2002 Auburn Tigers football team

2002
Jordan–Hare Stadium
(Capacity: 86,063)
2002 Jordan–Hare Stadium; (Capacity: 86,063)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

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

The 2002 Auburn Tigers football team represented

AP Poll and #16 in the Coaches Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 pm	at No. 16 USC*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	L 17–24	63,269
September 7	4:00 pm	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	PPV	W 56–0	80,067
September 14	11:30 am	JPS	W 31–6	76,127
September 19	6:45 pm	at Mississippi State		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, Mississippi	ESPN	W 42–14	52,583
September 28	8:00 pm	Syracuse*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	ESPN2	W 37–34 ^3OT	83,667
October 12	11:30 am	Arkansas	No. 24	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	JPS	L 17–38	84,692
October 19	5:45 pm	at Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	ESPN	L 23–30 ^OT	85,135
October 26	11:30 am	No. 10 LSU		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (Tiger Bowl)	JPS	W 31–7	85,366
November 2	11:30 am	at Ole Miss		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, Mississippi (rivalry)	JPS	W 31–24	60,635
November 9	1:00 pm	Louisiana–Monroe*		Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama	PPV	W 52–14	84,618
November 16	2:30 pm	No. 7 CBS	L 21–24	86,063
November 23	2:30 pm	at No. 9 Alabama		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Iron Bowl)	CBS	W 17–7	83,818
January 1	12:00 pm	vs. No. 10 Penn State*	No. 19	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida (Capital One Bowl)	ABC	W 13–9	66,334
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	Devin Aromashodu	Fr
RB	`23`	Ronnie Brown	So
QB	`17`	Jason Campbell	So
WR	`81`	Jeris McIntyre	Jr
OT	`73`	Marcus McNeill	Fr
C	`55`	Ben Nowland	Sr
WR	`2`	Ben Obomanu	Fr
RB	`24`	Carnell Williams	So
WR	`80`	Marcel Willis	Sr

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`11`	Karlos Dansby	Jr
DE	`83`	Jay Ratliff	So
DB	`5`	Travaris Robinson	Sr
CB	`14`	Carlos Rogers	So
LB	`54`	Dontarrious Thomas	Jr
DE	`82`	Reggie Torbor	Jr

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2022-06-15

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