The 2002 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida as a member of the Eastern Division in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Ron Zook, the Gators compiled an overall record of 8–5 with mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the SEC's Eastern Division title. Florida was invited to the Outback Bowl, where the Gators lost Michigan. The team played home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.
Schedule
2012 Florida Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 113 & 116 (2012). Retrieved September 16, 2012.GatorZone.com, Football, History, Florida Football 20032 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.
Game summaries UAB
Miami (FL)
Ohio
At Tennessee
Kentucky
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At Ole Miss
LSU
Auburn
Vs. Georgia
At Vanderbilt
South Carolina
At Florida State
Outback Bowl (vs. Michigan)
Roster
Players drafted into the NFL
1 22 Rex Grossman QB Chicago Bears 2 44 Taylor Jacobs WR Washington Redskins 4 100 Todd Johnson S Chicago Bears 4 116 Ian Scott DT Chicago Bears 5 161 Aaron Walker TE San Francisco 49ers 5 171 Tron LaFavor DT Chicago Bears 6 190 Mike Nattiel LB Minnesota Vikings 7 227 Clint Mitchell DE Denver Broncos
References
Bibliography 2009 Southeastern Conference Football Media Guide, Florida Year-by-Year Records, Southeastern Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, p. 60 (2009). 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 107–116 (2012). Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). . Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). . Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). .