1995 Florida State Seminoles football
ACC co-champion
Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 31–26 vs. Notre Dame
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
Record10–2 (7–1 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMark Richt (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMickey Andrews (12th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumDoak Campbell Stadium
1995 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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

The 1995 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.[1]

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:30 p.m.vs. DukeNo. 1
ABCW 70–2651,200
September 912:00 p.m.at ClemsonNo. 1
ABCW 45–2678,133
September 1612:00 p.m.NC StateNo. 1
JPSW 77–1772,800
September 237:00 p.m.UCF*No. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 46–1476,600
October 77:30 p.m.Miami (FL)*No. 1
ESPNW 41–1780,350
October 142:00 p.m.Wake ForestNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
PPVW 72–1373,400
October 213:30 p.m.Georgia TechNo. 1
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ABCW 42–1076,400
November 28:00 p.m.at No. 24 VirginiaNo. 2
ESPNL 28–3344,300
November 1112:00 p.m.at North CarolinaNo. 6
JPSW 28–1236,000
November 1812:00 p.m.MarylandNo. 6
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 59–1768,400
November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 3 Florida*No. 6
ABCL 24–3585,711
January 18:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Notre Dame*No. 8
CBSW 31–2672,198
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1995 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
DE 58 Peter Boulware So
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.#NameClass
K 3 Scott Bentley Jr
P Sean Liss
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP1 (31)1 (31)1 (38)1 (33)1 (36)1 (42)1 (37)1 (40)1 (38)1 (34)2 (31)666884
Coaches Poll1 (28)1 (36)1 (31)1 (33)1 (35)1 (34)1 (33)1 (34)1 (34)2 (24)666885

Game summaries

At Virginia

Florida State at Virginia
1 234Total
No. 2 Seminoles 14 707 28
• No. 24 Cavaliers 7 2033 33
Scoring summary
18:05FSUPhillip Riley 35-yard touchdown pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)FSU 7-0
16:09UVATiki Barber 64-yard run (Raphael Garcia kick)Tied 7-7
11:14FSUWarrick Dunn 14-yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)FSU 14-7
213:26UVATiki Barber 1-yard pass from Mike Groh (Raphael Garcia kick)Tied 14-14
211:16UVARaphael Garcia 35-yard field goalUVA 17-14
23:05UVADemetrius Allen 72-yard pass from Mike Groh (Raphael Garcia kick)UVA 24-14
22:13FSUE. G. Green 38-yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)UVA 24-21
21:14UVARaphael Garcia 48-yard field goalUVA 27-21
310:38UVARaphael Garcia 41-yard field goalUVA 30-21
46:57UVARaphael Garcia 35-yard field goalUVA 33-21
46:13FSUWarrick Dunn 7-yard run (Scott Bentley kick)UVA 33-28

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At Florida

Florida State at Florida
1 234Total
No. 6 Seminoles 6 0180 24
• No. 3 Gators 7 2170 35
Scoring summary
112:51FSUScott Bentley 40 yard field goalFSU 3-0
15:04FLAJacquez Green 22 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)FLA 7-3
10:27FSUScott Bentley 38 yard field goalFLA 7-6
211:52FLATerry Jackson 1 yard run (Bart Edmiston kick)FLA 14-6
23:54FLAIke Hilliard 42 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)FLA 21-6
20:47FLAChris Doering 20 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)FLA 28-6
34:30FSUWarrick Dunn 3 yard run (Danny Kanell to E.G. Green pass)FLA 28-14
34:10FLAIke Hilliard 74 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Bart Edmiston kick)FLA 35-14
32:20FSUScott Bentley 27 yard field goalFLA 35-17
30:53FSUAndre Cooper 8 yard pass from Danny Kanell (Scott Bentley kick)FLA 35-24

[4]

Vs. Notre Dame (Orange Bowl)

Florida State vs. Notre Dame
1 234Total
• No. 8 Seminoles 7 7017 31
No. 6 Fighting Irish 10 079 26

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References

  1. ↑ Boyles, Bob. "50 Years of College Football" 2007.
  2. ↑ "1995 Football - Year in Review".
  3. ↑ "Virginia shocks Fla. St., 33-28 No. 2 Seminoles lose first ACC game, national title chances". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1995. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Florida Replaces Ohio State in Title Picture: Wuerffel Tosses Aside Florida St". The Washington Post. November 26, 1995. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Not So Golden: Florida State 31, Notre Dame 26". Chicago Tribune. January 2, 1996. Retrieved January 23, 2021.


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