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Florida State Seminoles football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Florida State Seminoles football team
Florida State Seminoles alternate logo.svg
First season 1902 [a]
Head coach Mike Norvell
4th season, 31–17 (.646)
Stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
(capacity: 79,560)
FieldBobby Bowden Field
Location Tallahassee, Florida
NCAA division Division I FBS
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference (1992–present)
DivisionAtlantic Division (2005–2022)
Past conferences Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1902–1904)
Independent (1947, 1951–1991)
Dixie Conference (1948–1950)
All-time record58828718 (.669)
Bowl record29183 (.610)
Playoff appearances1 (2014)
Playoff record0–1
Claimed national titles3 (1993, 1999, 2013)
Unclaimed national titles6 (1980, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996)
National finalist6 (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2013)
Conference titles19 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023)
Division titles6 (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Rivalries Florida (rivalry)
Miami (rivalry)
Clemson (rivalry)
Virginia (rivalry)
Heisman winners Charlie Ward – 1993
Chris Weinke – 2000
Jameis Winston – 2013
Consensus All-Americans45
Current uniform
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ColorsGarnet and gold [1]
   
Fight song FSU Fight Song
Mascot Osceola and Renegade [2]
Marching band Marching Chiefs
Outfitter Nike
Website Seminoles.com

The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the sport of American football. The Seminoles compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The team is currently coached by Mike Norvell, and plays home games at Doak Campbell Stadium, the 15th largest stadium in college football, located on-campus in Tallahassee, Florida. The Seminoles previously competed as part of the ACC Atlantic Division.

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Florida State has won three national championships, nineteen conference titles (three Dixie, sixteen ACC), and six division titles and have made one playoff appearance; the Seminoles have achieved three undefeated seasons, in 1950, 1999, and 2013. Other accomplishments include finishing ranked in the top four of the AP Poll for 14 straight years from 1987 through 2000, completing 41 straight winning seasons from 1977 through 2017, winning 29 consecutive games from 2012 through 2014, tied for the ninth-longest winning streak in college football and tied for the longest winning streak in ACC history, and also winning 29 consecutive conference games from 1992 through 1995, the longest winning streak in ACC history. The 1999 team was recognized by ESPN as one of the top teams in college football history. [3]

The team has produced three Heisman Trophy winners: quarterbacks Charlie Ward in 1993, Chris Weinke in 2000 and Jameis Winston in 2013. The program has produced 222 All-Americans (45 consensus and 15 unanimous) and 294 professional players, including two Super Bowl MVPs. Florida State has had nine members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, two members inducted into the College Football Coaches Hall of Fame and five members inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Biletnikoff Award, presented annually to the top receiver in college football, is named for Florida State hall of fame player Fred Biletnikoff and the Bobby Bowden Award, presented by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, is named after Florida State hall of fame coach Bobby Bowden.

The Florida State Seminoles have the tenth-highest winning percentage among all college football programs in Division I FBS history with over 500 victories and twenty-six ten win seasons. Florida State has appeared in over 50 postseason bowl games, ranking ninth nationally for bowl winning percentage and fourth for bowl wins with five Orange Bowl victories.

History

Florida State's football program was first established in 1902, resuming play and adopting the 'Seminole' nickname in 1947, after forty-six years. The Seminoles joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1992, following a long history of competing independently.

Early history (1902–1975)

Florida State has had a football team since as early as the 1890s. Florida state seminoles 1899.jpg
Florida State has had a football team since as early as the 1890s.

Florida State University traces the start of its athletic program to 1902, when Florida State College played the first of its three seasons. [4] From 1902 to 1904, the institution then known as Florida State College fielded a varsity football team called "The Eleven" that played other teams. [5] The Florida State players wore gold uniforms with a large purple F on the front. Their pants were lightly padded, but their upper bodies were largely unprotected. Leather helmets with ear guards covered their heads, and shoehorn-shaped metal nose guards were strapped across their faces. [6]

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Florida State College football in 1902

W. W. Hughes, professor of Latin and the head of men's sports at the school, served as the first coach. [7] They played their first game against the Bainbridge Giants, a city team from Bainbridge, Georgia, defeating them 5–0. The team then played back-to-back matches against Florida Agricultural College (which later merged into what is now the University of Florida) one week apart, winning the first 6–0 and losing the second 0–6. The following season student enthusiasm grew even more, and the Eleven arranged a full schedule of six games. They competed against teams such as the University of Florida in Lake City (as Florida Agricultural College was then called), Georgia Tech, and the East Florida Seminary (another school that merged into the University of Florida), and finished the season by competing against Stetson College in Jacksonville for The Florida Times-Union 's Championship Cup. [8] The following year Jack Forsythe, later the first head coach of the Florida Gators, replaced Hughes as coach, and the Eleven won the unofficial "state championship" by defeating Stetson in Tallahassee. [9] Jock Hanvey assisted Forsythe.

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Florida State College football in 1904

This would be The Eleven's last season, however, as the Florida State Legislature passed the Buckman Act, which reorganized Florida's six colleges into three institutions segregated by gender and race: a school for white males, a school for white females, and a school for African Americans. Florida State College became Florida Female College until 1909, when it became Florida State College for Women. [10] Four other institutions (including the University of Florida in Lake City and the East Florida Seminary) were merged into the new white men's-only University of the State of Florida in Gainesville. [11] Males who formerly attended Florida State College were required to transfer to the Gainesville campus, [10] although several former FSC players transferred to Grant University (now the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), with five joining Grant's football team. In 1909 several veterans of the FSC Eleven founded a city team named the Tallahassee Athletics, but this folded after one season. Except for this, until 1947, Tallahassee's only organized or collegiate football team were the team from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes (now Florida A&M University). [11]

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The inaugural Florida State University football team

The end of World War II brought enormous pressure on the university system in Florida, which saw an influx of veterans applying for college under the GI Bill. The Florida Legislature responded by renaming the Florida State College for Women to Florida State University and allowing men to attend the university for the first time since 1905; football then returned to the university, beginning with the 1947 season. From 1948 through 1959, the Seminole football program achieved much success under coaches Don Veller and Tom Nugent. Ed Williamson, who introduced football to the school, served as the first coach of the Florida State Seminoles. In his first and only season with Florida State, the Seminoles posted an 0–5 record. Williamson has the worst record out of all the head coaches at Florida State and is the only coach to have a winless mark. As the second coach at Florida State, Don Veller coached at Florida State for five years and compiled a record of 31–12–1. Veller was the first coach to find success coaching the Seminoles. In 1950, Veller led the Seminoles to an 8–0 record, the first unbeaten season in school history. Once Veller left the school, Tom Nugent became the third coach at Florida State. He stayed at Florida State for six years and compiled a record of 34–28–1. In one of his most notable accomplishments, Nugent gave the Seminoles their first win over an SEC opponent with a 10–0 victory against Tennessee in 1958. The fourth coach at Florida State was Perry Moss who coached the Seminoles for one year after compiling a 4–6 record. He became the second Florida State coach to leave the school with a losing record and the second to coach at the school for only one season after leaving to coach in the CFL.

