2002 NC State Wolfpack football team

The 2002 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Chuck Amato. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 2002 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.

2002 NC State Wolfpack football
Gator Bowl champion
Gator Bowl, W 28–6 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
Record	11–3 (5–3 ACC)
Head coach	Chuck Amato (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Marty Galbraith (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Amato (1st season)
Home stadium	Carter–Finley Stadium
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 24	4:30 pm	New Mexico*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (BCA Classic)	FSN	W 34–14	47,018
August 31	7:00 pm	East Tennessee State*	No. 25	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 34–0	42,507	[1]
September 7	12:00 pm	at Navy*	No. 21	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, Maryland		W 65–19	29,613
September 14	7:00 pm	Wake Forest	No. 19	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)		W 32–13	51,094
September 21	12:30 pm	at Texas Tech*	No. 17	Jones SBC Stadium Lubbock, Texas	FSN	W 51–48 OT	35,864
September 28	1:00 pm	Massachusetts*	No. 17	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina		W 56–24	51,221
October 12	12:00 pm	at North Carolina	No. 14	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina (rivalry)	JPS	W 34–17	60,250
October 19	12:00 pm	Duke	No. 13	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina (rivalry)		W 24–22	51,500
October 24	7:45 pm	at Clemson	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	W 38–6	78,904
November 2	3:30 pm	Georgia Tech	No. 10	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ABC	L 17–24	51,500
November 9	12:00 pm	at Maryland	No. 14	Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	ABC	L 21–24	52,915
November 16	12:00 pm	at Virginia	No. 22	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia	JPS	L 9–14	53,371
November 23	3:30 pm	No. 14 Florida State		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, North Carolina	ABC	W 17–7	51,500
January 1	12:30 pm	vs. No. 11 Notre Dame*	No. 17	Alltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl)	NBC	W 28–6	73,491
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^[2]

Roster

2002 NC State Wolfpack football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 17 Philip Rivers Jr RB 44 T. A. McLendon Fr G 54 Sean Locklear Jr OT Scott Kooistra Sr WR 82 Jerricho Cotchery Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 9 Terrence Holt Sr CB 28 Lamont Reid So DB 36 Andre Maddox So LB 91 Manny Lawson Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 21 Adam Kiker Jr	Head coach Chuck Amato Coordinators/assistant coaches Doc Holliday – Asst. Head coach/Wide receivers Manny Diaz – Linebackers Todd Stroud – Strength and conditioning Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2019-08-04

Rankings

See also: 2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
AP	RV	25	21	19	17	17	16	14	13	12	10	14	22	—	21	17	17	12
Coaches	25	24	22	20	16	15	14	11	10	9	8	13	20	—	20	17	17	11
BCS	Not released									11	9	12	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Game summaries

At Texas Tech

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 17 Wolfpack	10	7	21	7	6	51
Red Raiders	7	3	7	28	3	48

See also: 2002 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

^[3]

Florida State

See also: 2002 Florida State Seminoles football team

^[4]

Vs. Notre Dame (Gator Bowl)

Gator Bowl

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Wolfpack	0	21	0	7	28
Fighting Irish	3	0	3	0	6

• Date: January 1, 2003
• Location: Alltel Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida
• Game start: 12:30 PM EST
• Elapsed time: 3:46
• Game attendance: 73,491
• TV announcers (NBC): Mike Breen (play-by-play), Pat Haden (analyst), Dave Burns, & Marty Snider (sideline reporters)

• Source:

Scoring summary

1	5:09	ND	Nick Setta 23-yard field goal	ND 3-0
2	14:30	NCST	T.A. McLendon 2-yard run (Adam Kiker kick)	NCST 7-3
2	5:30	NCST	T.A. McLendon 3-yard run (Adam Kiker kick)	NCST 14-3
2	1:37	NCST	Jerricho Cotchery 9-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick)	NCST 21-3
3	2:50	ND	Nick Setta 41-yard field goal	NCST 21-6
4	10:50	NCST	Sean Berton 7-yard pass from Philip Rivers (Adam Kiker kick)	NCST 28-6

Main article: 2003 Gator Bowl

See also: 2002 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

^[5]

2003 NFL Draft

Main article: 2003 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Terrence Holt	Safety	5	137	Detroit Lions
Scott Kooistra	Offensive tackle	7	215	Cincinnati Bengals

^[6]