The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University and were the national champions of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season . The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium .
The Seminoles finished with a perfect 12–0 record, finishing the second undefeated season in school history and was the first team to go "wire-to-wire", being ranked continuously as the nation's top-ranked team from the preseason through the bowl season. Wide receiver Peter Warrick finished in sixth place as a Heisman finalist.
Schedule [ edit ]
FSU's National Championship trophies: 1993 and 1999
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank #
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
August 28
5:00 p.m.
Louisiana Tech *
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN2
W 41–7
72,702
September 11
8:00 p.m.
No. 10 Georgia Tech
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 41–35
80,187
September 18
3:30 p.m.
No. 20 NC State
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 42–11
80,040
September 25
3:30 p.m.
at North Carolina
No. 1
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
ABC
W 42–10
60,000
October 2
12:00 p.m.
vs. Duke
No. 1
Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL
JPS
W 51–23
37,310
October 9
12:00 p.m.
No. 19 Miami (FL) *
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry )
ABC
W 31–21
80,976
October 16
7:00 p.m.
Wake Forest
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
PPV
W 33–10
78,105
October 23
7:00 p.m.
at Clemson
No. 1
Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry )
ESPN
W 17–14
86,092
October 30
7:00 p.m.
at Virginia
No. 1
Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy )
ESPN
W 35–10
47,900
November 13
3:30 p.m.
Maryland
No. 1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 49–10
80,340
November 20
8:00 p.m.
at No. 4 Florida ‡ *
No. 1
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry )
CBS
W 30–23
85,747
January 4, 2000
8:00 p.m.
vs. No. 2 Virginia Tech ‡ *
No. 1
Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl )
ABC
W 46–29
79,280
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. # Rankings from AP Poll . All times are in Eastern Time .
Season recap [ edit ]
Louisiana Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
0
0
7
Seminoles
7
7
17
10
41
Georgia Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
7
14
7
7
35
Seminoles
7
21
10
3
41
N.C. State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
3
0
8
0
11
Seminoles
3
15
14
10
42
North Carolina [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
28
7
7
0
42
Tar Heels
0
3
7
0
10
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
0
13
10
23
Seminoles
21
23
0
7
51
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
14
7
0
0
21
Seminoles
14
7
3
7
31
Wake Forest [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Demon Deacons
3
0
0
7
10
Seminoles
6
3
14
10
33
Clemson [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
3
0
11
3
17
Tigers
0
14
0
0
14
Virginia [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
0
7
14
14
35
Cavaliers
0
10
0
0
10
Maryland [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
3
0
7
10
Seminoles
7
21
14
7
49
Florida [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
7
6
10
7
30
Gators
0
6
10
7
23
Sugar Bowl vs. Virginia Tech [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hokies
7
7
15
0
29
Seminoles
14
14
0
18
46
Starting lineup [ edit ]
Offense [ edit ]
Defense [ edit ]
Special Teams [ edit ]
Statistics [ edit ]
QB Chris Weinke : 232/377 (61.5%) for 3,103 yards (8.23) with 25 TD vs. 14 INT (3.71%).
RB Travis Minor : 180 carries for 815 yards (4.53) with 7 TD. 16 catches for 102 yards and 0 TD.
WR Peter Warrick : 71 catches for 934 yards (13.15) with 8 TD. 16 carries for 96 yards (6.00) and 3 TD.
WR Ron Dugans : 43 catches for 644 yards (14.98) with 3 TD.
WR Marvin Minnis: 19 catches for 257 yards (13.53) with 3 TD.
WR Laveranues Coles : 12 catches for 179 yards (14.92) with 1 TD.
WR Anquan Boldin : 12 catches for 115 yards (9.58) with 2 TD. 4 carries for 33 yards (8.25) and 0 TD.
K Sebastian Janikowski : 23 FGM and 47 XPM.
P Austin Haywood : 1 punt for 73 yards
First team in history to go wire to wire #1 in all three major polls.
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Individual Award Winners [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Venues
Bowls & rivalries
Culture & lore
People
Seasons
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National championships in bold