2002 LSU Tigers football team

2002 LSU Tigers football
2002 LSU Tigers football
SEC Western Division co-champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 20–35 vs. Texas
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	8–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Saban (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jimbo Fisher (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Will Muschamp (1st season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium; (Capacity: 91,600)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Nick Saban, the Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The defending SEC champion Tigers started out strong, but an injury to starting quarterback Matt Mauck hurt the team and they lost four of their final six games. The season is memorable because of the famous Bluegrass Miracle against the Kentucky Wildcats.

2002 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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 1	1:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Virginia Tech*	No. 14	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA	ABC	L 8–26	65,049
September 7	7:00 p.m.	The Citadel*	No. 23	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 35–10	85,022
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	No. 22	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 33–7	90,010
September 28	11:30 a.m.	Mississippi State	No. 20	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–13	90,793
October 5	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	No. 19	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	PPV	W 48–0	91,357
October 12	6:45 p.m.	at No. 16 Florida	No. 18	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 36–7	85,252
October 19	6:45 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	W 38–14	91,340
October 26	11:30 a.m.	at Auburn	No. 10	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	JPS	L 7–31	85,366
November 9	11:30 a.m.	at Kentucky	No. 16	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (Bluegrass Miracle)	JPS	W 33–30	66,262
November 16	8:00 p.m.	No. 10 Alabama	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 0–31	92,012
November 23	7:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 21	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN2	W 14–13	91,613
November 29	1:30 p.m.	at Arkansas	No. 17	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR (Battle for the Golden Boot)	CBS	L 20–21	55,553
January 1, 2003	10:00 a.m.	vs. No. 9 Texas*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	FOX	L 20–35	70,817
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

2002 LSU Tigers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`5`	Skyler Green	Fr
WR	`9`	Devery Henderson	Jr
RB	`10`	Joseph Addai	So
QB	`12`	Marcus Randall	So
WR	`14`	Michael Clayton	So
QB	`18`	Matt Mauck	So
RB	`22`	LaBrandon Toefield	Sr
RB	`31`	Domanick Davis	Sr
TE	`47`	Eric Edwards	Jr
C	`55`	Ben Wilkerson	So
OL	`64`	Rudy Niswanger	Fr
G	`73`	Rob Sale	Sr
WR	`87`	Blain Bech	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`8`	Jack Hunt	Jr
LB	`11`	Bradie James	Sr
CB	`13`	Corey Webster	So
CB	`21`	Randall Gay	Jr
LB	`27`	Eric Alexander	Jr
DE	`84`	Marcus Spears	So
DT	`93`	Chad Lavalais	Jr
DT	`95`	Kyle Williams	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`40`	John Corbello	Sr
P	`80`	Donnie Jones	Jr