2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record2–10 (0–8 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Cain (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorBruce Fowler (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captain
3
Home stadiumVanderbilt Stadium[1]
Seasons
← 2001
2003 →
2002 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 3 Georgia x$   7 1     13 1  
Florida   6 2     8 5  
Tennessee   5 3     8 5  
Kentucky   3 5     7 5  
South Carolina   3 5     5 7  
Vanderbilt   0 8     2 10  
Western Division
Arkansas xy   5 3     9 5  
No. 14 Auburn x   5 3     9 4  
LSU x   5 3     8 5  
Ole Miss   3 5     7 6  
Mississippi State   0 8     3 9  
No. 11 ^Alabama   6 2     10 3  
Championship: Georgia 30, Arkansas 3
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – Alabama had the best division record, but did not participate in postseason play due to NCAA probation.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented the Vanderbilt University in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by head coach Bobby Johnson in his first year as the head coach, the Commodores finished with a 2–10 record for the season.

  1. ^ "Notes for Homes Game Versus Florida" (PDF). Vanderbilt Athletics. November 3, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2012.