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Under Peterson, the Seminoles defeated the Gators for the first time.

With the arrival of head coach Bill Peterson in 1960, the Seminoles began their move to national prominence. Under Peterson's direction, the Seminoles beat the Florida Gators for the first time in 1964 and earned their first major bowl bid. Peterson also led the Seminoles to their first ever top ten ranking. During his tenure as head coach, Peterson also gave a young assistant by the name of Bobby Bowden his first major college coaching opportunity. [12] Although not widely known, the Seminoles achieved their first ever number one ranking during this period. In October 1964, the Dunkel College Football Index, a popular power index of that era, placed the Seminoles at the top of their poll after a stunning 48–6 win over highly ranked Kentucky (AP No. 5, Dunkel No. 3). Peterson would be named UPI national coach of the week after this program changing victory. [13] [14] In an era of very few bowl games, Peterson's innovative offensive system helped earn the Seminoles four bowl bids from 1964 through 1968. During this time, only Alabama and Mississippi appeared in more bowl games than did Peterson's Seminoles. Receiving a football scholarship, famed actor Robert Urich was a back up center on the Seminoles from 1964 to 1967. In 1968, Peterson's eighth year at the helm, the Seminoles claimed their third straight bowl bid as Florida State became the first major college in the state of Florida to earn such a distinction. The Seminoles would not repeat this feat again until the ninth season of the Bobby Bowden era. [15] In the summer of 1967, Peterson also engineered another first for the Seminole program when he decided to begin the recruitment of African American football players. [16] Apparently, he did so without approval from either the school president or its athletic director. On December 16, 1967, the Seminoles signed Ernest Cook, a fullback from Daytona Beach. Several months later, the Seminoles would sign running back Calvin Patterson from Dade County. Ultimately, Cook decided to switch his allegiance to Minnesota where he would become an All-Big Ten running back. In the fall of 1968, Patterson would become the first African American student to play for the Seminoles as a starter for the Florida State freshmen football team. In the fall of 1970, J. T. Thomas would become the first African American to play in a varsity game for the Seminoles. [17] [18]

Darrell Mudra was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Darrell Mudra.jpg
Darrell Mudra was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Following Peterson's successful run, the next two coaches had disappointing tenures. Larry Jones was appointed as the sixth head coach at Florida State. Jones coached for three years from 1971 to 1973 and compiled a record of 15–19, becoming the third Florida State coach to have a losing record. Darrell Mudra was then hired to be the seventh coach of the Seminoles. Mudra lasted just two years from 1974 to 1975 and compiled a record of 4–18. He became the fourth head coach to have a losing record at Florida State.

Bobby Bowden era (1976–2009)

Bowden is credited with Florida State's rise to prominence. FSU head football coach Bobby Bowden and sons- Tallahassee, Florida (7255276714).jpg
Bowden is credited with Florida State's rise to prominence.

Under head coach Bobby Bowden, who came to Florida State from West Virginia, [19] [20] the Seminoles became one of the nation's most competitive programs, greatly expanding the tradition of football at Florida State. The Seminoles played in five national championship games between 1993 and 2000, and claimed the championship twice, in 1993 and 1999. The FSU football team was the most successful team in college football during the 1990s, boasting an 89% winning percentage. FSU also set an NCAA record for most consecutive Top 5 finishes in the AP football poll – receiving placement 14 years in a row, from 1987 to 2000. The Seminoles under Bowden were the first college football team in history to be ranked first place wire-to-wire (i.e., from preseason to postseason) since the AP began releasing preseason rankings in 1936.

In the Bowden era, prior to a 1989 game against long-standing rival Miami, University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis was tackled by a group of police officers at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee as the mascot attempted to put out Chief Osceola's flaming spear. Sebastian was wearing a fireman's helmet and yellow raincoat and holding a fire extinguisher. When a police officer attempted to grab the fire extinguisher, the officer was sprayed in the chest. Sebastian was handcuffed by four officers but ultimately released. University of Miami quarterback Gino Torretta told ESPN, "Even if we weren't bad boys, it added to the mystique that, 'Man, look, even their mascot's getting arrested.'" [21] In the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, the Seminoles had 14 consecutive seasons with 10 or more wins and a top four finish, with a record of 152–19–1 between these years (11 of their 19 losses were decided by seven points or less), and one of the best home records of the era. FSU's accomplishments in these 14 seasons included eleven bowl wins, nine ACC championships, two Heisman Trophy winners, and two national championships.

On December 1, 2009, Bowden announced that he would retire from coaching after the Seminoles' game on New Year's Day 2010 against West Virginia, Bowden's former team, in the Gator Bowl. His legacy has led to the creation of two awards in his honor, the Bobby Bowden Award, an award presented to college football players, and the Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, an award presented to college football coaches. In the spring of 2007, several FSU athletes including football players were accused of cheating in an online music history class. The NCAA ruled that Florida State was guilty of major violations, announced that it would reduce scholarship limits in 10 sports and force Florida State to vacate all of the victories in 2006 and 2007 in which the implicated athletes participated and placed the university on probation for four years. [22] FSU vacated 12 football victories from the 2006 and 2007 seasons and Bowden finished his career with 377 career wins. [23]

Post-Bowden years (2010–2020)

Coach Fisher led the Seminoles to the 2013 national title. Jimbo Fisher football coach.jpg
Coach Fisher led the Seminoles to the 2013 national title.

