American college football season
The 2002 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fourth season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks did not finish the season bowl-eligible and had their first losing season since 1999.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 pm | New Mexico State* | No. 22 | | | W 34–24 | 83,717[1] |
September 7 | 7:45 pm | at Virginia* | No. 22 | | ESPN | L 21–34 | 60,171[1] |
September 14 | 3:30 pm | No. 9 Georgia | | - Williams-Brice Stadium
- Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)
| CBS | L 7–13 | 84,227[1] |
September 21 | 7:00 pm | Temple* | | - Williams-Brice Stadium
- Columbia, South Carolina
| | W 42–21 | 81,409[1] |
September 28 | 7:00 pm | at Vanderbilt | | | PPV | W 20–14 | 34,406[1] |
October 5 | 1:00 pm | Mississippi State | | - Williams-Brice Stadium
- Columbia, South Carolina
| | W 34–10 | 80,250[1] |
October 12 | 6:30 pm | at Kentucky | | | ESPN2 | W 16–12 | 70,547[1] |
October 19 | 7:45 pm | at No. 14 LSU | | | ESPN2 | L 14–38 | 91,340[1] |
November 2 | 3:30 pm | No. 25 Tennessee | | - Williams-Brice Stadium
- Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)
| CBS | L 10–18 | 83,918[1] |
November 9 | 12:30 pm | Arkansas | | - Williams-Brice Stadium
- Columbia, South Carolina
| JPS | L 0–23 | 79,307[1] |
November 16 | 6:00 pm | at No. 20 Florida | | | ESPN | L 7–28 | 85,222[1] |
November 23 | 7:45 pm | at Clemson* | | | ESPN | L 20–27 | 83,909[1] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Team players in the NFL
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