1988 Florida State Seminoles football team

1988 Florida State Seminoles football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Auburn
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 3
AP No. 3
1988 record 11–1
Head coach Bobby Bowden (13th season)
Offensive coordinator Wayne McDuffie
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (5th season)
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 60,519)
1988 Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  –   12 –0 –0
No. 2 Miami (FL)   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 3 Florida State   –  –   11 –1 –0
No. 5 West Virginia   –  –   11 –1 –0
Southern Miss   –  –   10 –2 –0
No. 13 Syracuse   –  –   10 –2 –0
Army   –  –   9 –3 –0
Louisville   –  –   8 –3 –0
South Carolina   –  –   8 –4 –0
Northern Illinois   –  –   7 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –  –   6 –5 –0
Memphis State   –  –   6 –5 –0
Southwest Louisiana   –  –   6 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  –   5 –6 –0
Akron   –  –   5 –6 –0
Penn State   –  –   5 –6 –0
Tulane   –  –   5 –6 –0
Louisiana Tech   –  –   4 –7 –0
Temple   –  –   4 –7 –0
Tulsa   –  –   4 –7 –0
Boston College   –  –   3 –8 –0
Cincinnati   –  –   3 –8 –0
East Carolina   –  –   3 –8 –0
Navy   –  –   3 –8 –0
Virginia Tech   –  –   3 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 3 9:00 p.m. at No. 6 Miami (FL) No. 1 Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) CBS L 0–31   77,836
September 10 7:00 p.m. Southern Miss No. 10 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 49–13   53,129
September 17 2:30 p.m. at No. 3 Clemson No. 10 Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry) CBS W 24–21   85,576
September 24 4:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 9 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPN W 30–7   61,757
October 1 8:00 p.m. at Tulane No. 6 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA W 48–28   34,364
October 8 2:00 p.m. Georgia Southerndagger No. 6 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 28–10   59,109
October 15 2:00 p.m. East Carolina No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 45–21   56,391
October 22 2:00 p.m. Louisiana Tech No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 66–3   51,703
November 5 8:00 p.m. at No. 15 South Carolina No. 5 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC ESPN W 59–0   75,000
November 12 7:00 p.m. Virginia Tech No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL W 41–14   50,910
November 26 7:30 p.m. Florida No. 5 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) ESPN W 52–17   61,934
January 2 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 7 Auburn No. 4 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) ABC W 13–7   75,098
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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

Clemson

1 234Total
• Florida St 0 7143 24
Clemson 7 707 21

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References

  1. ↑ http://nolefan.org/summary/f1988.html
  2. ↑ "Florida State 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.


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