The Florida State Seminoles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Florida State University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1902, Florida State has appeared in 51 bowl games, including twenty-six combined appearances in the traditional "big six" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Fiesta, and Peach). The Seminoles have made one appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have appeared in eleven Orange Bowls, winning five of those games.
Florida State maintains a record of 29–18–3 record in bowl games. The Seminoles played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982-2017.
| 1. | November 26, 1903 | Florida Times-Union’s Championship Cup | T 5–5 | ||
| 2. | January 2, 1950 | W 19–6 | |||
| 3. | L 20–47 | ||||
| 4. | L 6–15 | ||||
| 5. | January 2, 1965 | W 36–19 | |||
| 6. | Sun Bowl | L 20–28 | |||
| 7. | December 30, 1967 | Gator Bowl | T 17–17 | ||
| 8. | L 27–31 | ||||
| 9. | L 38–45 | ||||
| 10. | December 23, 1977 | W 40–17 | |||
| 11. | Oklahoma | L 7–24 | |||
| 12. | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 17–18 | ||
| 13. | December 30, 1982 | Gator Bowl | W 31–12 | ||
| 14. | Peach Bowl | W 28–3 | |||
| 15. | T 17–17 | ||||
| 16. | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma State | W 34–23 | ||
| 17. | W 27–13 | ||||
| 18. | Fiesta Bowl | W 31–28 | |||
| 19. | W 13–7 | ||||
| 20. | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 41–17 | ||
| 21. | Penn State | W 24–17 | |||
| 22. | W 10–2 | ||||
| 23. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Nebraska | W 27–14 | ||
| 24. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition National Championship) | Nebraska | W 18–16 | ||
| 25. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | W 23–17 | |||
| 26. | Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | W 31–26 | |||
| 27. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship) | Florida | L 20–52 | ||
| 28. | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | W 31–14 | |||
| 29. | Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship) | L 16–23 | |||
| 30. | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) | W 46–29 | |||
| 31. | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Oklahoma | L 2–13 | ||
| 32. | Gator Bowl | Virginia Tech | W 30–17 | ||
| 33. | Sugar Bowl (BCS) | Georgia | L 13–26 | ||
| 34. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | L 14–16 | |||
| 35. | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 30–18 | ||
| 36. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Penn State | L 23–26 | ||
| 37. | 44–27✝ (vacated) | ||||
| 38. | L 28–35 | ||||
| 39. | W 42–13 | ||||
| 40. | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 33–21 | ||
| 41. | W 26–17 | ||||
| 42. | Champs Sports Bowl | Notre Dame | W 18–14 | ||
| 43. | Orange Bowl (BCS) | W 31–10 | |||
| 44. | BCS National Championship Game | W 34–31 | |||
| 45. | Rose Bowl (CFP) | L 20–59 | |||
| 46. | Peach Bowl (New Year's Six) | L 24–38 | |||
| 47. | Orange Bowl (New Year's Six) | W 33–32 | |||
| 48. | W 42–13 | ||||
| 49. | L 14–20 | ||||
| 50. | W 35–32 | ||||
| 51. | Orange Bowl (New Year’s Six) | L 3–63 |
| Record | Appearances | Last appearance | Winning % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-American Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1986 | ||
| Blockbuster Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1990 | ||
| Bluegrass Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 1958 | ||
| Champs Sports Bowl | 2–0 | 2 | 2011 | ||
| Cheez-It Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2022 | ||
| Cigar Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1949 | ||
| Citrus Bowl | 0–0–1 | 1 | 1984 | ||
| Cotton Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1991 | ||
| Emerald Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2006 | ||
| Fiesta Bowl | 2–2 | 4 | 1998 | ||
| Florida Times-Union Championship Cup | 0–0–1 | 1 | 1903 | ||
| Gator Bowl | 6–0–1 | 7 | 2009 | ||
| Independence Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2017 | ||
| Music City Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2007 | ||
| Orange Bowl | 5–6 | 11 | 2023 | ||
| Peach Bowl (Chick-fil-A Bowl) | 2–2 | 4 | 2015 | ||
| Rose Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2014 | ||
| Sugar Bowl | 4–2 | 6 | 2002 | ||
| Sun Bowl | 0–3 | 3 | 1966 | ||
| Tangerine Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1977 |