2002 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–26 vs. Georgia
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
APNo. 21
Record9–5 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Bowden (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (19th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 82,000)
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 Florida State $  7 –1   9 –5  
No. 22 Virginia  6 –2   9 –5  
No. 13 Maryland  6 –2   11 –3  
No. 12 NC State  5 –3   11 –3  
Clemson  4 –4   7 –6  
Georgia Tech  4 –4   7 –6  
Wake Forest  3 –5   7 –6  
North Carolina  1 –7   3 –9  
Duke  0 –8   2 –10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). They finished the season 9–5 (7–1 ACC) to finish in 1st place in the ACC. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to Georgia 26–13.

During the season, Bobby Bowden passed Bear Bryant on the all-time coaching wins list.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 248:30 p.m.at Iowa State*No. 3
FSNW 38–3155,132
August 313:30 p.m.VirginiaNo. 5
ABCW 40–1979,406
September 147:45 p.m.at MarylandNo. 5
ESPNW 37–1051,758
September 217:00 p.m.DukeNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
SUNW 48–1782,397
September 267:45 p.m.at Louisville*No. 4
ESPNL 20–26 OT38,109
October 37:45 p.m.ClemsonNo. 11
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ESPNW 48–3178,841
October 1212:00 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)*No. 9
ABCL 27–2881,927
October 2612:00 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame*No. 11
ABCL 24–3484,106
November 24:00 p.m.at Wake ForestNo. 18
ESPN2W 34–2124,710
November 93:30 p.m.at Georgia TechNo. 17
ABCW 21–1343,719
November 163:30 p.m.North CarolinadaggerNo. 15
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 40–1481,910
November 233:30 p.m.at NC StateNo. 14
ABCL 7–1751,500
November 308:00 p.m.No. 15 Florida*No. 23
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 31–1483,938
January 18:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 Georgia*No. 16
ABCL 13–2674,269
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2002 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 70 Alex Barron So
WR 4 Anquan Boldin Sr
OL 54 Milford Brown Sr
TE 38 Paul Irons So
RB 6 Greg Jones Jr
QB 5 Adrian McPherson So
WR 81 P. K. Sam Jr
OT 72 Brett Williams Sr
OT 79 Todd Williams Sr
OT 77 Ray Willis So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 58 Michael Boulware Jr
DE 59 Charles Howard Jr
LB 32 James Lewis Jr
DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Sr
LB 9 Kendyll Pope Jr
FS 22 Pat Watkins Fr
DE 95 Kamerion Wimbley Fr
NG 91 Jeff Womble Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-28

Games summaries

Vs. Iowa State

#3 Florida State vs. Iowa State
1 234Total
• #3 Seminoles 17 1407 38
Cyclones 0 14314 31
Scoring summary
19:11FSUNick Maddox 5-yard run (Xavier Beitia kick)FSU 7-0
16:29FSUAlonzo Jackson 48-yard interception return (Beitia, kick)FSU 14-0
11:21FSUBeitia 35-yard field goalFSU 17-0
214:54FSUAnquan Boldin 2-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)FSU 24-0
214:03ISUHiawatha Rutland 36-yard run (Adam Benike kick)FSU 24-7
21:05FSUGreg Jones 9-yard run (Beitia kick)FSU 31-7
20:09ISUKyle Knock 29-yard pass from Seneca Wallace (Benike kick)FSU 31-14
31:23ISUBenike 33-yard field goalFSU 31-17
413:01ISUWallace 1-yard run (Adam Benike kick)FSU 31-24
48:15FSUBoldin 31-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick)FSU 38-24
45:26ISUJamaul Montgomery 39-yard pass from Wallace (Benike kick)FSU 38-31

References

  1. ↑ ESPN. Retrieved 2015-Apr-19.


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