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.
Schedule
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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