2002 Clemson Tigers football team

The 2002 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season marked the 100th game played between Clemson and South Carolina. Clemson was defeated by Texas Tech in the Tangerine Bowl.

2002 Clemson Tigers football
Tangerine Bowl, L 15–55 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Tommy Bowden (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brad Scott (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lovett (1st season)
Captains	Nick Eason Bryant McNeal Jackie Robinson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (c. 81,473, grass)

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:45 p.m.	at No. 8 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 28–31	86,520
September 7	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 33–13	72,616
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	W 24–19	77,586
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Ball State*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 30–7	73,945
October 3	7:45 p.m.	at No. 11 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 31–48	78,841
October 12	12:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	L 17–22	54,114
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Wake Forest	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ABC	W 31–23	81,008
October 24	7:45 p.m.	No. 12 NC State	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (Textile Bowl)	ESPN	L 6–38	78,904
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 34–31	16,479
November 9	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	W 42–12	42,000
November 16	7:45 p.m.	No. 19 Maryland	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC	ESPN2	L 12–30	74,707
November 23	7:45 p.m.	South Carolina*	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	W 27–20	83,909
December 23	5:30 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech*	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	ESPN	L 15–55	21,689
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2002 Clemson Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 6 Charlie Whitehurst  Fr WR 17 Kevin Youngblood Jr OT 77 Brad Lee Fr WR 83 Tony Elliott Sr WR 84 J. J. McKelvey Sr WR 85 Ronnie Thomas Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 45 John Leake Jr DT 98 Nick Eason Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-12-05