2002 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

2002 North Carolina Tar Heels football

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	3–9 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach	John Bunting (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Tranquill (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Huxtable (1st season)
Captain	Sam Aiken, Dexter Reid, Ronald Brewer
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial 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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach John Bunting, the Tar Heels played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina finished the season 3–9 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place eighth.

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	1:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 21–27	38,000^[1]
September 7	8:00 p.m.	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN2	W 30–22	39,444^[1]
September 14	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Texas*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 21–52	60,500^[1]
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	L 13–21	57,000^[1]
October 5	10:00 p.m.	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ		W 38–35	42,128^[1]
October 12	12:00 p.m.	No. 14 NC State	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 17–34	60,250^[1]
October 19	12:00 p.m.	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (South's Oldest Rivalry)	JPS	L 27–37	55,648^[1]
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	JPS	L 0–31	31,476^[1]
November 2	1:30 p.m.	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 7–59	44,000^[1]
November 9	12:00 p.m.	Clemson	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	L 12–42	42,000^[1]
November 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 14–40	81,190^[1]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	JPS	W 23–21	33,002^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2002 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`88`	Sam Aiken	Sr
QB	`17`	Matt Baker	Fr
C	`72`	Jason Brown	So
QB	`4`	Darian Durant	So
FB	`44`	Madison Hedgecock	So
TE	`86`	Zach Hilton	Sr
RB	`15`	Willie Parker	Jr
OT	`77`	Jeb Terry	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FS	`24`	Dexter Reid	Jr
CB	`18`	Michael Waddell	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`56`	Greg Warren	So

Name	Position ^[2]	Seasons in Position
John Bunting	Head coach	2nd
Gunter Brewer	Wide Receivers	3rd
Rod Broadway	Defensive tackles	2nd
Ken Browning	Tight Ends / recruiting coordinator	9th
Jeff Connors	Strength and conditioning coordinator	2nd
Jim Fleming	Defensive Backs / special teams coordinator	1st
Hal Hunter	Offensive Line	1st
Dave Huxtable	Defensive coordinator / Linebackers	2nd
Andre' Powell	Running backs	2nd
Gary Tranquill	Offensive coordinator / quarterbacks	2nd
James Webster, Jr.	Defensive ends	2nd

v t e North Carolina Tar Heels football
Venues	Emerson Field (1916–1926) Kenan Memorial Stadium (1927–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Duke: Victory Bell NC State South Carolina Virginia: South's Oldest Rivalry Wake Forest
Culture & lore	First forward pass Rameses The Marching Tar Heels 2010 football scandal 2011 academic-athletic scandal
People	Head coaches All-Americans NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	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

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