1988 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1988 Florida State Seminoles football
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 13–7 vs. Auburn
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWayne McDuffie (6th season)
Offensive schemeNo-huddle spread
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (5th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame       12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)       11 1 0
No. 3 Florida State       11 1 0
No. 5 West Virginia       11 1 0
Southern Miss       10 2 0
No. 13 Syracuse       10 2 0
Army       9 3 0
Louisville       8 3 0
South Carolina       8 4 0
Northern Illinois       7 4 0
Pittsburgh       6 5 0
Memphis State       6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana       6 5 0
Rutgers       5 6 0
Akron       5 6 0
Penn State       5 6 0
Tulane       5 6 0
Temple       4 7 0
Tulsa       4 7 0
Boston College       3 8 0
Cincinnati       3 8 0
East Carolina       3 8 0
Navy       3 8 0
Virginia Tech       3 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Defensive back Deion Sanders was a Heisman finalist, finishing in eighth place.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 39:00 p.m.at No. 6 Miami (FL)No. 1CBSL 0–3177,836
September 107:00 p.m.Southern MissNo. 10W 49–1353,129[1]
September 172:30 p.m.at No. 3 ClemsonNo. 10CBSW 24–2185,576[2]
September 244:00 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPNW 30–761,757
October 18:00 p.m.at TulaneNo. 6W 48–2834,364[3]
October 82:00 p.m.No. 7 (I-AA) Georgia SoutherndaggerNo. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 28–1059,109
October 152:00 p.m.East CarolinaNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 45–2156,391[4]
October 222:00 p.m.Louisiana TechNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 66–351,703[5]
November 58:00 p.m.at No. 15 South CarolinaNo. 5ESPNW 59–075,000[6]
November 127:00 p.m.Virginia TechNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
W 41–1450,910[7]
November 267:30 p.m.FloridaNo. 5
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ESPNW 52–1762,693[8]
January 28:00 p.m.vs. No. 7 AuburnNo. 4
ABCW 13–761,934[9]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[edit]

1988 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
FB 22 Edgar Bennett So
RB 31 Marion Butts Sr
TB 13 Dexter Carter Jr
QB 5 Chip Ferguson Sr
QB 14 Brad Johnson Fr
RB 33 Sammie Smith Jr
QB 11 Casey Weldon  Fr
QB 4 Peter Tom Willis Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 6 LeRoy Butler Jr
DL 53 Odell Haggins Jr
CB 2 Deion Sanders Sr
DB 28 Dedrick Dodge So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 9 Richie Andrews So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1 (44)1 (41)10109665765555443
Coaches1 (37)1 (37)12129876778 (1)5 (1)5 (1)5 (1)4 (1)4 (1)3 (1)

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Game summaries[edit]

At Miami (FL)[edit]

Florida State at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
#1 Seminoles 0 000 0
#6 Hurricanes 3 1477 31

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Southern Miss[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 0 10 0 3 13
Florida St 14 14 14 7 49

At Clemson[edit]

Florida State at Clemson
1 234Total
#10 Seminoles 0 7143 24
#3 Tigers 7 707 21

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Michigan State[edit]

Michigan State at Florida State
1 234Total
Spartans 0 070 7
#9 Seminoles 7 6017 30

At Tulane[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida St 10 21 0 17 48
Tulane 0 14 7 7 28

Georgia Southern[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Georgia Southern 0 0 3 7 10
Florida St 7 0 0 21 28

East Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
East Carolina 0 14 0 7 21
Florida St 14 14 3 14 45

Louisiana Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Louisiana Tech 0 3 0 0 3
Florida St 28 7 17 14 66

At South Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida St 14 17 14 14 59
South Carolina 0 0 0 0 0

Virginia Tech[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Virginia Tech 0 7 0 7 14
Florida St 0 14 20 7 41

Florida[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 7 3 0 7 17
Florida St 21 3 21 7 52

Vs. Auburn (Sugar Bowl)[edit]

Florida State vs. Auburn
1 234Total
#4 Seminoles 10 300 13
#7 Tigers 0 700 7
  

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1989 NFL Draft[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Deion Sanders Cornerback 1 5 Atlanta Falcons
Sammie Smith Running back 1 9 Miami Dolphins
Pat Tomberlin Guard 4 99 Indianapolis Colts
Marion Butts Running back 7 183 San Diego Chargers
Victor Floyd Running back 11 287 San Diego Chargers
Stan Shiver Defensive back 12 310 Green Bay Packers

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Seminoles regroup, rout Southern Miss, 49–13". The Orlando Sentinel. September 11, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Fake punt with 1:33 to go helps FSU beat Clemson". The Miami Herald. September 18, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "FSU tames Tulane, 48–28, as Sammie gains 212 yards". The Miami Herald. October 2, 1988. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Parker sparkles in FSU's 45–21 victory over East Carolina". Tallahassee Democrat. October 16, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ferguson is lone sore spot as Florida St. romps, 66–3". The Miami Herald. October 23, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Seminoles destroy South Carolina 59–0". The Palm Beach Post. November 6, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "20-point period fires up FSU, 41–14". The Miami Herald. November 13, 1988. Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Big plays by FSU bury Gators, 52–17". The Miami Herald. November 27, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "'Prime Time' steals the show". Birmingham Post-Herald. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1988 Football - Year in Review".
  11. ^ "Florida State 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  12. ^ NoleFan.Org
  13. ^ "MIAMI CRUSHES FLORIDA STATE". Chicago Tribune. September 4, 1988. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  14. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.
  15. ^ "SUGAR BOWL: FLORIDA STATE 13, AUBURN 7 : In Prime Time, Sanders and Florida State Stop Auburn Short". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  16. ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2019.