2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Silicon Valley Football Classic, L 21–30 vs. Fresno State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 ACC)
Head coach	Chan Gailey (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill O'Brien (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Mixed Shotgun & Ace
Defensive coordinator	Jon Tenuta (1st season)
Home stadium	Bobby Dodd Stadium; (Capacity: 43,719)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's coach was Chan Gailey, the former head coach of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys from 1998-1999. It played its home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta.

2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 21 Florida State $	7	–	1	9	–	5
No. 22 Virginia	6	–	2	9	–	5
No. 13 Maryland	6	–	2	11	–	3
No. 12 NC State	5	–	3	11	–	3
Clemson	4	–	4	7	–	6
Georgia Tech	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wake Forest	3	–	5	7	–	6
North Carolina	1	–	7	3	–	9
Duke	0	–	8	2	–	10

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 pm	Vanderbilt*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA (rivalry)		W 45–3	43,719
September 7	3:30 pm	at Connecticut*	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	FSN	W 31–14	16,751
September 14	12:00 pm	at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 19–24	77,586
September 21	3:30 pm	BYU*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 28–19	43,719
September 28	3:30 pm	at North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 21–13	57,000
October 5	3:30 pm	Wake Forest	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 21–24	43,719
October 17	7:45 pm	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPN	L 10–34	41,766
October 26	3:30 pm	Virginia	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 23–15	42,727
November 2	3:30 pm	at No. 10 NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ABC	W 24–17	51,500
November 9	3:30 pm	No. 17 Florida State	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 13–21	43,719
November 16	1:00 pm	Duke	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA		W 17–2	41,335
November 30	3:30 pm	at No. 5 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	CBS	L 7–51	86,520
December 31	3:30 pm	vs. Fresno State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Silicon Valley Football Classic)	ESPN	L 21–30	10,142
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time