List of Florida State Seminoles bowl games

FSU offense lining up during the 2014 ACC Championship Game

The Florida State Seminoles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Florida State University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1902, Florida State has appeared in 48 bowl games. Included in these games are 18 combined appearances in the traditional "big four" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, and Orange), 7 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game appearances (including two victories in the BCS National Championship Game) and one appearance in the College Football Playoff.

Florida State has won three national championships, eighteen conference titles and six division titles along with a playoff appearance. The Seminoles have achieved three undefeated seasons and finished ranked in the top four of the AP Poll for 14 straight years from 1987 through 2000. The 1999 team received votes from ESPN as one of the top teams in college football history.[1]

Florida State has played in 48 bowl games in its history and has a 28–16–3 record in those games. The Seminoles are the ninth most successful bowl team in Division I FBS history with over 500 victories. They have played in a record 36 consecutive bowl games, the longest active streak in the country, although the NCAA doesn't recognize this because their 2006 Emerald Bowl win and appearance were both vacated as a result of the 2007 academic scandal.

Florida State owns the record for the most consecutive bowl game victories with 11, between 1985 and 1996, as well as the longest unbeaten streak with a 13–0–1 record from 1982–1996.

Bowl games

# Date Bowl Opponent Result
1.November 26, 1903Florida Times-Union’s Championship CupStetsonT 5–5
2.January 2, 1950Cigar BowlWoffordW 19–6
3.January 1, 1955Sun BowlTexas-El PasoL 20–47
4.December 13, 1958Bluegrass BowlOklahoma StateL 6–15
5.January 2, 1965Gator BowlOklahomaW 36–19
6.December 24, 1966Sun BowlWyomingL 20–28
7.December 30, 1967Gator BowlPenn StateT 17–17
8.December 30, 1968Peach BowlLSUL 27–31
9.December 23, 1971Fiesta BowlArizona StateL 38–45
10.December 23, 1977Tangerine BowlTexas TechW 40–17
11.January 1, 1980Orange BowlOklahomaL 7–24
12.January 1, 1981Orange BowlOklahomaL 17–18
13.December 30, 1982Gator BowlWest VirginiaW 31–12
14.December 30, 1983Peach BowlNorth CarolinaW 28–3
15.December 22, 1984Citrus BowlGeorgiaT 17–17
16.December 30, 1985Gator BowlOklahoma StateW 34–23
17.December 31, 1986All-American BowlIndianaW 27–13
18.January 1, 1988Fiesta BowlNebraskaW 31–28
19.January 2, 1989Sugar BowlAuburnW 13–7
20.January 1, 1990Fiesta BowlNebraskaW 41–17
21.December 28, 1990Blockbuster BowlPenn StateW 24–17
22.January 1, 1992Cotton Bowl ClassicTexas A&MW 10–2
23.January 1, 1993Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition)NebraskaW 27–14
24.January 1, 1994Orange Bowl (National Championship Game)NebraskaW 18–16
25.January 2, 1995Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition)FloridaW 23–17
26.January 1, 1996Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance)Notre DameW 31–26
27.January 2, 1997Sugar Bowl (National Championship Game)FloridaL 20–52
28.January 1, 1998Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance)Ohio StateW 31–14
29.January 4, 1999Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship)TennesseeL 16–23
30.January 4, 2000Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship)Virginia TechW 46–29
31.January 3, 2001Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship)OklahomaL 2–13
32.January 1, 2002Gator BowlVirginia TechW 30–17
33.January 1, 2003Sugar Bowl (BCS)GeorgiaL 13–26
34.January 1, 2004Orange Bowl (BCS)MiamiL 14–16
35.January 1, 2005Gator BowlWest VirginiaW 30–18
36.January 3, 2006Orange Bowl (BCS)Penn StateL 23–26
37.December 27, 2006Emerald BowlUCLAW 44–27✝ (vacated)
38.December 31, 2007Music City BowlKentuckyL 28–35
39.December 27, 2008Champs Sports BowlWisconsinW 42–13
40.January 1, 2010Gator BowlWest VirginiaW 33–21
41.December 31, 2010Chick-fil-A BowlSouth CarolinaW 26–17
42.December 29, 2011Champs Sports BowlNotre DameW 18–14
43.January 1, 2013Orange Bowl (BCS)Northern IllinoisW 31–10
44.January 6, 2014BCS National Championship GameAuburnW 34–31
45.January 1, 2015Rose Bowl (CFP)OregonL 20–59
46.December 31, 2015Peach Bowl (New Year's Six)HoustonL 24–38
47.December 30, 2016Orange Bowl (New Year's Six)MichiganW 33–32
48.December 27, 2017Independence BowlSouthern MississippiW 42–13

✝ Bowl win vacated due to using ineligible players

Records by Bowl Game
Bowl Record Appearances Last appearance Winning %
All-American Bowl 1–0 1 1986 1.000
Blockbuster Bowl 1–0 1 1990 1.000
Bluegrass Bowl 0–1 1 1958 .000
Champs Sports Bowl 2–0 2 2011 1.000
Cigar Bowl 1–0 1 1949 1.000
Citrus Bowl 0–0–1 1 1984 .500
Cotton Bowl 1–0 1 1991 1.000
Emerald Bowl 1–0 1 2006 1.000
Fiesta Bowl 2–2 4 1998 .500
Florida Times-Union Championship Cup 0-0-1 1 1903 .500
Gator Bowl 6–0–1 7 2009 .929
Independence Bowl 1–0 1 2017 1.000
Music City Bowl 0–1 1 2007 .000
Orange Bowl 5–5 10 2016 .500
Peach Bowl (Chick-fil-A Bowl) 2–2 4 2015 .500
Rose Bowl 0–1 1 2014 .000
Sugar Bowl 4–2 6 2002 .667
Sun Bowl 0–2 2 1966 .000
Tangerine Bowl 1–0 1 1977 1.000

References

  1. ↑ "Best college football teams of all-time". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
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