2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Silicon Valley Football Classic, L 21–30 vs. Fresno State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2002 record	7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Chan Gailey (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill O'Brien (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Mixed Shotgun & Ace
Defensive coordinator	Jon Tenuta (1st season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium; (Capacity: 43,719)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Chan Gailey, the former head coach of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys from 1998-1999. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Vanderbilt*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 45–3	43,719
September 7	3:30 pm	at Connecticut*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	FSN	W 31–14	16,751
September 14	12:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 19–24	77,586
September 21	3:30 pm	BYU*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 28–19	43,719
September 28	3:30 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 21–13	57,000
October 5	3:30 pm	Wake Forest	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 21–24	43,719
October 17	7:45 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	L 10–34	41,766
October 26	3:30 pm	Virginia	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 23–15	42,727
November 2	3:30 pm	at No. 10 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 24–17	51,500
November 9	3:30 pm	No. 17 Florida State	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 13–21	43,719
November 16	1:00 pm	Duke	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 17–2	41,335
November 30	3:30 pm	at No. 5 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 7–51	86,520
December 31	3:30 pm	vs. Fresno State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley Football Classic)	ESPN	L 21–30	10,142
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`48`	P. J. Daniels	So
T	`70`	Nat Dorsey	So
TE	`89`	John Paul Foschi	Jr
RB	`24`	Tony Hollings	Jr
G	`72`	Brad Honeycutt	Fr
WR	`82`	Jonathan Smith	Jr
QB	`17`	A. J. Suggs	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`44`	Tony Hargrove	So
SS	`34`	Jack Rogers	Sr
LB	`51`	Daryl Smith	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-17

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Venues	Piedmont Park (1899–1901; 1903–1904) Brisbane Park (1902) The Flats (1905–1906, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Grant Field (1913–1987) Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 game at Virginia
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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