American college football season
2002 Florida State Seminoles football Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Coaches No. 23 AP No. 21 2002 record 9–5 (7–1 ACC) Head coach Bobby Bowden (27th season)Offensive coordinator Jeff Bowden (2nd season)Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (19th season)Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium Seasons
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 [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 24 8:30 p.m. at Iowa State * No. 3 FSN W 38–3155,132 August 31 3:30 p.m. Virginia No. 5 ABC W 40–1979,406 September 14 7:45 p.m. at Maryland No. 5 Byrd Stadium College Park, MD ESPN W 37–1051,758 September 21 7:00 p.m. Duke No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL SUN W 48–1782,397 7:45 p.m. at Louisville * No. 4 ESPN L 20–26 OT 38,109 7:45 p.m. Clemson No. 11 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry ) ESPN W 48–3178,841 October 12 12:00 p.m. at No. 1 Miami (FL) * No. 9 ABC L 27–2881,927 October 26 12:00 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame * No. 11 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (College GameDay ) ABC L 24–3484,106 November 2 4:00 p.m. at Wake Forest No. 18 ESPN2 W 34–2124,710 November 9 3:30 p.m. at Georgia Tech No. 17 ABC W 21–1343,719 November 16 3:30 p.m. North Carolina No. 15 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ABC W 40–1481,910 November 23 3:30 p.m. at NC State No. 14 ABC L 7–1751,500 November 30 8:00 p.m. No. 15 Florida * No. 23 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry ) ABC W 31–1483,938 January 1 8:30 p.m. vs. No. 4 Georgia * No. 16 ABC L 13–2674,269 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
2002 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
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Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Games summaries [ ] vs. Iowa State [ ]
#3 Florida State vs. Iowa State
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2 3 4 Total
• #3 Seminoles
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14 0 7
38
Cyclones
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14 3 14
31
Scoring summary 1 9:11 FSU Nick Maddox 5-yard run (Xavier Beitia kick) FSU 7-0 1 6:29 FSU Alonzo Jackson 48-yard interception return (Beitia, kick)FSU 14-0 1 1:21 FSU Beitia 35-yard field goal FSU 17-0 2 14:54 FSU Anquan Boldin 2-yard pass from Chris Rix (Beitia kick)FSU 24-0 2 14:03 ISU Hiawatha Rutland 36-yard run (Adam Benike kick) FSU 24-7 2 1:05 FSU Greg Jones 9-yard run (Beitia kick)FSU 31-7 2 0:09 ISU Kyle Knock 29-yard pass from Seneca Wallace (Benike kick) FSU 31-14 3 1:23 ISU Benike 33-yard field goal FSU 31-17 4 13:01 ISU Wallace 1-yard run (Adam Benike kick) FSU 31-24 4 8:15 FSU Boldin 31-yard pass from Rix (Beitia kick) FSU 38-24 4 5:26 ISU Jamaul Montgomery 39-yard pass from Wallace (Benike kick) FSU 38-31
References [ ]
^ ESPN . Retrieved 2015-Apr-19.
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