SEC FOOTBALL 2002 2002 Final Release Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) Southeastern Conference Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: (205) 458-3010 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2001 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. vs. Top 25 Streak ^Georgia 7-1 .875 226 144 13-1 .929 450 212 8-4 7-0 4-0 2-1 4-1 5-1 W 5 Florida 6-2 .750 191 160 8-5 .615 336 279 10-2 5-2 2-2 1-1 5-0 2-4 L 2 Tennessee 5-3 .625 182 147 8-5 .615 296 227 11-2 4-3 3-1 1-1 3-2 0-5 L 1 South Carolina 3-5 .375 108 156 5-7 .417 225 262 9-3 3-3 2-4 0-0 2-3 0-4 L 5 Vanderbilt 0-8 .000 121 260 2-10 .167 221 368 2-9 2-5 0-5 0-0 0-5 0-3 L 4 #Kentucky 3-5 .375 215 228 7-5 .583 385 301 2-9 4-3 3-2 0-0 1-4 1-3 L 1 ^ - Southeastern Conference Champion WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2001 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. vs. Top 25 Streak **Arkansas 5-3 .625 223 184 9-5 .643 370 277 7-5 6-2 3-1 0-2 4-1 2-2 L 2 *Auburn 5-3 .625 213 150 9-4 .692 388 231 7-5 5-2 3-2 1-0 4-1 3-3 W 2 *LSU 5-3 .625 179 160 8-5 .615 323 238 10-3 6-1 2-3 0-1 2-3 1-3 L 2 Ole Miss 3-5 .375 175 230 7-6 .538 351 331 7-4 6-1 0-5 1-0 1-4 1-3 W 2 Miss. State 0-8 .000 123 265 3-9 .250 227 339 3-8 2-4 1-5 0-0 0-5 0-3 L 5 #Alabama 6-2 .750 227 99 10-3 .769 377 200 7-5 5-2 5-1 0-0 4-1 4-2 W 1 ** - Western Division SEC Championship Game Representative / * - Western Division Co-Champions NOTE: 2001 - Final 2001 Record; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable. # - Not eligible for conference title. NINE SEC TEAMS FINISH WITH WINNING SEASONS • For the third straight year and the third time in Conference App. W-L Pct. Bowls • Nine of the SEC’s 12 teams were ranked for at SEC history, nine SEC teams finished the season ACC 46 30-16 .652 4-3 least one week in either the AP or the USA with winning records. Georgia posted the Big East 46 30-16 .652 3-2 Today/ESPN weekly rankings. Two SEC teams league’s best mark at 13-1, followed by Alabama Big Ten 53 38-15 .717 5-2 - Florida and Georgia - were ranked each week of (10-3), Auburn (9-4), Arkansas (9-5), Florida, Big 12 59 41-18 .695 5-3 the season. Four SEC teams - Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Tennessee, each at 8-5, Kentucky at 7- Conference USA 45 18-27 .400 2-3 Florida and Georgia - were ranked in the either 5, and Ole Miss with a 7-6 record. MAC 57 24-33 .421 1-1 AP or USA Today/ESPN final rankings. Mountain West 45 18-27 .400 0-3 • Florida posted its 15th straight season with a Pac-10 47 32-15 .681 2-5 • Since 1997, the SEC is 25-21 (54.3 percent) winning record in 2002, the longest such streak SEC 56 40-16 .714 3-4 in post-season bowl games. Below is how each in the SEC. Below is a listing of current consec- Sun Belt 44 12-32 .273 1-0 conference has fared since 1997 in bowl games: utive seasons with winning records in the SEC: Western Athletic 45 16-29 .356 2-1 Conference App. W-L Pct. Florida 15 • For the first time in six seasons, the SEC did MAC 8 6-2 .750 Tennessee 14 not win at least four bowl games in a season. The Big East 27 15-12 .555 Georgia 6 SEC’s 3-4 mark in bowls this year was the Big Ten 38 21-17 .553 Ole Miss 6 league’s lowest win total since going 2-4 in 1995. SEC 46 25-21 .543 Auburn 3 Since 1996, the SEC is 30-21 (.588) in post-sea- ACC 32 16-16 .500 LSU 3 son bowl games and is 5-3 in Bowl Mountain West 12 6-6 .500 Alabama 2 Championship Series games since the inception Big 12 41 20-21 .488 Arkansas 2 of the BCS in the 1999 bowl season. Conference USA 21 9-12 .429 Kentucky 1 Pac-10 33 14-19 .424 WAC 18 7-11 .389 • Following the 2002-03 bowl games, the SEC was second among all NCAA Division I-A con- 2002-3 SEC BOWL