1989 Florida State Seminoles football team
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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 Doak S. Campbell Stadium (in full Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium), popularly known as "Doak", is a football stadium on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the home field of the Florida State Semino ...
.


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
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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.'"


South Carolina


Memphis State


At Florida

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Peter Tom Willis Peter Tom Willis (born January 4, 1967) is a former college and professional American football quarterback. From 1998 to 2008 he served as the radio color commentator for the Florida State University Seminoles, where he played his collegiate foo ...
20/32, 319 Yds * Terry Anthony 4 Rec, 126 Yds NoleFan.org
Retrieved 2018-Oct-19.


Nebraska (Fiesta Bowl)


References

Florida State Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...
Florida State Seminoles football seasons Fiesta Bowl champion seasons
Florida State Seminoles football The Florida State Seminoles football team represents Florida State University (variously Florida State or FSU) in the sport of American football. The Seminoles compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Col ...
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