2002 Florida State Seminoles football team

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2002 Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–26 vs. Georgia
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 21
Record9–5 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (19th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,000)
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference 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.

Contents

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 248:30 p.m.at Iowa State *No. 3
FSN W 38–3155,132
August 313:30 p.m. Virginia No. 5 ABC W 40–1979,406
September 147:45 p.m.at Maryland No. 5 ESPN W 37–1051,758
September 217:00 p.m. Duke No. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
SUN W 48–1782,397
September 267:45 p.m.at Louisville *No. 4ESPNL 20–26 OT38,109
October 37:45 p.m. Clemson No. 11
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ESPNW 48–3178,841
October 1212:00 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL) *No. 9ABCL 27–2881,927
October 2612:00 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame *No. 11
ABCL 24–3484,106
November 24:00 p.m.at Wake Forest No. 18 ESPN2 W 34–2124,710
November 93:30 p.m.at Georgia Tech No. 17ABCW 21–1343,719
November 163:30 p.m. North Carolina Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 15
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 40–1481,910
November 233:30 p.m.at NC State No. 14ABCL 7–1751,500
November 308:00 p.m.No. 15 Florida *No. 23
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 31–1483,938
January 18:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 Georgia *No. 16ABCL 13–2674,269
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2002 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 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
OT 72Brett WilliamsSr
OT 79Todd WilliamsSr
OT 77Ray WillisSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 58 Michael Boulware Jr
DE 59Charles HowardJr
LB 32James LewisJr
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Sr
LB 9Kendyll PopeJr
FS 22 Pat Watkins Fr
DE 95Kamerion WimbleyFr
NG 91Jeff WombleJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-28

Games summaries

Vs. Iowa State

#3 Florida State vs. Iowa State
1234Total
#3 Seminoles17140738
Cyclones01431431

References

  1. ESPN. Retrieved 2015-Apr-19.