The 2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fourth season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks did not finish the season bowl-eligible.
Schedule[]
Date
|
Time
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Opponent#
|
Rank#
|
Site
|
TV
|
Result
|
Attendance
|
August 31*
|
7:00 PM
|
New Mexico State
|
#22
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
|
W 34–24
|
83,717[1]
|
September 7*
|
7:45 PM
|
at Virginia
|
#22
|
Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
|
ESPN
|
L 21–34
|
60,171[1]
|
September 14
|
3:30 PM
|
#9 Georgia
|
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
CBS
|
L 7–13
|
84,227[1]
|
September 21*
|
7:00 PM
|
[[{{{school}}}|Temple]]
|
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
|
W 42–21
|
81,409[1]
|
September 28
|
7:00 PM
|
at Vanderbilt
|
|
Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
|
|
W 20–14
|
34,406[1]
|
October 5
|
1:00 PM
|
Mississippi State
|
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
|
W 34–10
|
80,250[1]
|
October 12
|
6:30 PM
|
at Kentucky
|
|
Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
|
ESPN2
|
W 16–12
|
70,547[1]
|
October 19
|
7:45 PM
|
at #14 LSU
|
|
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
|
ESPN2
|
L 14–38
|
91,340[1]
|
November 2
|
3:30 PM
|
#25 Tennessee
|
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
CBS
|
L 10–18
|
83,918[1]
|
November 9
|
12:30 PM
|
Arkansas
|
|
Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
|
JPS
|
L 0–23
|
79,307[1]
|
November 16
|
6:00 PM
|
at #20 Florida
|
|
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
|
ESPN
|
L 7–28
|
85,222[1]
|
November 23*
|
7:45 PM
|
at Clemson
|
|
Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)
|
ESPN
|
L 20–27
|
83,909[1]
|
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.
|
References[]