1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

1991 Florida State Seminoles football
Cotton Bowl champion
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 4
AP No. 4
1991 record 11–2
Head coach Bobby Bowden (16th year)
Offensive coordinator Brad Scott (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (8th year)
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 60,519)
1991 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 East Carolina   –       11 – 1 – 0
#4 Florida State   –       11 – 2 – 0
#3 Penn State   –       11 – 2 – 0
#21 Tulsa   –       10 – 2 – 0
Louisiana Tech   –       8 – 1 – 2
#13 Notre Dame   –       10 – 3 – 0
Akron   –       5 – 6 – 0
Memphis   –       5 – 6 – 0
Army   –       4 – 7 – 0
Cincinnati   –       4 – 7 – 0
Southern Miss   –       4 – 7 – 0
South Carolina   –       3 – 6 – 2
Southwestern Louisiana   –       2 – 8 – 1
Louisville   –       2 – 9 – 0
Northern Illinois   –       2 – 9 – 0
Arkansas State   –       1 – 10 – 0
Navy   –       1 – 10 – 0
Tulane   –       1 – 10 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Florida State finished the season ranked #4 in both polls. They started the season ranked at the top of the polls, but were dropped in the rankings after Wide Right I. The Seminoles offense scored 449 points while the defense allowed 188 points. After the completion o the regular season, they competed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Quarterback Casey Weldon was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.

Season

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 9:00 p.m. vs. No. 19 BYU* No. 1 Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic) CBS W 44–28   38,363
September 7 7:00 p.m. Tulane* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL PPV W 38–11   61,801
September 14 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL PPV W 58–0   60,913
September 28 12:00 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan* No. 1 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 51–31   106,145
October 5 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Syracuse* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ABC W 46–14   61,231
October 12 1:00 p.m. Virginia Tech* No. 1 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL JPS W 33–20   58,991
October 19 2:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee State* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 39–10   60,202
October 26 7:40 p.m. at LSU* No. 1 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA ESPN W 27–16   71,019
November 2 8:00 p.m. at Louisville* No. 1 Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY W 40–15   34,270
November 9 12:00 p.m. South Carolina* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL JPS W 38–10   60,244
November 16 12:00 p.m. No. 2 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ABC L 16–17   63,442
November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 5 Florida* No. 3 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry) ABC L 9–14   85,461
January 1 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 9 Texas A&M* No. 5 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) CBS W 10–2   73,728
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

[1]

1991 Team Players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.[2]

Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
Terrell Buckley Cornerback 1 5 Green Bay Packers
Amp Lee Running Back 2 45 San Francisco 49ers
Howard Dinkins Linebacker 3 73 Atlanta Falcons
Casey Weldon Quarterback 4 102 Philadelphia Eagles
Edgar Bennett Running Back 4 103 Green Bay Packers
Brad Johnson Quarterback 9 227 Minnesota Vikings

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=417&season=1991
  2. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1992.htm
  3. ↑ http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/jimthorpeaward.htm
  4. ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=12
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