On January 5, 2010, Jimbo Fisher officially became the ninth head football coach in Florida State history. Fisher had been a member of the Florida State staff for three years, serving as offensive coordinator. He was named head coach-in waiting during the 2008 season. In his first season as head coach, Florida State went 10–4 with a 6–2 record in ACC conference play. The Seminoles went to their first ACC Championship Game since 2005, losing to Virginia Tech 44–33, and had their first ten win season since 2003. Fisher's first Florida State team notably beat both of its in-state rivals, the Miami Hurricanes and the Florida Gators, for the first time since 1999. Florida State would go on to the Chick-fil-A Bowl, where they would beat Steve Spurrier's South Carolina team. In his second season, Florida State went 9–4 with a 5–3 record in ACC conference play. For the second year in a row, the Seminoles defeated both of their in-state rivals. Fisher's second Florida State team also defeated Notre Dame in the Champs Sports Bowl. In his third season, he led the Seminoles to their first conference title in seven years and defeated Northern Illinois to win the Orange Bowl. In the 2013 season, Jimbo Fisher guided his team to a perfect 14–0 record and a national championship with a comeback win against Auburn. In 2014, he guided Florida State to another undefeated regular season, only to be defeated by Oregon 59–20 in the Rose Bowl, the most points the Seminoles had ever surrendered in a bowl game. Florida State had victories over both in-state rivals, Florida and Miami, in six of Jimbo Fisher's first seven seasons as head coach and won ten or more games in six of his eight seasons. While the Seminoles would win at least 10 games in the next two seasons and even finished eighth in the final 2016 poll, they lost five games in ACC play–one fewer than they had lost in Fisher's first five seasons. One of those losses was a 63–20 rout at the hands of Louisville, the most points Florida State had ever surrendered at the time. In 2017, the Seminoles were ranked third in preseason polls, but a 24–7 drubbing by Alabama and a close loss to NC State knocked them out of the polls altogether for the first time since the middle of the 2011 season, and ultimately finished with their first losing on-field record in ACC play since joining the league.

Fisher resigned as FSU head coach on December 1, 2017, to accept a record ten-year, $75 million contract to become head coach at Texas A&M. Defensive line coach and former defensive lineman Odell Haggins was named interim head coach, becoming Florida State's first African-American head coach, and coached in his first game the next day against Louisiana-Monroe. The Seminoles won, extending their bowl streak to an NCAA record 36 seasons. He went on to coach the Seminoles in the bowl game, leading them to a win and their 41st consecutive winning season.

On December 5, 2017, Willie Taggart left Oregon to become the new head coach at Florida State. [24] In his first season, the Seminoles finished with a losing record for the first time since 1976 and missed a bowl game for the first time in 36 years. [25] On November 3, 2019, Taggart was fired following a loss to Miami and a 4–5 record throughout the first nine games of the season. [26] Haggins was once again named interim head coach to finish out the season. [27]

Mike Norvell era (2020–present)

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Current head coach, Mike Norvell

On December 8, 2019, Memphis head coach Mike Norvell was named the new head coach at Florida State. [28] On September 11, 2021, the Seminoles lost to Jacksonville State; it was the first time Florida State had lost to a non-FBS opponent since 1959. [29] In 2022, Mike Norvell led the Seminoles to a 9–3 regular season record and a berth in the 2022 Cheez-It Bowl to play against Oklahoma. Florida State moved up in the AP Poll during the season for the first time since 2016, peaking at #13 prior to the bowl game and winning the most regular season games for the first time since that season as well. The Seminoles would go on to defeat the Sooners to finish with ten wins for the first time in six years. In his fourth season, Norvell guided the Seminoles to an undefeated regular season and a conference championship.

The 2023 team was excluded from the College Football Playoff despite finishing the regular season as undefeated ACC champions. This made the Seminoles the first Power 5 champions of the playoff era to go undefeated but not be selected for the playoff bracket. Coach Mike Norvell said he was "disgusted" by the committee's decision. [30] University Vice President and Athletic Director Michael Alford called the decision "unforgiveable". [31]

Conference affiliations

In the first year of the program, Florida State competed as an independent program without conference affiliation. They were members of the Dixie Conference for three years before returning to independence. They would remain this way until 1992 when, after being courted by several conferences including the Southeastern Conference, they opted to join the Atlantic Coast Conference which is the same conference that they compete in today.

Championships

National championships

Florida State has been selected national champions in nine seasons by NCAA-designated major selectors. [34] [35] :114–115 Florida State claims the 1993, 1999 and 2013 national championships [36] after winning a postseason bowl national championship game and being named the national champion by all four major consensus selectors (AP, Coaches, FWAA, and NFF). [37]

Claimed national championships

Year [36] CoachMajor SelectorsRecordBowlFinal APFinal Coaches
1993 Bobby Bowden AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF 12–1Won Orange (Bowl Coalition National Championship Game)No. 1No. 1
1999 BCS, AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF12–0Won Sugar (BCS National Championship Game)
2013 Jimbo Fisher 14–0Won BCS National Championship Game

Unclaimed national championships

YearCoachMajor SelectorRecordBowlOpponentResultFinal APFinal Coaches
1980 Bobby Bowden FACT 10–2 Orange Oklahoma L 17–18No. 5No. 5
1987 Bobby Bowden Berryman 11–1 Fiesta Nebraska W 31–28No. 2No. 2
1989 Bobby Bowden Billingsley Report [38] 10–2 Fiesta Nebraska W 41–17No. 3No. 2
1992 Bobby Bowden Sagarin 11–1 Orange Nebraska W 27–14No. 2No. 2
1994 Bobby BowdenDunkel10–1–1 Sugar Florida W 23–17No. 4No. 5
1996 Bobby Bowden Alderson System 11–1 Sugar Florida L 20–52No. 3No. 3

1993 season

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Florida State's 1993 and 1999 national championship trophies

The Seminoles entered 1993 with a number one ranking and were led by quarterback and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward.

Florida State cruised to a 9–0 record with their closest game being an 18-point win over Miami. The only loss of the season came at second-ranked and undefeated Notre Dame by a score of 31–24, in one of the greatest games in college football history. Despite the loss, Florida State still went on to play for the national title, beating Nebraska in the Orange Bowl with a field goal in the final seconds to claim the school's first national title.

1999 season

After falling short in the national title game against Tennessee in 1998, the Seminoles began the 1999 season ranked first in the country.

Florida State would go on to complete just the second undefeated season in school history and became the first team in history to be ranked number one for an entire season. The Noles would clinch their second national title with a victory over Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl.

2013 season

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Florida State's 2013 national championship trophy

After the 2012 season, FSU lost six coaches including defensive coordinator Mark Stoops. Despite the numerous coaching changes and off the field incidents, Florida State would go on to become the highest scoring team in FBS history by scoring 723 points in a single season en route to their third national championship. The record has since been broken by the 2019 LSU Tigers, with a new lead of 726 points.

During the 2013 season, quarterback Jameis Winston became the third Florida State player to win the Heisman. Jameis Winston 2013 Heisman Winner display display at the Moore Athletic Center.jpg
During the 2013 season, quarterback Jameis Winston became the third Florida State player to win the Heisman.

