2002 South Florida Bulls football team

2002 South Florida Bulls football
Conference	Independent
2002 record	9–2
Head coach	Jim Leavitt (6th season)
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium (66,321, grass)
Seasons

2002 Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
South Florida			–						9	–	2
No. 17 Notre Dame			–						10	–	3
Connecticut			–						6	–	6
Utah State			–						4	–	7
Troy State			–						4	–	8
Navy			–						2	–	10
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2002 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the sixth team fielded by the school. The Bulls were led by head coach Jim Leavitt in his sixth year, played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Bulls finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2).

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 51–10	22,074
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 37–6	23,559
September 14	7:00 p.m.	at Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	WMOR	L 3–42	55,817
September 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	TBS	L 14–31	74,432
October 5	8:05 p.m.	at North Texas	Fouts Field Denton, TX	WMOR	W 24–17	15,512
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	FSN	W 16–13	28,181
October 19	2:00 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	W 46–30	33,419
November 2	7:00 p.m.	[[{{{school}}}|Charleston Southern]]	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 56–6	23,144
November 9	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 31–28	32,270
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL		W 29–7	28,098
November 23	3:00 p.m.	at Houston	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	FSN	W 32–14	12,856
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: GoUSFBulls.com: Football – 2002 Schedule & Results

Roster

2002 South Florida Bulls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 10 Blackwell, MarquelMarquel Blackwell 7.0 !Sr T 72 Dawson, KenKen Dawson 7.0 !Sr RB 26 Henderson, BillyBilly Henderson 3.0 !So C 71 Herron, AlexAlex Herron 3.0 !So WR 22 Hicks, ElginElgin Hicks 5.0 !Jr WR 4 Rubin, DeAndrewDeAndrew Rubin 7.0 !Sr WR 2 Smith, HughHugh Smith 7.0 !Sr WR 15 Whittaker, HueyHuey Whittaker 5.0 !Jr WR 86 Williams, BryanBryan Williams 1.0 !Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 55 Battles, CedricCedric Battles 5.0 !Jr LB 51 Davis, DevonDevon Davis 1.0 !Fr DE 53 Johnson, JulianJulian Johnson 7.0 !Sr LB 52 Minus, MikeMike Minus 5.0 !Jr LB 5 Mitchell, KawikaKawika Mitchell 7.0 !Sr DL 54 Morris, EmersonEmerson Morris 7.0 !Sr LB 50 Nicholas, StephenStephen Nicholas 1.0 !Fr DE 41 Pierson, ShurronShurron Pierson 7.0 !Sr DB 32 Reed, J. R.J. R. Reed 5.0 !Jr DL 93 Selmon, Lee RoyLee Roy Selmon 5.0 !Jr DB 21 Tucker, MauriceMaurice Tucker 7.0 !Sr DB 17 Verpaele, KevinKevin Verpaele 5.0 !Jr DL 8 Walls, GregGreg Walls 7.0 !Sr DB 24 Warren, AntonioAntonio Warren 3.0 !So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 7 Gramatica, SantiagoSantiago Gramatica 3.0 !So	Head coach Jim Leavitt Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Kawika Mitchell	Linebacker	2	47	Kansas City Chiefs
Shurron Pierson	Defensive end	4	129	Oakland Raiders
DeAndrew Rubin	Wide receiver	7	253	Green Bay Packers