2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

American college football season

2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach	Bobby Johnson (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Ted Cain (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bruce Fowler (1st season)
Captain	3 Jamie Byrum Rushen Jones Dan Stricker
Home stadium	Vanderbilt Stadium^[1]
Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

2002 Southeastern Conference football standings
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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 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 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		L 3–45	43,719
September 7	6:00 p.m.	Furman*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 49–18	28,568
September 14	11:30 a.m.	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	JPS	L 6–31	76,127
September 21	11:30 a.m.	at Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	JPS	L 38–45	50,427
September 28	6:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 14–20	34,406
October 12	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee State*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		L 20–21	28,660
October 19	11:30 a.m.	at No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–48	86,520
October 26	11:00 a.m.	Connecticut*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN		W 28–24	21,210
November 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 12 Alabama	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 8–30	36,407
November 9	1:00 p.m.	No. 23 Florida	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	PPV	L 17–21	28,881
November 16	12:30 p.m.	at Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 21–41	51,114
November 23	11:30 a.m.	Tennessee	The Coliseum Nashville, TN (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–24	47,210
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vanderbilt	0	0	0	3	3
• Georgia Tech	0	31	14	0	45

Scoring Summary

Quarter	Time	Team	TD/FG	Type of score	Extra PT	Vandy	Georgia Tech
Second Quarter	15:00	GT	TD	1-yard passing touchdown	extra point is good	0	7
Second Quarter	10:06	GT	TD	2-yard rushing touchdown	extra point is good	0	14
Second Quarter	7:00	GT	TD	38-yard passing touchdown	extra point is good	0	21
Second Quarter	4:11	GT	FG	field goal	-	0	24
Second Quarter	1:26	GT	TD	4-yard passing touchdown	extra point is good	0	30
Third Quarter	13:37	GT	TD	56-yard rushing touchdown	extra point is good	0	37
Third Quarter	0:32	GT	TD	5-yard rushing touchdown	extra point is good	0	44
Fourth Quarter	3:30	VAN	FG	field goal	-	3	45

2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`6`	Jay Cutler	Fr
G	`72`	Jim May	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`5`	Aaron McWherter	Sr
LB	`47`	Hunter Hillenmeyer	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Roster
Last update: 2003-02-10

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

^ "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.
^ "CNNSI.com - College Football - NCAA Football Scoreboard: Box Score: Middle Tennessee St. At Vanderbilt - Friday August 31, 2001 01:49 AM". Archived from the original on February 18, 2002. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
^ "2002 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.

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