1997 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1997 Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Ohio State
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record11–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mark Richt (4th season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (14th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
←  1996
1998  →
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 63:30 p.m.at No. 23 USC *No. 5
 ABC W 14–772,783 [2]
September 133:30 p.m. Maryland No. 5
ABCW 50–772,238 [3]
September 203:30 p.m.at No. 16 Clemson No. 5
ABCW 35–2880,939 [4]
October 412:00 p.m. Miami (FL) *No. 4
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 47–080,165 [5]
October 117:00 p.m.at Duke No. 4
 PPV W 51–2721,557 [6]
October 183:30 p.m.No. 21 Georgia Tech No. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 38–078,157 [7]
October 257:00 p.m.at Virginia No. 3
 ESPN W 47–2145,300 [8]
November 13:30 p.m. NC State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 48–3571,415 [9]
November 87:30 p.m.at No. 5 North Carolina No. 3
ESPNW 20–362,000 [10]
November 1512:00 p.m. Wake Forest No. 2
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
 JPS W 58–770,026 [11]
November 223:30 p.m.at No. 10 Florida *No. 2
 CBS L 29–3285,677 [12]
January 18:00 p.m.vs. No. 9 Ohio State *No. 4
ABCW 31–1467,289 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[14]

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
Coaches 4 (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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 9 Peter Warrick So
QB 12 Thad Busby Sr
WR 19 E. G. Green Sr
OT 70 Tra Thomas Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 2 Samari Rolle Sr
CB 23 Andrew Howard II Jr
CB 11 Dexter Jackson Jr
CB 15 Mario Edwards Jr
FS 16Sean KeyJr
LB 40 Lamont Green Jr
DL 53 Corey Simon So
DL 85 Andre Wadsworth Sr
DE 90 Greg Spires Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt


Depth chart

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References

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  2. ↑ "Florida State survives mistakes". The Olympian. September 7, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Terps no match for Seminoles". The Star-Democrat. September 14, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "No taunting, just TDs". Albuquerque Journal. September 21, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "A mighty fall". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 5, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Fla. State rolls 51–27 after Duke leads early". The Atlanta Constitution. October 12, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "No. 3 FSU wakes up, routs Tech". The Baltimore Sun. October 19, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Double dip; Memory of only ACC loss sparks Florida State to rout of U.Va". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Seminoles outslug Wolfpack 48–35". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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  13. ↑ "Florida State stymies Ohio St. in Sugar Bowl". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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