1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

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.

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
1991 record	11–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (16th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brad Scott (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (8th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 60,519)

1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	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			–					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

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 of the regular season, they competed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.

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

Schedule

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

Roster

1991 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 22 Edgar Bennett Sr OG 73 Reggie Dixon Sr FB 44 William Floyd So WR 12 Matt Frier So OL 61 Eric Gibbs Jr RB 35 Sean Jackson So QB 14 Brad Johnson Sr RB 42 Amp Lee Jr OT 67 Kevin Mancini Sr WR 88 Kez McCorvey Fr T 76 Eric McGill Jr OL 69 Patrick McNeill Fr OG 60 Mike Morris Sr QB 11 Casey Weldon Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 31 Lavon Brown Jr CB 27 Terrell Buckley Jr LB 46 Kirk Carruthers So LB 97 Reggie Freeman Jr LB 55 Marvin Jones Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 9 Dan Mowrey Fr K 15 Gerry Thomas So	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato (DL) Wally Burnham (LB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1991 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	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

Season summary

BYU

See also: 1991 BYU Cougars football team and Pigskin Classic

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Tulane

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0	1990	W 31–13

Western Michigan

See also: 1991 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Michigan

#1 Florida State at #3 Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Seminoles 19 12 6 14 51 Wolverines 10 13 0 8 31 Date: September 28 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Game attendance: 106,145 Television network: ABC

See also: 1991 Michigan Wolverines football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1986	L 18–20

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Syracuse

See also: 1991 Syracuse Orangemen football team

Virginia Tech

See also: 1991 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Miami (FL)

#2 Miami (FL) at #1 Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hurricanes 7 0 0 10 17 Seminoles 3 7 3 3 16 Date: November 16 Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 63,442 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese

Scoring summary 1 MIA Stephen McGuire 2-yard run (Huerta kick) MIA 7-0 FSU Gerry Thomas 25-yard field goal MIA 7-3 2 FSU Paul Moore 1-yard run (Thomas kick) FSU 10-7 3 FSU Gerry Thomas 31-yard field goal Tied 13-7 4 FSU Gerry Thomas 20-yard field goal FSU 16-7 9:48 MIA Carlos Huerta 45-yard field goal FSU 16-10 3:01 MIA Larry Jones 1-yard run (Huerta kick) MIA 17-16

Main article: Wide Right I

See also: 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–20	1990	L 22–31

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at Florida

#3 Florida State at #5 Florida

1 2 3 4 Total Seminoles 0 3 0 6 9 • Gators 0 7 7 0 14 Date: Saturday, November 30 Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, FL Game attendance: 85,461 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese

Scoring summary 2 Florida St Thomas 19 yard field goal Florida St 3-0 2 Florida Rhett 3 yard run (Czyzewski kick) Florida 7-3 3 Florida Houston 72 yard pass from Matthews (Czyzewski kick) Florida 14-3 4 Florida St Lee 25 yard pass from Weldon (pass failed) Florida 14-9

See also: 1991 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–22–1	1990	W 45–30

Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)

Main article: 1992 Cotton Bowl Classic

See also: 1991 Texas A&M Aggies football team

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.[4]

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

• Terrell Buckley, Jim Thorpe Award[5]
• Casey Weldon, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[6]

References

1. "Florida State Is Much Too Mighty for Michigan". The New York Times. September 29, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
2. NoleFan.org. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
3. "MIAMI BEATS FLORIDA STATE OUT OF TOP RANK, 17-16". The Washington Post. November 17, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
4. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1992.htm
5. http://football.about.com/cs/history/a/jimthorpeaward.htm
6. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/awards?awardId=12