Florida State Seminoles football

[edit] History

[edit] Early years

1899 West Florida Seminary football team at College Hall. College Hall was located at the present site of the Westcott Building on the campus of Florida State University

Florida State University was established in 1851 as the West Florida Seminary, an all-male institution. Football at FSU started as early, or earlier than 1899 at the West Florida Seminary. In 1901, the school was renamed the Florida State College. In 1904 the football team was declared the champions of the state and competed against Georgia Tech and other schools including the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City, one predecessor of the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.

1902 Florida State College football team

With the passage of the Buckman Act by the Florida Legislature in 1905, the coeducational Florida State College became the female-only Florida Female College, later renamed the Florida State College for Women. All male students, including the fraternity system and the football team, were transferred to the newly created University of Florida. Ironically, the championship team from the Florida State College became at least part of the start of the football program at UF. Even the FSC uniform symbol (the block "F") was apparently adopted by the UF program early on, but is no longer worn by that team today.

Some of the twelve ACC football Championships

FSU's two National Championships:1993 and 1999

Calvin Patterson became the first African American player for the Florida State University Seminoles in 1968.[1][2]

[edit] Florida State College Record

1902:

Florida State College 0 South Georgia Military 22

Florida State College 0 Florida Agricultural College 16

Florida State College 5 Florida Agricultural College 0

1903:

Florida State College 22 South Georgia Military 0

Florida State College 5 South Georgia Military 0

Florida State College 0 East Florida Seminary 16

Florida State College 0 Georgia Tech 17

Florida State College 12 Florida Agricultural College 0

Florida State College 5 Stetson 5

1904:

Florida State College 0 Georgia Tech 33

Florida State College 23 Florida Agricultural College 0

Florida State College 0 Savannah Athletic Club 6

Florida State College 0 Jacksonville Consolidated 6

Florida State College 19 Stetson 6

[edit] Bobby Bowden Era (1976- )

[edit] Records

[edit] All-time bowl record

Florida State has played in 35 bowl games in its history and owns a 20-13-2 record in those games. Florida State's two most common opponents in bowl play have been Oklahoma and Nebraska. The Seminoles are 1-3 against Oklahoma in bowl games and 4-0 against Nebraska. Florida State's most common bowl destination has been the Orange Bowl (8 trips). Its second most common bowl destinations have been the Sugar Bowl and the Gator Bowl (6 trips each).

[edit] Rivalries

Florida State's traditional rivals have been the University of Florida Gators and the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Since 2002, the Florida Cup has been awarded to the team that finishes the best head-to-head record in years where Florida State, Florida, and Miami all play each other. Three Florida Cups have been awarded, and Miami has won all three.

[edit] Florida

Florida State and Florida have played each other 51 times. The Gators hold a 30-19-2 all-time lead against the Seminoles. Florida easily beat Florida State in their most recent meeting at Gainesville, 45-12, on November 24, 2007. Florida State has now lost to the Gators four straight seasons.

With head coach Bobby Bowden, the Florida State Seminoles have a winning record 17-16-1. However he is currently 0-3 against Florida head coach Urban Meyer.

[edit] Miami

The Miami-Florida State rivalry dates to 1951, when the Hurricanes defeated the Seminoles 35-13 in their inaugural meeting. The schools have played uninterrupted since 1966, with Miami holding the all-time advantage, 30-21.

During the 1980s and 90s, the series emerged as perhaps the premier rivalry in college football. Between 1983 and 2002, the Hurricanes and Seminoles combined to win 7 national championships (5 for Miami, 2 for Florida State) and play in a whopping 14 national championship games (83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 96, 98, 99, 00, 01, and 02). 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 games have been characterized by remarkable team speed, big plays, hard hitting, and missed field goals (see: Wide Right). In 2004, the intensity of the rivalry was dialed up another notch when Miami joined the Atlantic Coast Conference and the teams became intra-conference rivals.

The rivalry was 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 most-viewed college football game, regular season or bowl, in the history of ESPN, averaging 6,330,000 million households in viewership (6.9 rating). It was also the second-highest rated game in ESPN history, behind only the 1994 game between Miami and FSU, which notched a 7.7 rating.^[1]

[edit] Controversy

In Spring 2007 several FSU football players, including some starters, were accused of cheating in a music history class. The investigation into academic wrongdoing, which was reported to the NCAA in September 2007, found that several student-athletes were given answers to exams in a music history class. According to an interview Bobby Bowden did with ESPN's Jack Arute, "Bowden confirmed that at least 22 of the 36 football players who will miss the Music City Bowl will do so because of their involvement in a cheating scandal the school uncovered this summer."[3]

According to an Associated Press story, as many as 36 football players, including linebacker Dekoda Watson, cornerback Patrick Robinson, quarterback Xavier Lee, tight-ends Caz Piurowski and Charlie Graham, offensive tackle Daron Rose, guard Jackie Claude, defensive tackles Letroy Guion, Budd Thacker and Paul Griffin, linebacker Marcus Ball and defensive ends Neefy Moffett and Justin Mincey did not travel with the team or play in the 2007 Music City Bowl game against the University of Kentucky. Not all of the missing players were in connection to the scandal. Others missed the game for injuries or other team violations.[4]^[2]

