2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2002 record	2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (1st year)
Captain	3 Jamie Byrum Rushen Jones Dan Stricker
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium (Capacity: 41,221)^[1]

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 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his first year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a 2–10 record for the season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	5:00 PM	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA		L 3–45	43,719
September 7	6:00 PM	Furman*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 49–18	28,568
September 14	11:30 AM	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	JPS	L 6–31	76,127
September 21	11:30 AM	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Rivalry)	JPS	L 38–45	50,427
September 28	6:00 PM	South Carolina*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 14–20	34,406
October 12	6:00 PM	Middle Tennessee State*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		L 20–21	28,660
October 19	11:30 AM	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Rivalry)	JPS	L 17–48	86,520
October 26	11:00 AM	Connecticut*	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 28–24	21,210
November 2	1:00 PM	#12 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 8–30	36,407
November 9	1:00 PM	#23 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	PPV	L 17–21	28,881
November 16	12:30 PM	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY (Rivalry)		L 21–41	51,114
November 23	11:30 AM	Tennessee	The Coliseum • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)	JPS	L 0–24	47,210
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Hunter Hillenmeyer	LB	5	166	Green Bay Packers

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References

↑ "Notes for Homes Game Versus Florida" (PDF). Vanderbilt Athletics. November 3, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=341&season=2002
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/2002.htm

Vanderbilt Commodores football

Venues	Curry Field (1892–1921) Vanderbilt Stadium (1922–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Georgia Kentucky Ole Miss Sewanee Tennessee

Culture & lore	Mr. C Origin of "Commodores" "Dynamite" Marching band Porter Cup 1906 Carlisle game 1910 Yale game 1922 Michigan game IMG Sports Newtork

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks All-Americans All-Southerns NFL draftees Statistical leaders William Lofland Dudley

Seasons	1890 1891 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

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