The 2013 Seminoles would hand then third ranked Clemson their worst home loss, set a new attendance record at Doak Campbell Stadium of 84,409 against the seventh ranked Miami Hurricanes, and set a school scoring record of 80 points in a game against the University of Idaho behind freshman quarterback and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.

Conference championships

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ACC Title trophies
SeasonConferenceCoachOverallConference
1948 Dixie Don Veller 7–14–0
1949 9–14–0
1950 8–02–0
1992 ACC Bobby Bowden 11–18–0
1993 12–18–0
1994 10–1–18–0
199510–27–1
1996 11–18–0
1997 11–18–0
199811–27–1
1999 12–08–0
2000 11–28–0
2002 9–57–1
2003 10–37–1
2005 8–55–3
2012 Jimbo Fisher 12–27–1
2013 14–08–0
2014 13–18–0
2023 Mike Norvell 13–18–0

† Co-champions

Division championships

Florida State has appeared in the ACC Championship Game on six occasions, winning five times. 2005 ACC title game FSU VT (cropped).jpg
Florida State has appeared in the ACC Championship Game on six occasions, winning five times.
YearDivisionCoachOpponentACC CG Result
2005ACC Atlantic Bobby Bowden Virginia Tech W 27–22
2008Lost tiebreaker to Boston College
2010 Jimbo Fisher Virginia Tech L 33–44
2012 Georgia Tech W 21–15
2013 Duke W 45–7
2014 Georgia Tech W 37–35

† Co-champions

Bowl games

This is a partial list of the ten most recent bowl games Florida State has competed in.

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FSU in the 1967 Gator Bowl vs. Penn State

Florida State has played in 50 bowl games in its history and has a 29–18–3 record, with one win vacated, in those games. The Seminoles are the ninth most successful bowl team in history and played in a record 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982 to 2017, 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.

SeasonDateBowlOpponentResult
2011 December 29, 2011 Champs Sports Bowl Notre Dame W 18–14
2012 January 1, 2013 Orange Bowl Northern Illinois W 31–10
2013 January 6, 2014 BCS National Championship Game Auburn W 34–31
2014 January 1, 2015 Rose Bowl (College Football Playoff) Oregon L 20–59
2015 December 31, 2015 Peach Bowl Houston L 24–38
2016 December 30, 2016 Orange Bowl Michigan W 33–32
2017 December 27, 2017 Independence Bowl Southern Mississippi W 42–13
2019 December 31, 2019 Sun Bowl Arizona State L 14–20
2022 December 29, 2022 Cheez-It Bowl Oklahoma W 35–32
2023 December 30, 2023 Orange Bowl Georgia L 3–63

Head coaches

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Bowden is the winningest coach in school history.

Florida State has had 14 head coaches since organized football began in 1902. [39] [40] [41] Bobby Bowden, who spent 34 years at Florida State, is the winningest coach in school history and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. During his tenure, Bobby Bowden won two national championships with the Seminoles, while Jimbo Fisher won one. Fisher and Bowden also have the second and third best ACC winning percentages in conference history.

TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.Bowl Games
1902–1903 W. W. Hughes 25–3–1.6110–0–1
1904 Jack Forsythe 12–3.400
1947 Ed Williamson 10–5.000
1948–1952 Don Veller 531–12–1.7161–0
1953–1958 Tom Nugent 634–28–1.5480–2
1959 Perry Moss 14–6.400
1960–1970 Bill Peterson 1162–42–11.5871–2–1
1971–1973 Larry Jones 315–19.4410–1
1974–1975 Darrell Mudra 24–18.182
1976–2009 Bobby Bowden 34304–97–4.75620–9–1
2010–2017 Jimbo Fisher 883–23.7835–2
2017, 2019 Odell Haggins24–2.6671–1
2018–2019 Willie Taggart 29–12.429
2020–present Mike Norvell 431–17.6461–1

† Interim head coach

‡ Bobby Bowden's record omits 12 vacated victories including 1 bowl victory, that would otherwise make his record 316–97–4.

Doak S. Campbell Stadium

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Doak Campbell Stadium has a current capacity of 79,560.

The Florida State Seminoles originally played their home games at Centennial Field until 1950. The Seminoles had an 8–4 record at Centennial, including two undefeated home records. The team play their home games at Doak Cambell Stadium, which has a capacity of 79,560. Florida State is 320–105–4 in 429 games played at Doak Campbell.

The stadium, named after former school president Doak Sheridan Campbell, [42] hosted its first game against the Randolph-Macon College Yellowjackets on October 7, 1950, with the Seminoles winning the game 40–7. At that time the facility had a seating capacity of 15,000. Doak Campbell Stadium, with its original capacity of 15,000 in 1950, was built at a cost of $250,000. In 1954, the stadium grew to a capacity of 19,000. Six thousand more seats were added in 1961. During the Bill Peterson era (1960–70), the stadium was expanded to 40,500 seats, and it remained at that capacity for the next 14 years. Since that time, the stadium has expanded to almost 83,000, largely due to the success of the football team under head coach Bobby Bowden coupled with the ever-growing student body. It now is the second largest football stadium in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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Doak Campbell Stadium hosted its first game in 1950.

Aesthetically, a brick facade surrounding the stadium matches the architectural design of most of the buildings on the university's campus. In addition to the obvious recreational uses, The University Center surrounds the stadium and houses many of the university's offices as well as The College of Motion Picture Arts, The Dedman School of Hospitality, and The College of Social Work. The field was officially named Bobby Bowden field on November 20, 2004, as Florida State hosted intrastate rival Florida. Florida State has been recognized as having one of the best gameday atmospheres in the country, and Doak Campbell Stadium has been named one of the top stadiums in college sports. [43]

Doak Campbell Stadium has been a great home field advantage for the Noles. Florida State is one of only three schools that can boast a decade home field unbeaten streak. The Seminoles never lost a home game from 1992 to 2001, a total of 54 games, and have completed 24 undefeated seasons at their home stadiums, including 22 at Doak Campbell.

The record crowd for the stadium is 84,431; set during a game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on October 18, 2014.

Rivalries

The Seminoles' archrivals are Florida, whom they meet annually in the last game of the regular season, and Miami; both games are considered among the greatest rivalries in college football. [44] A rivalry with Clemson has developed and grown due to both teams competing yearly for the Atlantic division.

Florida

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Florida State and Florida have played each year since 1958.
The Seminoles and Gators have met as ranked opponents on twenty-four occasions. Florida Gators vs. Florida State Seminoles - 034.jpg
The Seminoles and Gators have met as ranked opponents on twenty-four occasions.