[edit] Mascot

Main article: Native American mascot controversy#Florida State Seminoles

[edit] Individual Award Winners

[edit] Players

[edit] Coaches

• The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award

Bobby Bowden - 1994

• Broyles Award

Mickey Andrews - 1996

[edit] Retired Numbers

• #2 - Deion Sanders, DB, 1985-88
• #17 - Charlie Ward, QB, 1989-93
• #25 - Fred Biletnikoff, WR, 1962-64
• #28 - Warrick Dunn, RB, 1993-96
• #34 - Ron Sellers, FL, 1966-68
• #50 - Ron Simmons, NG, 1977-80
• #16 - Chris Weinke, QB, 1997-2000

[edit] Florida State's All-Time Team

Chosen by Athlon Sports in 2001[5]

[edit] Current NFL Players

• Alex Barron - Offensive Tackle, St. Louis Rams
• Anquan Boldin - Wide Receiver, Arizona Cardinals
• Lorenzo Booker - Running Back, Miami Dolphins
• Michael Boulware - Safety, Houston Texans
• Derrick Brooks - Linebacker, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Milford Brown - Offensive Guard, St. Louis Rams
• Brodrick Bunkley - Defensive Tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
• Jerome Carter - Defensive Back, St. Louis Rams
• Marcello Church - Linebacker, Miami Dolphins
• Laverneus Coles - Wide Receiver, New York Jets
• Zack Crockett - Fullback, Free Agent
• Antonio Cromartie - Cornerback, San Diego Chargers
• Buster Davis - Linebacker, Detroit Lions
• Chauncey Davis - Defensive End, Atlanta Falcons
• Chris Davis - Wide Receiver, Tennessee Titans
• Darnell Dockett - Defensive Tackle, Arizona Cardinals
• Warrick Dunn - Running Back, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Todd Fordham - Offensive Tackle, Free Agent
• Derrick Gibson - Safety, Free Agent
• Montrae Holland - Guard, Denver Broncos
• Chris Hope - Safety, Tennessee Titans
• Dexter Jackson - Safety, Cincinnati Bengals
• Sebastian Janikowski - Placekicker, Oakland Raiders
• Michael Jennings - Wide Receiver, New York Giants
• Brad Johnson - Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
• Travis Johnson - Defensive Tackle, Houston Texans
• Greg Jones - Running Back, Jacksonville Jaguars
• Walter Jones - Offensive Tackle, Seattle Seahawks
• Bryant McFadden - Cornerback, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Adrian McPherson - Quarterback, Grand Rapids Rampage (AFL)
• Travis Minor - Running Back, St. Louis Rams
• Eric Moore - Defensive End, St. Louis Rams
• Scott Player - Punter, Free Agent
• Tommy Polley - Linebacker, Free Agent
• Eric Powell - Defensive End, Buffalo Bills
• Willie Reid - Wide Receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Samari Rolle - Cornerback, Baltimore Ravens
• Orpheus Roye - Defensive End, Cleveland Browns
• Corey Simon - Defensive Tackle, Free Agent
• Ernie Sims - Linebacker, Detroit Lions
• Greg Spires - Defensive End, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Tra Thomas - Offensive Tackle, Philadelphia Eagles
• Craphonso Thorpe - Wide Receiver, Indianapolis Colts
• Lawrence Timmons - Linebacker, Pittsburgh Steelers
• Javon Walker - Wide Receiver, Oakland Raiders
• B.J. Ward - Safety, Oakland Raiders
• Peter Warrick - Wide Receiver, Team Florida (AAFL)
• Leon Washington - Running Back, New York Jets
• Pat Watkins - Safety, Dallas Cowboys
• Chris Weinke - Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers
• Ray Willis - Offensive Tackle, Seattle Seahawks
• Kamerion Wimbley - Linebacker, Cleveland Browns
• P.K. Sam - Wide Receiver, Oakland Raiders

[edit] Other Famous Players

• Fred Biletnikoff - Pro Football Hall of Fame Wide Receiver
• Lee Corso - Retired college football head coach, ESPN College Gameday analyst
• Burt Reynolds - Actor
• Ron Simmons - A football legend in his own right when he played at Florida State, Simmons would later go on to fame as a professional wrestler under his own name and under the name Faarooq after a short stint with the Cleveland Browns
• T. K. Wetherell - President, Florida State University

[edit] References

2. Football Archives - History and Record Book. seminoles.com

[edit] Projected 2008 Depth Chart

Offensive

• QB - Drew Weatherford, Sr.
• TB - Antone Smith, Sr.
• FB - Seddrick Holloway, Jr.
• WR - Preston Parker, Jr.
• WR - Greg Carr, Sr.
• TE - Matt Dunham, Jr.
• LT - Rodney Hudson, So.
• LG - Evan Bellamy, So.
• C - Ryan McMahon, So.
• RG - Will Furlong, RFr.
• RT - Antwane Greenlee, RFr.

Defense

• DE - Kevin McNeil, Jr.
• DE - Everette Brown, Jr.
• DT - Kendrick Stewart, Jr.
• DT - Emmanuel Dunbar, Jr.
• LB - Derek Nicholson, Sr.
• LB - Kendall Smith, So.
• LB - Toddrick Verdell, Jr.
• CB - Tony Carter, Sr.
• CB - Patrick Robinson, Jr.
• S - Myron Rolle, Jr.
• S - Darius McClure, Sr.

[edit] See also

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