1998 Florida State Seminoles football team

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.

1998 Florida State Seminoles football
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 coachBobby Bowden (23rd season)
Offensive coordinatorMark Richt (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (15th season)
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
(Capacity: 80,000)
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 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. 2ABCW 23–1459,232
September 123:30 p.m.at NC StateNo. 2ABCL 7–2450,800
September 197:00 p.m.DukeNo. 11PPVW 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. 9PPVW 24–1033,134
October 103:30 p.m.at Miami (FL)*No. 8
CBSW 26–1463,617
October 176:00 p.m.ClemsonNo. 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. 5ESPN2W 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. 2ABCL 16–2380,470
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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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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