2002 Auburn Tigers football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
AP	No. 14

2002 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Auburn, led by head coach Tommy Tuberville, finished with record of 9–4, including a 5–3 record in the Southeastern Conference. Following a disappointing 7–5 finish the previous season, the coaching staff of the 2002 Tigers featured two prominent new members. Bobby Petrino was hired as the new offensive coordinator, and Gene Chizik joined the staff as the Tigers' new defensive coordinator. Petrino left following the season to assume the head coaching job at Louisville, while Chizik remained at Auburn through the 2004 season before leaving for the defensive coordinator position at Texas. The Tigers finished the season ranked #14 in the AP Poll and #16 in the Coaches Poll.

Schedule

September 27:00 PMat No. 20 USC*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles

ABCL 17–24 63,269 September 74:00 PMWestern Carolina*

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

PPVW 56–0 80,067 September 1411:30 AMVanderbilt

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

JPSW 31–6 76,127 September 196:45 PMat Mississippi State

• Davis Wade Stadium
• Starkville, Mississippi

ESPNW 42–14 52,583 September 288:00 PMSyracuse*

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

ESPN2W 37–34 ^OT83,667 October 1211:30 AMArkansasNo. 24

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

JPSL 17–38 84,692 October 195:45 PMat Florida

• Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
• Gainesville, Florida

ESPNL 23–30 ^OT85,135 October 2611:30 AMNo. 10 LSU

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama (Tiger Bowl)

JPSW 31–7 85,366 November 211:30 AMat Ole Miss

• Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
• Oxford, Mississippi

JPSW 31–24 60,635 November 91:00 PMLouisiana–Monroe*

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama

PPVW 52–14 84,618 November 162:30 PMNo. 7 GeorgiaNo. 24

• Jordan–Hare Stadium
• Auburn, Alabama (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)

CBSL 21–24 86,063 November 232:30 PMat No. 9 Alabama

• Bryant–Denny Stadium
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Iron Bowl)

CBSW 17–7 83,818 January 112:00 PMvs. No. 10 Penn State*No. 19

• Citrus Bowl
• Orlando, Florida (Capital One Bowl)

ABCW 13–9 66,334

Roster

2002 Auburn Tigers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Devin Aromashodu Fr RB 23 Ronnie Brown So QB 17 Jason Campbell So WR 81 Jeris McIntyre Jr OT 73 Marcus McNeill Fr WR 2 Ben Obomanu Fr RB 24 Carnell Williams So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 11 Karlos Dansby Jr DE 83 Jay Ratliff So DB 5 Travaris Robinson Sr CB 14 Carlos Rogers So LB 54 Dontarrious Thomas Jr DE 82 Reggie Torbor Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Tommy Tuberville Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2002-10-12

Captains

Position	Player
LB	Mark Brown
C	Ben Nowland
DB	Travaris Robinson