The Florida Gators are the main rival of the Florida State Seminoles. Florida State and Florida have played each other 67 times, with the Gators holding a 37–28–2 advantage. [45] After the arrival of Bobby Bowden in 1976, the Seminoles have compiled a record of 26–22–1. The game alternates between Florida's home stadium, Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida and Florida State's home stadium, Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

Miami

Florida State and Miami first met in 1951 and have played each year since 1966. Florida State University versus the University of Miami at Doak Campbell Stadium- Tallahassee, Florida.jpg
Florida State and Miami first met in 1951 and have played each year since 1966.

The rivalry dates to 1951, when the Miami Hurricanes defeated the Seminoles 35–13 in their inaugural meeting. The schools have played uninterrupted since 1966, with Miami leading the series 35–33, as of the 2023 season. [46]

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The Seminoles and Hurricanes have met as ranked opponents on twenty-six occasions.

During the 1980s and 90s, the series emerged as one of the premier rivalries in college football. Between 1983 and 2013, the Hurricanes and Seminoles combined to win 8 national championships (5 for Miami, 3 for Florida State) and played in 15 national championship games (1983, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 96, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 02, 13). The rivalry has been popular not only because of its profound national championship implications and the competitiveness of the games but also because of the immense NFL-caliber talent typically present on the field when the two teams meet. The famous 1987 matchup featured over 50 future NFL players on both rosters combined.

The rivalry is a television ratings bonanza, accounting for the two highest rated college football telecasts in ESPN history. The 2006 game between Miami and FSU was the second most-viewed college football game, regular season or bowl, in the history of ESPN, averaging 6.33 million households in viewership (a 6.9 rating). It trailed only the 1994 game between Miami and FSU, which notched a 7.7 rating. [47]

Florida Cup
Bill Peterson coached the Seminoles to their first win over the Gators in the rivalry. Bill Peterson (1961).jpg
Bill Peterson coached the Seminoles to their first win over the Gators in the rivalry.

The Florida Cup is the trophy sponsored by the state of Florida given to either the Florida State University Seminoles, the University of Florida Gators, or the University of Miami Hurricanes for winning a round-robin against the other two teams in the same season (including bowl games if necessary). [48]

It was created in 2002 by the Florida Sports Foundation, the official sports promotion and development organization of the state of Florida, and the Florida Championships Awards, Inc. The idea of finally having a trophy for the round robin winner between the three schools was enthusiastically endorsed by then governor Jeb Bush. Along with the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (given to the winner of the round robin between Army, Navy and Air Force), the Florida Cup is one of the very few three way rivalries that presents a trophy to the winner.

The Florida Cup was awarded to the Florida State Seminoles in 2013, as Florida and Miami played in the regular season. The Makala Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Florida–Florida State game at the winning team's spring scrimmage. [49]

Clemson

The Noles and Tigers competed for the Atlantic division title. Tajh Boyd running against Florida State.jpg
The Noles and Tigers competed for the Atlantic division title.

Florida State has a rivalry with conference foe, the Clemson Tigers. Florida State leads the all-time series 21–15. [50] The Seminoles dominated the contests through most of the 1990s but 1999 marked a milestone as the hire of Bobby Bowden's son Tommy led to the first meeting, in 1999, which was the first time in Division I-A history that a father and a son met as opposing head coaches in a football game. During the time Tommy coached at Clemson, the game was known as the "Bowden Bowl"; Bobby won the series in the 9 years it was played before Tommy's resignation, taking 5 of those games with all four losses within the last five seasons.

One sticking point in the rivalry remains that a proud Clemson Tiger program that was strong in the 1980s had won 6 of the past 11 ACC titles from 1981 to 1991. 1991 would be the last ACC Championship the Tigers would win until 2011 as Florida State entered the ACC in 1992 and proceeded to win the next 9 ACC Championships in a row, and 12 of the next 14 in the series.

Virginia

The Seminoles also have a rivalry with the Virginia Cavaliers. [51] [52] [53] Florida State and Virginia compete for the Jefferson–Eppes Trophy. The two schools have played for the trophy since its creation in 1995. It has been awarded a total of 19 times, with FSU receiving it 14 times (FSU vacated its 2006 win). The Seminoles hold the all-time advantage 14–4. [54] Because of conference expansion, the teams no longer play annually; the teams last met in 2019.

The Jefferson–Eppes Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Florida State–Virginia game. This game was played annually from 1992 through 2005, but since the conference split into divisions, the teams meet twice every six years. Florida State has been awarded the trophy 15 times.

Notable games

Individual accomplishments

Individual national award winners

Players

Heisman Trophy
Best Player
Maxwell Award
Best Player
Walter Camp Award
Best Player
Chic Harley Award
Best Player
Archie Griffin Award
Most Valuable Player
AP Player of the Year
1993Charlie Ward, QB
2000Chris Weinke, QB
2013Jameis Winston, QB
1993 – Charlie Ward, QB1993 – Charlie Ward,QB
2013 – Jameis Winston, QB
1993 – Charlie Ward, QB2013 – Jameis Winston, QB2013 – Jameis Winston, QB
Davey O'Brien Award
Best Quarterback
Manning Award
Best Quarterback
Kellen Moore Award
Best Quarterback
Johhny Unitas Award
Best Senior Quarterback
Sammy Baugh Trophy
Best Passer
Jim Brown Award
Best Runningback
Paul Warfield Award
Best Wide Receiver
John Mackey Award
Best Tight End
Dave Remington Trophy
Best Center
1993 – Charlie Ward
2000 – Chris Weinke
2013 – Jameis Winston
2013 – Jameis Winston1991Casey Weldon
1993 – Charlie Ward
1991 – Casey Weldon
1993 – Charlie Ward
2000 – Chris Weinke
2000 – Chris Weinke2015Dalvin Cook 1999Peter Warrick 2014Nick O'Leary 2013Bryan Stork
Jim Thorpe Award
Best Defensive Back
Jack Tatum Trophy
Best Defensive Back
Lombardi Award
Best Lineman/Best Linebacker
Bill Willis Trophy
Best Defensive Lineman
Butkus Award
Best Linebacker
Jack Lambert Trophy
Best Linebacker
1988Deion Sanders
1991Terrell Buckley
1991 – Terrell Buckley
2016Tarvarus McFadden
1992Marvin Jones
2000Jamal Reynolds
1997Andre Wadsworth
2000 – Jamal Reynolds
1987Paul McGowan
1992 – Marvin Jones
1992 – Marvin Jones
1994Derrick Brooks
Lou Groza Award
Best Kicker
Vlade Award
Most Accurate Kicker
1998, 1999Sebastian Janikowski
2008Graham Gano
2013Roberto Aguayo
2013, 2014 – Roberto Aguayo
Bobby Bowden Award
Best Student Athlete
2010Christian Ponder
Wuerffel Trophy
Community Service, Athletic, and Academic Achievement
2022 – Dillan Gibbons

