2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team

American college football season

2002 Virginia Cavaliers football
Continental Tire Bowl champion
Continental Tire Bowl, W 48–22 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 22
Record9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
  • Al Groh (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorBill Musgrave (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAl Golden (2nd season)
CaptainAngelo Crowell, Billy McMullen
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Florida State $   7 1     9 5  
No. 22 Virginia   6 2     9 5  
No. 13 Maryland   6 2     11 3  
No. 12 NC State   5 3     11 3  
Clemson   4 4     7 6  
Georgia Tech   4 4     7 6  
Wake Forest   3 5     7 6  
North Carolina   1 7     3 9  
Duke   0 8     2 10  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 227:30 pmColorado State*FSNL 29–3557,120
August 313:30 pmat No. 5 Florida StateABCL 19–4079,406
September 77:45 pmNo. 22 South Carolina*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPNW 34–2160,171
September 213:00 pmAkron*dagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 48–2956,216
September 286:30 pmat Wake ForestW 38–3425,883
October 512:00 pmat DukeJPSW 27–2217,638
October 1212:00 pmClemson
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPN2W 22–1754,114
October 1912:00 pmNorth Carolina
JPSW 37–2755,648
October 263:30 pmat Georgia TechABCL 15–2342,727
November 93:30 pmat No. 19 Penn State*ABCL 14–35108,698
November 1612:00 pmNo. 22 NC State
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 14–953,371
November 235:30 pmNo. 18 Maryland
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
ESPN2W 48–1358,358
November 303:30 pmat No. 22 Virginia Tech*ESPNL 9–2165,097
December 2812:00 pmvs. No. 15 West Virginia*ESPN2W 48–2273,535
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Roster

2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Matt Schaub Jr
WR 11 Billy McMullen Sr
OT 69 Brad Butler Fr
C 78 Mitch Kimball Jr
FB 86 Kase Luzar Jr
TE 89 Heath Miller So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 55 Angelo Crowell Sr
LB 56 Darryl Blackstock Fr
DT 95 Chris Canty So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Coaching staff

Name Position
Al Groh Head coach
Danny Rocco Assistant head coach / linebackers coach
Al Golden Defensive coordinator
Bill Musgrave Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks / tight ends coach
Corwin Brown Special teams coach
Mike Groh Wide receivers coach
Mike London Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator
Bob Price Defensive backs coach
Ron Prince Offensive line coach
Kevin Ross Running backs coach
Andy Heck Graduate assistant coach – offense
Reed Case Graduate assistant coach – defense

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