2002 Orange Bowl

2002 FedEx Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game 68th Orange Bowl
Florida Gators Maryland Terrapins (9–2) (10–1) 56 23 Head coach:  Steve Spurrier Head coach:  Ralph Friedgen AP Coaches BCS 5 5 5 AP Coaches BCS 6 6 10
1 2 3 4 Total Florida 14 14 21 7 56 Maryland 7 3 0 13 23
Date	January 2, 2002
Season	2001
Stadium	Pro Player Stadium
Location	Miami, Florida
MVP	Florida WR Taylor Jacobs
Attendance	73,640
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Brad Nessler and Bob Griese
Nielsen ratings	9.5

The 2002 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Florida Gators and the ACC champion Maryland Terrapins on January 2, 2002. Florida defeated Maryland 56–23. The game was part of the 2001–2002 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935, and the 2002 game was the 68th edition of the Orange Bowl. The contest was televised in the United States on ABC.

This was Steve Spurrier's last game as coach of the Florida Gators as he resigned two days after the game.