2002–03 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 2002 28 5 December 17, 2002 January 3, 2003 2003 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium,Tempe, Arizona Ohio State Buckeyes Big Tenhttps://static.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls02/s/2002/1231/1485027.html Bowl Challenge Cup standings 2003-01-05 2016-12-11 Big 12 8 5 3 4 ACC 7 4 3 4 Big Ten 7 5 2 4 Pac-10 7 2 5 2 SEC 7 3 4 3 Big East 5 3 2 4 Conference USA 5 2 3 1 Mountain West 3 0 3 0 WAC 3 2 1 1 MAC 2 1 1 1 Sun Belt 1 1 0 0 Independents 1 0 1 1 The 2002–03 NCAA football bowl games were a series of 28 post-season games (including the Bowl Championship Series) played in December 2002 and January 2003 for Division I-A football teams and their all-stars. The post-season began with the New Orleans Bowl on December 17, 2002, and concluded on February 1, 2003, with the season-ending Hula Bowl. A new record of 28 team-competitive bowls, and two all-star games, were played, including the inaugural Continental Tire Bowl, Hawaii Bowl and San Francisco Bowl. To fill the 56 available team-competitive bowl slots, a total of three teams with non-winning seasons participated in bowl games—all three had a .500 (6–6) season. Poll rankings The below table lists top teams (per polls taken after the completion of the regular season and any conference championship games), their win–loss records (prior to bowl games), and the bowls they later played in. The AP column represents rankings per the AP Poll,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25997970/the_ap_top_25/ The AP Top 25 The Times Shreveport, Louisiana 18 December 9, 2002 December 5, 2018 newspapers.com while the BCS column represents the Bowl Championship Series rankings.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25998000/bcs_standings/ BCS Standings The Times Shreveport, Louisiana 18 December 9, 2002 December 5, 2018 newspapers.com AP BCS Team W–L Bowl 1 1 Miami Hurricanes 12–0 Fiesta Bowl 2 2 Ohio State Buckeyes 13–0 Fiesta Bowl 3 5 Iowa Hawkeyes 11–1 Orange Bowl 4 3 Georgia Bulldogs 12–1 Sugar Bowl 5 4 USC Trojans 10–2 Orange Bowl 6 8 Kansas State Wildcats 10–2 Holiday Bowl 7 6 Washington State Cougars 10–2 Rose Bowl 8 7 Oklahoma Sooners 11–2 Rose Bowl 9 10 Texas Longhorns 10–2 Cotton Bowl Classic 10 12 Penn State Nittany Lions 9–3 Capital One Bowl 11 9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 10–2 Gator Bowl 12 11 Michigan Wolverines 9–3 Outback Bowl 13 — Alabama Crimson Tide 10–3 none 14 13 Colorado Buffaloes 9–4 Alamo Bowl 15 15 West Virginia Mountaineers 9–3 Continental Tire Bowl 16 14 Florida State Seminoles 9–4 Sugar Bowl 17 — NC State Wolfpack 10–3 Gator Bowl 18 — Boise State Broncos 11–1 Humanitarian Bowl 19 — Auburn Tigers 8–4 Capital One Bowl 20 — Maryland Terrapins 10–3 Peach Bowl 21 — Virginia Tech Hokies 9–4 San Francisco Bowl 22 — Florida Gators 8–4 Outback Bowl 23 — Colorado State Rams 10–3 Liberty Bowl 24 — Pittsburgh Panthers 8–4 Insight Bowl 25 — Arkansas Razorbacks 9–4 Music City Bowl denotes a BCS bowl game ineligible for bowl play due to NCAA sanctions Schedule Non BCS Contestshttps://www.espn.com/college-football/schedule/_/year/2002/seasontype/3/week/1 FBS (I-A) Schedule - 2002 (Bowls) 2016-12-11DateGameSiteTime(US EST)TVMatchup(pre-game record)APpre-gamerankUSA Todaypre-gamerank12/17New Orleans BowlLouisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana7:00 PMESPN2North Texas 24 (7–5),Cincinnati 19 (7–6)NRNRNRNR12/18GMAC BowlLadd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama8:00 PMESPNMarshall 38 (10–2),Louisville 15 (7–5)NRNR#24NR12/23Tangerine BowlCitrus Bowl Orlando, Florida6:30 PMESPNTexas Tech 55 (8–5),Clemson 15 (7–5)NRNRNRNR12/25Las Vegas BowlSam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada4:30 PMESPNUCLA 27 (7–5),New Mexico 13 (7–6)NRNRNRNR12/25Hawai'i BowlAloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii8:00 PMESPNTulane 36 (7–5),Hawaii 28 (10–3)NRNRNRNR12/262002 Motor City Bowl Motor City Bowl Motor City BowlFord Field Detroit, Michigan5:00 PMESPNBoston College 51 (8–4),Toledo 25 (9–4)NRNRNRNR12/26Insight BowlBank One Ballpark Phoenix, Arizona8:30 PMESPNPittsburgh 38 (8–4),Oregon State 13 (8–4)#24NR#23NR12/272002 Houston Bowl Houston Bowl Houston BowlReliant Stadium Houston, Texas2:30 PMESPNOklahoma State 33 (7–5),Southern Miss 23 (7–5)NRNRNRNR12/272002 Independence Bowl Independence Bowl Independence BowlIndependence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana5:30 PMESPNOle Miss 27 (6–6),Nebraska 23 (7–6)NRNRNRNR12/27Holiday BowlQualcomm Stadium San Diego, California8:00 PMESPNKansas State 34 (10–2),Arizona State 27 (8–5)#6NR#6NR12/28Continental Tire BowlEricsson Stadium Charlotte, North Carolina12:00 PMESPNVirginia 48 (8–5),West Virginia 22 (9–3)NR#15NR#1312/28Alamo BowlAlamodome San Antonio, Texas8:00 PMESPNWisconsin 31 (7–6),Colorado 28 (9–4) (OT)NR#14NR#1412/30Music City BowlLP Field Nashville, Tennessee2:00 PMESPNMinnesota 29 (7–5),Arkansas 14 (9–4)NR#25NRNR12/30Seattle BowlQwest Field Seattle, Washington5:00 PMESPNWake Forest 38 (6–6),Oregon 14 (7–5)NRNRNRNR12/31Humanitarian BowlBronco Stadium Boise, Idaho12:00 PMESPNBoise State 34 (11–1),Iowa State 16 (7–6)#18NR#15NR12/31Sun BowlSun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas2:00 PMCBSPurdue 34 (6–6),Washington 24 (7–5)NRNRNRNR12/31Liberty BowlLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee2:30 PMESPNTCU 17 (9–2),Colorado State 3 (10–3)NR#23NR#2112/31Silicon Valley ClassicSpartan Stadium San Jose, California3:30 PMESPN2Fresno State 30 (8–5),Georgia Tech 21 (7–5)NRNRNRNR12/31Peach BowlGeorgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia7:30 PMESPNMaryland 30 (10–3),Tennessee 3 (8–4)#20NR#18NR12/312002 San Francisco Bowl San Francisco Bowl San Francisco BowlPacific Bell Park San Francisco, California8:30 PMESPN2Virginia Tech 20 (9–4),Air Force 13 (8–4)#21NR#19NR1/1Outback BowlRaymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida11:00 AMESPNMichigan 38 (9–3),Florida 30 (8–4)#12#22#11#201/12003 Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton Bowl ClassicCotton Bowl Dallas, Texas11:00 AMFOXTexas 35 (10–2),LSU 20 (8–4)#9NR#9#251/1Gator BowlAlltel Stadium Jacksonville, Florida12:30 PMNBCNC State 28 (10–3),Notre Dame 6 (10–2)#17#11#17#121/1Capital One BowlCitrus Bowl Orlando, Florida1:00 PMABCAuburn 13 (8–4),Penn State 9 (9–3)#19#10#22#10Bowl Championship SeriesDateGameSiteTime(US EST)TVMatchupAP rankBCS rank1/1Rose BowlRose Bowl Pasadena, California4:30 PMABCOklahoma 34 (11–2) (Big 12 Champion),Washington State 14 (10–2) (Pac-10 co-Champ)#8#7#7#61/1Sugar BowlLouisiana Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana8:30 PMABCGeorgia 26 (12–1) (SEC Champion),Florida State 13 (9–4) (ACC Champion)#4#16#3#141/2Orange BowlPro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida8 PMABCUSC 38 (10–2) (Pac-10 co-Champion),Iowa 17 (11–1) (Big Ten co-Champion)#5#3#4#51/3Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship Game)Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona8 PMABCOhio State 31 (13–0) (Big Ten co-Champion),Miami 24 (12–0) (Big East Champion)#2#1#2#1 All-star games Date Game Winning Team Losing Team Venue City January 11, 2003 East–West Shrine Game East Team 20 West Team 17 SBC Park San Francisco, California January 18, 2003 Senior Bowl North Team 17 South Team 0 Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, Alabama January 25, 2003 Gridiron Classic Team USA 20 Team Florida 17 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida January 25, 2003 Paradise Bowl Midwest All-Stars 36 West All-Stars 31 Hansen Stadium St. George, Utah February 1, 2003 Hula Bowl South (Aina) 27 North (Kai) 24 War Memorial Stadium Wailuku, Hawaii References