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1996 Florida State Seminoles Schedule and Results

Record: 11-1 (3rd of 111) (Schedule & Results)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP poll

Conference: ACC

Conference Record: 8-0

Coach: Bobby Bowden (11-1)

Points For: 426

Points/G: 35.5 (10th of 111)

Points Against: 122

Opp Pts/G: 10.2 (3rd of 111)

SRS: 21.54 (4th of 111)

SOS: 5.79 (13th of 111)

Bowl Game: Lost Sugar Bowl 52-20 versus Florida

AP Poll Summary

AP Poll Summary Table
Pre	8/26	9/2	9/9	9/16	9/23	9/30	10/7	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/9	Final
3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	3

12 Games Table
G	Date	Day	School		Opponent	Conf		Pts	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sep 7, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State		Duke	ACC	W	44	7	1	0	W 1
2	Sep 19, 1996	Thu	(3) Florida State	@	North Carolina State	ACC	W	51	17	2	0	W 2
3	Sep 28, 1996	Sat	(2) Florida State		(11) North Carolina	ACC	W	13	0	3	0	W 3
4	Oct 5, 1996	Sat	(2) Florida State		Clemson	ACC	W	34	3	4	0	W 4
5	Oct 12, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State	@	(6) Miami (FL)	Big East	W	34	16	5	0	W 5
6	Oct 26, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State		(14) Virginia	ACC	W	31	24	6	0	W 6
7	Nov 2, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	W	49	3	7	0	W 7
8	Nov 9, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State		Wake Forest	ACC	W	44	7	8	0	W 8
9	Nov 16, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State		(25) Southern Mississippi	CUSA	W	54	14	9	0	W 9
10	Nov 23, 1996	Sat	(3) Florida State		Maryland	ACC	W	48	10	10	0	W 10
11	Nov 30, 1996	Sat	(2) Florida State		(1) Florida	SEC	W	24	21	11	0	W 11
12	Jan 2, 1997	Thu	(1) Florida State	N	(3) Florida	SEC	L	20	52	11	1	L 1	Sugar Bowl (New Orleans, LA)