1991_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team

1991 Florida State Seminoles football
1991 Florida State Seminoles football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–2 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	11–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brad Scott (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (8th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

American college football season

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. This was Florida State's final season as an independent; it joined the Atlantic Coast Conference the following season.

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Florida State finished the season ranked No. 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 of the regular season, they competed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

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

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 29	9:00 p.m.	vs. No. 19 BYU	No. 1	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic)	Raycom	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	^[1]
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.	vs. Virginia Tech	No. 1	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	JPS	W 33–20	58,991	^[2]
October 19	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 (I-AA) Middle Tennessee	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	^[3]
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	^[4]
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
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	1 (49)	1 (54)	1 (53)	1 (47)	1 (48)	1 (56)	1 (58)	1 (56)	1 (56)	1 (53)	1 (53)	1 (53)	3	3	5	4
Coaches	1 (42)	1 (43)	1 (51)	1 (47)	1 (49)	1 (55)	1 (55)	1 (55)	1 (53)	1 (47)	1 (47)	1 (47)	4	4	6	4

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida St	0	3	0	6	9
Florida	0	7	7	0	14

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

1991_Florida_State_Seminoles_football_team

1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

BYU

Tulane

Western Michigan

Michigan

Syracuse

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

At Florida

Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)

Roster

Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

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v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 9 East Carolina		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Florida State		–		11	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Penn State		–		11	–	2	–	0
No. 21 Tulsa		–		10	–	2	–	0
Louisiana Tech		–		8	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Notre Dame		–		10	–	3	–	0
Akron		–		5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State		–		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
Tulane		–		1	–	10	–	0
Navy		–		1	–	10	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll