2002 Orange Bowl

2002 FedEx Orange Bowl
2002 FedEx Orange Bowl
68th Orange Bowl; BCS Bowl Game
Florida Gators	Maryland Terrapins
(9–2)	(10–1)
SEC	ACC
56	23
Head coach: ; Steve Spurrier	Head coach: ; Ralph Friedgen
Date	January 2, 2002
Season	2001
Stadium	Pro Player Stadium
Location	Miami, Florida
MVP	Florida WR Taylor Jacobs
Favorite	Florida by 14.5 (58)
Referee	James Sprenger (Pac-10)
Attendance	73,640
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brad Nessler and Bob Griese
Nielsen ratings	9.5
Orange Bowl
< 2001	2003 >

The 2002 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida Gators and the ACC champion Maryland Terrapins on January 2, 2002. Florida defeated Maryland 56–23.^[3] The game was part of the 2001–2002 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2002 game was the 68th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.

This was Steve Spurrier's last game as coach of the Florida Gators as he resigned two days after the game.

References[]

^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10.
^ ^a ^b "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
^ "Maryland sees red in Orange Bowl embarrassment". CBS Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

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[ppglatln-1] "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10.

[attendance-2] "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.

[ap_recap-3] "Maryland sees red in Orange Bowl embarrassment". CBS Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

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Notes	The game was also the national title game (Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series) in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021. The 2015, 2018, and 2021 (December) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.