Texas Tech – Treece 29 yard field goal (10:11).Symons to Taurean Henderson ended up being the final score of the game. Kliff Kingsbury threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Wes Welker making it 48–15. In the fourth quarter, Clemson's Chad Jasmine scored on a 2-yard touchdown run making it 41–15.
Symons threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Francis to make it 41–9, Texas Tech. In the third quarter, Charlie Whitehurst threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Ben Hall to make it 34–9. Robert Treece's 34-yard field goal before halftime made it 34–2 Texas Tech. After Clemson forced a safety, Wes Welker scored on a 59-yard punt return to make it 31–2, Texas Tech. In the second quarter, Taurean Henderson scored from 10 yards out, and Tech took a 24–0 lead. He threw another 19-yard touchdown pass to Mickey Peters. Kliff Kingsbury threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Nehemiah Glover making it 10–0. Texas Tech scored first on a 29-yard field goal from Robert Treece, giving Tech a 3–0 lead. This was the ninth bowl game for the Tigers in 10 years. They finished fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference behind Florida State, Virginia & Maryland, and NC State, all of whom beat Clemson. This was the first of four losses to ranked opponents, while the team finished with one more win in the regular season than the previous year. Clemson began their season with a non-conference loss to #8 Georgia 31-28. This was the eighth bowl game for the Red Raiders in nine years. They were 2-5 against ranked opponents, having beaten #23 Texas A&M and #4 Texas, but losing to #12 Ohio State, #16 NC State, #11 Iowa State, #21 Colorado and #3 Oklahoma. The Red Raiders finished 2nd in the Southern Division to Oklahoma and Texas, having lost to the former in Oklahoma and having beaten the latter at home. It was played on December 23, 2002, and featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Clemson Tigers. This was the second under the "Tangerine Bowl" moniker, a reference to the original name of the Citrus Bowl, known as the Tangerine Bowl from 1947 to 1982.
The 2002 Tangerine Bowl was the 13th edition of the college football bowl game formerly known as Blockbuster / Carquest / MicronPC Bowl. Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit (analysts)
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