1992 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1992 Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
National champion (Sagarin)
ACC champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 27–14 vs. Nebraska
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record11–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Brad Scott (3rd season)
Offensive scheme No-huddle spread
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (9th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
←  1991
1993  →
1992 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Florida State $ 8 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 17 NC State 6 –2 –09 –3 –1
No. 19 North Carolina 5 –3 –09 –3 –0
No. 25 Wake Forest 4 –4 –08 –4 –0
Virginia 4 –4 –07 –4 –0
Georgia Tech 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Clemson 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Maryland 2 –6 –03 –8 –0
Duke 0 –8 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Sagarin. [1]

Contents

Florida State finished #2 in the AP and Coaches polls with an 11–1 record. The season was FSU's first in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and saw them win the league championship with an undefeated record in conference play. The Seminoles offense scored 446 points while the defense allowed 186 points.

Linebacker Marvin Jones finished in fourth place in the Heisman voting while quarterback Charlie Ward finished sixth.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 57:00 p.m. Duke No. 4
 PPV W 48–2160,751 [2]
September 127:30 p.m.at No. 15 Clemson No. 5
 ESPN W 24–2083,170 [3]
September 1912:00 p.m.at No. 16 NC State No. 3
 JPS W 34–1353,900 [4]
September 267:00 p.m. Wake Forest No. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 35–762,915 [5]
October 312:00 p.m.at No. 2 Miami (FL) *No. 3
 ABC L 16–19 77,338 [6]
October 1012:00 p.m. North Carolina No. 8
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 36–1360,553 [7]
October 174:00 p.m.at No. 16 Georgia Tech No. 6
ESPNW 29–2446,226 [8]
October 3112:00 p.m.at No. 23 Virginia No. 6
JPSW 13–345,000 [9]
November 712:00 p.m. Maryland No. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 69–2164,127 [10]
November 142:00 p.m. Tulane *No. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 70–760,127 [11]
November 2812:00 p.m.No. 6 Florida *No. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCW 45–2468,311 [12]
January 18:00 p.m.vs. No. 11 Nebraska *No. 3
 NBC W 27–1457,324 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1992 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 44 William Floyd Jr
WR 12Matt FrierJr
QB 17 Charlie Ward Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 2 Clifton Abraham So
LB 10 Derrick Brooks So
LB 97 Reggie Freeman Sr
CB 4 Corey Fuller So
LB 55 Marvin Jones Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Awards and honors

Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Marvin JonesLinebacker14 New York Jets
Carl SimpsonDefensive tackle235 Chicago Bears
Dan FootmanDefensive end242 Cleveland Browns
Reggie FreemanLinebacker253 New Orleans Saints
Sterling PalmerDefensive end4101 Washington Redskins
Shannon BakerWide receiver8205 Atlanta Falcons

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References

  1. ↑ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). The National Collegiate Athletic Association. pp. 114–115. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FSU rolls in achy breaky start". The Charlotte Observer. September 6, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Fla. State slips past Clemson". The State. September 13, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Wolfpack bombed; Seminoles last only TNT in blow out". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 20, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Big plays send FSU to big win". Pensacola News Journal. September 27, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "No. 2 Miami escapes again". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 4, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "FSU wins and takes ACC lead". The Orlando Sentinel. October 11, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "FSU stuns Georgia Tech with late TDs". Anderson Independent-Mail. October 18, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Defense wins title for FSU". Fort Myers News-Press. November 1, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Ward chops apart Terps". The Daily Times. November 8, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "FSU busts loose". The Miami Herald. November 15, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "FSU humiliates Florida 45–24". The Naples Daily News. November 29, 1992. Retrieved November 14, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Nebraska's bowl skid extended to six games". The Alliance Times-Herald. January 2, 1993. Retrieved February 4, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "1992 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "Past Winners".
  16. ↑ "1993 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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