1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. This was Florida State's final season as an independent; it joined the Atlantic Coast Conference the following season.

1991 Florida State Seminoles football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 4
1991 record11–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Scott (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (8th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 60,519)
1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Florida State finished the season ranked #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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 299:00 p.m.vs. No. 19 BYU*No. 1RaycomW 44–2838,363
September 77:00 p.m.Tulane*No. 1PPVW 38–1161,801
September 147:00 p.m.Western Michigan*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
PPVW 58–060,913
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 3 Michigan*No. 1ABCW 51–31106,145
October 53:30 p.m.No. 10 Syracuse*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCW 46–1461,231
October 121:00 p.m.Virginia Tech*No. 1JPSW 33–2058,991
October 192:00 p.m.No. 7 (I-AA) Middle Tennessee*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
W 39–1060,202
October 267:40 p.m.at LSU*No. 1ESPNW 27–1671,019
November 28:00 p.m.at Louisville*No. 1W 40–1534,270
November 912:00 p.m.South Carolina*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
JPSW 38–1060,244
November 1612:00 p.m.No. 2 Miami (FL)*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ABCL 16–1763,442
November 3012:00 p.m.at No. 5 Florida*No. 3ABCL 9–1485,461
January 11:30 p.m.vs. No. 9 Texas A&M*No. 5CBSW 10–273,728
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1991 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Clyde Allen
OL Robbie Baker
WR Shannon Baker
RB 22 Edgar Bennett Sr
OL Johnny Clower
OG 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
OG 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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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

Season summary

BYU


Tulane


Western Michigan


Michigan

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


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Syracuse

Virginia Tech

Miami (FL)

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


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at Florida

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

at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.[4]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Terrell BuckleyCornerback15Green Bay Packers
Amp LeeRunning back245San Francisco 49ers
Howard DinkinsLinebacker373Atlanta Falcons
Casey WeldonQuarterback4102Philadelphia Eagles
Edgar BennettRunning back4103Green Bay Packers
Brad JohnsonQuarterback9227Minnesota Vikings

Awards and honors

  • Terrell Buckley, Jim Thorpe Award[5]
  • Casey Weldon, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award[6]

References


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