Posts Tagged ‘Bobby Bowden’

Gary Barnett Hired – Buffs to “Return to Dominance”

//posted 1.20.1999

— National and Big 12 Recap – 1999 — With an undefeated campaign in 1999, the Florida State Seminoles claimed the title of “Team of the 90’s”. The Seminoles rang in the 2000’s with a 46-29 win over previously unbeaten Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. With the win, the Seminoles, led by quarterback Chris Weinke and receiver Peter Warrick, not only gave head coach Bobby Bowden his first-ever undefeated season, but claimed their second national title of the decade. Florida State never finished lower than fourth in any final poll …

Tags: Ben Kelly, Bobby Bowden, Brian Cabral, Chris Weinke, Dick Tharp, Florida State, Gary Barnett, Gary Kubiak, John Wristen, Jon Embree, Rick Neuheisel, Tom Cable, Vince Okruch
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Pre-season: 1994 – Adios, Southwest Conference – Colorado returns 16 starters

//posted 8.1.1994

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— Adios, Southwest Conference — Quick – Name the last eight members of the Southwest Conference. Not so easy, is it? Entering the 1994 season, the long-anticipated demise of the SWC became official. The 1994 and 1995 campaigns would be the last for the storied conference. After 80 seasons, the Southwest Conference would fold up its tents; its teams left to a new future. Arkansas, the only Southwest member outside of the state of Texas, had defected to the Southeastern Conference in 1990. Now Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor, and Texas …

Tags: Andy Mitchell, Bill McCartney, Bobby Bowden, Brian Stoltenberg, Chad Hammond, Charles E. Johnson, Chris Hudson, Chris Naeole, Christian Fauria, Dalton Simmons, Danny Weurffel, Darius Holland, Dennis Collier, Derek West, Donnell Leomiti, Dwayne Davis, Florida, Florida State, Heath Irwin, Kerry Hicks, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Matt Russell, Michael Westbrook, Mitch Berger, Neil Voskeritchian, Notre Dame, Pac-12, Rashaan Salaam, Ron Powlus, Ron Woolfork, Sam Rogers, Shannon Clavelle, Southwest Conference, Ted Johnson, The Sporting News, Tony Berti
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No. 6 Nebraska – “I can’t remember being this disappointed”

//posted 10.30.1993

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— October 30th – Boulder No. 6 Nebraska 21, No. 20 Colorado 17 — For the first 14 minutes of the 1993 Colorado/Nebraska game, only one team played like it had something to prove … and it was Nebraska. The Cornhuskers, 7-0, 3-0 in Big Eight conference play and ranked 6th in the nation, were nonetheless 1-2-1 against Colorado since 1989. In the first quarter, Nebraska sent a message that it was back on top of the Big Eight, racing out to a 21-3 lead. After Nebraska stopped the Buffs on …

Tags: Bill McCartney, Bobby Bowden, Calvin Jones, Chris Hudson, Christian Fauria, Corey Dixon, Dennis Collier, Florida State, Kerry Hicks, Kordell Stewart, Lamont Warren, Rashaan Salaam, Sam Rogers, Sean Embree, Tommie Frazier
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1993 National and Big Eight Recap – “Hitting the Jackpot”

//posted 3.5.1993

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— National and Big Eight Recap – 1993 — Bobby Bowden, head coach at Florida State, finally won his first National Championship in 1993, with his Seminoles edging the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 18-16, in the Orange Bowl. Bowden, a coaching veteran of 28 years, led Florida State to a 12-1 record in 1993. Florida State’s number one ranking marked the seventh consecutive year the Seminoles finished ranked in the top ten. Charlie Ward, the Seminoles’ quarterback, became the first Heisman Trophy winner to play for a National Championship team since running back Tony Dorsett won it …

Tags: Bobby Bowden, Charlie Ward, Lee, Lee Stadtlander, Trev Alberts
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