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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
|Game Name=Orange Bowl
|Date Game Played=January 2
|Year Game Played=2002
|Football Season=2001
|Optional Subheader='''BCS Bowl Game<br />68th Orange Bowl'''
|Title Sponsor=FedEx
|Image=
|Visitor School=University of Florida
|Visitor Name Short=Florida
|Visitor Nickname=Gators
|Visitor Record=9–2
|Visitor AP=5
|Visitor Coaches=5
|Visitor BCS=5
|Visitor Coach=[[Steve Spurrier]]
|Visitor1=14
|Visitor2=14
|Visitor3=21
|Visitor4=7
|Visitor Total=56
|Home School=University of Maryland
|Home Name Short=Maryland
|Home Nickname=Terrapins
|Home Record=10–1
|Home AP=6
|Home Coaches=6
|Home BCS=10
|Home Coach=[[Ralph Friedgen]]
|Home1=7
|Home2=3
|Home3=0
|Home4=13
|Home Total=23
|Type=bg
|MVP=Florida WR [[Taylor Jacobs]]
|Stadium=[[Pro Player Stadium]]
|City=Miami, Florida
|Attendance=73,640<ref name="attendance">{{cite news | url=http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402 | title=BCS Game Results | publisher=orangebowl.org | date=September 26, 2007 | accessdate=January 13, 2008|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20090602014445/http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402 |archivedate = June 2, 2009|deadurl=yes}} </ref>
|US Network=[[ABC Sports|ABC]]
|US Announcers=[[Brad Nessler]] and [[Bob Griese]]
|Ratings=9.5<ref name="attendance"/>
}}

The '''2002 FedEx Orange Bowl''' game was a post-season [[college football]] [[bowl game]] between the [[2001 Florida Gators football team|Florida Gators]] and the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] champion [[2001 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland Terrapins]] on January 2, 2002. Florida routed Maryland 56–23.<ref name=ap_recap>{{cite news|title=Maryland sees red in Orange Bowl embarrassment|url=http://www.cbssports.com/u/ce/multi/0,1329,4782767_56,00.html|agency=Associated Press|publisher=[[CBS Sports]]|accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref>  The game was part of the 2001–2002 [[Bowl Championship Series]] (BCS) of the [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season]] and represented the concluding game of the season for both teams. The [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] was first played in 1935, and the 2002 game represented the 68th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on [[ABC Sports|ABC]].

This would end up being [[Steve Spurrier]]'s last game as coach of the Florida Gators as he resigned two days after the game.
== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.orangebowl.org/ Official website of the Orange Bowl]

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