The 1993 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1993 college football season . The team finished with a 12–1 record.
Regular season [ ]
FSU beat its first five opponents by an average score of 46–3, during which linebacker Derrick Brooks outscored all five opponents combined. The Seminoles' first real contest didn't come until October 9, when the third ranked Miami Hurricanes came to Tallahassee with a 31 game regular season win streak. That game was sealed when FSU safety Devin Bush picked off a Frank Costa pass and ran it back 40 yards for a Florida State touchdown, making the score 28–10 with 4:59 to play.
On November 13, 1993, Florida State played Notre Dame in a matchup of unbeaten teams. FSU was ranked #1 and Notre Dame was ranked #2. With the Bowl Coalition in place the winner of this game, at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana , seemed certain to play #3 Nebraska (which would then move up to #2) in the 1994 Orange Bowl for the National Championship .[1]
In a matchup hailed as the "Game of the Century", the Seminoles bid for a perfect season fell short as Notre Dame prevailed, 31–24. As luck would have it, #1 Notre Dame lost the following week to #17 Boston College 41–39 on a last second field goal, putting the Seminoles back in the Orange Bowl
Season schedule [ ]
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank #
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
August 28*
12:00 PM
vs. Kansas
#1
Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic )
ABC
W 42–0
51,734
September 4
7:00 PM
at Duke
#1
Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC
W 45–7
26,800
September 11
12:00 PM
#17 Clemson
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry )
ABC
W 57–0
74,991
September 18
7:30 PM
at #13 North Carolina
#1
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
ESPN
W 33–7
54,100
October 2
12:00 PM
Georgia Tech
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
JPS
W 51–0
74,611
October 9*
12:00 PM
#3 Miami (FL)
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry )
ABC
W 28–10
77,813
October 16
4:00 PM
#15 Virginia
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN
W 40–14
76,607
October 30
2:00 PM
Wake Forest
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
W 54–0
66,666
November 6
12:00 PM
at Maryland
#1
Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD
JPS
W 49–20
36,255
November 13*
1:30 PM
at #2 Notre Dame
#1
Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
NBC
L 24–31
59,075
November 20
7:30 PM
NC State
#2
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN
W 62–3
73,123
November 27*
12:00 PM
at #7 Florida
#1
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Battle for the Governor's Cup )
ABC
W 33–21
85,507
January 1*
8:00 PM
vs. #2 Nebraska
#1
Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl )
NBC
W 18–16
81,536
*Non-Conference Game. # Rankings from AP Poll . All times are in Eastern Time .
[2]
Starting Lineup [ ]
Offense [ ]
Defense [ ]
Special Teams [ ]
Pos
Number
Name
Class
K
3
Scott Bentley
FR
P
29
Sean Liss
KR
PR
1993 Team Players in the NFL [ ]
The following were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft .
Player
Position
Round
Overall
NFL Team
William Floyd
Running Back
1
28
San Fransisco 49ers
Lonnie Johnson
Tight End
2
61
Buffalo Bills
Corey Sawyer
Defensive Back
4
104
Cincinnati Bengals
Sean Jackson
Running Back
4
129
Houston Oilers
Kevin Knox
Wide Receiver
6
192
Buffalo Bills
Toddrick McIntosh
Defensive Tackle
7
216
Dallas Cowboys
[3]
The following would play in the NFL in later years.
Derrick Brooks
Sam Cowart
Kez McCorvey
Warrick Dunn
Derrick Alexander
Tamarick Vanover
Awards and honors [ ]
Charlie Ward , Heisman Trophy[4]
Charlie Ward, Johnny Unitas Award
Charlie Ward, James E. Sullivan Award [5]
Charlie Ward, Walter Camp Award
Charlie Ward, Maxwell Award
Charlie Ward, Davey O'Brien Award
References [ ]