1995 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1995 Florida State Seminoles football team represented the Florida State University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 20th-year head coach Bobby Bowden, the Seminoles compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, sharing the ACC title the Virginia. Florida State was invited to the Orange Bowl, where the Seminoles defeated Notre Dame. The team played home games at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida.

1995 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC co-champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 31–26 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 4
Record	10–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Bowden (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Richt (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Mickey Andrews (12th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Florida State +		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 16 Virginia +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Clemson		6	–	2					8	–	4
Georgia Tech		5	–	3					6	–	5
North Carolina		4	–	4					7	–	5
Maryland		4	–	4					6	–	5
NC State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Duke		1	–	7					3	–	8
Wake Forest		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Running back Warrick Dunn finished ninth place in the Heisman Trophy voting. Florida State scored 563 points, setting a single-season program record.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 2	3:30 p.m.	vs. Duke	No. 1	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	ABC	W 70–26	51,200	[1]
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Clemson	No. 1	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–26	78,133	[2]
September 16	12:00 p.m.	NC State	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	JPS	W 77–17	72,800	[3]
September 23	7:00 p.m.	UCF*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 46–14	76,600	[4]
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Miami (FL)*	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ESPN	W 41–17	80,350	[5]
October 14	2:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	PPV	W 72–13	73,400	[6]
October 21	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech	No. 1	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	W 42–10	76,400	[7]
November 2	8:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Virginia	No. 2	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy)	ESPN	L 28–33	44,300	[8]
November 11	12:00 p.m.	at North Carolina	No. 6	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	JPS	W 28–12	36,000	[9]
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	No. 6	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	JPS	W 59–17	68,400	[10]
November 25	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Florida*	No. 6	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	L 24–35	85,711	[11]
January 1	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Notre Dame*	No. 8	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl, rivalry)	CBS	W 31–26	72,198	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Main article: 1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	1 (31)	1 (31)	1 (38)	1 (33)	1 (36)	1 (42)	1 (37)	1 (40)	1 (38)	1 (34)	2 (31)	6	6	6	8	8	4
Coaches Poll	1 (28)		1 (36)	1 (31)	1 (33)	1 (35)	1 (34)	1 (33)	1 (34)	1 (34)	2 (24)	6	6	6	8	8	5

Game summaries

At Virginia

Florida State at Virginia

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Seminoles	14	7	0	7	28
• No. 24 Cavaliers	7	20	3	3	33

• Date: November 2
• Location: Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Game attendance: 44,300
• TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin and Mike Gottfried

Scoring summary

1	8:05	FSU	Phillip Riley 35-yard touchdown pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)	FSU 7-0
1	6:09	UVA	Tiki Barber 64-yard run (Raphael Garcia kick)	Tied 7-7
1	1:14	FSU	Warrick Dunn 14-yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)	FSU 14-7
2	13:26	UVA	Tiki Barber 1-yard pass from Mike Groh (Raphael Garcia kick)	Tied 14-14
2	11:16	UVA	Raphael Garcia 35-yard field goal	UVA 17-14
2	3:05	UVA	Demetrius Allen 72-yard pass from Mike Groh (Raphael Garcia kick)	UVA 24-14
2	2:13	FSU	E. G. Green 38-yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)	UVA 24-21
2	1:14	UVA	Raphael Garcia 48-yard field goal	UVA 27-21
3	10:38	UVA	Raphael Garcia 41-yard field goal	UVA 30-21
4	6:57	UVA	Raphael Garcia 35-yard field goal	UVA 33-21
4	6:13	FSU	Warrick Dunn 7-yard run (Scott Bentley kick)	UVA 33-28

See also: 1995 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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At Florida

Florida State at Florida

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Seminoles	6	0	18	0	24
• No. 3 Gators	7	21	7	0	35

• Date: November 25
• Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida
• Game attendance: 85,711
• Game weather: Cloudy
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson

Scoring summary

1	12:51	FSU	Scott Bentley 40 yard field goal	FSU 3-0
1	5:04	FLA	Jacquez Green 22 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)	FLA 7-3
1	0:27	FSU	Scott Bentley 38 yard field goal	FLA 7-6
2	11:52	FLA	Terry Jackson 1 yard run (Bart Edmiston kick)	FLA 14-6
2	3:54	FLA	Ike Hilliard 42 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)	FLA 21-6
2	0:47	FLA	Chris Doering 20 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)	FLA 28-6
3	4:30	FSU	Warrick Dunn 3 yard run (Danny Kanell to E.G. Green pass)	FLA 28-14
3	4:10	FLA	Ike Hilliard 74 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)	FLA 35-14
3	2:20	FSU	Scott Bentley 27 yard field goal	FLA 35-17
3	0:53	FSU	Andre Cooper 8 yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)	FLA 35-24

See also: 1995 Florida Gators football team

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Vs. Notre Dame (Orange Bowl)

Florida State vs. Notre Dame

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 8 Seminoles	7	7	0	17	31
No. 6 Fighting Irish	10	0	7	9	26

• Date: January 1, 1996
• Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami
• Game attendance: 72,198
• Referee: Jimmy Harper (SEC)
• TV announcers (CBS): Sean McDonough and Pat Haden

Main article: 1996 Orange Bowl (January)

See also: 1995 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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Roster

1995 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 12 Thad Busby So WR 1 Andre Cooper Jr RB 28 Warrick Dunn Jr WR 19 E. G. Green So QB 13 Danny Kanell Sr WR 88 Randy Moss Fr WR 15 Phillip Riley Sr WR 9 Peter Warrick Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 58 Peter Boulware So CB 20 James Colzie Jr LB 56 Sam Cowart Jr LB 45 Henri Crockett Jr LB 40 Lamont Green Fr CB 11 Dexter Jackson Fr CB 2 Samari Rolle So DL 98 Orpheus Roye Sr DL 85 Andre Wadsworth So DE 55 Reinard Wilson Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Scott Bentley Jr P Sean Liss	Head coach Bobby Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato Mickey Andrews Mark Richt Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt