1996 Florida State Seminoles football team
1996 Florida State Seminoles football | |
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ACC champion | |
Sugar Bowl, L 20–52 vs. Florida | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 3 |
AP | No. 3 |
1996 record | 11–1 (8–0 ACC) |
Head coach | Bobby Bowden (21st year) |
Offensive coordinator | Mark Richt (3rd year) |
Defensive coordinator | Mickey Andrews (13th year) |
Home stadium |
Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 80,000) |
1996 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3 Florida State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 North Carolina | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Florida State completed just their third undefeated regular season, and for the second straight season, running back Warrick Dunn was a Heisman Trophy finalist.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Duke | No. 3 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 44–7 | 80,032 | ||
September 19 | 8:00 p.m. | at NC State | No. 3 | Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC | ESPN | W 51–17 | 45,700 | ||
September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 11 North Carolina | No. 2 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 13–0 | 80,120 | ||
October 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Clemson | No. 2 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) | ESPN | W 34–3 | 76,300 | ||
October 12 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 6 Miami (FL)* | No. 3 | Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Rivalry) | CBS | W 34–16 | 75,913 | ||
October 26 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 14 Virginia | No. 3 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy) | ABC | W 31–24 | 80,237 | ||
November 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Georgia Tech | No. 3 | Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA | ESPN | W 49–3 | 46,311 | ||
November 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest | No. 3 | Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Dowdy Aviation Classic) | JPS | W 44–7 | 34,974 | ||
November 16 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 Southern Miss* | No. 3 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ESPN | W 54–14 | 77,280 | ||
November 23 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Maryland | No. 3 | Pro Player Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL | ABC | W 48–10 | 31,989 | ||
November 30 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Florida‡* | No. 2 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) | ABC | W 24–21 | 80,932 | ||
January 2 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 Florida‡* | No. 1 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | L 20–52 | 78,344 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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