2002 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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2002 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record3–9 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Sparky Woods (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Joe Lee Dunn (7th season)
Home stadium Davis Wade Stadium
Seasons
←  2001
2003  →
2002 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 3 Georgia x$  7 –1   13 –1  
Florida  6 –2   8 –5  
Tennessee  5 –3   8 –5  
Kentucky  3 –5   7 –5  
South Carolina  3 –5   5 –7  
Vanderbilt  0 –8   2 –10  
Western Division
Arkansas xy  5 –3   9 –5  
No. 14 Auburn x  5 –3   9 –4  
LSU x  5 –3   8 –5  
Ole Miss  3 –5   7 –6  
Mississippi State  0 –8   3 –9  
No. 11 ^Alabama  6 –2   10 –3  
Championship: Georgia 30, Arkansas 3
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – Alabama had the best division record, but did not participate in postseason play due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division. [1] Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 315:00 pmat No. 15 Oregon *
 FSN L 13–3656,386
September 146:00 pmNo. 24 (I-AA) Jacksonville State *
W 51–1347,456 [2]
September 196:45 pm Auburn
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
 ESPN L 14–4252,583
September 2811:30 amat No. 22 LSU
JPS L 13–3190,793
October 512:00 pmat South Carolina
L 10–3480,250
October 121:30 pm Troy State *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
W 11–849,546
October 197:00 pmat Memphis *
W 29–1728,209
November 21:30 pm Kentucky
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
 PPV L 24–4545,248
November 91:00 pmat No. 11 Alabama
PPVL 14–2883,818
November 1611:30 am Tennessee
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
JPSL 17–3554,807
November 231:30 pm Arkansas
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
L 19–2640,108
November 286:45 pmat Ole Miss
ESPNL 12–2460,245
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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References

  1. ↑ "2002 Southeastern Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fant returns to ignite Bulldogs, 51–13". The Vicksburg Post. September 15, 2002. Retrieved July 20, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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