2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Mike Sewak, his first year as head coach.

2002 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 3
2002 record11–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coachMike Sewak (1st season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
2002 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 297:00 PMat Delaware*No. 5
L 19–2219,056
September 7Gardner–Webb*
W 56–018,895
September 217:00 PMWofford
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
L 7–1415,564
September 28at Chattanooga
W 38–108,566
October 5VMINo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 52–715,621
October 12at Western Carolina
W 41–247,749
October 19Appalachian State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (rivalry)
W 36–2015,146
October 262:00 PMat The CitadelNo. 10
W 28–2416,427
November 2East Tennessee State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 40–716,106
November 9at Furman (SC)
W 39–2415,794
November 16Jacksonville State*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 37–138,544
November 30Bethune–Cookman*
W 34–07,395
December 7Maine*
W 31–76,708
December 145:30 PMNo. 15 Western Kentucky*No. 3
L 28–316,573

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "2002 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.


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