RESULTS ferences in non-league winning percentage. The Dec. 27 • Mainstay Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.) • 46,096 • Ole Miss 27, Nebraska 23 SEC posted a 40-16 record (71.4 percent), which Dec. 30 • Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.) • 39,183 • Minnesota 29, Arkansas 14 was second behind the Big Ten Conference, Dec. 31 • Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl (Atlanta, Ga.) • 68,330 • Maryland 30, Tennessee 3 which had a 38-15 record (71.7 percent). Below Jan. 1 • Outback Bowl (Tampa, Fla.) • 65,101 • Michigan 38, Florida 30 is a breakdown of how NCAA Division I-A con- Jan. 1 • SBC Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas) • 70,817 • Texas 35, LSU 20 ferences fared in non-league competition in 2002- Jan. 1 • Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) • 66,334 • Auburn 13, Penn State 9 03: Jan. 1 • Nokia Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, La.) • 74,269 • Georgia 26, Florida State 13 2002 SEC Football • Page 2 Final 2002 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (10-3, 6-2 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (8-5, 6-2 SEC) Home: 5-2 Away: 5-1 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 4-2 Home: 5-2 Away: 2-2 Neutral: 1-1 vs. Division: 5-0 vs. Top 25: 2-4 Total Home Attendance: 579,999 Average Home Attendance: 82,857 Total Home Attendance: 596,296 Average Home Attendance: 85,185 Aug. 31 *MIDDLE TENNESSEE (JP) W 39-34 80,091 Aug. 31 UAB W 51-3 85,575 Sept. 7 at Oklahoma (ABC) [2/3] L 27-37 75,564 Sept. 7 MIAMI (FLA.) (CBS) [1/1] L 16-41 85,777 Sept. 14 NORTH TEXAS W 33-7 79,818 Sept. 14 OHIO W 34-6 84,002 Sept. 21 SOUTHERN MISS (ESPN2) W 20-7 83,818 Sept. 21 at Tennessee (CBS) [4/4] W 30-13 108,722 Sept. 28 at Arkansas (ESPN) W 30-12 73,551 Sept. 28 KENTUCKY (CBS) W 41-34 85,333 Oct. 5 GEORGIA (CBS) [7/6] L 25-27 83,818 Oct. 5 at Ole Miss (CBS) L 14-17 61,140 Oct. 19 OLE MISS [HC] (CBS) [21/22] W 42-7 83,818 Oct. 12 LSU (ESPN) [18/15] L 7-36 85,252 Oct. 26 at Tennessee (ESPN) [16/15] W 34-14 107,722 Oct. 19 AUBURN (ESPN) W 30-23 (OT) 85,135 Nov. 2 at Vanderbilt W 30-8 36,407 Nov. 2 *Georgia (ESPN) [5/5] W 20-13 84,433 Nov. 9 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 28-14 83,818 Nov. 9 at Vanderbilt W 21-17 28,881 Nov. 16 at LSU (ESPN) [14/12] W 31-0 92,012 Nov. 16 SOUTH CAROLINA [HC] (ESPN) W 28-7 85,222 Nov. 23 AUBURN (CBS) L 7-17 84,818 Nov. 30 at Florida State (ABC) [23/22] L 14-31 83,938 Nov. 30 at Hawaii (ESPN) [--/24] W 21-16 50,000 Jan. 1 vs. Michigan (ABC) [12/11] L 30-38 65,101 (Outback Bowl • Tampa, Fla.) * - Birmingham, Ala. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (9-5, 5-3 SEC) Home: 6-2 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 0-2 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 2-2 GEORGIA BULLDOGS (13-1, 6-1 SEC) Total Home Attendance: 486,016 Average Home Attendance: 60,752 Home: 7-0 Away: 4-0 Neutral: 2-1 vs. Division: 4-1 vs. Top 25: 5-1 Total Home Attendance: 605,640 Average Home Attendance: 86,520 Sept. 7 BOISE STATE W 41-14 70,142 Sept. 14 *SOUTH FLORIDA W 42-3 55,817 Aug. 31 CLEMSON (ESPN) W 31-28 86,520 Sept. 28 ALABAMA (ESPN) L 12-30 73,551 Sept. 14 at South Carolina (CBS) W 13-7 84,227 Oct. 5 at Tennessee (ESPN) [10/10] L 38-41 (6OT) 105,688 Sept. 21 NORTHWESTERN (LA.) STATE W 45-7 86,520 Oct. 12 at Auburn (JP) [24/21] W 38-17 84,692 Sept. 28 NEW MEXICO STATE W 41-10 86,520 Oct. 19 KENTUCKY L 17-29 61,573 Oct. 5 at Alabama (CBS) [22/--] W 27-25 83,818 Oct. 26 OLE MISS [HC] W 48-28 71,723 Oct. 12 TENNESSEE (CBS) [10/9] W 18-13 86,520 Nov. 2 *TROY STATE W 23-0 42,814 Oct. 19 VANDERBILT [HC] (JP) W 48-17 86,520 Nov. 9 at South Carolina (JP) W 23-0 79,307 Oct.