2002 Peach Bowl

2002 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl

(8–4)

(10–3)

Head coach:
Phillip Fulmer

Head coach:
Ralph Friedgen

AP	Coaches
20	18

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	3	0	0	3
Maryland	7	10	3	10	30

Date

December 31, 2002

Season

2002

Stadium

Georgia Dome

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

The 2002 Peach Bowl featured the Maryland Terrapins and Tennessee Volunteers.

Game summary

1st half

Maryland scored first on a 1-yard touchdown run from quarterback Scott McBrien giving Maryland a 7–0 lead. In the second quarter, Maryland cornerback Curome Cox returned an interception 54 yards for a touchdown increasing Maryland's lead to 14–0. Tennessee's Alex Walls kicked a 38-yard field goal, to pull Tennessee to 14–3. Maryland's Nick Novak kicked a 48-yard field goal before halftime to put Maryland up 17–3.

2nd half

In the third quarter, Nick Novak kicked a 44-yard field goal making the score 20–3. Scott McBrien scored on a 6-yard touchdown run, increasing the lead to 27–3. Nick Novak's 25 yard field goal made the final score 30–3.

External links

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores102/102365/20021231NCAAFMARYLAND--0.htm

2002–03 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 17) GMAC (Dec. 18) Tangerine (Dec. 23) Las Vegas (Dec. 25) Hawai'i (Dec. 25) Motor City (Dec. 26) Insight (Dec. 26) Houston (Dec. 27) Independence (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 27) Alamo (Dec. 28) Continental Tire (Dec. 28) Seattle (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 31) Humanitarian (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Silicon Valley (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) San Francisco (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 3)

All-Star Games: East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 11) Senior Bowl (Jan. ?)

Peach Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Stadium College Football Playoff Broadcasters College Football Playoff At-Large Group of Five

Games	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1993 1995 1995 1996 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Notes	There was a Peach Bowl in January and December in 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2004. There was no Peach Bowl in 1980, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, and 2003. The 2016 edition will be a College Football Playoff semifinal.

Maryland Terrapins bowl games

Tennessee Volunteers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.

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