FINAL FOUR PREVIEW - 1993 Florida State

1993 FLORIDA STATE (12-1)

AP National Champions
#32 overall seed - Bear Region Winner

Head Coach: Bobby Bowden
Notable Assistant Coaches:
Off. Coord.: Brad Scott
Def. Coord.: Mickey Andrews
QB Coach: Mark Richt

1993 Schedule            Result
@ Kansas                 W 42-0
@ Duke                   W 45-7
Clemson (#23)            W 57-0
@ North Carolina (#19)   W 33-7
Georgia Tech             W 51-0
Miami (#15)              W 28-10
Virginia                 W 40-14
Wake Forest              W 54-0
@ Maryland               W 49-20
@ Notre Dame (#2)        L 24-31
N.C. State               W 62-3
@ Florida (#5)           W 33-21
ORANGE BOWL
(National Championship Game)
vs Nebraska (#3)         W 18-16

Average Score:         41.2 - 9.9
Against Top 25:            5-1
Against Top 10:            2-1

Tournament               Results
2004 Kansas              W 40-9
2008 Kansas              W 42-14
1989 Houston (#14)       W 35-23
1978 Michigan (#5)       W 27-16
1977 Texas (#4)          W 31-19
1986 Oklahoma (#3)       W 23-20
1994 Florida State (#4)  W 31-20
1996 Ohio State (#2)     W 24-16
1996 Florida (#1)        W 29-27
NEXT UP:
2001 Miami (#1)

Average Score:          31.3 - 18.2
Top 10 teams Defeated:       6
National Champs Defeated:    1

*NOTE: Final AP Rankings in parenthesis

STARTING LINEUP
(BOLD = All American)
(NFL Draft selection in parenthesis)

OFFENSE
QB CHARLIE WARD (1st Rd, 1994 NBA Draft)
RB Sean Jackson (4th Rd, 1994)
FB William Floyd (1st Rd, 1994)
WR Kevin Knox (6th Rd, 1994)
WR Kez McCorvey (5th Rd, 1995)
WR Matt Frier
LT Juan Laureano
LG Lewis Tyre
C Clay Shiver (3rd Rd, 1996)
RG Patrick McNeil
RT Marvin Ferrell

Key Backups:
RB Warrick Dunn (1st Rd, 1997)
WR Tamarick Vanover (3rd Rd, 1995)
TE Lonnie Johnson (2nd Rd, 1994)
FB Pooh Bear Williams
RB Zack Crockett (3rd Rd, 1995)
WR Omar Ellison (5th Rd, 1995)
QB Danny Kanell (4th Rd, 1996)

DEFENSE
DE James Roberson
DT Toddrick McIntosh (7th Rd, 1994)
DT Jon Nance
DE Derrick Alexander (1st Rd, 1995)
OLB DERRICK BROOKS (1st Rd, 1995)
MLB Todd Rebol
OLB Ken Alexander
CB Clifton Abraham (5th Rd, 1995)
S Devin Bush (1st Rd, 1995)
S Richard Coes
CB Corey Sawyer (4th Rd, 1994)

Key Backups:
DE Reinard Wilson (1st Rd, 1997)
DE Tyrant Marion
DT Chris Cowart
LB Sam Cowart
LB Henri Crockett (4th Rd, 1997)
CB Byron Capers (7th Rd, 1997)
CB Corey Fuller (2nd rd, 1995)
DE Orpheus Roye (6th Rd, 1996)

SPECIAL TEAMS
K Scott Bentley
P Sean Liss

AWARD WINNERS

Bobby Bowden - Home Depot Award
Charlie Ward - Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award


Florida State in the Tournament
Overall Record: 103-31 (76.9%)
# of Teams in the Tournament: 32
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 9
Against Miami: 4-1
Against Nebraska: 3-2
Against Texas: 3-2

Bobby Bowden in the Tournament
Overall Record: 103-31
# of Teams in the Tournament: 32 (All with Florida State)
# of Teams in Bracket of Champions: 9