony Willis G 77 Jr Alan Parker T 77 Fr Kyle Gosselin OL 79 Jr Isaiah Ross G 80 Jr Nate Burleson WR y 81 Jr Maurice Mann WR y 82 Fr Gary Snyder, Jr. WR 83 Fr Anthony Pudewell TE 84 Fr Nichiren Flowers WR 85 Sr Bill Lynch TE 86 Fr Tony Moll TE yes y 87 Jr R. J. Marsh TE 89 Sr Erick Streelman TE 6 Jr Ronnie Hardiman FS 7 Sr Aaron Dean CB 8 So Marlon McLaughlin cB 55 Jr Jorge Cordova American football DE y 65 Sr Sean Folweiler DT https://web.archive.org/web/20030210140615/http://nevadawolfpack.ocsn.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/unv-m-footbl-mtt.html *Chris Tormey Team players in the NFL 2 Nevada Wolf Pack Player Position Round Pick NFL club Nate Burleson Wide receiver 3 71 Minnesota Vikings References Nevada Category:Nevada Wolf Pack football seasons Nevada Wolf Pack football