- 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
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Year=2002
Team=Alabama Crimson Tide
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Conference=Southeastern Conference
Division=Western Division
ShortConference=SEC
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Record=10-3
ConfRecord=6-2
HeadCoach=Dennis Franchione
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StadiumArena=Bryant-Denny Stadium (main)
Legion Field (one game)
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BowlTourneyResult=The 2002 Alabama Crimson Tide began their season trying to improve from a 7-5 (4-4) record from the 2001 season. This was the team's 70th season in the SEC. The team represented the
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The team was lead by second-year head coach
Dennis Franchione . The team began the season with a 4-1 record, only losing to then #8 ranked Oklahoma. OnOctober 5 , the Crimson Tide lost to the #4 Georgia 27-25 at home. The team would then defeat their next five opponents by an average of 24.4 points. In the 2002Iron Bowl , the team was defeated by the Auburn Tigers by a score of 17-7. The team would end their season by defeating Hawaii. Though the team finished at 10-3 (6-2), they were ineligible to play in the postseason due to receiving NCAA sanctions in 2001.On
December 5 , head coach Dennis Franchione left theUniversity of Alabama to take a head coaching job at Texas A&M which was left vacant by the firing ofR. C. Slocum . [cite web| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/news/2002/12/05/franchione_am/| title=Franchione bolts Alabama for Texas A&M| accessdate=2008-02-10]chedule
{| class="wikitable"! Date || Time || Rank# || Opponent || Result || Stadium · City || TV
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August 31 ,2002 * || 11:30 AM || || Middle Tennessee || W 39-34 ||Legion Field · Birmingham,AL |
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September 7 ,2002 * || 2:30 PM || || at Oklahoma || L 37-27 ||Oklahoma Memorial Stadium · Norman OK |
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September 14 ,2002 * || 6:00 PM || || North Texas || W 33-7 ||Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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September 21 ,2002 || 6:00 PM || || Southern Miss || W 20-7 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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September 28 ,2002 || 6:45 PM || || at Arkansas || W 30-12 || Razorback Stadium · Fayetteville, AR |
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October 5 ,2002 || 2:30 PM || || Georgia || L 27-25 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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October 19 ,2002 || 2:30 PM || || Mississippi || W 42-7 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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October 26 ,2002 || 6:45 PM || || at Tennessee || W 34-14 ||Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, TN |
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November 2 ,2002 || 1:00 PM || || at Vanderbilt || W 30-8 ||Vanderbilt Stadium · Nashville, TN |
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November 9 ,2002 || 1:00 PM || || Mississippi State || W 28-14 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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November 16 ,2002 || 8:00 PM || || at LSU || W 31-0 || Tiger Stadium · Baton Rouge,LA |
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November 23 ,2002 || 2:30 PM || || Auburn || L 17-7 || Bryant-Denny Stadium · Tuscaloosa, AL |
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November 30 ,2002 * || 6:45 PM || || at Hawaii || W 21-16 ||Aloha Stadium · ʻAiea, HI |
[http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams/schedule?teamId=333&year=2002 ESPN - 2002 Alabama Schedule]References
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