1991 Florida State Seminoles football team

1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1991 Florida State Seminoles football
1991 Florida State Seminoles football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 10–2 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
1991 record	11–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Brad Scott (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (8th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium; (Capacity: 60,519)
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

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.

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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	9:00 p.m.	vs. No. 19 BYU*	No. 1	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, California (Pigskin Classic)	Raycom	W 44–28	38,363
September 7	7:00 p.m.	Tulane*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	PPV	W 38–11	61,801
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	PPV	W 58–0	60,913
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Michigan*	No. 1	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	ABC	W 51–31	106,145
October 5	3:30 p.m.	No. 10 Syracuse*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 46–14	61,231
October 12	1:00 p.m.	vs. Virginia Tech*	No. 1	Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida	JPS	W 33–20	58,991
October 19	2:00 p.m.	No. 7 (I-AA) Middle Tennessee*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida		W 39–10	60,202
October 26	7:40 p.m.	at LSU*	No. 1	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	ESPN	W 27–16	71,019
November 2	8:00 p.m.	at Louisville*	No. 1	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky		W 40–15	34,270
November 9	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	JPS	W 38–10	60,244
November 16	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Miami (FL)*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	L 16–17	63,442
November 30	12:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Florida*	No. 3	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	L 9–14	85,461
January 1	1:30 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Texas A&M*	No. 5	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	W 10–2	73,728
*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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
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.	#	Name	Class
K	`9`	Dan Mowrey	Fr
K	`15`	Gerry Thomas	So

Head coach

Bobby Bowden

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Chuck Amato (DL)
Mickey Andrews (DC)
Wally Burnham (LB)

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[]

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Syracuse[]

Virginia Tech[]

Miami (FL)[]

#2 Miami (FL) at #1 Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hurricanes	7	0	0	10	17
Seminoles	3	7	3	3	16

Date: November 16
Location: Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, FL
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 63,442
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese

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at Florida[]

#3 Florida State Seminoles (10–1) at #5 Florida Gators (9–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida St	0	3	0	6	9
Florida	0	7	7	0	14

at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida

Date: November 30
Game attendance: 85,461
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese
Recap/Box

Game information

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

FSU – Gerry Thomas 19-yard field goal, 8:31. Florida St 3–0. Drive:
UF – Errict Rhett 3-yard run (Arden Czyzewski kick), 3:11. Florida 7–3. Drive:

Third quarter

UF – Harrison Houston 72-yard pass from Shane Matthews (Arden Czyzewski kick), 7:32. Florida 14–3. Drive:

Fourth quarter

FSU – Amp Lee 25-yard pass from Casey Weldon (pass failed), 5:24. Florida 14–9. Drive:

Top passers

FSU – Casey Weldon – 24/51, 305 yards, TD, INT
UF – Shane Matthews – 13/30, 208 yards, TD, 3 INT

Top rushers

FSU – Amp Lee – 9 rushes, 24 yards
UF – Errict Rhett – 24 rushes, 109 yards, TD

Top receivers

FSU – Kez McCorvey – 6 receptions, 89 yards
UF – Harrison Houston – 2 receptions, 76 yards, TD

Texas A&M (Cotton Bowl)[]

Team players in the NFL[]

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

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
Terrell Buckley	Cornerback	1	5	Green Bay Packers
Amp Lee	Running back	2	45	San Francisco 49ers
Howard Dinkins	Linebacker	3	73	Atlanta Falcons
Casey Weldon	Quarterback	4	102	Philadelphia Eagles
Edgar Bennett	Running back	4	103	Green Bay Packers
Brad Johnson	Quarterback	9	227	Minnesota Vikings

Awards and honors[]

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

References[]

^ "Florida State Is Much Too Mighty for Michigan". The New York Times. September 29, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ NoleFan.org. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.
^ "MIAMI BEATS FLORIDA STATE OUT OF TOP RANK, 17-16". The Washington Post. November 17, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.
^ "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?".
^ "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".

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[1] "Florida State Is Much Too Mighty for Michigan". The New York Times. September 29, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[2] NoleFan.org. Retrieved 2018-Nov-03.

[3] "MIAMI BEATS FLORIDA STATE OUT OF TOP RANK, 17-16". The Washington Post. November 17, 1991. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[4] "1992 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.

[5] "Do You Know Which Team Has the Most College Football Championships?".

[6] "NCAA College Football Awards - ESPN".

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National championship seasons in bold

1991 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	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