2002 South Florida Bulls football team

2002 South Florida Bulls football
2002 South Florida Bulls football
Conference	Independent
Record	9–2
Head coach	Jim Leavitt (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Hobbie (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Rick Kravitz (6th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Wally Burnham (2nd as DC, 3rd overall season)
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium (66,321, grass)
	Seasons ← 2001 2003 →

The 2002 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his sixth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2). However, the Bulls did not participate in a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 51–10	22,074
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 37–6	23,559
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	WMOR	L 3–42	55,817
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	TBS	L 14–31	74,432
October 5	8:05 p.m.	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	WMOR	W 24–17	15,512
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	FSN	W 16–13	28,181
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 46–30	33,419
November 2	7:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 56–6	23,144
November 9	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 31–28	32,270
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 29–7	28,098
November 23	3:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	W 32–14	12,856
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2002 South Florida Bulls football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`10`	Marquel Blackwell	Sr
OT	`72`	Ken Dawson	Sr
RB	`26`	Billy Henderson	So
C	`71`	Alex Herron	So
WR	`22`	Elgin Hicks	Jr
WR	`4`	DeAndrew Rubin	Sr
WR	`2`	Hugh Smith	Sr
WR	`15`	Huey Whittaker	Jr
WR	`86`	Bryan Williams	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`55`	Cedric Battles	Jr
LB	`51`	Devon Davis	Fr
DE	`53`	Julian Johnson	Sr
LB	`52`	Mike Minus	Jr
LB	`5`	Kawika Mitchell	Sr
DL	`54`	Emerson Morris	Sr
LB	`50`	Stephen Nicholas	Fr
DE	`41`	Shurron Pierson	Sr
DB	`32`	J. R. Reed	Jr
DL	`93`	Lee Roy Selmon	Jr
DB	`21`	Maurice Tucker	Sr
DB	`17`	Kevin Verpaele	Jr
DL	`8`	Greg Walls	Sr
DB	`24`	Antonio Warren	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`7`	Santiago Gramatica	So