2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team

2002 Georgia Bulldogs football
Sugar Bowl champion SEC champion SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC Championship Game, W 30-3 vs. Arkansas
Sugar Bowl, W 26–13 vs. Florida State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
2002 record	13–1 (7–1 SEC)
Head coach	Mark Richt (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Neil Callaway (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Brian VanGorder (2nd year)
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (86,520)

2002 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#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
#11 Alabama		6	–	2					10	–	3
Arkansas xy		5	–	3					9	–	5
#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
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

The 2002 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 13–1 record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:45 PM	Clemson*	No. 12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	ESPN	W 31–28	86,520[1]
September 14	3:30 PM	at South Carolina	No. 10	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, South Carolina	CBS	W 13–7	84,227[1]
September 21	1:00 PM	Northwestern State*	No. 8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia		W 45–7	86,520[1]
September 28	1:00 PM	New Mexico State*	No. 7	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia		W 41–10	86,520[1]
October 5	3:30 PM	at No. 22 Alabama	No. 6	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama	CBS	W 27–25	83,818[1]
October 12	3:30 PM	No. 10 Tennessee	No. 6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	CBS	W 18–13	86,520[1]
October 19	12:30 PM	Vanderbilt	No. 5	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	JPS	W 48–17	86,520[1]
October 26	3:30 PM	at Kentucky	No. 5	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky	CBS	W 52–24	71,017[1]
November 2	7:45 PM	vs. No. 22 Florida	No. 5	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic)	ESPN	L 13–20	84,433[1]
November 9	7:00 PM	Ole Miss	No. 8	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia	ESPN2	W 31–17	86,520[1]
November 16	3:30 PM	at No. 24 Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)	CBS	W 24–21	86,063[1]
November 30	3:30 PM	Georgia Tech*	No. 5	Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	W 51–7	86,520[1]
December 7	6:00 PM	vs. No. 22 Arkansas	No. 4	Georgia Dome • Atlanta (SEC Championship Game)	CBS	W 30–3	74,835[1]
January 1	8:30 PM	vs. No. 16 Florida State*	No. 4	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 26–13	74,269[1]
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game summaries

Auburn

#7 Georgia at Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total • Georgia 3 0 14 7 24 Auburn 7 7 7 0 21 Date: November 16 Location: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama Source: USA Today

Scoring summary 1 AUB Brown 53 yard run (Duval kick) AUB 7-0 1 UGA Bennett 43 yard field goal AUB 7-3 2 AUB B. Johnson 2 yard pass from Campbell (Duval kick) AUB 14-3 3 UGA Greene 1 yard run (Kilgo kick) AUB 14-10 3 AUB Campbell 21 yard run (Duval kick) AUB 21-10 3 UGA Stinchcomb recovered fumble in end zone (Bennett kick) AUB 21-17 4 1:25 UGA M. Johnson 19 yard pass from Greene (Bennett kick) UGA 24-21

• Georgia clinches SEC East

References

1. "Cumulative Season Statistics". University of Georgia.
2. "2002–2003 Schedule". georgiadogs.com. Retrieved November 13, 2012.