2002 Auburn Tigers football team

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.

2002 Auburn Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion Capital One Bowl champion
Capital One Bowl, W 13–9 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 14
Record	9–4 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Tommy Tuberville (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bobby Petrino (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Gene Chizik (1st season)
Home stadium	Jordan–Hare Stadium (Capacity: 86,063)
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 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
Arkansas xy		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 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
No. 11 ^Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	3
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at No. 16 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 17–24	63,269
September 7	4:00 pm	Western Carolina*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	PPV	W 56–0	80,067
September 14	11:30 am	Vanderbilt		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	JPS	W 31–6	76,127
September 19	6:45 pm	at Mississippi State		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, Mississippi	ESPN	W 42–14	52,583
September 28	8:00 pm	Syracuse*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	ESPN2	W 37–34 3OT	83,667
October 12	11:30 am	Arkansas	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	JPS	L 17–38	84,692
October 19	5:45 pm	at Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	ESPN	L 23–30 OT	85,135
October 26	11:30 am	No. 10 LSU		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Tiger Bowl)	JPS	W 31–7	85,366
November 2	11:30 am	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–24	60,635
November 9	1:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	PPV	W 52–14	84,618
November 16	2:30 pm	No. 7 Georgia	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	L 21–24	86,063
November 23	2:30 pm	at No. 9 Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 17–7	83,818
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 10 Penn State*	No. 19	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 13–9	66,334
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

2002 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Devin Aromashodu Fr RB 23 Ronnie Brown So QB 17 Jason Campbell So WR 81 Jeris McIntyre Jr OT 73 Marcus McNeill Fr C 55 Ben Nowland Sr WR 2 Ben Obomanu Fr RB 24 Carnell Williams So WR 80 Marcel Willis Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 11 Karlos Dansby Jr DE 83 Jay Ratliff So DB 5 Travaris Robinson Sr CB 14 Carlos Rogers So LB 54 Dontarrious Thomas Jr DE 82 Reggie Torbor Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Tuberville Coordinators/assistant coaches OC Bobby Petrino DC Gene Chizik Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2022-06-15

Captains

Position	Player
LB	Mark Brown
C	Ben Nowland
DB	Travaris Robinson