2002 Miami Hurricanes football team

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2002 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Big East champion
Florida Cup champion
Fiesta Bowl (BCS NCG), L 24–312OT vs. Ohio State
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record12–1 (7–0 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Randy Shannon (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3 Cover 2
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,476)
Seasons
  2001
2003  
2002 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Miami (FL) $  7 0   12 1  
No. 25 West Virginia  6 1   9 4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh  5 2   9 4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech  3 4   10 4  
Boston College  3 4   9 4  
Temple  2 5   4 8  
Syracuse  2 5   4 8  
Rutgers  0 7   1 11  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 77th season of football and 12th as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Larry Coker and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 12–1 overall and 7–0 in the Big East to finish as conference champion. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl, which served as the BCS National Championship Game, and lost against Ohio State, 31–24, in double overtime.

Contents

Pre-season

Miami had just come off a national championship season. Many of the starters left for the NFL, but a few key players, including quarterback Ken Dorsey, wide receiver Andre Johnson, and linebackers Jonathan Vilma and D. J. Williams returned. Despite the loss of numerous starters, Miami was still ranked 1st in the preseason coaches poll. [1]

Pre-season awards

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 pm Florida A&M *No. 1 PPV W 63–1768,548
September 75:15 pmat No. 6 Florida *No. 1 CBS W 41–16 85,777
September 1412:00 pmat Temple No. 1 ESPN+ W 44–2133,169
September 217:45 pm Boston College No. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN W 38–673,622
October 57:00 pm Connecticut *No. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
PPV W 48–1452,131
October 1212:00 pmNo. 9 Florida State *No. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
ABC W 28–2781,927
October 2612:00 pmat West Virginia No. 1 ESPN2 W 40–2356,817
November 212:00 pmat Rutgers No. 1 ESPN+ W 42–1727,222
November 93:30 pmat Tennessee *No. 2 CBS W 26–3107,745
November 217:30 pmNo. 17 Pittsburgh No. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN W 28–2164,897
November 301:00 pmat Syracuse No. 1 ABC W 49–745,679
December 71:00 pmNo. 18 Virginia Tech No. 1
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL (rivalry)
ABC W 56–4576,108
January 38:00 pmvs. No. 2 Ohio State *No. 1 ABC L 24–31 2OT77,502
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP 1 (27)(27)1 (34)1 (68)1 (68)1 (69)1 (71)1 (73)1 (65)1 (61)1 (59)2 (32)1 (74)1 (74)1 (71)1 (73)1 (74)2
Coaches 1 (34)1 (42)1 (49)1 (58)1 (58)1 (59)1 (59)1 (60)1 (58)1 (55)1 (53)1 (47)1 (61)1 (61)1 (60)1 (60)1 (61)2
BCS Not released22321111Not released

Roster

2002 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Willis McGahee So
WR 5 Andre Johnson Jr
WR 9 Kevin Beard Jr
QB 11 Ken Dorsey Sr
RB 32 Frank Gore So
RB 34 Jarrett Payton Jr
OT 60 Vernon Carey Jr
C 66 Brett Romberg Sr
G 74 Sherko Haji-Rasouli Sr
OT 76 Carlos Joseph Jr
OL 77 Chris Myers So
WR 84 Roscoe Parrish Fr
TE 81 Kellen Winslow II So
TE 74 Eric Winston So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 17 D.J. Williams Jr
CB 25 Alfonso Marshall Jr
CB 22 Kelly Jennings Fr
CB 6 Antrel Rolle So
S 26 Sean Taylor So
LB 49 Darrell McClover Jr
LB 51 Jonathan Vilma Jr
DE 55 Jamaal Green Sr
DT 56 Santonio Thomas Jr
DT 75 Vince Wilfork So
DE 91 Matt Walters Sr
DT 94 William Joseph Sr
DE 95 Jerome McDougle Sr
DE 99 Andrew Williams Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 16 Todd Sievers Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

Bold indicates starters at that position. Bold italics indicates a returning starter. [2]

Offense

Defense

Special teams

Season recap

Florida A&M

At Florida

At Temple

Boston College

Connecticut

Florida State

At West Virginia

At Rutgers

At Tennessee

Pittsburgh

At Syracuse

Virginia Tech

Vs. Ohio State (Fiesta Bowl)

Ohio State vs. Miami (FL)
1234OTTotal
No. 2 Buckeyes014301431
No. 1 Hurricanes7073724

Statistics

Awards

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