2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

American college football season

2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football
San Francisco Bowl champion
San Francisco Bowl, W 20–13 vs. Air Force
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 18
Record10–4 (3–4 Big East)
Head coach
  • Frank Beamer (16th season)
Offensive coordinatorBryan Stinespring (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorBud Foster (8th season)
Base defense4–4
Home stadiumLane Stadium
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Big East Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Miami (FL) $   7 0     12 1  
No. 25 West Virginia   6 1     9 4  
No. 19 Pittsburgh   5 2     9 4  
No. 18 Virginia Tech   3 4     10 4  
Boston College   3 4     9 4  
Temple   2 5     4 8  
Syracuse   2 5     4 8  
Rutgers   0 7     1 11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Tech in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 252:30 p.m.Arkansas State*No. 16ESPN+W 63–754,016
September 12:30 p.m.No. 14 LSU*No. 16
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ABCW 26–865,049
September 127:45 p.m.No. 16 Marshall*No. 11
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPNW 47–2165,049
September 213:30 p.m.at No. 19 Texas A&M*No. 7ABCW 13–383,746
September 2812:00 p.m.at Western Michigan*No. 5ESPN+W 30–027,218
October 107:45 p.m.at Boston CollegeNo. 4ESPNW 28–2342,826
October 191:00 p.m.RutgersNo. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
PPVW 35–1464,907
October 261:00 p.m.TempleNo. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
PPVW 20–1064,937
November 27:30 p.m.No. 25 PittsburghNo. 3
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
ESPN2L 21–2864,971
November 93:30 p.m.at SyracuseNo. 8ESPNL 42–50 3OT48,239
November 207:00 p.m.West VirginiaNo. 13
ESPN2L 18–2162,723
November 303:30 p.m.Virginia*No. 22
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (Commonwealth Cup)
ESPNW 21–965,097
December 71:00 p.m.at No. 1 Miami (FL)No. 18ABCL 45–5676,108
December 318:30 p.m.vs. Air Force*No. 18ESPN2W 20–1325,966
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
AP1616121175443338131322182118
Coaches Poll161610975443337131219141914
BCSNot released4610Not released

Roster

2002 Virginia Tech Hokies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 44 John Candelas Fr
OT 57 Anthony Davis Sr
OT 79 Jon Dunn So
RB 43 Doug Easlick Jr
C 64 Jake Grove Jr
RB 31/32 Cedric Humes Fr
RB 25/7 Kevin Jones So
TE 90 Jeff King Fr
C 66 Will Montgomery Fr
QB 11 Grant Noel Sr
RB 22 Lee Suggs Sr
G 74 Luke Owens So
QB 5 Marcus Vick Fr
WR 19 Ernest Wilford Jr
WR 12 Richard Johnson So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 42 James Anderson Fr
S 21 Michael Crawford Jr
DE 28 Lamar Cobb Sr
DE 99 Cols Colas Jr
LB 33 Chad Cooper So
DE 95 Jim Davis Jr
S 8 Vincent Fuller So
CB 4 DeAngelo Hall So
DB 27 Justin Hamilton Fr
DT 56 Jonathan Lewis Sr
DB 35 Willie Pile Sr
DE 55 Darryl Tapp Fr
CB 2 Ronyell Whitaker Sr
CB 17 Garnell Wilds Jr
CB 2 Jimmy Willams Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 49 Carter Warley Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Lee Suggs Running back 4 115 Cleveland Browns
Willie Pile Safety 7 252 Kansas City Chiefs

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