2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team

The 2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 13–1 record.

2002 Georgia Bulldogs football
SEC champion
SEC Eastern Division champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 26–13 vs. Florida State
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
2002 record13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNeil Callaway (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrian VanGorder (2nd season)
Home stadiumSanford Stadium (86,520)
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
No. 11 Alabama  6 –2     10 –3  
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  
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

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:45 p.m.Clemson*No. 8
ESPNW 31–2886,520[1]
September 143:30 p.m.at South CarolinaNo. 9
CBSW 13–784,227[1]
September 211:00 p.m.Northwestern State*No. 8
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 45–786,520[1]
September 281:00 p.m.New Mexico State*No. 8
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
W 41–1086,520[1]
October 53:30 p.m.at No. 22 AlabamaNo. 7
CBSW 27–2583,818[1]
October 123:30 p.m.No. 10 TennesseeNo. 6
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
CBSW 18–1386,520[1]
October 1912:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 5
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
JPSW 48–1786,520[1]
October 263:30 p.m.at KentuckyNo. 5
CBSW 52–2471,017[1]
November 27:45 p.m.vs. FloridaNo. 5
ESPNL 13–2084,433[1]
November 97:00 p.m.Ole MissNo. 7
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
ESPN2W 31–1786,520[1]
November 163:30 p.m.at No. 24 AuburnNo. 7
CBSW 24–2186,063[1]
November 303:30 p.m.Georgia Tech*No. 5
CBSW 51–786,520[1]
December 76:00 p.m.vs. No. 22 ArkansasNo. 4
CBSW 30–374,835[1]
January 1, 20038:30 p.m.vs. No. 16 Florida State*No. 4
ABCW 26–1374,269[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Auburn
#7 Georgia at Auburn
1 234Total
• Georgia 3 0147 24
Auburn 7 770 21
  • Georgia clinches SEC East

Roster
2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Reggie Brown  So
T 71 George Foster Sr
QB 11 David Greene So
QB 3 D. J. Shockley Fr
T 78 Jon Stinchcomb Sr
FB 49 J. T. Wall Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 45 Boss Bailey Sr
LB 42 Tony Gilbert Sr
CB 23 Tim Jennings Fr
DB 6 Sean Jones Jr
DE 47 David Pollack So
DT 57 Johnathan Sullivan Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 83 Jonathan Kilgo Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-20

References
  1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.
  2. "2002–2003 Schedule". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.


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