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2002 Kentucky

7–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Guy Morriss.

Schedule and results

Kentucky in 2002, game by game: won at No. 17 Louisville 22–17; won vs. UTEP 77–17; won vs. Indiana 27–17; won vs. Middle Tennessee 44–22; lost at No. 7 Florida 34–41; lost vs. South Carolina 12–16; won at Arkansas 29–17; lost vs. No. 5 Georgia 24–52; won at Mississippi State 45–24; lost vs. No. 16 LSU 30–33; won vs. Vanderbilt 41–21; lost at Tennessee 0–24+60−28Won 22–17 at No. 17 Louisville+5No. 17 LouisvilleWon 77–17 vs. UTEP+60UTEPWon 27–17 vs. Indiana+10IndianaWon 44–22 vs. Middle Tennessee+22Middle TennesseeLost 34–41 at No. 7 Florida-7No. 7 FloridaLost 12–16 vs. South Carolina-4South CarolinaWon 29–17 at Arkansas+12ArkansasLost 24–52 vs. No. 5 Georgia-28No. 5 GeorgiaWon 45–24 at Mississippi State+21Mississippi Sta…Lost 30–33 vs. No. 16 LSU-3No. 16 LSUWon 41–21 vs. Vanderbilt+20VanderbiltLost 0–24 at Tennessee-24Tennessee
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1at17LouisvilleW 22–⁠1718%
Sep 7vsUTEPW 77–⁠1768%
Sep 14vsIndianaW 27–⁠1755%
Sep 21vsMiddle TennesseeW 44–⁠2260%
Sep 28at7FloridaL 34–⁠4119%
Oct 12vsSouth CarolinaL 12–⁠1650%
Oct 19atArkansasW 29–⁠1730%
Oct 26vs5GeorgiaL 24–⁠5238%
Nov 2atMississippi StateW 45–⁠2449%
Nov 9vs16LSUL 30–⁠3340%
Nov 16vsVanderbiltW 41–⁠2180%
Nov 30atTennesseeL 0–⁠2429%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tennessee 24–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 2002.

Consensus All-AmericanDerek Abney, APB

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
385–⁠301
Coach
Guy Morriss
Elo
1525 +108 this season
SP+ rating
3.2 No. 58 of 117; offense No. 38, defense No. 65
SRS
4.3 No. 50 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
No. 111
Offensive coordinator
Brent Pease
Defensive coordinator
John Goodner
Offense
Pro set
Defense
4–⁠2–⁠5/4–⁠4–⁠3

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 1Dewayne Robertson DTNew York Jets
Rd 4Artose Pinner RBDetroit Lions

All-SEC

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 2002 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

2002 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠113–⁠13
Alabama6–⁠210–⁠311
Florida6–⁠28–⁠5
Auburn5–⁠39–⁠414
Arkansas5–⁠39–⁠5
LSU5–⁠38–⁠5
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠5
Kentucky3–⁠57–⁠5
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠6
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠7
Mississippi State0–⁠83–⁠9
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.