1993 Florida State Seminoles football team

1993 Florida State Seminoles football
Consensus national champion
ACC champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 18–16 vs. Nebraska
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
1993 record 12–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach Bobby Bowden (18th year)
Offensive coordinator Brad Scott (4th year)
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (10th year)
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 72,589)
1993 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 Florida State $   8 – 0         12 – 1  
#19 North Carolina   6 – 2         10 – 3  
#23 Clemson   5 – 3         9 – 3  
Virginia   5 – 3         7 – 5  
NC State   4 – 4         7 – 5  
Georgia Tech   3 – 5         5 – 6  
Duke   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Maryland   2 – 6         2 – 9  
Wake Forest   1 – 7         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University and were the national champions of the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

The season gave the Seminoles their first national title as well as their first Heisman winner in quarterback Charlie Ward.

Season

FSU beat its first five opponents by an average score of 46–3, during which linebacker Derrick Brooks outscored all five opponents combined. The Seminoles' first real contest didn't come until October 9, when the third ranked Miami Hurricanes came to Tallahassee with a 31-game regular season win streak. That game was sealed when FSU safety Devin Bush picked off a Frank Costa pass and ran it back 40 yards for a Florida State touchdown, making the score 28–10 with 4:59 to play.

On November 13, 1993, Florida State played Notre Dame in a matchup of unbeaten teams. FSU was ranked #1 and Notre Dame was ranked #2. With the Bowl Coalition in place the winner of this game, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, seemed certain to play #3 Nebraska (which would then move up to #2) in the 1994 Orange Bowl for the National Championship.[1]

In a matchup hailed as the "Game of the Century", the Seminoles bid for a perfect season fell short as Notre Dame prevailed, 31–24. The Irish had leads of 24–7 and 31–17 before the Seminoles scored late (on a pass tipped in the end zone) to cut the final margin to seven points.[2] After that game, Notre Dame was voted #1, but FSU only dropped to #2.[3]

However, #1 Notre Dame lost the following week to #17 Boston College 41–39 on a 41-yard field goal as time expired. The voters returned the Seminoles to the #1 spot, and they were matched against Nebraska (now #2) in the Orange Bowl. Florida State rallied late to eke out an 18–16 win, as Nebraska missed a potential game-winning 45-yard field goal on the game's final play.[4] After the bowl games, 12–1 Florida State was voted #1 and 11–1 Notre Dame was voted #2 in both polls.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 28 12:00 p.m. vs. Kansas* No. 1 Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic) ABC W 42–0   51,734
September 4 7:00 p.m. at Duke No. 1 Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC PPV W 45–7   26,800
September 11 12:00 p.m. No. 17 Clemson No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 57–0   74,991
September 18 7:30 p.m. at No. 13 North Carolina No. 1 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN W 33–7   54,100
October 2 12:00 p.m. Georgia Tech No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL JPS W 51–0   74,611
October 9 12:00 p.m. No. 3 Miami (FL)* No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 28–10   77,813
October 16 4:00 p.m. No. 15 Virginia No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 40–14   76,607
October 30 2:00 p.m. Wake Forest No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 54–0   66,666
November 6 12:00 p.m. at Maryland No. 1 Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD JPS W 49–20   36,255
November 13 1:30 p.m. at No. 2 Notre Dame‡* No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC L 24–31   59,075
November 20 7:30 p.m. NC State No. 2 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN W 62–3   73,123
November 27 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Florida* No. 1 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry) ABC W 33–21   85,507
January 1 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 2 Nebraska* No. 1 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) NBC W 18–16   81,536
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Starting Lineup

Offense

Pos Number Name Class
QB 17 Charlie Ward SR
RB 35 Sean Jackson SR
FB 44 William Floyd SR
WR 80 Tamarick Vanover SO
WR 88 Kez McCorvey JR
WR 12 Matt Frier SR
LT 67 Juan Laureano SO
LG 66 Lewis Tyre SO
C 53 Clay Shiver SO
RG 69 Patrick McNeil JR
RT 79 Forrest Conoly SO

Defense

Pos Number Name Class
LB 10 Derrick Brooks JR
LB 37 Todd Rebol
LB 36 Ken Alexander SR
DE 94 Toddrick McIntosh SR
DE 90 Derrick Alexander SO
NG 57 John Nance SR
CB 2 Clifton Abraham JR
CB 8 Corey Sawyer JR
FS 16 Richard Coes SR
SS 11 Devin Bush SO

Special Teams

Pos Number Name Class
K 3 Scott Bentley FR
P 29 Sean Liss
KR
PR

1993 team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Overall NFL Team
William Floyd Running Back 1 28 San Francisco 49ers
Lonnie Johnson Tight End 2 61 Buffalo Bills
Corey Sawyer Defensive Back 4 104 Cincinnati Bengals
Sean Jackson Running Back 4 129 Houston Oilers
Kevin Knox Wide Receiver 6 192 Buffalo Bills
Toddrick McIntosh Defensive Tackle 7 216 Dallas Cowboys

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The following would play in the NFL in later years.

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993
  2. ↑ 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season#Final rankings
  3. ↑ "November 16, 1993 Football Polls - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football and Basketball Polls and Rankings".
  4. ↑ "Nebraska vs Florida State 1994 Orange Bowl -- HuskerMax™".
  5. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=417&season=1993
  6. ↑ "1994 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
  7. ↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
  8. ↑ "AAU Sullivan Award".
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