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. AP Poll
The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2002 college football season . The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. They were led by first-year head coach Ron Zook , who coached them to a second-place finish in the SEC East, an Outback Bowl berth, and an overall record of 8–5 (.615).
Schedule Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 31 UAB* No. 6 PPV W 51–385,575 September 7 No. 1 Miami (FL)* No. 6 CBS L 16–4185,777 September 14 Ohio* No. 12 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL PPV W 34–684,002 September 21 at No. 4 Tennessee No. 10 CBS W 30–13108,722 September 28 Kentucky No. 7 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL CBS W 41–3485,333 October 5 at Ole Miss No. 6 CBS L 14–1761,140 October 12 No. 18 LSU No. 16 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry) ESPN L 7–3685,252 October 19 Auburn Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry) ESPN W 30–23 OT 85,135 November 2 vs. No. 5 Georgia ESPN W 20–1384,433 November 9 at Vanderbilt No. 23 PPV W 21–1728,881 November 16 South Carolina No. 20 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL ESPN W 28–785,222 November 30 at No. 23 Florida State* No. 15 ABC L 14–3183,938 January 1, 2003 vs. No. 12 Michigan* No. 15 ESPN L 30–3865,101 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide ,[2] [3]
Roster 2002 Florida Gators football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Keiwan Ratliff Jr LB 42 Byron Hardmon Sr LB 59 Mike Nattiel Sr DE 86 Darrell Lee Jr DT 98 Tron LaFavor Sr
Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Coaching staff Ron Zook – Head CoachEd Zaunbrecher - Offensive Coordinator/QuarterbacksJohn Thompson – Defensive Coordinator Mike Woodford – Defense Jerry "Red" Anderson – Defensive Joe Wickline – Offensive Line Dwayne Dixon – Wide Receivers Larry Fedora – Running BacksJerry Odom – Inside Linebackers Tyke Tolbert – Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator Game summaries Kentucky 1 2 3 4 Total Kentucky 0 0 28 6 34 • Florida 6 13 13 9 41
Date: September 28Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Game start: 3:30 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:38Game attendance: 85,333Game weather: Sunny; 86°F; wind 9 WReferee: Steve Shaw Scoring summary Q1 2:08 FLA Graham 1-yard run (kick blocked)FLA 6–0 Q2 11:55 FLA Carthon 19-yard run (pass failed)FLA 12–0 Q2 2:54 FLA Carthon 6-yard run (Leach kick) FLA 19–0 Q3 11:05 UK Abney 14-yard pass from Lorenzen (Begley kick)FLA 19–7 Q3 7:21 FLA Jacobs 4-yard pass from Grossman (kick blocked)FLA 25–7 Q3 6:59 UK Abney 100-yard kickoff return (Begley kick) FLA 25–14 Q3 3:21 UK Pinner 1-yard run (Begley kick)FLA 25–21 Q3 3:03 UK Boone 39-yard pass from Lorenzen (Begley kick) UK 28–25 Q3 0:18 FLA Jacobs 35-yard pass from Grossman (Leach kick) FLA 32–28 Q4 9:25 FLA Ratliff 62-yard interception return (Leach kick)FLA 39–28 Q4 5:24 UK Abney 49-yard punt return (pass failed) FLA 39–34 Q4 5:24 FLA Ratliff PAT return FLA 41–34
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Georgia 1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 0 12 0 8 20 Georgia 7 6 0 0 13
Date: Saturday, November 2Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida Game start: 7:45 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 84,433Game weather: Clear, 58 FReferee: Penn WagersTelevision network: ESPN Scoring summary 1 6:59 UGA J.T. Wall 10-yard pass from David Greene (Billy Bennett kick) (3-48, 0:49) UGA 7-0 2 9:39 FLA Aaron Walker 5-yard pass from Rex Grossman (Brendt Talcott kick failed) (13-58, 5:21) UGA 7-6 2 3:56 FLA Guss Scott 47-yard interception return (pass failed) FLA 12-6 2 1:20 UGA Billy Bennett 47-yard field goal (8-48, 2:36) FLA 12-10 2 0:03 UGA Billy Bennett 25-yard field goal (4-(-2), 1:08) UGA 13-12 4 11:32 FLA Ben Troupe 10-yard pass from Rex Grossman (Grossman run) (10-89, 3:49) FLA 20-13
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Season links 1. Schedule/Results – https://web.archive.org/web/20070121010018/http://www.gatorzone.com/sched.php?sport=footb https://web.archive.org/web/20060514092841/http://www.gatorzone.com/football/bios.php?year=2002
See also Auburn–Florida football rivalry Florida–Florida State football rivalry Florida Gators Florida–Georgia football rivalry Florida–LSU football rivalry Florida–Miami football rivalry Florida–Tennessee football rivalry History of the University of Florida References ^ University of Florida Sports Information Department. "Florida 2002 Media Guide" (PDF) . floridagators.com . University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018 . ^ 2012 Florida Football Media Guide Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine ^ GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 20032 Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved November 25, 2011. ^ GatorZone.com Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2015-Sep-06.^ "Gators Upend No. 5 Georgia, 20-13". Gatorzone.com. Retrieved 02-May-2012. Bibliography 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide , Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009).2012 Florida Football Media Guide Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators , Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory , Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told , Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ){kind=logo}
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