2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football
2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Skip Holtz (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Option
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Strong (4th season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fourth season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 pm	New Mexico State*	No. 22	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 34–24	83,717^[2]
September 7	7:45 pm	at Virginia*	No. 22	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia	ESPN	L 21–34	60,171^[2]
September 14	3:30 pm	No. 9 Georgia		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	CBS	L 7–13	84,227^[2]
September 21	7:00 pm	Temple*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 42–21	81,409^[2]
September 28	7:00 pm	at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, Tennessee	PPV	W 20–14	34,406^[2]
October 5	1:00 pm	Mississippi State		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina		W 34–10	80,250^[2]
October 12	6:30 pm	at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, Kentucky	ESPN2	W 16–12	70,547^[2]
October 19	7:45 pm	at No. 14 LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ESPN2	L 14–38	91,340^[2]
November 2	3:30 pm	No. 25 Tennessee		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	CBS	L 10–18	83,918^[2]
November 9	12:30 pm	Arkansas		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	JPS	L 0–23	79,307^[2]
November 16	6:00 pm	at No. 20 Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida	ESPN	L 7–28	85,222^[2]
November 23	7:45 pm	at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	L 20–27	83,909^[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule

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