2002 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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2002 Tennessee Volunteers football
Peach Bowl, L 3–30 vs. Maryland
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record8–5 (5–3 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRandy Sanders (4th as OC; 14th overall season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Chavis (8th as DC; 15th overall season)
Home stadiumNeyland Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
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 Tennessee Volunteers football team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Phillip Fulmer. The Vols played their home games in Neyland Stadium and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Vols finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in SEC play and lost the Peach Bowl, 30–3, to Maryland.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 pmvs.
The Coliseum
  • Nashville, Tennessee
    		• ESPN2W 47–767,221
    September 74:00 pmMTSU*No. 4
    		PPVW 26–3107,672
    September 213:30 pmNo. 10
    CBS
    		L 13–30108,722
    September 284:00 pmRutgers*No. 11
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, Tennessee
    		PPVW 35–14103,925
    October 57:45 pmArkansasNo. 10
    • Neyland Stadium
    • Knoxville, Tennessee
    		ESPNW 41–38 6OT105,688
    October 123:30 pmat No. 6 GeorgiaNo. 10
    		CBSL 13–1886,520
    October 267:45 pmNo. 19 AlabamaNo. 16
    		ESPNL 14–34107,722
    November 23:30 pmat
    Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry
    • )    		CBSW 18–1083,918
    November 93:30 pmNo. 2
    College GameDay
    )    		CBSL 3–26108,745
    November 1612:30 pmat
    JPS
    		W 35–1754,807
    November 2312:30 pmat
    The Coliseum
  • Nashville, Tennessee (rivalry
    • )    		JPSW 24–047,210
    November 3012:30 pm
    Battle for the Barrel
    )    		JPSW 24–0107,462
    December 317:30 pmvs. No. 20
    Atlanta, Georgia (Peach Bowl
    )    		ESPNL 3–3071,228
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time
    Neyland Stadium hosted seven Tennessee home games in 2002.

    Game summaries

    Personnel

    Roster

    2002 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB 7 Casey Clausen Jr
    TE 1 Jason Witten Sr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    P
    		 47 Dustin Colquitt So
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • Randy Sanders – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
    • Woody McCorvey – Running backs
    • Pat Washington – Wide receivers
    • Mike Barry – Offensive line
    • John Chavis – Defensive coordinator/linebackers
    • Dan Brooks – Defensive line/recruiting coordinator
    • Larry Slade – Defensive backs
    • Steve Caldwell – Special teams/defensive ends
    • Shawn Quinn – Graduate assistant
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Coaching staff

    2003 NFL Draft

    The

    2003 NFL Draft was held on April 26–27, 2003 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden
    in New York City. The following UT players were selected:

    Player Position Round Pick NFL Team
    Eddie Moore LB 2nd 49 Miami Dolphins
    Kelley Washington WR 3rd 65 Cincinnati Bengals
    Jason Witten TE 3rd 69 Dallas Cowboys
    Julian Battle CB 3rd 92 Kansas City Chiefs
    Aubrayo Franklin DT 5th 146 Baltimore Ravens
    Keyon Whiteside LB 5th 162 Indianapolis Colts
    Rashad Moore DT 6th 183 Seattle Seahawks
    Demetrin Veal DE 7th 238 Atlanta Falcons

    References

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