1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1991
No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (8th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
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 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

The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented

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

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.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 299:00 p.m.vs. No. 19 BYUNo. 1RaycomW 44–2838,363
September 77:00 p.m.TulaneNo. 1PPVW 38–1161,801[1]
September 147:00 p.m.Western MichiganNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 58–060,913
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 3 MichiganNo. 1ABCW 51–31106,145
October 53:30 p.m.No. 10 SyracuseNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 46–1461,231
October 121:00 p.m.vs.
JPS
W 33–2058,991[2]
October 192:00 p.m.No. 7 (I-AA) Middle TennesseeNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 39–1060,202
October 267:40 p.m.at LSUNo. 1ESPNW 27–1671,019[3]
November 28:00 p.m.at LouisvilleNo. 1W 40–1534,270
November 912:00 p.m.South CarolinaNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 38–1060,244
November 1612:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCL 16–1763,442
November 3012:00 p.m.at No. 5 FloridaNo. 3ABCL 9–1485,461[4]
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas A&MNo. 5CBSW 10–273,728

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
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)3354
Coaches1 (42)1 (43)1 (51)1 (47)1 (49)1 (55)1 (55)1 (55)1 (53)1 (47)1 (47)1 (47)4464

Game summaries

BYU

Tulane

Western Michigan

Michigan

#1 Florida State at #3 Michigan
1 234Total
Seminoles 19 12614 51
Wolverines 10 1308 31

[5] [6]

Syracuse

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

#2 Miami (FL) at #1 Florida State
1 234Total
Hurricanes 7 0010 17
Seminoles 3 733 16
   

[7]

At Florida

#3 Florida State Seminoles (10–1) at #5 Florida Gators (9–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
Florida St 0 3 069
Florida 0 7 7014

at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

Game information

Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)

Roster

1991 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB Clyde Allen
OL Robbie Baker
WR Shannon Baker
RB 22 Edgar Bennett Sr
OL Johnny Clower
G 73 Reggie Dixon Sr
WR 'Omar Ellison
QB Kenny Felder
OL John Fiath
FB 44 William Floyd So
WR 12 Matt Frier So
OL 61 Eric Gibbs Jr
RB Felix Harris
TE Warren Hart
RB 35 Sean Jackson So
QB 14 Brad Johnson Sr
TE Lonnie Johnson
WR Kevin Knox
RB 42 Amp Lee Jr
OT 67 Kevin Mancini Sr
WR 88 Kez McCorvey Fr
OT 76 Eric McGill Jr
RB Tiger McMillon
OL 69 Patrick McNeill Fr
RB Paul Moore
G 60 Mike Morris Sr
RB Jason Peirce
RB Marquette Smith
OL Robert Stevenson
WR Eric Turral
QB Charlie Ward
QB 11 Casey Weldon Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB Clifton Abraham
LB Kevin Adams
LB Ken Alexander
LB Derrick Brooks
DB 31 Lavon Brown Jr
CB 27 Terrell Buckley Jr
LB 46 Kirk Carruthers So
DL James Chaney
DB John Davis
LB Howard Dinkins
DL Dan Footman
DB Leon Fowler
LB 97 Reggie Freeman Jr
LB 55 Marvin Jones Fr
DB Errol McCorvey
DL Toddrick McIntosh
DL Henry Ostaszewski
LB Sterling Palmer
DB Corey Sawyer
DL Carl Simpson
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 9 Dan Mowrey Fr
K 15 Gerry Thomas So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

The following Seminoles were selected in the

1992 NFL Draft after the season.[10]

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

References

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  5. ^ "Florida State Is Much Too Mighty for Michigan". The New York Times. September 29, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. ^ NoleFan.org. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
  7. ^ "MIAMI BEATS FLORIDA STATE OUT OF TOP RANK, 17-16". The Washington Post. November 17, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?". Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  9. ^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".
  10. ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.