2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

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2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
San Francisco Bowl champion
San Francisco Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Air Force
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 18
Record10–4 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Bud Foster (8th season)
Base defense 4–4
Home stadium Lane Stadium
Seasons
←  2001
2003  →
2002 Big East Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 252:30 p.m. Arkansas State *No. 16
 ESPN+ W 63–754,016
September 12:30 p.m.No. 14 LSU *No. 16
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
 ABC W 26–865,049
September 127:45 p.m.No. 16 Marshall *No. 11
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
 ESPN W 47–2165,049
September 213:30 p.m.at No. 19 Texas A&M *No. 7
ABCW 13–383,746
September 2812:00 p.m.at Western Michigan *No. 5
 ESPN+ W 30–027,218
October 107:45 p.m.at Boston College No. 4
ESPNW 28–2342,826
October 191:00 p.m. Rutgers No. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
 PPV W 35–1464,907
October 261:00 p.m. Temple No. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
PPVW 20–1064,937
November 27:30 p.m.No. 25 Pittsburgh No. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
 ESPN2 L 21–2864,971
November 93:30 p.m.at Syracuse No. 8
ESPNL 42–50 3OT48,239
November 207:00 p.m. West Virginia No. 13
ESPN2L 18–2162,723
November 303:30 p.m. Virginia *No. 22
ESPNW 21–965,097
December 71:00 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL) No. 18
 ABC L 45–5676,108
December 318:30 p.m.vs. Air Force *No. 18
ESPN2W 20–1325,966
  • *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
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP 1616121175443338131322182118
Coaches Poll 161610975443337131219141914
BCS Not released4610—————Not released

Roster

2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 44John CandelasFr
OT 57 Anthony Davis Sr
OT 79Jon DunnSo
RB 43 Doug Easlick Jr
C 64 Jake Grove Jr
RB 31/32 Cedric Humes Fr
RB 25/7 Kevin Jones So
TE 90 Jeff King Fr
C 66 Will Montgomery Fr
QB 11 Grant Noel Sr
RB 22 Lee Suggs Sr
G 74Luke OwensSo
QB 5 Marcus Vick Fr
WR 19 Ernest Wilford Jr
WR 12Richard JohnsonSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 42 James Anderson Fr
S 21Michael CrawfordJr
DE 28Lamar CobbSr
DE 99Cols ColasJr
LB 33Chad CooperSo
DE 95 Jim Davis Jr
S 8 Vincent Fuller So
CB 4 DeAngelo Hall So
DB 27 Justin Hamilton Fr
DT 56 Jonathan Lewis Sr
DB 35 Willie Pile Sr
DE 55 Darryl Tapp Fr
CB 2 Ronyell Whitaker Sr
CB 17 Garnell Wilds Jr
CB 2 Jimmy Willams Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 49Carter WarleyJr
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
Lee Suggs Running back4115 Cleveland Browns
Willie Pile Safety7252 Kansas City Chiefs

References

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