2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
American college football season
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The 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Sewak, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 11–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the SoCon title for the sixth consecutive season. Georgia Southern advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Bethune–Cookman in the first round and Maine in the quarterfinals before falling to Western Kentucky in the semifinals. Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Sports NetworkNo. 3
Record11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Headcoach
- Mike Sewak (1st season)
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SoCon champion | |
NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal, L 28–31 vs. Western Kentucky | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
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| Sports Network | No. 3 |
| Record | 11–3 (7–1 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mitch Ware (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Rusty Russell (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Paulson Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Georgia Southern $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Wofford | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Appalachian State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Furman ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 29 | 7:00 pm | at No. 22 Delaware* | No. 5 | L 19–22 | 19,056 | [1] | |
| September 7 | Gardner–Webb* | No. 12 | W 56–0 | 18,895 | [2] | ||
| September 21 | 7:00 pm | Wofford | No. 9 |
| L 7–14 | 15,564 | [3] |
| September 28 | at Chattanooga | No. 18 | W 38–10 | 8,566 | [4] | ||
| October 5 | VMI | No. 18 |
| W 52–7 | 15,621 | [5] | |
| October 12 | at Western Carolina | No. 16 | W 41–24 | 7,749 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | Appalachian State | No. 13 |
| W 36–20 | 15,146 | [7] | |
| October 26 | 2:00 pm | at The Citadel | No. 10 | W 28–24 | 16,427 | [8] | |
| November 2 | East Tennessee State | No. 9 |
| W 40–7 | 16,106 | [9] | |
| November 9 | at Furman | No. 9 | W 39–24 | 15,794 | [10] | ||
| November 16 | Jacksonville State* | No. 4 |
| W 37–13 | 8,544 | [11] | |
| November 30 | No. 11 Bethune–Cookman* | No. 2 |
| W 34–0 | 7,395 | [12] | |
| December 7 | No. 7 Maine* | No. 2 |
| W 31–7 | 6,708 | [13] | |
| December 14 | 5:30 pm | No. 15 Western Kentucky* | No. 2 |
| L 28–31 | 6,573 | [14] |
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