2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team

2002 Virginia Cavaliers football
Continental Tire Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 22
Record9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBill Musgrave (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAl Golden (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumScott Stadium
2002 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Florida State $   7 – 1     9 – 5  
No. 22   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

The 2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Al Groh, the Cavaliers compiled an overall record of 9–5 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the ACC. Virginia was invited to the Continental Tire Bowl, where the Cavaliers defeated West Virginia. The team played home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 227:30 pmColorado State*
FSNL 29–3557,120
August 313:30 pmat No. 5 Florida State
ABCL 19–4079,406
September 77:45 pmNo. 22 South Carolina*
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPNW 34–2160,171
September 213:00 pmAkron*dagger
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
W 48–2956,216
September 286:30 pmat Wake Forest
W 38–3425,883
October 512:00 pmat Duke
JPSW 27–2217,638
October 1212:00 pmClemson
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
ESPN2W 22–1754,114
October 1912:00 pmNorth Carolina
JPSW 37–2755,648
October 263:30 pmat Georgia Tech
ABCL 15–2342,727
November 93:30 pmat No. 19 Penn State*
ABCL 14–35108,698
November 1612:00 pmNo. 22 NC State
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA
JPSW 14–953,371
November 235:30 pmNo. 18 Maryland
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
ESPN2W 48–1358,358
November 303:30 pmat No. 22 Virginia Tech*
ESPNL 9–2165,097
December 2812:00 pmvs. No. 15 West Virginia*
ESPN2W 48–2273,535
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position
Al Groh Head coach
Danny Rocco Assistant head coach / linebackers coach
Al Golden Defensive coordinator
Bill Musgrave Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks / tight ends coach
Corwin Brown Special teams coach
Mike Groh Wide receivers coach
Mike London Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator
Bob Price Defensive backs coach
Ron Prince Offensive line coach
Kevin Ross Running backs coach
Andy Heck Graduate assistant coach – offense
Reed Case Graduate assistant coach – defense

Roster

2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Matt Schaub Jr
WR 11 Billy McMullen Sr
OT 69 Brad Butler Fr
C 78 Mitch Kimball Jr
FB 86 Kase Luzar Jr
TE 89 Heath Miller So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 55 Angelo Crowell Sr
LB 56 Darryl Blackstock Fr
DT 95 Chris Canty So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

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