2002 Florida State Seminoles football team

2002 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–26 vs. Georgia
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 23
AP No. 21
2002 record 9–5 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach Bobby Bowden (27th season)
Offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (19th season)
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,000)
2002 ACC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 21 Florida State $  7 –1     9 –5  
No. 22 Virginia  6 –2     9 –5  
No. 13 Maryland  6 –2     11 –3  
No. 12 NC State  5 –3     11 –3  
Clemson  4 –4     7 –6  
Georgia Tech  4 –4     7 –6  
Wake Forest  3 –5     7 –6  
North Carolina  1 –7     3 –9  
Duke  0 –8     2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 9-5 (7-1 ACC) to finish in 1st place in the ACC. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Georgia 26-13.

During the season, Bobby Bowden passed Bear Bryant on the all-time coaching wins list.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 24 8:30 p.m. at Iowa State* No. 3 Arrowhead Stadium • Kansas City, MO (Eddie Robinson Classic) FSN W 38–31   55,132
August 31 3:30 p.m. Virginia No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy) ABC W 40–19   79,406
September 14 7:45 p.m. at Maryland No. 5 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD ESPN W 37–10   51,758
September 21 7:00 p.m. Duke No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL SUN W 48–17   82,397
September 26 7:45 p.m. at Louisville* No. 4 Papa John's Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY ESPN L 20–26 OT  38,109
October 3 7:45 p.m. Clemson No. 11 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 48–31   78,841
October 12 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Miami (FL)* No. 9 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) ABC L 27-28   81,927
October 26 12:00 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame‡* No. 11 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC L 24–34   84,106
November 2 4:00 p.m. at Wake Forest No. 18 Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC ESPN2 W 34–21   24,710
November 9 3:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech No. 17 Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA ABC W 21–13   43,719
November 16 3:30 p.m. North Carolinadagger No. 15 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC W 40–14   81,910
November 23 3:30 p.m. at NC State No. 14 Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ABC L 7–17   51,500
November 30 8:00 p.m. No. 15 Florida* No. 23 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 31–14   83,938
January 1 8:30 p.m. vs. No. 4 Georgia* No. 16 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC L 13–26   74,269
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

2002 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 70 Alex Barron So
WR 4 Anquan Boldin Sr
OL 54 Milford Brown Sr
TE 38 Paul Irons So
RB 6 Greg Jones Jr
QB 5 Adrian McPherson So
WR 81 P. K. Sam Jr
T 72 Brett Williams Sr
T 79 Todd Williams Sr
T 77 Ray Willis So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 58 Michael Boulware Jr
DE 59 Charles Howard Jr
LB 42 Jerel Hudson Sr
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Sr
LB 9 Kendyll Pope Jr
FS 22 Pat Watkins Fr
DE 95 Kamerion Wimbley Fr
NG 91 Jeff Womble Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-28

References

  1. ↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2015-Apr-19.


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