2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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.

2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill O'Brien (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMixed Shotgun & Ace
Defensive coordinatorJon Tenuta (1st season)
Home stadiumBobby Dodd Stadium
(Capacity: 43,719)
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pmVanderbilt*W 45–343,719
September 73:30 pmat Connecticut*FSNW 31–1416,751
September 1412:00 pmat ClemsonESPNL 19–2477,586
September 213:30 pmBYU*
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCW 28–1943,719
September 283:30 pmat North CarolinaABCW 21–1357,000
October 53:30 pmWake Forest
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCL 21–2443,719
October 177:45 pmat MarylandESPNL 10–3441,766
October 263:30 pmVirginia 
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCW 23–1542,727
November 23:30 pmat No. 10 NC StateABCW 24–1751,500
November 93:30 pmNo. 17 Florida State
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
ABCL 13–2143,719
November 161:00 pmDuke
  • Bobby Dodd Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 17–241,335
November 303:30 pmat No. 5 Georgia*CBSL 7–5186,520
December 313:30 pmvs. Fresno State*ESPNL 21–3010,142
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

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2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 48 P. J. Daniels So
OT 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
DB 18 Chris Reis Fr
LB 51 Daryl Smith Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2002-10-17

References

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  1. ^ "2002-03 Archive". Georgia Tech Athletics. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2012.