List of Florida State Seminoles bowl games
The Florida State Seminoles football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Florida State University in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Since the establishment of the team in 1902, Florida State has appeared in 51 bowl games, including twenty-six combined appearances in the traditional "big six" bowl games (the Rose, Sugar, Cotton, Orange, Fiesta, and Peach). The Seminoles have made one appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have appeared in eleven Orange Bowls, winning five of those games.
Florida State maintains a record of 29–18–3 record in bowl games. The Seminoles played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982-2017, the longest streak in college football history, although the NCAA doesn't recognize this because their 2006 Emerald Bowl win and appearance were both vacated as a result of the 2007 academic scandal. Florida State also owns the record for the most consecutive bowl game victories with 11, between 1985 and 1996, as well as the longest unbeaten streak with a 13–0–1 record from 1982–1996.
Bowl games
# | Date | Bowl | Opponent | Result |
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1. | November 26, 1903 | Florida Times-Union’s Championship Cup | Stetson | T 5–5 |
2. | January 2, 1950 | Cigar Bowl | Wofford | W 19–6 |
3. | January 1, 1955 | Sun Bowl | Texas-El Paso | L 20–47 |
4. | December 13, 1958 | Bluegrass Bowl | Oklahoma State | L 6–15 |
5. | January 2, 1965 | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma | W 36–19 |
6. | December 24, 1966 | Sun Bowl | Wyoming | L 20–28 |
7. | December 30, 1967 | Gator Bowl | Penn State | T 17–17 |
8. | December 30, 1968 | Peach Bowl | LSU | L 27–31 |
9. | December 23, 1971 | Fiesta Bowl | Arizona State | L 38–45 |
10. | December 23, 1977 | Tangerine Bowl | Texas Tech | W 40–17 |
11. | January 1, 1980 | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 7–24 |
12. | January 1, 1981 | Orange Bowl | Oklahoma | L 17–18 |
13. | December 30, 1982 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 31–12 |
14. | December 30, 1983 | Peach Bowl | North Carolina | W 28–3 |
15. | December 22, 1984 | Citrus Bowl | Georgia | T 17–17 |
16. | December 30, 1985 | Gator Bowl | Oklahoma State | W 34–23 |
17. | December 31, 1986 | All-American Bowl | Indiana | W 27–13 |
18. | January 1, 1988 | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 31–28 |
19. | January 2, 1989 | Sugar Bowl | Auburn | W 13–7 |
20. | January 1, 1990 | Fiesta Bowl | Nebraska | W 41–17 |
21. | December 28, 1990 | Blockbuster Bowl | Penn State | W 24–17 |
22. | January 1, 1992 | Cotton Bowl Classic | Texas A&M | W 10–2 |
23. | January 1, 1993 | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Nebraska | W 27–14 |
24. | January 1, 1994 | Orange Bowl (Bowl Coalition National Championship) | Nebraska | W 18–16 |
25. | January 2, 1995 | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Coalition) | Florida | W 23–17 |
26. | January 1, 1996 | Orange Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | Notre Dame | W 31–26 |
27. | January 2, 1997 | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance National Championship) | Florida | L 20–52 |
28. | January 1, 1998 | Sugar Bowl (Bowl Alliance) | Ohio State | W 31–14 |
29. | January 4, 1999 | Fiesta Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Tennessee | L 16–23 |
30. | January 4, 2000 | Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Virginia Tech | W 46–29 |
31. | January 3, 2001 | Orange Bowl (BCS National Championship) | Oklahoma | L 2–13 |
32. | January 1, 2002 | Gator Bowl | Virginia Tech | W 30–17 |
33. | January 1, 2003 | Sugar Bowl (BCS) | Georgia | L 13–26 |
34. | January 1, 2004 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Miami | L 14–16 |
