| Year: | 2002 |
| Team: | Utah Utes |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Short Conf: | MW |
| Record: | 5–6 |
| Conf Record: | 3–4 |
| Head Coach: | Ron McBride |
| Hc Year: | 13th |
| Off Coach: | Craig Ver Steeg |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Kyle Whittingham |
| Dc Year: | 8th |
| Stadium: | Rice-Eccles Stadium (Capacity: 45,634) |
This season was Ron McBride's last at Utah. The team won their first two games, before dropping six straight. At 2–6 with only three games remaining, the team was guaranteed a losing record and would be ineligible for bowl play. However, the team then won the final three games of the season, capped by a 13–6 home victory over their biggest rivals, the BYU Cougars, finishing the season with a 5–6 record.
Three players went in the 2003 NFL draft, including first rounder and future pro bowler Jordan Gross.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 1 | 8 | Carolina Panthers | |||
| 6 | 187 | Buffalo Bills | |||
| 7 | 258 | Baltimore Ravens |