2002 South Florida Bulls football team

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2002 South Florida Bulls football
South Florida Bulls wordmark.png
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Hobbie (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators
  • Rick Kravitz (6th season)
  • Wally Burnham (2nd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Raymond James Stadium
Seasons
←  2001
2003  →
2002 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
South Florida  –  9 –2  
No. 17 Notre Dame  –  10 –3  
Connecticut  –  6 –6  
Utah State  –  4 –7  
Troy State  –  4 –8  
Navy  –  2 –10  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his sixth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2). However, the Bulls did not participate in a bowl game. They were offered a spot in the 2002 Seattle Bowl (after initially being publicly denied a spot in it by the executive director of the bowl) but declined it due to how they would have had to pay the bowl $2 million to play in it, as the bowl was only extending a spot to the Bulls so they would cover the financial woes of the game. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 297:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic
W 51–1022,074
September 77:00 p.m. Northern Illinois
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 37–623,559
September 147:00 p.m.at Arkansas
WMOR L 3–4255,817
September 287:00 p.m.at No. 2 Oklahoma
TBS L 14–3174,432
October 58:05 p.m.at North Texas
WMORW 24–1715,512
October 127:00 p.m. Southern Miss
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
 FSN W 16–1328,181 [2]
October 192:00 p.m.at East Carolina
FSNW 46–3033,419 [3]
November 27:00 p.m. Charleston Southern
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 56–623,144 [4]
November 97:00 p.m. Memphis Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 31–2832,270
November 167:00 p.m. Bowling Green
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 29–728,098
November 233:00 p.m.at Houston
FSNW 32–1412,856

Roster

2002 South Florida Bulls football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Marquel Blackwell Sr
OT 72Ken DawsonSr
RB 26Billy HendersonSo
C 71Alex HerronSo
WR 22Elgin HicksJr
WR 4 DeAndrew Rubin Sr
WR 2Hugh SmithSr
WR 15Huey WhittakerJr
WR 86Bryan WilliamsFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 55Cedric BattlesJr
LB 51Devon DavisFr
DE 53Julian JohnsonSr
LB 52Mike MinusJr
LB 5 Kawika Mitchell Sr
DL 54Emerson MorrisSr
LB 50Stephen NicholasFr
DE 41 Shurron Pierson Sr
DB 32 J. R. Reed Jr
DL 93Lee Roy SelmonJr
DB 21Maurice TuckerSr
DB 17Kevin VerpaeleJr
DL 8Greg WallsSr
DB 24Antonio WarrenSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 7Santiago GramaticaSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Kawika Mitchell Linebacker247 Kansas City Chiefs
Shurron Pierson Defensive end4129 Oakland Raiders
DeAndrew Rubin Wide receiver7253 Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ↑ JaguarGator8 (January 4, 2023). The CRAZIEST BOWL in South Florida HISTORY | 2002 Seattle Bowl . Retrieved November 25, 2024– via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Bulls prove to be ready for prime-time players". St. Petersburg Times. October 13, 2002. Retrieved September 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Bulls lift travel troubles". Tampa Bay Times. October 20, 2002. Retrieved March 12, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Scoreboard lights up for Bulls". St. Petersburg Times. November 3, 2002. Retrieved July 31, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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