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
SEC Championship Game, W 30–3 vs. Arkansas
Sugar Bowl, W 26–13 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
2002 record	13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian VanGorder (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sanford 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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:45 p.m.	Clemson*	No. 8	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–28	86,520[1]
September 14	3:30 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 9	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (rivalry)	CBS	W 13–7	84,227[1]
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern State*	No. 8	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 45–7	86,520[1]
September 28	1:00 p.m.	New Mexico State*	No. 8	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA		W 41–10	86,520[1]
October 5	3:30 p.m.	at No. 22 Alabama	No. 7	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	W 27–25	83,818[1]
October 12	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Tennessee	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	W 18–13	86,520[1]
October 19	12:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	W 48–17	86,520[1]
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	No. 5	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	CBS	W 52–24	71,017[1]
November 2	7:45 p.m.	vs. Florida	No. 5	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, FL (rivalry) (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 13–20	84,433[1]
November 9	7:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 7	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN2	W 31–17	86,520[1]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 24 Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 24–21	86,063[1]
November 30	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	No. 5	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	W 51–7	86,520[1]
December 7	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 22 Arkansas	No. 4	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	W 30–3	74,835[1]
January 1, 2003	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 16 Florida State*	No. 4	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 26–13	74,269[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 2 3 4 Total • Georgia 3 0 14 7 24 Auburn 7 7 7 0 21 Date: November 16 Location: Jordan–Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 AUB Brown 53 yard run (Duval kick) AUB 7-0 1 UGA Bennett 43 yard field goal AUB 7-3 2 AUB B. Johnson 2 yard pass from Campbell (Duval kick) AUB 14-3 3 UGA Greene 1 yard run (Kilgo kick) AUB 14-10 3 AUB Campbell 21 yard run (Duval kick) AUB 21-10 3 UGA Stinchcomb recovered fumble in end zone (Bennett kick) AUB 21-17 4 1:25 UGA M. Johnson 19 yard pass from Greene (Bennett kick) UGA 24-21

• Georgia clinches SEC East

Roster

2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class P 83 Jonathan Kilgo Sr	Head coach Mark Richt 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.