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The 2002 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place eighth.
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–9 (1–7 ACC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Defensive coordinator | Dave Huxtable (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Captain | Sam Aiken, Dexter Reid, Ronald Brewer |
| Home stadium | Kenan Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 1:30 p.m. | Miami (OH)* | L 21–27 | 38,000[1] | ||
| September 7 | 8:00 p.m. | at Syracuse* | ESPN2 | W 30–22 | 39,444[1] | |
| September 14 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 3 Texas* |
| ABC | L 21–52 | 60,500[1] |
| September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Tech |
| ABC | L 13–21 | 57,000[1] |
| October 5 | 10:00 p.m. | at Arizona State* | W 38–35 | 42,128[1] | ||
| October 12 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 NC State |
| JPS | L 17–34 | 60,250[1] |
| October 19 | 12:00 p.m. | at Virginia | JPS | L 27–37 | 55,648[1] | |
| October 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | JPS | L 0–31 | 31,476[1] | |
| November 2 | 1:30 p.m. | Maryland |
| L 7–59 | 44,000[1] | |
| November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | Clemson |
| JPS | L 12–42 | 42,000[1] |
| November 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Florida State | ABC | L 14–40 | 81,190[1] | |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duke | JPS | W 23–21 | 33,002[1] | |
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| Name | Position [2] | Seasons in Position |
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| John Bunting | Head coach | 2nd |
| Gunter Brewer | Wide Receivers | 3rd |
| Rod Broadway | Defensive tackles | 2nd |
| Ken Browning | Tight Ends / recruiting coordinator | 9th |
| Jeff Connors | Strength and conditioning coordinator | 2nd |
| Jim Fleming | Defensive Backs / special teams coordinator | 1st |
| Hal Hunter | Offensive Line | 1st |
| Dave Huxtable | Defensive coordinator / Linebackers | 2nd |
| Andre' Powell | Running backs | 2nd |
| Gary Tranquill | Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks | 2nd |
| James Webster, Jr. | Defensive ends | 2nd |
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