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December 25, Notre Dame had won four of its last five games, but lost 28—14 to then No. The team featured one the nation's best receiving combos in wide receiver Michael Floyd , who had 7. Template:Champs Sports Bowl. American Football Database Explore. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central.

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Universal Conquest Wiki. Milestones included participation in two bowl games Sun Bowl, following the season and the Bluegrass Bowl, following the season , the first victory over an SEC team Tennessee, , and beginning the annual series against the University of Florida In , Nugent moved on to be the head coach at the University of Maryland.

Perry Moss coached FSU for one season during which the team suffered a losing season. Bill Peterson was FSU's head coach for eleven seasons from through Under his command, the team became one that could win consistently against some of the better teams in the country. Also, FSU became a pioneer in developing a forward pass, open, pro-style of offense.

Peterson's two best seasons were the and ones. This included major victories over Kentucky, then ranked number 5 in the country; the first ever in modern times over the University of Florida and a beat down over Oklahoma in FSU's first ever Gator Bowl Game.

That team also featured a great defense popularly called the "Seven Magnificents" and the "Forgotten Four. Larry Jones was hired to follow Peterson. His first season was a good one as the team went which included a thrilling loss to Arizona State in the first ever Fiesta Bowl Game. The season started most promising with four straight victories but FSU lost the fifth game to Florida and stumbled thereafter to end up and no bowl bid.

The Spring that followed was disastrous as a large number of players left the team amidst a tough spring training program and a blistering series of articles in the St.

Petersburg Times criticizing FSU's training methods. Consequently, FSU lost every game of the season. Darrell Mudra followed Jones as head coach and served in that capacity for two years. Two very memorable games during Mudra's first FSU season included leading a mighty Alabama team coached by Bear Bryant throughout the game until a last moments field goal brought defeat, and the victory at the University of Miami ending FSU losing streak of 20 games. Mudra, a future Hall of Fame coach, did an excellent job of recruiting and set the stage for later development.

He had previously been an assistant here in and In his first season, the team went but never had a losing season thereafter. In Bowden's 34 seasons, the team participated in 31 postseason bowl games. The team with a quarterback tandem of Jimmy Jordan and Wally Woodham had a perfect regular season before losing to Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.

From through the season, 14 seasons, FSU never ranked lower than fifth in the final end of the year AP poll. FSU became a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and won 12 conference championships during the span of time.

The Seminoles were the wire-to-wire national first place team throughout that season. Chris Weinke, the quarterback of that team won the Heisman Trophy the following season. Jimbo Fisher began his career as head coach with the season.