2002 Orange Bowl

The 2002 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida Gators and the ACC champion Maryland Terrapins on January 2, 2002. Florida defeated Maryland 56–23.^[2] The game was part of the 2001–2002 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2002 game was the 68th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.

This was Steve Spurrier's last game as coach of the Florida Gators as he resigned two days after the game.

References

1 2 "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
↑ "Maryland sees red in Orange Bowl embarrassment". CBS Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved September 2, 2011.

2001–02 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 18) GMAC (Dec. 19) Tangerine (Dec. 20) Las Vegas (Dec. 25) Seattle (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Galleryfurniture.com (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Motor City (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Insight.com (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Humanitarian (Dec. 31) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1)

Bowl Championship Series games: Fiesta (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Rose (Jan. 3)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 12) Senior Bowl (Jan. 26)

Orange Bowl Game

History Miami Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters Tie-Ins Atlantic Coast Conference Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Notre Dame

Games	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 (Jan) 1996 (Dec) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (Jan) 2014 (Dec) 2015

Notes	Bolded years indicate the game was also the national championship game for Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series.

Florida Gators bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

Maryland Terrapins bowl games

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