1997 Florida State Seminoles football team
| 1997 Florida State Seminoles football | |
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ACC champion Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 31–14 vs. Ohio State | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 3 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| 1997 record | 11–1 (8–0 ACC) |
| Head coach | Bobby Bowden (22nd year) |
| Offensive coordinator | Mark Richt (4th year) |
| Defensive coordinator | Mickey Andrews (14th year) |
| Home stadium |
Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 80,000) |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Florida State $ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 North Carolina | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #25 Georgia Tech | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1997 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 USC* | No. 5 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | ABC | W 14–7 | 72,783 | ||
| September 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Maryland | No. 6 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 50–7 | 72,238 | ||
| September 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 15 Clemson | No. 5 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry) | ABC | W 35–28 | 80,939 | ||
| October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Miami (FL)* | No. 4 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry) | ABC | W 47–0 | 80,165 | ||
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Duke | No. 4 | Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC | PPV | W 51–27 | 21,557 | ||
| October 18 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 25 Georgia Tech | No. 3 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 38–0 | 78,157 | ||
| October 25 | 7:00 p.m. | at Virginia | No. 3 | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson-Eppes Trophy) | ESPN | W 47–21 | 45,300 | ||
| November 1 | 3:30 p.m. | NC State | No. 3 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | ABC | W 48–35 | 71,415 | ||
| November 8 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 North Carolina‡ | No. 2 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | ESPN | W 20–3 | 62,000 | ||
| November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | No. 1 | Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL | JPS | W 58–7 | 70,026 | ||
| November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Florida‡* | No. 1 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry) | CBS | L 29–32 | 85,677 | ||
| January 1 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 10 Ohio State* | No. 4 | Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | ABC | W 31–14 | 67,289 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ Boyles, Bob. "50 Years of College Football" 2007.
- ↑ http://nolefan.org/summary/f1997.html
External links
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