American college football season
The 1988 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium .
Defensive back Deion Sanders was a Heisman finalist, finishing in eighth place.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 3 9:00 p.m. at No. 6 Miami (FL) No. 1 CBS L 0–3177,836
September 10 7:00 p.m. Southern Miss No. 10 W 49–1353,129 [1]
September 17 2:30 p.m. at No. 3 Clemson No. 10 CBS W 24–2185,576
September 24 4:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 9 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL ESPN W 30–761,757
October 1 8:00 p.m. at Tulane No. 6 W 48–2834,364
October 8 2:00 p.m. No. 7 (I-AA ) Georgia Southern No. 6 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 28–1059,109
October 15 2:00 p.m. East Carolina No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 45–2156,391 [2]
October 22 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 66–351,703 [3]
November 5 8:00 p.m. at No. 15 South Carolina No. 5 ESPN W 59–075,000
November 12 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL W 41–1450,910
November 26 7:30 p.m. Florida No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry ) ESPN W 52–1761,934
January 2 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 7 Auburn No. 4 ABC W 13–761,934
HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster [ ]
1988 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
9
Richie Andrews
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
15
Final
AP
1 (44)
1 (41)
10
10
9
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
Coaches
1 (37)
1 (37)
12
12
9
8
7
6
7
7
8 (1)
5 (1)
5 (1)
5 (1)
4 (1)
4 (1)
3 (1)
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Game summaries [ ]
at Miami (FL) [ ]
Florida State at Miami (FL)
1
2 3 4 Total
#1 Seminoles
0
0 0 0
0
• #6 Hurricanes
3
14 7 7
31
Scoring summary 1 11:46 MIA Carlos Huerta 46-yard field goal MIA 3-0
2 14:27 MIA Cleveland Gary 2-yard run (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 10-0
2 0:11 MIA Rob Chudzinski 19-yard pass from Steve Walsh (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 17-0
3 8:54 MIA Leonard Conley 5-yard pass from Steve Walsh (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 24-0
4 1:30 MIA Pee Wee Smith 17-yard pass from Craig Erickson (Carlos Huerta kick) MIA 31-0
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Southern Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Southern Miss
0
10
0
3
13
Florida St
14
14
14
7
49
at Clemson [ ]
Florida State at Clemson
1
2 3 4 Total
• #10 Seminoles
0
7 14 3
24
#3 Tigers
7
7 0 7
21
Scoring summary Q1 CLEM Cooper 61 yard pass from C. Davis (Seyle kick) CLEM 7–0
Q2 FSU D. Carter 40 yard pass from Ferguson (Andrews kick) Tie 7–7
Q2 CLEM R. Williams 7 yard run (Seyle kick) CLEM 14–7
Q3 FSU D. Sanders 76 yard punt return (Andrews kick)Tie 14–14
Q3 FSU D. Williams 1 yard run (Andrews kick) FSU 21–14
Q4 CLEM T. Johnson 19 yard run Tie 21–21
Q4 FSU Andrews 19 yard field goal FSU 24–21
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Michigan State [ ]
Michigan State at Florida State
1
2 3 4 Total
Spartans
0
0 7 0
7
• #9 Seminoles
7
6 0 17
30
at Tulane [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida St
10
21
0
17
48
Tulane
0
14
7
7
28
See also: 1988 Tulane Green Wave football team
Georgia Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Georgia Southern
0
0
3
7
10
Florida St
7
0
0
21
28
East Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
East Carolina
0
14
0
7
21
Florida St
14
14
3
14
45
Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Louisiana Tech
0
3
0
0
3
Florida St
28
7
17
14
66
at South Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida St
14
17
14
14
59
South Carolina
0
0
0
0
0
Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Virginia Tech
0
7
0
7
14
Florida St
0
14
20
7
41
Florida [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida
7
3
0
7
17
Florida St
21
3
21
7
52
vs. Auburn (Sugar Bowl) [ ]
Florida State vs. Auburn
1
2 3 4 Total
• #4 Seminoles
10
3 0 0
13
#7 Tigers
0
7 0 0
7
Scoring summary 1 9:48 FSU Dayne Williams 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick) FSU 7–0
5:57 FSU Bill Mason 35-yard field goal FSU 10–0
2 11:00 FSU Bill Mason 31-yard field goal FSU 13–0
4:09 AUB Walter Reeves 20-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick) FSU 13–7
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1989 NFL Draft [ ]
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References [ ]
^ "Seminoles regroup, rout Southern Miss, 49–13" . The Orlando Sentinel . September 11, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Parker sparkles in FSU's 45–21 victory over East Carolina" . Tallahassee Democrat . October 16, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Ferguson is lone sore spot as Florida St. romps, 66–3" . The Miami Herald . October 23, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1988 Football - Year in Review" .
^ "Florida State 1988 AP Football Rankings" . collegepollarchive.com . Retrieved August 26, 2018 .
^ NoleFan.Org
^ "MIAMI CRUSHES FLORIDA STATE" . Chicago Tribune . September 4, 1988. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
^ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.
^ "SUGAR BOWL: FLORIDA STATE 13, AUBURN 7 : In Prime Time, Sanders and Florida State Stop Auburn Short" . Los Angeles Times . January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
^ "1989 NFL Draft" . Pro Football Reference . Retrieved November 23, 2019 .
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