2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
Conference Southern Conference
2002 record 11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach Mike Sewak (1st season)
Home stadium Paulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2002 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#3 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1     11 –3  
#14 Wofford  6 –2     9 –3  
#10 Appalachian State ^  6 –2     8 –4  
#9 Furman ^  6 –2     8 –4  
VMI  3 –5     6 –6  
Western Carolina  3 –5     5 –6  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     4 –8  
Chattanooga  2 –6     2 –10  
The Citadel  1 –7     3 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1]The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, in his first year as head coach for the Eagles.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 7:00 PM at Delaware* No. 5 Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE L 19–22   19,056
September 7 Gardner–Webb* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 56–0   –
September 21 7:00 PM Wofford Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 7–14   15,564
September 28 at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN W 38–10   –
October 5 VMI No. 3 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 52–7   15,621
October 12 at Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC W 41–24   –
October 19 Appalachian State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Rivalry) W 36–20   –
October 26 2:00 PM at The Citadel No. 10 Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC W 28–24   16,427
November 2 East Tennessee State Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 40–7   –
November 9 at Furman (SC) Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC W 39–24   –
November 16 Jacksonville State* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 37–13   –
November 30 Bethune–Cookman* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Division I-AA 1st Round Playoff Game) W 34–0   –
December 7 Maine* Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Division I-AA Quarterfinal Playoff Game) W 31–7   –
December 14 5:30 PM No. 15 Western Kentucky* No. 3 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Division I-AA Semifinal Playoff Game) L 28–31   6,573
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  2. ↑ "2002 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
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