2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his first year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a 2–10 record for the season.

2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2002 record2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (1st season)
Captain
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium
(Capacity: 41,221)[1]
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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 315:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech*
L 3–4543,719
September 76:00 p.m.Furman*
W 49–1828,568
September 1411:30 a.m.at Auburn
JPSL 6–3176,127
September 2111:30 a.m.at Ole Miss
JPSL 38–4550,427
September 286:00 p.m.South Carolina
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
PPVL 14–2034,406
October 126:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee State*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
L 20–2128,660
October 1911:30 a.m.at No. 5 Georgia
JPSL 17–4886,520
October 2611:00 a.m.Connecticut*
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
W 28–2421,210
November 21:00 p.m.No. 12 Alabama
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
PPVL 8–3036,407
November 91:00 p.m.No. 23 Florida
  • Vanderbilt Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
PPVL 17–2128,881
November 1612:30 p.m.at Kentucky
L 21–4151,114
November 2311:30 a.m.Tennessee
JPSL 0–2447,210
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Georgia Tech
1 234Total
Vanderbilt 0 003 3
• Georgia Tech 0 31140 45
  • Location: Atlanta
  • Game start: 5:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 43,719

[2]

Scoring Summary

Quarter Time Team TD/FG Type of score Extra PT Vandy Georgia Tech
Second Quarter15:00GTTD1-yard passing touchdownextra point is good07
Second Quarter10:06GTTD2-yard rushing touchdownextra point is good014
Second Quarter7:00GTTD38-yard passing touchdownextra point is good021
Second Quarter4:11GTFGfield goal-024
Second Quarter1:26GTTD4-yard passing touchdownextra point is good030
Third Quarter13:37GTTD56-yard rushing touchdownextra point is good037
Third Quarter0:32GTTD5-yard rushing touchdownextra point is good044
Fourth Quarter3:30VANFGfield goal-345

Roster
2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 6 Jay Cutler  Fr
G 72 Jim May Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 5 Aaron McWherter  Sr
LB 47 Hunter Hillenmeyer Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2003-02-10

Team players drafted into the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Hunter HillenmeyerLB5166Green Bay Packers

[3]

References
  1. "Notes for Homes Game Versus Florida" (PDF). Vanderbilt Athletics. November 3, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
  2. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/boxscores/2001/08/30/vva_mmm/
  3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2002.htm


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