2002 Big 12 Championship Game

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Big 12 Championship Game

| subheader = Conference Championship

| title_sponsor =

| image =

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| alt =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 7

| year_game_played = 2002

| football_season = 2002

| stadium = Reliant Stadium

| city = Houston, Texas

| visitor_school = University of Colorado Boulder

| visitor_name_short = Colorado

| visitor_nickname = Buffaloes

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_conference =

| visitor_rank_AP = 12

| visitor_rank_coaches = 14

| visitor_rank_BCS = 12

| Visitor =

| visitor_coach = Gary Barnett

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_school = University of Oklahoma

| home_name_short = Oklahoma

| home_nickname = Sooners

| home_record = 10–2

| home_conference =

| home_rank_AP = 8

| home_rank_coaches = 9

| home_rank_BCS = 7

| Home =

| home_coach = Bob Stoops

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 6

| home_3q = 6

| home_4q = 10

| MVP =

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| anthem =

| referee = Jon Bible

| halftime =

| attendance = 63,332

| payout =

| us_network = ABC

| us_announcers = Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson

| ratings =

}}

{{2002 Big 12 Conference football standings}}

The 2002 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2002, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. This was the 7th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 2002 champion of the Big 12 Conference.{{cite web|url=https://big12sports.com/news/2011/6/1/205160610.aspx|title=All-Time Big 12 Championships|website=big12sports.com|publisher=Big 12 Conference|access-date=23 October 2021}} The game featured the Colorado Buffaloes, champions of the North division, and the Oklahoma Sooners, champions of the South division. Both teams had faced each other earlier in the regular season, with the Sooners defeating the Buffaloes 27–11.{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Is Stifling |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2002/11/03/oklahoma-is-stifling/0f14a5b2-9969-4af5-b806-7164b9c5f749/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=November 20, 2021 |date=November 3, 2002 }} Oklahoma would win the rematch 29–7 and gained their second Big 12 title in three years.