Sport: | football |
Year: | 1991 |
Team: | Florida State Seminoles |
Conference: | Independent |
Coachrank: | 4 |
Aprank: | 4 |
Record: | 11–2 |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Dc Year: | 8th |
Champion: | Cotton Bowl Classic champion |
Bowl Result: | W 10–2 vs. Texas A&M |
The 1991 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. This was Florida State's final season as an independent; it joined the Atlantic Coast Conference the following season.
Florida State finished the season ranked No. 4 in both polls. They started the season ranked at the top of the polls, but were dropped in the rankings after Wide Right I. The Seminoles offense scored 449 points while the defense allowed 188 points. After the completion of the regular season, they competed in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Quarterback Casey Weldon was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy.
See also: 1991 BYU Cougars football team and Pigskin Classic.
See also: 1991 Tulane Green Wave football team.
See also: 1991 Western Michigan Broncos football team.
See also: 1991 Michigan Wolverines football team.
See also: 1991 Syracuse Orangemen football team.
See also: 1991 Virginia Tech Hokies football team.
See main article: Wide Right I.
See also: 1991 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry.
See also: 1991 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry.
See main article: 1992 Cotton Bowl Classic.
The following Seminoles were selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.[6]