| Game Name: | Big 12 Championship Game |
| Subheader: | Conference Championship |
| 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 Rank Ap: | 12 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 14 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | 12 |
| 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 Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 9 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 7 |
| Home Coach: | Bob Stoops |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 6 |
| Home 4Q: | 10 |
| Referee: | Jon Bible |
| Attendance: | 63,332 |
| Us Network: | ABC |
| Us Announcers: | Brent Musburger and Gary Danielson |
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.
See main article: 2002 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
See main article: 2002 Oklahoma Sooners football team.