2002 Florida State Seminoles football team

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.

2002 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl, L 13–26 vs. Georgia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
AP	No. 21
Record	9–5 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (27th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Bowden (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (19th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 82,000)
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

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	Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, MO (Eddie Robinson Classic)	FSN	W 38–31	55,132
August 31	3:30 p.m.	Virginia	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ABC	W 40–19	79,406
September 14	7:45 p.m.	at Maryland	No. 5	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	W 37–10	51,758
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Duke	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	SUN	W 48–17	82,397
September 26	7:45 p.m.	at Louisville*	No. 4	Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	ESPN	L 20–26 OT	38,109
October 3	7:45 p.m.	Clemson	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 48–31	78,841
October 12	12:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami (FL)*	No. 9	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 27–28	81,927
October 26	12:00 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame*	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (College GameDay) (rivalry)	ABC	L 24–34	84,106
November 2	4:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	No. 18	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ESPN2	W 34–21	24,710
November 9	3:30 p.m.	at Georgia Tech	No. 17	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 21–13	43,719
November 16	3:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 15	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 40–14	81,910
November 23	3:30 p.m.	at NC State	No. 14	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	L 7–17	51,500
November 30	8:00 p.m.	No. 15 Florida*	No. 23	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–14	83,938
January 1	8:30 p.m.	vs. No. 4 Georgia*	No. 16	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	L 13–26	74,269
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2002 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 70 Alex Barron So WR 4 Anquan Boldin Sr OL 54 Milford Brown Sr TE 38 Paul Irons So RB 6 Greg Jones Jr QB 5 Adrian McPherson So WR 81 P. K. Sam Jr OT 72 Brett Williams Sr OT 79 Todd Williams Sr OT 77 Ray Willis So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 58 Michael Boulware Jr DE 59 Charles Howard Jr LB 32 James Lewis Jr DE 48 Alonzo Jackson Sr LB 9 Kendyll Pope Jr FS 22 Pat Watkins Fr DE 95 Kamerion Wimbley Fr NG 91 Jeff Womble Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-28

Games summaries

Vs. Iowa State

#3 Florida State vs. Iowa State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Seminoles	17	14	0	7	38
Cyclones	0	14	3	14	31

• Date: August 24
• Location: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
• Game start: 7:30 PM CDT
• Game attendance: 55,132
• TV announcers (FSN): Joel Meyers (Play-by-play), Kellen Winslow, Artie Gigantino (Colors), & Eric Clemons (Sideline)

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

See also: 2002 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Eddie Robinson Classic