Coaches

Bobby Dodd Award
Coach of the Year
Walter Camp Award
Coach of the Year
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
Coach of the Year
Home Depot Award
Coach of the Year
1980Bobby Bowden
2023Mike Norvell
1991 – Bobby Bowden2023 – Mike Norvell1994 – Bobby Bowden
Broyles Award
Best Assistant Coach
1996Mickey Andrews, DC
Paul "Bear" Bryant 'Lifetime Achievement' Award
Lifetime Achievement
Bobby Bowden Award
Lifetime Achievement
2010 – Bobby Bowden2011 – Bobby Bowden

Individual conference awards

Players

Coaches

Heisman Trophy

Three Florida State players have been awarded the Heisman Trophy. Charlie Ward received the award in 1993, Chris Weinke in 2000 and Jameis Winston in 2013. Casey Weldon finished as runner-up in 1991. [75]

Charlie Ward 1991.jpg
Chris Weinke 2001.jpg
Jameis Winston 2013.jpg
FSU's Heisman Trophy winners
YearNamePositionPlaceRef.
1967 Kim Hammond QB 5th
1979 Ron Simmons DT 9th
1984 Greg Allen RB 7th
1988 Deion Sanders DB 8th
1991 Casey Weldon QB 2nd
1992 Marvin Jones
Charlie Ward
LB
QB
4th
6th
1993Charlie WardQB1st
1995 Warrick Dunn RB9th
1996Warrick DunnRB5th
1999 Peter Warrick WR 6th
2000 Chris Weinke QB1st
2013 Jameis Winston QB1st
2014Jameis WinstonQB6th
2015 Dalvin Cook RB7th
2016Dalvin CookRBT-10th
2023 Jordan Travis QB5th [76]

Consensus All-Americans

The Biletnikoff Award is named in honor of FSU All-American wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff. Fred Biletnikoff.jpg
The Biletnikoff Award is named in honor of FSU All-American wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff.

222 Florida State players have been honored as All-American players with 38 being awarded as consensus All-Americans.[ citation needed ][ when? ] Seven Florida State players have been two-time consensus All-Americans.

Year(s)NameNumberPosition
1964 Fred Biletnikoff 25WR
1967–1968 Ron Sellers 34WR
1979–1980 Ron Simmons 51DL
1983 Greg Allen 26RB
1985 Jamie Dukes 64OL
1987–1988 Deion Sanders 2CB
1989 LeRoy Butler 6CB
1991–1992 Marvin Jones 55LB
1991 Terrell Buckley 27CB
1993 Charlie Ward 17QB
1993–1994 Derrick Brooks 10LB
1993 Corey Sawyer 8CB
1994 Clifton Abraham 2CB
1995 Clay Shiver 53C
1996 Peter Boulware 58DE
1996 Reinard Wilson 55DE
1997 Sam Cowart 1LB
1997 Andre Wadsworth 85DE
1998–1999 Sebastian Janikowski 38K
1998–1999 Peter Warrick 9WR
1999 Corey Simon 53DL
1999 Jason Whitaker 68OL
2000 Tay Cody 27CB
2000 Snoop Minnis 13WR
2000 Jamal Reynolds 58DE
2003–2004 Alex Barron 70OL
2010 Rodney Hudson 62OL
2011 Shawn Powell 45P
2012 Björn Werner 95DL
2013 Lamarcus Joyner 20S
2013 Bryan Stork 52C
2013 Jameis Winston 5QB
2014 Roberto Aguayo 19K
2014 Tre' Jackson 54OL
2014 Nick O'Leary 35TE
2015 Jalen Ramsey 8CB
2016 Dalvin Cook 4RB
2016 DeMarcus Walker 44DE

Unanimous All-Americans

Running back Dalvin Cook is one of fifteen Seminoles to have been named unanimous All-American players. Dalvin Cook 2014.jpg
Running back Dalvin Cook is one of fifteen Seminoles to have been named unanimous All-American players.

15 Florida State players have been selected as unanimous All-Americans. Deion Sanders is the only Seminole to have been honored as a two-time unanimous selection. [77]

Year(s)NameNumberPosition
1987–1988 Deion Sanders 2CB
1991 Terrell Buckley 27CB
1992 Marvin Jones 55LB
1993 Charlie Ward 17QB
1993 Derrick Brooks 10LB
1999 Sebastian Janikowski 38K
1999 Peter Warrick 9WR
2000 Jamal Reynolds 58DE
2004 Alex Barron 70OL
2010 Rodney Hudson 62OL
2012 Björn Werner 95DL
2013 Lamarcus Joyner 20S
2014 Tre' Jackson 54OL
2016 Dalvin Cook 4RB

Honored jersey numbers

Deion Sanders is one of twelve Seminoles whose numbers have been honored by the school. FSU football player Deion Sanders Tallahassee, Florida.jpg
Deion Sanders is one of twelve Seminoles whose numbers have been honored by the school.
No.NamePositionCareerRef.
2 Deion Sanders CB 1985–88 [78]
5 Jameis Winston QB 2012-2014 [79]
9 Peter Warrick WR 1995–1999 [80]
10 Derrick Brooks LB 1991–1994 [78]
16 Chris Weinke QB 1997–2000 [78]
17 Charlie Ward QB 1989–1993 [78]
25 Fred Biletnikoff WR 1962–1964 [78]
27 Terrell Buckley CB 1989–1991 [78]
28 Warrick Dunn RB 1993–1996 [78]
34 Ron Sellers WR 1966–1968 [78]
50 Ron Simmons DT 1977–1980 [78]
55 Marvin Jones LB 1990–1992 [78]

Hall of Fame inductees

College Football Hall of Fame

Ron Sellers was the first Seminole player to be inducted into the hall of fame. Ron Sellers.jpg
Ron Sellers was the first Seminole player to be inducted into the hall of fame.

Nine FSU players and two coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, one former player, Mack Brown, has been inducted into the Hall as a coach.

