2002 LSU Tigers football team

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2002
Tiger Stadium
(Capacity: 91,600)
Seasons
2002 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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 LSU Tigers football team represented

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
.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:30 p.m.at No. 16 Virginia Tech*No. 14ABCL 8–2665,049
September 77:00 p.m.
Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
  • W 35–1085,022
    September 147:00 p.m.Miami (OH)*No. 22
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    W 33–790,010
    September 2811:30 a.m.
    JPS
    W 31–1390,793
    October 57:00 p.m.Louisiana–Lafayette*daggerNo. 19
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    PPVW 48–091,357
    October 126:45 p.m.at No. 16 FloridaNo. 18ESPNW 36–785,252
    October 196:45 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 12
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    ESPNW 38–1491,340
    October 2611:30 a.m.at
    Jordan–Hare Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl
  • )
    JPSL 7–3185,366
    November 911:30 a.m.at
    Commonwealth Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (Bluegrass Miracle)
  • JPSW 33–3066,262
    November 168:00 p.m.No. 10 AlabamaNo. 12
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    ESPNL 0–3192,012
    November 237:30 p.m.Ole MissNo. 21
    ESPN2W 14–1391,613
    November 291:30 p.m.at
    CBS
    L 20–2155,553
    January 1, 200310:00 a.m.vs. No. 9 Texas*FOXL 20–3570,817
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Central time

    Roster and Coaches

    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
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster

    LSU Tigers in the 2003 National Football League Draft

    Player Position Round Pick Overall NFL team
    Domanick Davis
    Running back 4 4 101 Houston Texans
    Bradie James Linebacker 4 6 103 Dallas Cowboys
    LaBrandon Toefield Running back 4 35 132 Jacksonville Jaguars
    Norman Lejeune Defensive back 7 30 244 Philadelphia Eagles

    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2003.htm Archived 2009-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

    References