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The Florida–Florida State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the teams of the two oldest public universities of the U.S. state of Florida: the University of Florida (UF) Gators and Florida State University (FSU) Seminoles. [ 3 ] Both universities participate in a range of intercollegiate sports, and for the last ...
Florida State Football's Sod Cemetery is the final resting place for over 100 Sod Games. Florida State's Sod Cemetery is a rich part of the program's history. When FSU wins a difficult away game, a piece of turf is pulled from the field and buried in the cemetery. Florida State sod games represent the most difficult battles on the football field.
The Seminoles have made one appearance in the College Football Playoff. The Seminoles have appeared in eleven Orange Bowls, winning five of those games. FSU vacated their appearance in the 2006 Emerald Bowl vs. UCLA. Florida State maintains a record of 29–18–3 record in bowl games. The Seminoles played in 36 consecutive bowl games from 1982 ...
Florida State College, forerunner of Florida State University, played three years of intercollegiate football from 1902 to 1904. In 1905 the state legislature passed the Buckman Act and Florida State College became Florida State College for Women. The University of Florida at Lake City moved to Gainesville and merged with the East Florida ...
It is the home field of the Florida State Seminoles football team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Opened in 1950, it was originally named Doak Campbell Stadium in honor of Doak S. Campbell, the university's first president. On November 20, 2004, the Florida Legislature added longtime head football coach Bobby Bowden to the stadium name ...
Clemson and FSU first played in 1970, predating Florida State's membership in the ACC. The actual rivalry started to emerge in 1988 when the No. 3 Clemson Tigers hosted the No. 10 Seminoles in a "clash of styles" marked by FSU's highly touted skill talent and passing attack, versus Clemson's well regarded option, linemen and linebackers, that was ultimately decided by Leroy Butler's 78-yard ...
Beginning in the 2024 season, the College Football Playoff is expanding from four teams to 12, which will go some ways to hopefully avoiding such controversies. The decision to omit Florida State ...
2006 FedEx Orange Bowl. The 2006 Orange Bowl, a 2005–06 BCS game, was played on January 3, 2006. This 72nd edition to the Orange Bowl featured the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Florida State Seminoles . This game was known for being the eighth, and ultimately final meeting, between the two coaches, Joe Paterno of Penn State and Bobby ...