1997 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1997 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Ohio State
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record11–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMark Richt (4th season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (14th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $   8 0     11 1  
No. 6 North Carolina   7 1     11 1  
Virginia   5 3     7 4  
No. 25 Georgia Tech   5 3     7 5  
Clemson   4 4     7 5  
NC State   3 5     6 5  
Wake Forest   3 5     5 6  
Maryland   1 7     2 9  
Duke   0 8     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1997 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 63:30 p.m.at No. 23 USC*No. 5ABCW 14–772,783
September 133:30 p.m.MarylandNo. 5ABCW 50–772,238
September 203:30 p.m.at No. 16 ClemsonNo. 5ABCW 35–2880,939
October 412:00 p.m.Miami (FL)*No. 4
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ABCW 47–080,165
October 117:00 p.m.at DukeNo. 4PPVW 51–2721,557
October 183:30 p.m.No. 21 Georgia TechNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCW 38–078,157
October 257:00 p.m.at VirginiaNo. 3ESPNW 47–2145,300
November 13:30 p.m.NC StatedaggerNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCW 48–3571,415
November 87:30 p.m.at No. 5
College GameDay
)
ESPNW 20–362,000
November 1512:00 p.m.
JPS
W 58–770,026
November 223:30 p.m.at No. 10
College GameDay)
CBSL 29–3285,677
January 18:00 p.m.vs. No. 9
Louisiana Superdome
  • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl
  • )
    ABCW 31–1467,289
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
    • All times are in Eastern time

    [2]

    Rankings

    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
    PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
    AP
    3 (7)3 (6)5 (6)5 (4)5 (1)4 (1)4 (1)4 (1)3 (3)3 (9)3 (8)3 (5)2 (23)2 (24)5443
    Coaches4 (3)5 (3)6 (3)5 (2)4 (1)443 (1)3 (3)3 (3)2 (2)1 (26)1 (29)5443

    Roster

    1997 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 9 Peter Warrick So
    QB 12 Thad Busby Sr
    WR 19 E. G. Green Sr
    OT 70 Tra Thomas Sr
    Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    CB 2 Samari Rolle Sr
    CB 23 Andrew Howard II Jr
    CB 11 Dexter Jackson Jr
    CB 15 Mario Edwards Jr
    FS 16 Sean Key Jr
    LB 40 Lamont Green Jr
    DL 53 Corey Simon So
    DL 85 Andre Wadsworth Sr
    DE 90 Greg Spires Sr
    Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

    References

    1. ^ Boyles, Bob. "50 Years of College Football" 2007.
    2. ^ "1997 Football - Year in Review".