1999 Florida State Seminoles football team

1999 ACC football standings
	# – BCS National Champion; $ – BCS representative as conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Florida State Seminoles football
1999 Florida State Seminoles football
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Consensus National Champions; BCS National Champions; Sugar Bowl Champions; ACC Champions
Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship Game) vs. Virginia Tech, W, 46–29
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1999 record	12–0 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (24th year)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt
Offensive scheme	Pro Style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews
Base defense	4–3 Multiple
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 80,000)
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The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University and were the national champions of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

The Seminoles finished with a perfect 12–0 record, finishing the second undefeated season in school history and was the first team to go "wire-to-wire," being ranked continuously as the nation's top-ranked team from the preseason through the bowl season. Wide receiver Peter Warrick finished in sixth place as a Heisman finalist.

Schedule

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FSU's National Championship trophies: 1993 and 1999

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	5:00 PM	Louisiana Tech*	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ESPN2	W 41–7	72,702
September 11	8:00 PM	#10 Georgia Tech	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 41–35	80,187
September 18	3:30 PM	#20 NC State	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 42–11	80,040
September 25	3:30 PM	at North Carolina	#1	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ABC	W 42–10	60,000
October 2	12:00 PM	vs. Duke	#1	Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL	JPS	W 51–23	37,310
October 9	12:00 PM	#19 Miami (FL)*	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry)	ABC	W 31–21	80,976
October 16	7:00 PM	Wake Forest	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 33–10	78,105
October 23	7:00 PM	at Clemson	#1	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 17–14	86,092
October 30	7:00 PM	at Virginia	#1	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	W 35–10	47,900
November 13	3:30 PM	Maryland	#1	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 49–10	80,340
November 20	8:00 PM	at #4 Florida*	#1	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)	CBS	W 30–23	85,747
January 4, 2000	8:00 PM	vs. #2 Virginia Tech*	#1	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 46–29	79,280
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Season Recap

Louisiana Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	0	0	7
Seminoles	7	7	17	10	41

Georgia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yellow Jackets	7	14	7	7	35
Seminoles	7	21	10	3	41

N.C. State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolfpack	3	0	8	0	11
Seminoles	3	15	14	10	42

North Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seminoles	28	7	7	0	42
Tar Heels	0	3	7	0	10

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	0	13	10	23
Seminoles	21	23	0	7	51

Miami

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	14	7	0	0	21
Seminoles	14	7	3	7	31

Wake Forest

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demon Deacons	3	0	0	7	10
Seminoles	6	3	14	10	33

Clemson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seminoles	3	0	11	3	17
Tigers	0	14	0	0	14

Virginia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seminoles	0	7	14	14	35
Cavaliers	0	10	0	0	10

Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terrapins	0	3	0	7	10
Seminoles	7	21	14	7	49

Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seminoles	7	6	10	7	30
Gators	0	6	10	7	23

Sugar Bowl vs. Virginia Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hokies	7	7	15	0	29
Seminoles	14	14	0	18	46

Starting lineup

Offense

Pos	Number	Name	Class
QB	16	Chris Weinke	JR
RB	23	Travis Minor	JR
FB	10	Dan Kendra	SR
WR	9	Peter Warrick	SR
WR	80	Ron Dugans	SR
TE	85	Ryan Sprague	JR
LT	72	Brett Williams	FR
LG	68	Jason Whitaker	SR
C	57	Eric Thomas	SR
RG	64	Justin Amman	JR
RT	60	Tarlos Thomas	JR

Defense

Pos	Number	Name	Class
DE	58	Jamal Reynolds	JR
NT	53	Corey Simon	SR
DT	92	Jerry Johnson	SR
DE	56	Roland Seymour	JR
WLB	29	Tommy Polley	JR
MLB	44	Bradley Jennings	SO
SLB	55	Brian Allen	JR
CB	27	Tay Cody	JR
ROV	6	Derrick Gibson	JR
FS	18	Sean Key	SR
CB	15	Mario Edwards	SR

Special Teams

Pos.	Number	Name	Class
K	38	Sebastian Janikowski	JR
P	47	Keith Cottrell	JR
KR	28	Travis Minor	JR
PR	9	Peter Warrick	SR

Statistics

QB Chris Weinke: 232/377 (61.5%) for 3,103 yards (8.23) with 25 TD vs. 14 INT (3.71%).
RB Travis Minor: 180 carries for 815 yards (4.53) with 7 TD. 16 catches for 102 yards and 0 TD.
WR Peter Warrick: 71 catches for 934 yards (13.15) with 8 TD. 16 carries for 96 yards (6.00) and 3 TD.
WR Ron Dugans: 43 catches for 644 yards (14.98) with 3 TD.
WR Marvin Minnis: 19 catches for 257 yards (13.53) with 3 TD.
WR Laveranues Coles: 12 catches for 179 yards (14.92) with 1 TD.
WR Anquan Boldin: 12 catches for 115 yards (9.58) with 2 TD. 4 carries for 33 yards (8.25) and 0 TD.
K Sebastian Janikowski: 23 FGM and 47 XPM.
P Austin Haywood: 1 punt for 73 yards

First team in history to go wire to wire #1 in all three major polls.

Awards and honors

First Team All-Americans

Individual Award Winners

Lou Groza Award – Sebastian Janikowski,^[2] K

References

External links

Season Statistics

[1] ttp://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=417&season=1999

[2] ttp://www.lougrozaaward.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.previouswinners&x=6068864

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