NamePositionCareerInductedRef.
Ron Sellers WR 1966–19681988 [81]
Fred Biletnikoff WR 1962–19641991 [81]
Darrell Mudra Coach 1974–19752000 [81]
Bobby Bowden Coach1976–20092006 [81]
Charlie Ward QB 1989, 1991–19932006 [81]
Ron Simmons DT 1977–19802009 [81]
Deion Sanders CB 1985–19882011 [81]
Derrick Brooks LB 1992–19942016 [82]
Terrell Buckley CB 1989–19912019 [83]
Marvin Jones LB 1990–19922022 [84]
Warrick Dunn RB 1993–19962024 [85]

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Five former Seminoles have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. [86]

NamePositionCareerInducted
Fred Biletnikoff WR 1965–19781988
Deion Sanders CB 1989–2000, 2004–20052011
Derrick Brooks LB 1995–20082014
Walter Jones OL 1997–20082014
LeRoy Butler S 1990–20012022

Canadian Football Hall of Fame

One former Seminole has been inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. [87]

NamePositionCareerInducted
Danny McManus QB 1984–19872011

Records and results

Playoffs

The Seminoles have made one appearance in the College Football Playoff.

YearSeedOpponentRoundResult
2014 3No. 2 Oregon Semifinal – Rose Bowl L 20–59

All-time record vs. current ACC teams

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OpponentWonLostTiedPct.StreakFirstLast
Boston College 1650.762Won 519572022 [88]
California 3000
Clemson 21150.583Won 119702023 [89]
Duke 22001.000Won 2219922023 [90]
Georgia Tech 15111.574Won 119032022 [91]
Louisville 1860.750Won 219522023 [92]
Miami 33350.485Won 319512023 [93]
North Carolina 1731.833Won 219832021 [94]
NC State 27160.628Lost 319522022 [95]
Notre Dame *650.545Lost 319812021 [96]
Pittsburgh 560.455Won 119712023 [97]
SMU 3000
Stanford 3000
Syracuse 1420.875Won 419662023 [98]
Virginia 1540.789Lost 119922019 [99]
Virginia Tech 24131.645Won 119552023 [100]
Wake Forest 3191.768Won 119562023 [101]
Totals2591314.662

*Notre Dame is an associate member of the ACC with a scheduling agreement in football
*1denotes one win vacated during the 2006 and 2007 seasons
*2denotes two wins vacated during the 2006 and 2007 seasons
*3beginning in the 2024–2025 season

All-time record vs. non-conference opponents

[102]

SchoolRecordFirstLast
Abilene Christian 1–219531957
Alabama 11–3–119652017
Alabama-Birmingham 21–020012007
Alabama State 1–020192019
Arizona State 3–219712019
Auburn 5–13–119542014
Baylor 1–219651974
Bethune-Cookman 1–020132013
Boise State 0–120192019
Brigham Young 4–019912010
Central Florida 1–019951995
Charleston Southern 2–020112016
Cincinnati 6–019771990
Citadel 6–0–119552014
Colorado 31–020032008
Colorado State 1–119721974
Cumberland 1–119471948
Delaware State 1–020172017
Delta State 1–019511951
Duquesne 1–020222022
East Carolina 7–019801990
Erskine 1–119481949
Florida 28–37–219582023
Furman 8–219521987
George Washington 1–019611961
Georgia 4–7–119542023
Georgia Southern 2–019881990
Houston 2–13–219602015
Idaho 1–020132013
Indiana 1–019861986
Iowa State 1–119752002
Jacksonville NAS 1–019511951
Jacksonville State 2–219472021
Kansas 5–219711993
Kansas State 3–019701977
SchoolRecordFirstLast
Kentucky 1–4–119602007
LSU 9–219682023
Louisiana-Lafayette 1–020222022
Louisiana-Monroe 3–020112019
Louisiana Tech 2–219521999
Maryland 211–219662013
Massachusetts 1–020212021
Memphis 10–7–119591990
Michigan 2–119862016
Michigan State 2–019871988
Middle Tennessee 1–019911991
Millsaps 2–019481949
Ole Miss 1–119612016
Mississippi College 3–019481950
Mississippi State 7–219661979
Murray State 1–020122012
Navy 1–019781978
Nebraska 6–219801994
Nevada 1–020132013
New Mexico State 1–019641964
Newberry 1–019501950
North Alabama 1–020232023
North Texas 2–019761977
Northern Illinois 2–020132018
Ohio 1–019561956
Ohio State 3–019811998
Oklahoma 2–619652022
Oklahoma State 4–119582014
Oregon 0–120152015
Penn State 1–1–119672006
Randolph-Macon 1–019501950
Rice 01–020062006
Richmond 3–019591961
Samford 3–019502018
San Diego State 0–219731977
Savannah State 1–020122012
SchoolRecordFirstLast
Sewanee 2–019491950
South Carolina 16–319662010
South Florida 3–120092016
Southern California 2–019971998
Southern Illinois 1–019821982
Southern Mississippi 15–8–119522023
Stetson 6–1–119471954
Sul Ross 1–019511951
Tampa 9–219481959
Temple 1–019841984
Tennessee 1–119581999
Tennessee-Chattanooga 3–019842015
Tennessee Tech 1–119471958
Texas A&M 4–019671998
Texas Christian 1–219631965
Texas State 1–020152015
Texas-El Paso 0–119551955
Texas Tech 4–119661987
Toledo 1–019861986
Troy 5–119472006
Tulane 103–019831992
Tulsa 5–019691985
UCLA 01–020062006
Utah State 1–019751975
Villanova 3–119541957
Virginia Military Institute 2–119521954
West Alabama 1–119481949
West Virginia 3–019822010
Western Michigan 11–019912006
Whiting Field NAS 1–019491949
Wichita State 2–019691986
William & Mary 1–119591950
Wisconsin 1–020082008
Wofford 3–019501952
Wyoming 0–119661966

*1Denotes win vacated during the 2006 and 2007 seasons
*3Denotes win via forfeit

All-time record vs. rivals

OpponentWonLostTiedPct.StreakFirstLast
Florida 28372.433Won 219582023
Miami 33350.485Won 319512023
Clemson 21150.583Won 119702023
Virginia 1540.789Lost 119922019
Totals97912.516

Polls

Florida State has ended their football season ranked 40 times in either the AP or Coaches Poll. [103] [ failed verification ]
Top-10 finishes are colored ██

Traditions

The spear design has been used on FSU's helmets since 1976. Florida State Seminoles helmet and football.jpg
The spear design has been used on FSU's helmets since 1976.

There are numerous Florida State traditions associated with athletics, particularly football. These include the mascots, Osceola and Renegade, the planting of the spear at midfield before football games, the FSU Fight Song, the FSU Hymns, the War Chant, the Tomahawk Chop, and the Legacy Walk. The team's uniforms pay respect to the Seminole culture using tribal influences with Native American symbols representing an arrow, a man on a horse, and fire. [104] Fans of the Florida State Seminoles are known as The Tribe, a nod to the nickname that the team carries.

Osceola and Renegade

Osceola and Renegade were introduced in the 1978 season. Osceola and Renegade display at the Moore Athletic Center.jpg
Osceola and Renegade were introduced in the 1978 season.

Osceola and Renegade are the official symbols of the Florida State Seminoles. During home football games, Osceola, portraying the Seminole leader Osceola, charges down the field at Doak Campbell Stadium riding an appaloosa horse named Renegade, and hurls a burning spear at midfield to begin every game. The Seminole Tribe of Florida officially sanctions the use of the Seminole as Florida State University's nickname and of Osceola as FSU's symbol. [105]

Marching Chiefs

The Marching Chiefs were formed in 1949. Marching Chiefs at UF - 1983Fixed.jpg
The Marching Chiefs were formed in 1949.

The Marching Chiefs is the official marching band of the Florida State Seminoles. The band plays at every home game as well as at some away games (Clemson, Miami, and Florida) as well as any Championship or Bowl game.

War Chant

The Marching Chiefs hold the distinction of being the world's largest collegiate marching band, with upwards of 400 members. Head drum major at the 2011 FSU v UM game.jpg
The Marching Chiefs hold the distinction of being the world's largest collegiate marching band, with upwards of 400 members.

The Seminole War Chant was first used in a 1984 game against Auburn. [106] The chant was started in FSU's Marching Band – The Marching Chiefs, originally by members of the percussion section. The melody is based on the 1960s cheer, massacre. [107] The chant has also become associated with the tomahawk chop.

The War Chant would be adopted by the Atlanta Braves when FSU football alumnus Deion Sanders joined the team, and has been used ever since. Craig Day began the Chop at now-defunct Fulton County stadium in response to UF Gator fans doing the Gator Chomp every time Deion came up to the plate. It is also used by the NFL team the Kansas City Chiefs, Mexican soccer club Santos Laguna and the Turkish soccer club Galatasaray.

Sod Cemetery

Florida State Football's Sod Cemetery is the final resting place for over 100 Sod Games. Fsusod1.JPG
Florida State Football's Sod Cemetery is the final resting place for over 100 Sod Games.

Florida State's Sod Cemetery is a rich part of the program's history. When FSU wins a difficult away game, a piece of turf is pulled from the field and buried in the cemetery. Florida State sod games represent the most difficult battles on the football field. The Sod Cemetery stands as a tribute to those triumphs. There are 111 pieces of sod in the cemetery.

In 1962, as the Seminoles completed their Thursday practice in preparation to face Georgia at Sanford Stadium, Dean Coyle Moore – a long-time professor and member of FSU's athletic board – issued a challenge: "Bring back some sod from between the hedges at Georgia." On Saturday, October 20, the Seminoles scored an 18–0 victory over the favored Bulldogs. Team captain Gene McDowell pulled a small piece of grass from the field, which was presented to Moore at the next football practice. Moore and FSU coach Bill Peterson had the sod buried on the practice field as a symbol of victory. A monument was placed to commemorate the triumph and the tradition of the sod game was born.

Before leaving for all road games in which Florida State is the underdog, all road games at the University of Florida and all ACC championship and bowl games, Seminole captains gather their teammates to explain the significance of the tradition. Victorious captains return with a piece of the opponent's turf to be buried in the Sod Cemetery inside the gates of the practice field. [108] In recent years, as the Florida State program has been successful, games of significance regardless of whether or not the Seminoles are the underdog, can be designated a "sod game."

Famous former players

Ron Simmons was a defensive tackle for the Seminoles before going on to have a career in the WWE. Ron Simmons FSU1981.jpg
Ron Simmons was a defensive tackle for the Seminoles before going on to have a career in the WWE.

Seminoles in the NFL

Former Florida State running back Warrick Dunn is one of three Seminoles to have received the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Warrick Dunn cropped.jpg
Former Florida State running back Warrick Dunn is one of three Seminoles to have received the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

Florida State has sent 294 players to the National Football League since 1951, [114] including 46 first-round draft picks. Florida State has had a player drafted in each draft since 1984. [115] Jameis Winston holds the record as the highest Seminole taken in the NFL Draft as he was selected with the first overall pick by Tampa Bay in the 2015 draft. Eleven players, a school record, were taken in the 2013 NFL Draft, a record tied in 2015. [116]

Seventy-four former players have gone on to play in the Super Bowl [117] with two, Fred Biletnikoff and Dexter Jackson, being named the Super Bowl MVP. Three former Seminoles (Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn and Anquan Boldin) have won the Walter Payton Award.

Future opponents

Conference

Permanent Conference Opponents
Clemson
Miami

[118]

Non-conference

[119] By decree of the Florida Board of Regents, Florida State and Florida must play each other every year. [120]

2024202520262027202820292030
Memphis Alabama at Alabama Georgia at Georgia Notre Dame at Notre Dame
at Notre Dame Kent State Notre Dame
Charleston Southern Texas A&M–Commerce
Florida at Florida Florida at Florida Florida at Florida Florida

See also

Notes

^[a] The school played three seasons as Florida State College from 1902 to 1904 and resumed playing as Florida State University in 1947. [121]

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The 2012 Florida State Seminoles football team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University in the sport of American football during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Seminoles were led by third-year head coach Jimbo Fisher, and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing in the Atlantic Division. 2012 marked the Seminoles' 21st season as a member of the ACC and their eighth in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1979 Florida State Seminoles football team</span> American college football season

The 1979 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1980 Florida State Seminoles football team</span> American college football season

The 1980 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1980 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 co-national champion by Rothman (FACT).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 BCS National Championship Game</span> Postseason college football game

The 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game was the national championship game of the 2013 college football season, which took place on Monday, January 6, 2014. The game featured the Auburn Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. It was the 16th and last time the top two teams would automatically play for the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) title before the implementation of a four-team College Football Playoff system. The game was played at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, kicking off at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game was hosted by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the organizer of the annual Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl Game on New Year's Day. The winner of the game, Florida State, was presented with the American Football Coaches Association's "The Coaches' Trophy", valued at $30,000. Pre-game festivities began at 4:30 p.m. PT. Face values of tickets were $385 and $325 with both teams receiving a total of 40,000 tickets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Florida State Seminoles football team</span> American college football season

The 2013 Florida State Seminoles football team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University in the sport of American football during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS college football season. Florida State competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles were led by fourth-year head coach Jimbo Fisher and played their home games at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and played in the Atlantic Division. It was the Seminoles' 22nd season as a member of the ACC and its ninth in the ACC Atlantic Division.

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