2002 Auburn Tigers football team

2002 Auburn Tigers football

Capital One Bowl Champions SEC Western Division Co-Champions
Capital One Bowl, W 13–9 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 14
2002 record	9–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Petrino
Defensive coordinator	Gene Chizik
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium (Capacity: 86,063)

2002 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#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
#11 Alabama		6	–	2		10	–	3
Arkansas xy		5	–	3		9	–	5
#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

The 2002 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Auburn, led by head coach Tommy Tuberville, finished with record of 9–4, including a 5–3 record in the Southeastern Conference.^[1] Following a disappointing 7–5 finish the previous season, the coaching staff of the 2002 Tigers featured two prominent new members. Bobby Petrino was hired as the new offensive coordinator, and Gene Chizik joined the staff as the Tigers' new defensive coordinator. Petrino left following the season to assume the head coaching job at Louisville, while Chizik remained at Auburn through the 2004 season before leaving for the defensive coordinator position at Texas. The Tigers finished the season ranked #14 in the AP Poll and #16 in the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 PM	at No. 20 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 17–24	63,269
September 7	4:00 PM	Western Carolina*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 56–0	80,067
September 14	11:30 AM	Vanderbilt		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	JPS	W 31–6	76,127
September 19	6:45 PM	at Mississippi State		Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 42–14	52,583
September 28	8:00 PM	Syracuse*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN2	W 37–34 ^OT	83,667
October 12	11:30 AM	Arkansas	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	JPS	L 17–38	84,692
October 19	5:45 PM	at Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	L 23–30 ^OT	85,135
October 26	11:30 AM	No. 10 LSU		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	JPS	W 31–7	85,366
November 2	11:30 AM	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	JPS	W 31–24	60,635
November 9	1:00 PM	Louisiana–Monroe*		Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	PPV	W 52–14	84,618
November 16	2:30 PM	No. 7 Georgia	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	L 21–24	86,063
November 23	2:30 PM	at No. 9 Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 17–7	83,818
January 1	12:00 PM	vs. No. 10 Penn State*	No. 19	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 13-9	66,334
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Captains

Position	Player
LB	Mark Brown
C	Ben Nowland
DB	Travaris Robinson

References

↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/auburn/2002.html

Auburn Tigers football

Venues	Drill Field (1892–1910) Drake Field (1911–1939) Legion Field (alternate, 1926–1991) Jordan–Hare Stadium (1939–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) Arkansas Clemson Florida Georgia: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Georgia Tech LSU Tennessee Tulane

Culture & lore	History Traditions Aubie "War Eagle" Marching band Toomer's Corner Punt Bama Punt Bo Over the Top Earthquake Game Prayer at Jordan–Hare Kick Six (Kick Bama Kick)

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

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