The 1989 Florida State Seminoles football team represented
Florida State University in the
1989 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Miami winning its third National Championship during the 1980s, cementing its claim as the decade's top team, winning more titles than any other program.
Notre Dame signed a six-year, $30 ...
. The team was coached by
Bobby Bowden
Robert Cleckler Bowden (; November 8, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was an American college football coach. Bowden coached the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University (FSU) from 1976 to 2009 and is considered one of the greatest college ...
and played their home games at
Doak Campbell Stadium
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.
Schedule
Personnel
Rankings
Season summary
Southern Miss
Clemson
At LSU
Tulane
At Syracuse
At Virginia Tech
Auburn
Miami (FL)
Prior to the Miami-FSU game, University of Miami mascot
Sebastian the Ibis
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was tackled by a group of police officers for attempting to put out Osceola and Renegade">Chief Osceola's flaming spear. Sebastian was wearing a fireman’s helmet and yellow raincoat and holding a fire extinguisher. When a police officer attempted to grab the fire extinguisher, the officer was sprayed in the chest. Sebastian was handcuffed by four officers but ultimately released. Miami quarterback Gino Torretta, who started the game in place of injured Craig Erickson, told ESPN, "Even if we weren't bad boys, it added to the mystique that, 'Man, look, even their mascot's getting arrested.'"