1997 Florida State Seminoles football team

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)
1997 ACC football standings
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

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. 21 USC* No. 5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles ABC W 14–7   72,783
September 13 3:30 p.m. Maryland No. 6 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida ABC W 50–7   72,238
September 20 3:30 p.m. at No. 15 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. 25 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 Statedagger 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. 2 Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina ESPN W 20–3   62,000
November 15 12:00 p.m. Wake Forest No. 1 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida JPS W 58–7   70,026
November 22 3:30 p.m. at No. 10 Florida* No. 1 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida (Rivalry) CBS L 29–32   85,677
January 1 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 10 Ohio State* No. 4 Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans (Sugar Bowl) ABC W 31–14   67,289
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

  1. ↑ Boyles, Bob. "50 Years of College Football" 2007.
  2. ↑ http://nolefan.org/summary/f1997.html


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