Freshman specialist Derek Schmidt finished the season with 93 points to lead all freshmen in the nation in scoring. Schmidt connected on a school record yard field goal against Miami, while hitting from 42 yards in the waning seconds to give FSU a tie at Memphis.
It would be a lead the Noles would not relinquish as a tenacious defensive effort by the Garnet and Gold kept the Cornhuskers scoreless in the second half en route to an upset victory in Lincoln. Chip Ferguson, Danny McManus, Kirk Coker and Eric Williams all saw playing time in as the four quarterbacks combined for 2, yards passing and 18 touchdowns. Despite the changes at quarterback, the offense kept rolling. Ferguson led FSU to 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to cap a come-from-behind victory over Kansas to keep the Noles unbeaten on the year.
Two weeks later, FSU bounced back from a loss to Auburn scoring a school record 11 touchdowns in a victory over Tulsa. Freshman Deion Sanders highlighted the victory with a yard interception return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Florida State concluded the season with a victory over Oklahoma State in the Gator Bowl as the Seminoles finished with a record and ranked 15th in the AP Poll. By seasons end, Bowden secured career win No. Despite a slow start with just one win in their first four games, the Seminoles rebounded with wins in six of their last eight including a victory over Indiana in the All-American Bowl to finish the season Tulane, 50 vs.
Wichita State and 54 against a Louisville squad which featured the return of former Miami head coach Howard Schnellenberger. FSU also recorded its 11th straight victory on Homecoming with a win over Southern Mississippi. Sanders had an outstanding sophomore campaign in which he tallied 61 tackles and four interceptions en route to being named a first team All-American by the Sporting News and Football News. With an experienced staff, much of whom have been with Bowden for at least three seasons, the season set the ground work for what most consider one of the greatest runs in college football history.
With an record, the Seminoles came within one point of playing for a national championship and went undefeated on the road for the first time since Faced with the decision to kick an extra point and tie rival-Miami or go for two with 42 seconds left, Bowden chose to go for the victory, gaining admirers around the country.
The two-point conversion pass was incomplete, giving FSU its only loss that season. Despite the setback, the mixture of a high powered offense and stifling defense made for one of the greatest seasons under Bowden. The Seminoles finished in the top 12 in the nation in seven offensive categories while the points allowed on defense were fewest allowed in a season since giving up in FSU went on to set school records for total yards, touchdowns, rushing touchdowns and scoring.
Twice Florida State surpassed yards of total offense accumulating yards in a road victory over Southern Mississippi and then yards in a win over Tulane. FSU then went on the road and pounded No. The Seminoles overcame a deficit in Gainesville scoring the games final 25 points to snap a six-game losing streak to their intra-state rival. On a fourth and goal from the 15, down four with just over three minutes to play, Danny McManus found Ronald Lewis on a slant route in the end zone for the game-winner.
Deion Sanders was named a consensus first team All-American and finished as a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award for the second straight year. Tied in the final of a crucial nationally televised game, the Seminoles were faced with a fourth down on their own yard line as the punt team entered the game.
A few seconds later, 82, stunned Clemson fans looked on in utter disbelief as Florida State cornerback Leroy Butler rushed down the sideline for 78 yards, giving the Seminoles the ball on the Clemson one yard line. Richie Andrews hit a 19 yard field goal with 32 seconds remaining to give Florida State the victory. Including its incredible victory at Clemson, Florida State won its final 10 games of the season and defeated Auburn in the Sugar Bowl, The victory over Auburn capped an season and a No.
The Seminoles began the season ranked No. The Seminoles finished ranked No. The Seminoles defeated three ranked teams — No. As a team, the Seminoles ranked first in the nation in punt returns An incredible 14 players earned All-American honors including Sanders first team , nose guard Odell Haggins second team and offensive tackle Pat Tomberlin second team. A total of 13 different receivers caught at least one pass and eight caught at least one touchdown pass.
After freezing as if he had called for a fair catch, Buckley took off and outraced everyone to the end zone for his first collegiate score. Butler was a consensus All-American.
