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2002 Syracuse

4–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Paul Pasqualoni.

Schedule and results

Syracuse in 2002, game by game: lost at BYU 21–42; lost vs. North Carolina 22–30; won vs. Rhode Island 63–17; lost at Auburn 34–37; lost vs. Pittsburgh 24–48; lost at Temple 16–17; lost at West Virginia 7–34; won vs. Rutgers 45–14; won at UCF 38–35; won vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech 50–42; lost at Boston College 20–41; lost vs. No. 1 Miami 7–49+46−42Lost 21–42 at BYU-21BYULost 22–30 vs. North Carolina-8North CarolinaWon 63–17 vs. Rhode Island+46Rhode IslandLost 34–37 at Auburn-3AuburnLost 24–48 vs. Pittsburgh-24PittsburghLost 16–17 at Temple-1TempleLost 7–34 at West Virginia-27West VirginiaWon 45–14 vs. Rutgers+31RutgersWon 38–35 at UCF+3UCFWon 50–42 vs. No. 8 Virginia Tech+8No. 8 Virginia TechLost 20–41 at Boston College-21Boston CollegeLost 7–49 vs. No. 1 Miami-42No. 1 Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29atBYUL 21–⁠4249%
Sep 7vsNorth CarolinaL 22–⁠3065%
Sep 14vsRhode IslandW 63–⁠1787%
Sep 28atAuburnL 34–⁠3745%
Oct 5vsPittsburghL 24–⁠4852%
Oct 12atTempleL 16–⁠1766%
Oct 19atWest VirginiaL 7–⁠3447%
Oct 26vsRutgersW 45–⁠1484%
Nov 2atUCFW 38–⁠3544%
Nov 9vs8Virginia TechW 50–⁠4234%
Nov 16atBoston CollegeL 20–⁠4138%
Nov 30vs1MiamiL 7–⁠4918%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 49–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 70th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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.

Record
4–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
347–⁠406
Coach
Paul Pasqualoni
Elo
1518 −117 this season
SP+ rating
-3.2 No. 70 of 117; offense No. 38, defense No. 91
SRS
−4.7 No. 74 of 117 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
George DeLeone
Defensive coordinator
Chris Rippon
Captains
Clifton Smith, Chris Davis, Will Hunter, Troy Nunes and David Tyree

Drafted in 2003

The 2003 draft
Rd 5Chris Davis RBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 6David Tyree WRNew York Giants

All-Big East

4 second team

Second team

  • Jamel RiddleWRCoaches-2
  • David TyreeWRCoaches-2
  • Louis GachelinDLCoaches-2
  • Clifton SmithLBCoaches-2

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

2002 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Miami7–⁠012–⁠12
West Virginia6–⁠19–⁠425
Pittsburgh5–⁠29–⁠419
Virginia Tech3–⁠410–⁠418
Boston College3–⁠49–⁠4
Temple2–⁠54–⁠8
Syracuse2–⁠54–⁠8
Rutgers0–⁠71–⁠11

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