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American college football season
The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source 9:00 p.m. vs. No. 19 BYU No. 1 Raycom W 44–2838,363
September 7 7:00 p.m. Tulane No. 1 PPV W 38–1161,801 [1]
September 14 7:00 p.m. Western Michigan No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL PPV W 58–060,913
September 28 12:00 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan No. 1 ABC W 51–31106,145
October 5 3:30 p.m. No. 10 Syracuse No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ABC W 46–1461,231
October 12 1:00 p.m. vs. JPS
W 33–2058,991 [2]
October 19 2:00 p.m. No. 7 (I-AA ) Middle Tennessee No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 39–1060,202
October 26 7:40 p.m. at LSU No. 1 ESPN W 27–1671,019 [3]
November 2 8:00 p.m. at Louisville No. 1 W 40–1534,270
November 9 12:00 p.m. South Carolina No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL JPS W 38–1060,244
November 16 12:00 p.m. No. 2 Miami (FL) No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry ) ABC L 16–17 63,442
November 30 12:00 p.m. at No. 5 Florida No. 3 ABC L 9–1485,461 [4]
January 1 1:30 p.m. vs. No. 9 Texas A&M No. 5 CBS W 10–273,728
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = 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
Game summaries
BYU
Tulane
Western Michigan
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 28Location:
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Syracuse
Virginia Tech
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 16Location:
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
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At Florida
#3 Florida State Seminoles (10–1) at #5 Florida Gators (9–1)
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Florida St
0
3
0 6 9
Florida
0
7
7 0 14
at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium , Gainesville, Florida
Date : November 30Game attendance : 85,461TV announcers (
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
FSU – Gerry Thomas 19-yard field goal, 8:31. Florida St 3–0. Drive:
UF – Errict Rhett 3-yard run (Arden Czyzewski kick), 3:11. Florida 7–3. Drive:
Third quarter
UF – Harrison Houston 72-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Arden Czyzewski kick), 7:32. Florida 14–3. Drive:
Fourth quarter
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
FSU – Kez McCorvey – 6 receptions, 89 yards
UF – Harrison Houston – 2 receptions, 76 yards, TD
Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)
Roster
1991 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
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
Redshirt
Awards and honors
Team players in the NFL
The following Seminoles were selected in the
1992 NFL Draft after the season.
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References
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