They closed the season with six consecutive victories including a dominating win over Florida in the final game of the regular season. The Seminoles list of 10 victories included one of the biggest come-from-behind victories in school history against Virginia Tech.
Down midway through the second quarter, Florida State rallied to take the lead during the third quarter and won the game Bowden guided the Seminoles to a victory over LSU for his th career victory making him just the 22nd collegiate coach in history and only the 11th coach in Division IA history to win career games.
Two quarterbacks — Casey Weldon and Brad Johnson — led the Seminoles to at least 31 points in nine different games with 70 points coming in a victory over Cincinnati. FSU began the season ranked No. The Seminoles made their first ever trip to the Big House at the University of Michigan and came away with a convincing victory. The game was played before a crowd of , and a national television audience.
In the best comeback of the season, Amp Lee rushed for yards and two touchdowns to lead the Seminoles to a victory at LSU. He scored the third of three consecutive Seminole touchdowns late in the fourth quarter to give the Seminoles the win after trailing by as much as and at halftime.
Florida State rushed for yards despite the game being played in a driving rain storm. He was also a semi-finalist for the Butkus Award. Florida State owned an overall margin of victory of nearly 23 points per game and scored 69 in a victory over Maryland, 70 in a win over Tulane and more than 30 points a total of seven times.
The Seminoles closed out the regular season with a victory over Florida which afforded Bowden another milestone as he became the first coach in major college football to win 10 games in six consecutive seasons. Marvin Jones, the top defender on a powerful defensive team, was named to every All-American team and finished in fourth place in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. Led by Vanover, Florida State led the nation in kickoff returns and shattered the school record for both average The Seminoles won their first nine games of the season and were the unanimous No.
FSU ranked first in the nation in scoring offense While most programs would struggle, with an abundance of young talent Bowden and his Seminoles just reloaded, finishing the season with a record, another ACC Championship and ranked No.
The Seminoles dominated the ACC, defeating league-foes by an average of In a record-setting season for individual players, Florida State fell just short, finishing the season at and ranked No. Ranked No. In game eight, on the road at Virginia, in a Thursday night contest, tailback Warrick Dunn came just inches away from the goal line on the final play and the Seminoles fell to the Cavaliers, marking the first ACC loss in program history.
Dunn became the first player in FSU history to post back-to-back 1,yard rushing seasons and set a new school record with 1, yards in The Seminoles returned 15 starters and the key special teams players from the season before and had a receiving corps, anchored by Andre Cooper and E. Green, that was being compared to the best in college football history. The Seminoles would fall just short of another national championship concluding the season , ranked No.
The contest between No. As both Florida State and Clemson are in the same division of the Atlantic Coast Conference for football, the two teams played each other every year from through in a game that became known as "The Bowden Bowl". Their meeting was the first time in Division I-A history that a father and a son met as opposing head coaches in a football game.
Bobby held the edge in the series 5—4, with all four losses within the last five games. Tommy Bowden 's four wins in the series remain the only times a son has ever beaten his father when facing off as head coach in any of America's four major sports.
However, Terry's midseason resignation in ended the possibility of a Bowden Bowl. Florida State beat Clemson in what would have been the Bowden Bowl on Bobby Bowden's 79th birthday, earning him his th career win. The award recognizes a coach each year with unmatched success on and off of the field in the same attributes that Coach Bowden showed throughout his career: Preserverance, Attitude, Integrity, and Determination.
University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban was the first recipient of the award that was presented by Bobby Bowden himself. The award is presented each year after national signing day and before the commencement of Spring practice. In , the Fellowship of Christian Athletes presented the first of what is now a yearly award in Bowden's name, The National Bobby Bowden Award, honoring one college football player for his achievements on the field, in the classroom and in the community.
The award is presented each year prior to the BCS national title. In , in recognition of his philanthropic efforts with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Bowden received the Children's Champion Award for Leadership Development from the charitable organization Children's Hunger Fund. In his 44 seasons as a head coach, Bowden had 40 winning seasons including 33 consecutive at Florida State , and 36 Division 1-A winning seasons. During the period —, Bowden coached Florida State to 14 straight seasons with 10 or more victories, and his team had a final ranking of fifth or higher in both of the major polls.
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