1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

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The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles compiled a record of 11–2 with win in the Cotton Bowl Classic over Texas A&M. Florida State played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

ConferenceIndependent
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record11–2
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1991 Florida State Seminoles football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–2 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
Record11–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Scott (2nd season)
Offensive schemeI formation, pro set
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (8th season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
 1990
1992 
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1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 East Carolina  1110
No. 4 Florida State  1120
No. 3 Penn State  1120
No. 21 Tulsa  1020
Louisiana Tech  812
No. 13 Notre Dame  1030
Akron  560
Memphis State  560
Army  470
Cincinnati  470
Southern Miss  470
South Carolina  362
Southwestern Louisiana  281
Louisville  290
Northern Illinois  290
Tulane  1100
Navy  1100
Rankings from AP Poll
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Florida State finished the season ranked No. 4 in both polls. The Seminoles started the season ranked atop of the polls and stayed at No.1 until losing to the No. 2 Miami Hurricanes on November 16, in a game known as Wide Right I. The Seminoles offense scored 449 points while the defense allowed 188 points. Quarterback Casey Weldon was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.

This was Florida State's final season as an independent as the Seminoles joined the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 1992.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 299:00 p.m.vs. No. 19 BYUNo. 1RaycomW 44–2838,363
September 77:00 p.m.TulaneNo. 1PPVW 38–1161,801[1]
September 147:00 p.m.Western MichiganNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 58–060,913
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 3 MichiganNo. 1ABCW 51–31106,145
October 53:30 p.m.No. 10 SyracuseNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 46–1461,231
October 121:00 p.m.vs. Virginia TechNo. 1JPSW 33–2058,991[2]
October 192:00 p.m.No. 7 (I-AA) Middle TennesseeNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 39–1060,202
October 267:40 p.m.at LSUNo. 1ESPNW 27–1671,019[3]
November 28:00 p.m.at LouisvilleNo. 1W 40–1534,270
November 912:00 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 38–1060,244
November 1612:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCL 16–1763,442
November 3012:00 p.m.at No. 5 FloridaNo. 3ABCL 9–1485,461[4]
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas A&MNo. 5CBSW 10–273,728
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP1 (49)1 (54)1 (53)1 (47)1 (48)1 (56)1 (58)1 (56)1 (56)1 (53)1 (53)1 (53)3354
Coaches1 (42)1 (43)1 (51)1 (47)1 (49)1 (55)1 (55)1 (55)1 (53)1 (47)1 (47)1 (47)4464
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Game summaries

BYU

Tulane

Western Michigan

Michigan

#1 Florida State at #3 Michigan
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Team 1 234Total
Seminoles 19 12614 51
Wolverines 10 1308 31
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Syracuse

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

#2 Miami (FL) at #1 Florida State
More information Team, Total ...
Team 1 234Total
Hurricanes 7 0010 17
Seminoles 3 733 16
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At Florida

#3 Florida State Seminoles (10–1) at #5 Florida Gators (9–1)
More information Quarter, Total ...
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Florida St 0 3 069
Florida 0 7 7014
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at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

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Texas A&M—Cotton Bowl

Roster

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1991 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Clyde Allen
OL Robbie Baker
WR Shannon Baker
RB 22 Edgar Bennett Sr
OL Johnny Clower
G 73 Reggie Dixon Sr
WR 'Omar Ellison
QB Kenny Felder
OL John Fiath
FB 44 William Floyd So
WR 12 Matt Frier So
OL 61 Eric Gibbs Jr
RB Felix Harris
TE Warren Hart
RB 35 Sean Jackson So
QB 14 Brad Johnson Sr
TE Lonnie Johnson
WR Kevin Knox
RB 42 Amp Lee Jr
OT 67 Kevin Mancini Sr
WR 88 Kez McCorvey Fr
OT 76 Eric McGill Jr
RB Tiger McMillon
OL 69 Patrick McNeill Fr
RB Paul Moore
G 60 Mike Morris Sr
RB Jason Peirce
RB Marquette Smith
OL Robert Stevenson
WR Eric Turral
QB Charlie Ward
QB 11 Casey Weldon Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Clifton Abraham
LB Kevin Adams
LB Ken Alexander
LB Derrick Brooks
DB 31 Lavon Brown Jr
CB 27 Terrell Buckley Jr
LB 46 Kirk Carruthers So
DL James Chaney
DB John Davis
LB Howard Dinkins
DL Dan Footman
DB Leon Fowler
LB 97 Reggie Freeman Jr
LB 55 Marvin Jones Fr
DB Errol McCorvey
DL Toddrick McIntosh
DL Henry Ostaszewski
LB Sterling Palmer
DB Corey Sawyer
DL Carl Simpson
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 9 Dan Mowrey Fr
K 15 Gerry Thomas So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

The following Seminoles were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.[10]

References

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