2002 South Florida Bulls football team

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 (92). However, the Bulls did not participate in a bowl game.

2002 South Florida Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
2002 record92
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Hobbie (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRick Kravitz (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorWally Burnham (2nd as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadiumRaymond James Stadium (66,321, grass)
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 p.m.Florida AtlanticW 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 ArkansasWMORL 3–4255,817
September 287:00 p.m.at No. 2 OklahomaTBSL 14–3174,432
October 58:05 p.m.at North TexasWMORW 24–1715,512
October 127:00 p.m.Southern Miss
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
FSNW 16–1328,181
October 192:00 p.m.at East CarolinaFSNW 46–3033,419
November 27:00 p.m.Charleston Southern
  • Raymond James Stadium
  • Tampa, FL
W 56–623,144
November 97:00 p.m.Memphis
  • 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 HoustonFSNW 32–1412,856
  • Source: GoUSFBulls.com: Football – 2002 Schedule & Results[1]

Roster

2002 South Florida Bulls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Marquel Blackwell Sr
T 72 Ken Dawson Sr
RB 26 Billy Henderson So
C 71 Alex Herron So
WR 22 Elgin Hicks Jr
WR 4 DeAndrew Rubin Sr
WR 2 Hugh Smith Sr
WR 15 Huey Whittaker Jr
WR 86 Bryan Williams Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 55 Cedric Battles Jr
LB 51 Devon Davis Fr
DE 53 Julian Johnson Sr
LB 52 Mike Minus Jr
LB 5 Kawika Mitchell Sr
DL 54 Emerson Morris Sr
LB 50 Stephen Nicholas Fr
DE 41 Shurron Pierson Sr
DB 32 J. R. Reed Jr
DL 93 Lee Roy Selmon Jr
DB 21 Maurice Tucker Sr
DB 17 Kevin Verpaele Jr
DL 8 Greg Walls Sr
DB 24 Antonio Warren So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 7 Santiago Gramatica So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Kawika MitchellLinebacker247Kansas City Chiefs
Shurron PiersonDefensive end4129Oakland Raiders
DeAndrew RubinWide receiver7253Green Bay Packers

References

  1. "2002 USF Schedule & Results". GoUSFBulls.com. University of South Florida. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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