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
1988 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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

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Roster

1988 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
DB 6 LeRoy Butler Jr
DL 53 Odell Haggins Jr
CB 2 Deion Sanders Sr
DB 28 Dedrick Dodge So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 9 Richie Andrews So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings

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

At Miami (FL)

Florida State at Miami (FL)
1 234Total
#1 Seminoles 0 000 0
• #6 Hurricanes 3 1477 31
Scoring summary
111:46MIACarlos Huerta 46-yard field goalMIA 3-0
214:27MIACleveland Gary 2-yard run (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 10-0
20:11MIARob Chudzinski 19-yard pass from Steve Walsh (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 17-0
38:54MIALeonard Conley 5-yard pass from Steve Walsh (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 24-0
41:30MIAPee Wee Smith 17-yard pass from Craig Erickson (Carlos Huerta kick)MIA 31-0

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Southern Miss

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

At Clemson

Florida State at Clemson
1 234Total
• #10 Seminoles 0 7143 24
#3 Tigers 7 707 21
Scoring summary
Q1CLEMCooper 61 yard pass from C. Davis (Seyle kick)CLEM 7–0
Q2FSUD. Carter 40 yard pass from Ferguson (Andrews kick)Tie 7–7
Q2CLEMR. Williams 7 yard run (Seyle kick)CLEM 14–7
Q3FSUD. Sanders 76 yard punt return (Andrews kick)Tie 14–14
Q3FSUD. Williams 1 yard run (Andrews kick)FSU 21–14
Q4CLEMT. Johnson 19 yard runTie 21–21
Q4FSUAndrews 19 yard field goalFSU 24–21

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Michigan State

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

At Tulane

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

Georgia Southern

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

East Carolina

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

Louisiana Tech

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

At South Carolina

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

Virginia Tech

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

Florida

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

Vs. Auburn (Sugar Bowl)

Florida State vs. Auburn
1 234Total
• #4 Seminoles 10 300 13
#7 Tigers 0 700 7
  
Scoring summary
19:48FSUDayne Williams 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick)FSU 7–0
5:57FSUBill Mason 35-yard field goalFSU 10–0
211:00FSUBill Mason 31-yard field goalFSU 13–0
4:09AUBWalter Reeves 20-yard pass from Reggie Slack (Win Lyle kick)FSU 13–7

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1989 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Deion SandersCornerback15Atlanta Falcons
Sammie SmithRunning back19Miami Dolphins
Pat TomberlinGuard499Indianapolis Colts
Marion ButtsRunning back7183San Diego Chargers
Victor FloydRunning back11287San Diego Chargers
Stan ShiverDefensive back12310Green Bay Packers

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References

  1. ↑ "Seminoles regroup, rout Southern Miss, 49–13". The Orlando Sentinel. September 11, 1988. Retrieved March 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "FSU tames Tulane, 48–28, as Sammie gains 212 yards". The Miami Herald. October 2, 1988. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Parker sparkles in FSU's 45–21 victory over East Carolina". Tallahassee Democrat. October 16, 1988. Retrieved March 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Ferguson is lone sore spot as Florida St. romps, 66–3". The Miami Herald. October 23, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Big plays by FSU bury Gators, 52–17". The Miami Herald. November 27, 1988. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "'Prime Time' steals the show". Birmingham Post-Herald. January 3, 1989. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "1988 Football - Year in Review".
  8. ↑ "Florida State 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ NoleFan.Org
  10. ↑ "MIAMI CRUSHES FLORIDA STATE". Chicago Tribune. September 4, 1988. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  11. ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1988 Sep 18. Retrieved 2017-Aug-27.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2019.


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