2002 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

2002 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Conference	Southeastern Conference Western Division
Ranking
AP	#11
2002 record	10–3 (6–2 SEC)
Head coach	Dennis Franchione (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Les Koenning (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Carl Torbush (2nd year)
Captain	6 Jarret Johnson Kenny King Kindal Moorehead Tyler Watts Ahmaad Galloway Lane Bearden
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium (Capacity: 83,818) Legion Field (Capacity: 83,091)

2002 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Eastern Division
#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
#11 Alabama		6	–	2		10	–	3
Arkansas xy		5	–	3		9	–	5
#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
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 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA", "Bama" or "The Tide") represented the University of Alabama in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 106th overall season, 70th as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 11th within the SEC Western Division. The team was led by head coach Dennis Franchione, in his second year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of 10–3 (6–2 in the SEC) to finish in first place in the SEC West; however, the team was ineligible to compete in the 2002 SEC Championship Game or a bowl game due to a two-year postseason ban imposed as part of the penalty for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) violations.

Summary

The team was led by second-year head coach Dennis Franchione. The team began the season with a 4–1 record, only losing a very close game to then #8 ranked Oklahoma. On October 5, the Crimson Tide lost another hard fought game to the #4 Georgia 27–25 at home. The team would then defeat their next five opponents by an average of 24.4 points. In the 2002 Iron Bowl, the team was defeated by the Auburn Tigers by a score of 17–7. The team would end their season by defeating Hawaii. Though the team finished at 10–3 (6–2) and atop the SEC West standings, they were ineligible to play in the postseason due to receiving NCAA sanctions in 2001.

On December 5, head coach Dennis Franchione left the University of Alabama to take a head coaching job at Texas A&M which was left vacant by the firing of R. C. Slocum.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	11:30 am	Middle Tennessee*		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	JPS	W 39–34	80,091
September 7	2:30 pm	at #2 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	L 27–37	75,564
September 14	6:00 pm	North Texas*		Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	PPV	W 33–7	79,818
September 21	6:00 pm	Southern Miss*		Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	W 20–7	83,818
September 28	6:45 pm	at Arkansas		Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN	W 30–12	73,551
October 5	2:30 pm	#7 Georgia	#22	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	CBS	L 25–27	83,818
October 19	2:30 pm	#21 Ole Miss	#24	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	CBS	W 42–7	83,818
October 26	6:45 pm	at #16 Tennessee	#19	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	ESPN	W 34–14	107,722
November 2	1:00 pm	at Vanderbilt	#12	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	W 30–8	36,407
November 9	1:00 pm	Mississippi State	#11	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)	PPV	W 28–14	83,818
November 16	8:00 pm	at #14 LSU	#10	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 31–0	92,012
November 23	2:30 pm	Auburn	#9	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	L 7–17	83,818
November 30	6:45 pm	at Hawaii*	#14	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	ESPN	W 21–16	50,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Rolltide.com All-time Football Results: 2002 Season^[2]

References

↑ "Franchione bolts Alabama for Texas A&M". CNN. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
↑ "All-time Football Results: 2002 Season". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2011.

Alabama Crimson Tide football

Venues	University of Alabama Quad (1893–1914) Denny Field (1915–1928) Bryant–Denny Stadium (1929–present) Rickwood Field (alternate, 1912–1927) Cramton Bowl (alternate, 1922–1954) Ernest F. Ladd Stadium (alternate, 1948–1968) Legion Field (alternate, 1927–2003)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Penn State Tennessee: Third Saturday in October

Culture & lore	Saban era Traditions Big Al "Yea Alabama" A-Day 1922 Penn game Punt Bama Punt "Game of the Century" "Manziel beats Bama" Kick Six Million Dollar Band Walk of Fame Paul W. Bryant Museum The Bear The Bear Bryant Show Porter Cup

People	Head coaches All-Americans College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders Champ Pickens

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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