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.[1] 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.[2] Oklahoma would win the rematch 29–7 and gained their second Big 12 title in three years.