1998 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1998 Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
ACC co-champion
Fiesta Bowl (BCS NCG), L 16–23 vs. Tennessee
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
1998 record11–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
  • Bobby Bowden (23rd season)
Offensive coordinatorMark Richt (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (15th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 80,000)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $+   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 9 Georgia Tech +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 18 Virginia   6 – 2     9 – 3  
North Carolina   5 – 3     7 – 5  
NC State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Duke   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Wake Forest   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Clemson   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7     3 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

The Seminoles were the runner up in the first BCS Championship game at the Fiesta Bowl against the Tennessee Volunteers.[1]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 318:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 Texas A&M*No. 2
ABCW 23–1459,232
September 123:30 p.m.at NC StateNo. 2
ABCL 7–2450,800
September 197:00 p.m.DukeNo. 11
PPVW 62–1380,032
September 263:30 p.m.No. 18 USC*No. 10
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ABCW 30–1079,815
October 31:00 p.m.at MarylandNo. 9
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, Maryland
PPVW 24–1033,134
October 103:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)*No. 8
CBSW 26–1463,617
October 176:00 p.m.ClemsondaggerNo. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ESPN2W 48–080,310
October 247:00 p.m.at No. 20 Georgia TechNo. 6
ESPNW 34–746,362
October 317:45 p.m.North CarolinaNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida
ESPNW 39–1380,050
November 73:30 p.m.No. 12 VirginiaNo. 6
ABCW 45–1481,120
November 145:00 p.m.at Wake ForestNo. 5
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, North Carolina
ESPN2W 24–719,193
November 213:30 p.m.No. 4 Florida*No. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)
ABCW 23–1281,614
January 48:00 p.m.vs. No. 1 Tennessee*No. 2
ABCL 16–2380,470
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Rankings[]

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football 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 2 (22) 2 (22) 11 10 9 8 6 6 5 6 5 (1) 5 4 4 2 3 
Coaches Poll 2 (10) 2 (12) 11 11 10 9 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 (1) 3 
BCS Not released 5 6 4 4 4 4 2 Not released

References[]

  1. ^ Boyles, Bob; Guido, Paul (2007-01-01). 50 Years of College Football. Skyhorse Pub. ISBN 9781602390904.
  2. ^ "Florida State Football - 1998 Year In Review". nolefan.org. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
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