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The 1997 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 23 USC* | No. 5 | | ABC | W 14–7 | 72,783 | [2] |
September 13 | 3:30 p.m. | Maryland | No. 5 | | ABC | W 50–7 | 72,238 | [3] |
September 20 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 16 Clemson | No. 5 | | ABC | W 35–28 | 80,939 | [4] |
October 4 | 12:00 p.m. | Miami (FL)* | No. 4 | - Doak Campbell Stadium
- Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
| ABC | W 47–0 | 80,165 | [5] |
October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Duke | No. 4 | | PPV | W 51–27 | 21,557 | [6] |
October 18 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 21 Georgia Tech | No. 3 | - Doak Campbell Stadium
- Tallahassee, FL
| ABC | W 38–0 | 78,157 | [7] |
October 25 | 7:00 p.m. | at Virginia | No. 3 | | ESPN | W 47–21 | 45,300 | [8] |
November 1 | 3:30 p.m. | NC State | No. 3 | - Doak Campbell Stadium
- Tallahassee, FL
| ABC | W 48–35 | 71,415 | [9] |
November 8 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 5 North Carolina | No. 3 | | ESPN | W 20–3 | 62,000 | [10] |
November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | Wake Forest | No. 2 | - Doak Campbell Stadium
- Tallahassee, FL
| JPS | W 58–7 | 70,026 | [11] |
November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 10 Florida* | No. 2 | | CBS | L 29–32 | 85,677 | [12] |
January 1 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 9 Ohio State* | No. 4 | | ABC | W 31–14 | 67,289 | [13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
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AP | 3 (7) | 3 (6) | 5 (6) | 5 (4) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (3) | 3 (9) | 3 (8) | 3 (5) | 2 (23) | 2 (24) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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Coaches | 4 (3) | | 5 (3) | 6 (3) | 5 (2) | 4 (1) | 4 | 4 | 3 (1) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | 1 (26) | 1 (29) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
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1997 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Defense
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FS
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Dexter Jackson
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Todd Frier
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Robert Hammond
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MIKE
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WILL
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SAM
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Sam Cowart Theon Rackley
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Daryl Bush
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Lamont Green Deon Humphrey
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Tommy Polley
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Bobby Rhodes
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Olayemi Okegbola
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Kwaesi Palmer
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Hank Grant
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Jean Jeune
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ROVER
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Shevin Smith
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Derrick Gibson
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Sean Key
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CB
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Samari Rolle
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Troy Saunders
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Abdual Howard
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DE
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DT
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DT
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DE
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Greg Spires
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Jerry Johnson
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Julian Pittman
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Andre Wadsworth
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Tony Bryant
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Bryne Monroe
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Larry Smith
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Roland Seymour
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Sean Mitchell
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David Tulloch
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Corey Simon
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Chris Walker
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CB
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Dexter Jackson
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Andrew Howard II
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Mario Edwards
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Offense
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WR
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E.G. Green
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Damien Harrell
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Jason Floyd
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LT
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LG
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C
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RG
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RT
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Tra Thomas
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Jason Whitaker
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Kevin Long
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Donald Heaven
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Ross Brannon
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Tarlos Crummitie
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Justin Amman
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Jared Moon
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Otis Duhart
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Ronald Boldin
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Chris Korb
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Jerry Carmichael
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Eric Thomas
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Jeremy Brett
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Tarlos Thomas
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TE
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Melvin Pearsall
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Myron Jackson
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Pooh Bear Williams Stacy Davis
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WR
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Laveranues Coles
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Ron Dugans
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Germaine Stringer
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QB
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Thad Busby
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Chris Weinke
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Dan Kendra
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RB
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Travis Minor Dee Feaster
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Jeff Chaney
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Davy Ford
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FB
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Lamar Glenn
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Damon Carroll
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Khalid Abdullah
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- ^ Boyles, Bob. "50 Years of College Football" 2007.
- ^ "Florida State survives mistakes". The Olympian. September 7, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Terps no match for Seminoles". The Star-Democrat. September 14, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No taunting, just TDs". Albuquerque Journal. September 21, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A mighty fall". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 5, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fla. State rolls 51–27 after Duke leads early". The Atlanta Constitution. October 12, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No. 3 FSU wakes up, routs Tech". The Baltimore Sun. October 19, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Double dip; Memory of only ACC loss sparks Florida State to rout of U.Va". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Seminoles outslug Wolfpack 48–35". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 2, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FSU downs Heels". The Index-Journal. November 9, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "10 and 0, Gators to go". Tallahassee Democrat. November 16, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gator redemption: Rally shocks FSU". The Atlanta Constitution. November 23, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Florida State stymies Ohio St. in Sugar Bowl". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 2, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1997 Football - Year in Review".
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