1997 Florida State Seminoles football team

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1997 Florida State Seminoles football
1997 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC champion; Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1997 record	11–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (22nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (14th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium; (Capacity: 80,000)
	Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

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[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	3:30 p.m.	at No. 23 USC*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles	ABC	W 14–7	72,783
September 13	3:30 p.m.	Maryland	No. 5	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 50–7	72,238
September 20	3:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Clemson	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Clemson, South Carolina (rivalry)	ABC	W 35–28	80,939
October 4	12:00 p.m.	Miami (FL)*	No. 4	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	ABC	W 47–0	80,165
October 11	7:00 p.m.	at Duke	No. 4	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	PPV	W 51–27	21,557
October 18	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Georgia Tech	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 38–0	78,157
October 25	7:00 p.m.	at Virginia	No. 3	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 47–21	45,300
November 1	3:30 p.m.	NC State	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	ABC	W 48–35	71,415
November 8	7:30 p.m.	at No. 5 North Carolina	No. 3	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina (College GameDay)	ESPN	W 20–3	62,000
November 15	12:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 2	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	JPS	W 58–7	70,026
November 22	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Florida*	No. 2	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, Florida (rivalry) (College GameDay)	CBS	L 29–32	85,677
January 1	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 9 Ohio State*	No. 4	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 31–14	67,289
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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
T	`70`	Tra Thomas	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`2`	Samari Rolle	Sr
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

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1997 Florida State Seminoles football

ACC champion Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
1997 record	11–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (22nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (14th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 80,000)
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
v t	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