2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team

American college football season

2002 Virginia Cavaliers football

Continental Tire Bowl champion
Continental Tire Bowl, W 48–22 vs. West Virginia
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 22
Record	9–5 (6–2 ACC)
Head coach	Al Groh (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Musgrave (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Al Golden (2nd season)
Captain	Angelo Crowell, Billy McMullen
Home stadium	Scott Stadium
Seasons← 2001 2003 →

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

The 2002 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Al Groh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 22	7:30 pm	Colorado State*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jim Thorpe Classic)	FSN	L 29–35	57,120
August 31	3:30 pm	at No. 5 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy)	ABC	L 19–40	79,406
September 7	7:45 pm	No. 22 South Carolina*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN	W 34–21	60,171
September 21	3:00 pm	Akron*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA		W 48–29	56,216
September 28	6:30 pm	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC		W 38–34	25,883
October 5	12:00 pm	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	JPS	W 27–22	17,638
October 12	12:00 pm	Clemson	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	ESPN2	W 22–17	54,114
October 19	12:00 pm	North Carolina	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	W 37–27	55,648
October 26	3:30 pm	at Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	ABC	L 15–23	42,727
November 9	3:30 pm	at No. 19 Penn State*	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	L 14–35	108,698
November 16	12:00 pm	No. 22 NC State	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	JPS	W 14–9	53,371
November 23	5:30 pm	No. 18 Maryland	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 48–13	58,358
November 30	3:30 pm	at No. 22 Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 9–21	65,097
December 28	12:00 pm	vs. No. 15 West Virginia*	Ericsson Stadium Charlotte, NC (Continental Tire Bowl)	ESPN2	W 48–22	73,535
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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

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

v t e Virginia Cavaliers football
Venues	Madison Hall Field (1888–1912) Lambeth Field (1913–1930) Scott Stadium (1931–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Florida State: Jefferson-Eppes Trophy Maryland North Carolina: South's Oldest Rivalry Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Cavalier Marching Band 1990 Georgia Tech game 2022 shooting
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders W. A. Lambeth
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024