American college football season
The 2002 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Western Division of the Southern Conference (SEC) during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Jackie Sherrill, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 0–8 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the SEC's Western Division. Mississippi State played home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 5:00 pm | at No. 15 Oregon* | | FSN | L 13–36 | 56,386 |
September 14 | 6:00 pm | No. 24 (I-AA) Jacksonville State* | | | W 51–13 | 47,456 |
September 19 | 6:45 pm | Auburn | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| ESPN | L 14–42 | 52,583 |
September 28 | 11:30 am | at No. 22 LSU | | JPS | L 13–31 | 90,793 |
October 5 | 12:00 pm | at South Carolina | | | L 10–34 | 80,250 |
October 12 | 1:30 pm | Troy State* | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | W 11–8 | 49,546 |
October 19 | 7:00 pm | at Memphis* | | | W 29–17 | 28,209 |
November 2 | 1:30 pm | Kentucky | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| PPV | L 24–45 | 45,248 |
November 9 | 1:00 pm | at No. 11 Alabama | | PPV | L 14–28 | 83,818 |
November 16 | 11:30 am | Tennessee | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| JPS | L 17–35 | 54,807 |
November 23 | 1:30 pm | Arkansas | - Davis Wade Stadium
- Starkville, MS
| | L 19–26 | 40,108 |
November 28 | 6:45 pm | at Ole Miss | | ESPN | L 12–24 | 60,245 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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