Английская Википедия:1993 Florida State Seminoles football team

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The 1993 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University and were the national champions of the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

The season gave the Seminoles their first national title as well as their first Heisman winner in quarterback Charlie Ward. Ward, who threw for 3,032 yards and completed 70 percent of his passes, became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy and the national championship in the same season since Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett in 1976. FSU topped college football in both scoring defense and scoring offense, with its defense giving up an average of 9.4 points per game and its offense scoring an average of 43.2 points a game. In a testament to just how difficult the Seminoles' schedule was during its championship run, the final top 5 football rankings for the season were occupied by FSU at #1, and three of its opponents, including Notre Dame at #2, Nebraska at #3, and the University of Florida at #5.

Season

FSU beat its first five opponents by an average score of 46–3, during which linebacker Derrick Brooks outscored the Noles' first five opponents combined. These victories included a 57-0 win over #17 Clemson and a 33-7 win over #13 North Carolina. The Seminoles' first competitive contest didn't come until October 9, when the third ranked Miami Hurricanes came to Tallahassee with a 31-game regular season win streak. That game was sealed when FSU safety Devin Bush picked off a Frank Costa pass and ran it back 40 yards for a Florida State touchdown, making the score 28–10 with 4:59 to play.

On November 13, 1993, Florida State played Notre Dame in a matchup of unbeaten teams. FSU was ranked #1 and Notre Dame was ranked #2. In a matchup hailed as the "Game of the Century", the Seminoles bid for a perfect season fell short as Notre Dame prevailed, 31–24. The Irish had leads of 24–7 and 31–17 before the Seminoles scored late to cut the final margin to seven points. The Noles then regained possession at their own 37-yard line with just 51 seconds left in the game. Three consecutive passes by Ward quickly led Florida State down the field to the Notre Dame 14. On the last play of the game, Ward rolled out and had his pass attempt batted down in the end zone, leaving the Irish with a 31–24 victory. After that game, Notre Dame was voted #1 and FSU was voted #2.

The following week, #1 Notre Dame lost at home to #17 Boston College 41–39 on a 41-yard field goal as time expired, while the Seminoles beat NC State 62-3. The voters returned the Seminoles to the #1 spot in the AP poll, and they rose to #2 in the Coaches' poll, while Notre Dame fell to a ranking of 4th in both polls. The week afterwards, FSU travelled to Gainesville to face the 7th-ranked Florida Gators -- that season's SEC champions -- and defeated them 33-21. FSU finished the regular season as #1 and was matched against #2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. In a hard-fought contest, Florida State rallied late to defeat Nebraska 18–16 after the Cornhuskers tried and missed a 45-yard field goal on the game's final play. After the bowl games, 12–1 Florida State was voted #1 and 11–1 Notre Dame #2 in both polls.

During the 1993 season, the Seminoles faced 4 teams in the top 7 of the AP rankings when FSU played them -- #3 Miami in week 6, #2 Notre Dame in week 11, #7 Florida in week 13, and #2 Nebraska in the Orange Bowl -- and they went 3-1 against those teams, while playing only 1 home game in those 4 contests. The Noles also defeated three other top 25 teams that filled out their schedule, with Clemson ranked 17th, North Carolina ranked 13th, and Virginia ranked 15th respectively when the Noles played them. By the end of season, FSU had faced 6 of the teams ranked in the final AP top 25 poll, ultimately going 5-1 against them. These teams were #2 ranked Notre Dame, #3 Nebraska, #5 Florida, #15 Miami, #19 North Carolina, and #23 Clemson. By the end of Notre Dame's season, the Irish had faced two of the teams ranked in the final AP top-25: #1 Florida State and #19 Michigan. In their Cotton Bowl meeting with #7 Texas A&M, Notre Dame defeated them by a score of 24-21.

Starting lineup

Offense

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Heisman winner Charlie Ward

Pos	Number	Name	Class
QB	17	Charlie Ward	SR
RB	35	Sean Jackson	SR
FB	44	William Floyd	SR
WR	80	Tamarick Vanover	SO
WR	88	Kez McCorvey	JR
WR	12	Matt Frier	SR
LT	67	Juan Laureano	SO
LG	66	Lewis Tyre	SO
C	53	Clay Shiver	SO
RG	69	Patrick McNeil	JR
RT	60	Marvin Ferrell	SR

Defense

Pos	Number	Name	Class
LB	10	Derrick Brooks	JR
LB	37	Todd Rebol	SO
LB	36	Ken Alexander	SR
DE	94	Toddrick McIntosh	SR
DE	90	Derrick Alexander	SO
NG	57	John Nance	SR
CB	2	Clifton Abraham	JR
CB	8	Corey Sawyer	JR
FS	16	Richard Coes	SR
SS	11	Devin Bush	SO

Special teams

Pos	Number	Name	Class
K	3	Scott Bentley	FR
P	29	Sean Liss	FR
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Awards and honors

• Charlie Ward, Heisman Trophy
• Charlie Ward, Johnny Unitas Award
• Charlie Ward, James E. Sullivan Award
• Charlie Ward, Walter Camp Award
• Charlie Ward, Maxwell Award
• Charlie Ward, Davey O'Brien Award

1993 team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	NFL team
William Floyd	Running back	1	28	San Francisco 49ers
Lonnie Johnson	Tight end	2	61	Buffalo Bills
Corey Sawyer	Defensive back	4	104	Cincinnati Bengals
Sean Jackson	Running back	4	129	Houston Oilers
Kevin Knox	Wide receiver	6	192	Buffalo Bills
Toddrick McIntosh	Defensive tackle	7	216	Dallas Cowboys

The following would play in the NFL in later years.

• Derrick Brooks
• Sam Cowart
• Kez McCorvey
• Warrick Dunn
• Derrick Alexander
• Tamarick Vanover
• Clay Shiver