1990 Florida State Seminoles football team

1990 Florida State Seminoles football
Blockbuster Bowl champion
Blockbuster Bowl, W 24–17 vs. Penn State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	10–2
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brad Scott (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (7th season)
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 60,519)

1990 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 14 Louisville			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. 3 Miami (FL)			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 4 Florida State			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 11 Penn State			–					9	–	3	–	0
Louisiana Tech			–					8	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					8	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	2
Army			–					6	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois			–					6	–	5	–	0
South Carolina			–					6	–	5	–	0
Virginia Tech			–					6	–	5	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	6	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana			–					5	–	6	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	6	–	0
Memphis State			–					4	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					4	–	7	–	0
Tulane			–					4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	7	–	0
Akron			–					3	–	7	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	8	–	0
Tulsa			–					3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	7:00 p.m.	East Carolina	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 45–24	61,983
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 6 (I-AA) Georgia Southern	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 48–6	62,111
September 22	8:00 p.m.	at Tulane	No. 2	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	PPV	W 31–13	32,170
September 29	7:00 p.m.	Virginia Tech	No. 2	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 39–28	60,301
October 6	2:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Miami (FL)	No. 2	Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)	CBS	L 22–31	80,396
October 20	7:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Auburn	No. 7	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	ESPN	L 17–20	85,214
October 27	12:30 p.m.	LSU	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	WTBS	W 42–3	60,111
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at South Carolina	No. 12	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SUN	W 41–10	71,438
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	No. 12	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 70–21	59,678
November 17	1:00 p.m.	vs. Memphis State	No. 9	Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL		W 35–3	55,190
December 1	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Florida	No. 8	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	W 45–30	63,190
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Penn State	No. 6	Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Blockbuster Bowl)	Raycom	W 24–17	74,021
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1990 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Clyde Allen OL Robbie Baker WR Shannon Baker RB Edgar Bennett WR Lawrence Dawsey OL Reggie Dixon QB Kenny Felder WR Matt Frier RB Felix Harris TE Warren Hart OL Howard Haynes RB Sean Jackson QB 14 Brad Johnson Jr TE Reggie Johnson WR Kevin Knox RB Amp Lee OL Kevin Mancini RB Paul Moore OL Mike Morris RB Chris Parker RB Jason Pierce RB Maurice Pinckney TE Dave Roberts OL Robert Stevenson WR Eric Turral QB 11 Casey Weldon Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Bryce Abbott LB Ken Alexander CB 27 Terrell Buckley So LB Kirk Carruthers DL James Chaney DB John Davis LB Howard Dinkins DB Leon Fowler LB 97 Reggie Freeman So LB 55 Marvin Jones So DB Errol McCorvey DL Toddrick McIntosh LB Anthony Moss DL Henry Ostaszewski DL Joe Ostaszewski DB Bill Ragans DL Troy Sanders DL Carl Simpson DB John Wyche	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Richie Andrews P Scott McLaren K Gerry Thomas P John Wimberly	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato (DL) Mickey Andrews (DC) Wally Burnham (LB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1990 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	4 (6)	3 т (7)	3 (11)	2 (10)	2 (11)	2 (10)	10	7	12	12	12	9	8	8	6	4
Coaches	3 (8)	3	2 (10)	2 (9)	2 (13)	2 (10)	8	7	11	11	11	10	9	8	5	4

Season summary

Miami (FL)

#2 Florida State at #9 Miami (FL)

1 2 3 4 Total Seminoles 0 6 3 13 22 • Hurricanes 10 14 0 7 31 Date: October 6 Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL Game attendance: 80,396

See also: 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Auburn

#7 Florida State at #5 Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total Seminoles 0 17 0 0 17 • Tigers 7 0 3 10 20 Date: October 20 Location: Jordan–Hare Stadium

See also: 1990 Auburn Tigers football team

LSU

See also: 1990 LSU Tigers football team

LSU Tigers at #12 Florida State Seminoles

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
LSU	3	0	0	0	3
Florida St	14	14	0	14	42

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

• Date: October 27
• Game attendance: 60,111
• Recap/Box

Game information

First quarter FSU – Amp Lee 9-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 14:43. Florida St 7–0. Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards. LSU – Pedro Suarez 35-yard field goal, 8:11. Florida St 7–3. Drive: 64 yards. FSU – Amp Lee 6-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 0:16. Florida St 14–3. Drive: Second quarter FSU – Amp Lee 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 0:52. Florida St 21–3. Drive: 8 plays. FSU – Shannon Baker 38-yard pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews kick), 0:00. Florida St 28–3. Drive: Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter FSU – Paul Moore 6-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 12:30. Florida St 35–3. Drive: 50 yards. FSU – Felix Harris 31-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 3:58. Florida St 42–3. Drive: Top passers LSU FSU – Casey Weldon – 15/25, 229 yards, TD, INT Top rushers LSU – Harvey Williams – 22 rushes, 93 yards FSU – Maurice Pinckney – 4 rushes, 52 yards Top receivers LSU FSU – Matt Frier – 1 reception, 54 yards

Bobby Bowden's 200th win

Florida

See also: 1990 Florida Gators football team and Florida–Florida State football rivalry

#6 Florida Gators (9–1) at #8 Florida State Seminoles (8–2)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida	3	7	6	14	30
Florida St	17	7	14	7	45

at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida

• Date: December 1, 1990
• Game weather: Clear
• Game attendance: 63,190
• Recap/Box Score

Game information

First quarter FSU – Lawrence Dawsey 76-yard pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews kick), 14:03. Florida St 7–0. Drive: FSU – Richie Andrews 47-yard field goal, 12:57. Florida St 10–0. Drive: FLA – Arden Czyzewski 41-yard field goal, 8:35. Florida St 10–3. Drive: FSU - Amp Lee 8-yard pass from Casey Weldon (Richie Andrews kick), 2:36. Florida St 17–3. Drive: Second quarter FLA – Shane Matthews 1-yard run (Arden Czyzewski kick), 5:12. Florida St 17–10. Drive: FSU – Edgar Bennett 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 1:11. Florida St 24–10. Drive: Third quarter FSU – Edgar Bennett 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 10:59. Florida St 31–10. Drive: FLA – Ernie Mills 14-yard pass from Shane Matthews (kick blocked), 4:03. Florida St 31–16. Drive: FSU – Amp Lee 16-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 3:08. Florida St 38–16. Drive: Fourth quarter FLA – Shane Matthews 1-yard run (pass good), 12:38. Florida St 38–24. Drive: FSU – Amp Lee 2-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 11:56. Florida St 45–24. Drive: FLA – Kirk Kirkpatrick 9-yard pass from Shane Matthews (pass failed), 8:50. Florida St 45–30. Drive: Top passers FLA – Shane Matthews – 29/48, 351 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT FSU – Casey Weldon – 13/23, 325 yards, 2 TD Top rushers FLA – Errict Rhett – 14 rushes, 57 yards FSU – Amp Lee – 26 rushes, 147 yards, 2 TD Top receivers FLA – Ernie Mills – 7 receptions, 126 yards, TD FSU – Lawrence Dawsey – 4 receptions, 172 yards, TD

vs. Penn State (Blockbuster Bowl)

Main article: 1990 Blockbuster Bowl

See also: 1990 Penn State Nittany Lions football team