35. | January 1, 2005 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 30–18 |
36. | January 3, 2006 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Penn State | L 23–26 |
37. | December 27, 2006 | Emerald Bowl | UCLA | 44–27✝ (vacated) |
38. | December 31, 2007 | Music City Bowl | Kentucky | L 28–35 |
39. | December 27, 2008 | Champs Sports Bowl | Wisconsin | W 42–13 |
40. | January 1, 2010 | Gator Bowl | West Virginia | W 33–21 |
41. | December 31, 2010 | Chick-fil-A Bowl | South Carolina | W 26–17 |
42. | December 29, 2011 | Champs Sports Bowl | Notre Dame | W 18–14 |
43. | January 1, 2013 | Orange Bowl (BCS) | Northern Illinois | W 31–10 |
44. | January 6, 2014 | BCS National Championship Game | Auburn | W 34–31 |
45. | January 1, 2015 | Rose Bowl (CFP) | Oregon | L 20–59 |
46. | December 31, 2015 | Peach Bowl (New Year's Six) | Houston | L 24–38 |
47. | December 30, 2016 | Orange Bowl (New Year's Six) | Michigan | W 33–32 |
48. | December 27, 2017 | Independence Bowl | Southern Mississippi | W 42–13 |
49. | December 31, 2019 | Sun Bowl | Arizona State | L 14–20 |
50. | December 29, 2022 | Cheez-It Bowl | Oklahoma | W 35–32 |
51. | December 30, 2023 | Orange Bowl (New Year’s Six) | Georgia | L 3–63 |
✝ Bowl win vacated due to using ineligible players
Bowl | Record | Appearances | Last appearance | Winning % |
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All-American Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1986 | 1.000 |
Blockbuster Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1990 | 1.000 |
Bluegrass Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 1958 | .000 |
Champs Sports Bowl | 2–0 | 2 | 2011 | 1.000 |
Cheez-It Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2022 | 1.000 |
Cigar Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1949 | 1.000 |
Citrus Bowl | 0–0–1 | 1 | 1984 | .500 |
Cotton Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1991 | 1.000 |
Emerald Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2006 | 1.000 |
Fiesta Bowl | 2–2 | 4 | 1998 | .500 |
Florida Times-Union Championship Cup | 0–0–1 | 1 | 1903 | .500 |
Gator Bowl | 6–0–1 | 7 | 2009 | .929 |
Independence Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 2017 | 1.000 |
Music City Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2007 | .000 |
Orange Bowl | 5–6 | 11 | 2023 | .455 |
Peach Bowl (Chick-fil-A Bowl) | 2–2 | 4 | 2015 | .500 |
Rose Bowl | 0–1 | 1 | 2014 | .000 |
Sugar Bowl | 4–2 | 6 | 2002 | .667 |
Sun Bowl | 0–3 | 3 | 1966 | .000 |
Tangerine Bowl | 1–0 | 1 | 1977 | 1.000 |
References
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- 1950 Cigar Bowl
- 1955 Sun Bowl
- 1958 Bluegrass Bowl
- 1965 Gator Bowl (January)
- 1966 Sun Bowl
- 1967 Gator Bowl
- 1968 Peach Bowl
- 1971 Fiesta Bowl
- 1977 Tangerine Bowl
- 1980 Orange Bowl
- 1981 Orange Bowl
- 1982 Gator Bowl
- 1983 Peach Bowl
- 1984 Florida Citrus Bowl
- 1985 Gator Bowl
- 1986 All-American Bowl
- 1988 Fiesta Bowl
- 1989 Sugar Bowl
- 1990 Fiesta Bowl
- 1990 Blockbuster Bowl
- 1992 Cotton Bowl Classic
- 1993 Orange Bowl
- 1994 Orange Bowl #
- 1995 Sugar Bowl (January)
- 1996 Orange Bowl (January)
- 1997 Sugar Bowl #
- 1998 Sugar Bowl
- 1999 Fiesta Bowl #
- 2000 Sugar Bowl #
- 2001 Orange Bowl #
- 2002 Gator Bowl
- 2003 Sugar Bowl
- 2004 Orange Bowl
- 2005 Gator Bowl
- 2006 Orange Bowl
- 2006 Emerald Bowl
- 2007 Music City Bowl
- 2008 Champs Sports Bowl
- 2010 Gator Bowl
- 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl
- 2011 Champs Sports Bowl
- 2013 Orange Bowl
- 2014 BCS National Championship Game #
- 2015 Rose Bowl †
- 2015 Peach Bowl
- 2016 Orange Bowl
- 2017 Independence Bowl
- 2019 Sun Bowl
- 2022 Cheez-It Bowl
- 2023 Orange Bowl
# denotes national championship game; † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game