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2002 South Florida Bulls football team
| 2002 South Florida Bulls football |
|---|
| Independent |
| 9–2 |
| Jim Leavitt (6th season) |
| Mike Hobbie (2nd season) |
| Multiple |
| Rick Kravitz (6th season)Wally Burnham (2nd season) |
| 3–4 |
| Raymond James Stadium |
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). However, the Bulls did not participate in a bowl game. They were offered a spot in the 2002 Seattle Bowl (after initially being publicly denied a spot in it by the executive director of the bowl) but declined it due to how they would have had to pay the bowl $2 million to play in it, as the bowl was only extending a spot to the Bulls so they would cover the financial woes of the game.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | W 51–10 | 22,074 | ||
| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Northern Illinois | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | W 37–6 | 23,559 | ||
| September 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arkansas | War Memorial StadiumLittle Rock, AR | WMOR | L 3–42 | 55,817 | |
| September 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Oklahoma | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | TBS | L 14–31 | 74,432 | |
| October 5 | 8:05 p.m. | at North Texas | Fouts FieldDenton, TX | WMOR | W 24–17 | 15,512 | |
| October 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Southern Miss | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | FSN | W 16–13 | 28,181 | |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | FSN | W 46–30 | 33,419 | |
| November 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Charleston Southern | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | W 56–6 | 23,144 | ||
| November 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Memphis | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | W 31–28 | 32,270 | ||
| November 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Bowling Green | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | W 29–7 | 28,098 | ||
| November 23 | 3:00 p.m. | at Houston | Robertson StadiumHouston, TX | FSN | W 32–14 | 12,856 | |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |
| 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 |
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