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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| year_game_played           = 2002
| title_sponsor              = Chick-fil-A
| game_name                  = Peach Bowl
| football_season            = 2002
| subheader                  = 35th Peach Bowl
| image              = File:1996 Georgia Dome (cropped).JPEG
| caption            = The [[Georgia Dome]] in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], hosted the Peach Bowl.
| visitor_name_short         = Tennessee 
| visitor_nickname           = Volunteers
| visitor_school             = University of Tennessee
| home_name_short            = Maryland 
| home_nickname              = Terrapins
| home_school                = University of Maryland
| visitor_record             = 8-4
| visitor_conference         = [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
| home_record                = 10-3
| home_conference            = [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Phillip Fulmer]]
| home_coach                 = [[Ralph Friedgen]]
| home_rank_AP               = 20
| home_rank_coaches          = 18
| visitor_1q                 = 0
| visitor_2q                 = 3
| visitor_3q                 = 0
| visitor_4q                 = 0
| home_1q                    = 7
| home_2q                    = 10
| home_3q                    = 3
| home_4q                    = 10
| date_game_played           = December 31
| stadium                    = [[Georgia Dome]]
| city                       = [[Atlanta, Georgia]]
| odds                       = Tennessee by 1
| referee                    = Jim Lapetina ([[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]])
| us_network                 = [[ESPN]]
| us_announcers_link         = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers              = John Saunders, [[Kirk Herbstreit]], [[Lee Corso]], Mike Tirico (sideline)
| different_previous         = [[2001 Peach Bowl|2001]]
| different_next             = [[2004 Peach Bowl (January)|2004 (Jan)]]
}}

The '''2002 [[Peach Bowl]]''' featured the [[2002 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee Volunteers]] and the [[2002 Maryland Terrapins football team|Maryland Terrapins]].<ref name="Peach">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/scores102/102365/20021231NCAAFMARYLAND--0.htm|title=Tennessee vs. Maryland|publisher=USA Today|date=January 1, 2003|access-date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>

==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.<ref name="Peach" />

===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.<ref name="Peach" />

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