1986 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1986 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1986 Florida State Seminoles football
All American Bowl champion
All American Bowl, W 27–13 vs. Indiana
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
1986 record	7–4–1
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Wayne McDuffie (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (3rd season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 60,519)

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–				12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Toledo	No. 11	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 24–0	53,891
September 6	8:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Nebraska	No. 11	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC	L 17–34	75,865
September 20	12:30 p.m.	North Carolina	No. 15	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	TBS	T 10–10	57,611
September 27	12:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Michigan	No. 20	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	TBS	L 18–20	105,578
October 11	7:00 p.m.	Tulane		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 54–21	53,701
October 18	7:00 p.m.	Wichita State		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 59–3	56,222
October 25	7:00 p.m.	at Louisville		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY		W 54–18	22,822
November 1	12:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Miami (FL)	No. 20	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 23–41	62,834
November 8	1:30 p.m.	at South Carolina		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC		W 45–28	71,689
November 15	3:00 p.m.	Southern Miss		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 49–13	60,103
November 29	7:00 p.m.	Florida		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)		L 13–17	62,307
December 31	3:00 p.m.	vs. Indiana		Legion Field Birmingham, AL (All-American Bowl)	WTBS	W 27–13	30,000
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Season summary

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total Toledo 0 0 0 0 0 • Florida St 3 0 14 7 24 Date: August 30 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium Game attendance: 53,891

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Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total Florida St 7 7 3 0 17 • Nebraska 0 10 14 10 34 Date: September 6 Location: Memorial Stadium

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North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total North Carolina 7 0 0 3 10 Florida St 0 0 10 0 10 Date: September 20 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

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at Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Florida St 3 7 0 8 18 • Michigan 7 3 3 7 20 Date: September 27 Location: Michigan Stadium

See also: 1986 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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Tulane

1 2 3 4 Total Tulane 0 6 8 7 21 • Florida St 0 14 14 26 54 Date: October 11 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium Game attendance: 53,701

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Wichita St

1 2 3 4 Total Wichita St 0 0 0 3 3 • Florida St 14 24 14 7 59 Date: October 18 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

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at Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 7 30 10 7 54 Louisville 10 8 0 0 18 Date: October 25 Location: Cardinal Stadium

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at Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total Florida St 14 3 6 0 23 • Miami (FL) 14 0 7 20 41 Date: November 1 Location: Orange Bowl

See also: 1986 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–16	1986	L 27–35

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at South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida St 3 10 29 3 45 South Carolina 7 14 0 7 28 Date: November 8 Location: Williams–Brice Stadium Game attendance: 71,689

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Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total Southern Miss 0 0 13 0 13 • Florida St 7 21 14 7 49 Date: November 15 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium

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Florida

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida 7 3 0 7 17 Florida St 3 7 3 0 13 Date: November 29 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium Game attendance: 61,303 Game weather: Rain

See also: Florida–Florida State football rivalry

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vs. Indiana (All-American Bowl)

Indiana vs. Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total Hoosiers 3 0 7 3 13 • Seminoles 6 7 7 7 27 Date: December 31 Location: Legion Field

Main article: 1986 All-American Bowl

See also: 1986 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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