2002 Clemson Tigers football team

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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

The 2002 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. 2002 was the 100th game played between Clemson and South Carolina.

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 (Battle of the Palmetto State)	ESPN	W 27–20	83,909
December 23	5:30 p.m.	vs. Texas Tech*	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	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