1992 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1992
No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (9th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
1992 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Florida State $ 8 0 0 11 1 0
No. 17 NC State 6 2 0 9 3 1
No. 19 North Carolina 5 3 0 9 3 0
No. 25 Wake Forest 4 4 0 8 4 0
Virginia 4 4 0 7 4 0
Georgia Tech 4 4 0 5 6 0
Clemson 3 5 0 5 6 0
Maryland 2 6 0 3 8 0
Duke 0 8 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1992 Florida State Seminoles football team represented

Sagarin.[1]

Florida State finished #2 in the AP and Coaches polls with an 11–1 record. The season was FSU's first in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and saw them win the league championship with an undefeated record in conference play. The Seminoles offense scored 446 points while the defense allowed 186 points.

Linebacker Marvin Jones finished in fourth place in the Heisman voting while quarterback Charlie Ward finished sixth.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 57:00 p.m.DukeNo. 4PPVW 48–2160,751[2]
September 127:30 p.m.at No. 15 ClemsonNo. 5ESPNW 24–2083,170[3]
September 1912:00 p.m.at No. 16
JPS
W 34–1353,900[4]
September 267:00 p.m.Wake ForestNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 35–762,915[5]
October 312:00 p.m.at No. 2 Miami (FL)*No. 3ABCL 16–1977,338[6]
October 1012:00 p.m.North CarolinaNo. 8
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 36–1360,553[7]
October 174:00 p.m.at No. 16 Georgia TechNo. 6ESPNW 29–2446,226[8]
October 3112:00 p.m.at No. 23 VirginiaNo. 6JPSW 13–345,000[9]
November 712:00 p.m.MarylandNo. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 69–2164,127[10]
November 142:00 p.m.Tulane*No. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 70–760,127[11]
November 2812:00 p.m.No. 6 Florida*No. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 45–2468,311[12]
January 18:00 p.m.vs. No. 11 Nebraska*No. 3
NBCW 27–1457,324[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1992 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 44 William Floyd Jr
WR 12 Matt Frier Jr
QB 17 Charlie Ward Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 Clifton Abraham So
LB 10 Derrick Brooks So
LB 97 Reggie Freeman Sr
CB 4 Corey Fuller So
LB 55 Marvin Jones Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Awards and honors

  • Marvin Jones, Butkus Award[15]
  • Marvin Jones, Lombardi Award[15]

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the

1993 NFL Draft
.

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Marvin Jones Linebacker 1 4 New York Jets
Carl Simpson Defensive tackle 2 35 Chicago Bears
Dan Footman Defensive end 2 42 Cleveland Browns
Reggie Freeman Linebacker 2 53 New Orleans Saints
Sterling Palmer Defensive end 4 101 Washington Redskins
Shannon Baker Wide receiver 8 205 Atlanta Falcons

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  14. ^ "1992 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Past Winners".
  16. ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.