# 1989 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1989 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. Southern Miss | No. 6 | Gator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FL | TBS | L 26–30 | 48,746 |
| September 9 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 10 Clemson | No. 16 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | ESPN | L 23–34 | 61,897 |
| September 16 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 21 LSU | | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | ESPN | W 31–21 | 75,524 |
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulane | | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 59–9 | 61,613 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 17 Syracuse | No. 22 | Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY | | W 41–10 | 49,832 |
| October 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Virginia Tech | No. 19 | Lane StadiumBlacksburg, VA | SUN | W 41–7 | 41,832 |
| October 21 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 11 Auburn | No. 14 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ESPN | W 22–14 | 62,711 |
| October 28 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 Miami (FL) | No. 9 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | ESPN | W 24–10 | 62,602 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | South Carolina | No. 6 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 35–10 | 61,852 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | Memphis State | No. 5 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 57–20 | 57,511 |
| December 2 | 7:30 p.m. | at Florida | No. 6 | Florida FieldGainesville, FL (rivalry) | ESPN | W 24–17 | 75,124 |
| January 1 | 4:30 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Nebraska | No. 5 | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) | NBC | W 41–17 | 73,953 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | 6 (2) | 16 | — | — | 25 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 (2) |
| Coaches | 6 (1) | 16 | — | — | 20 | 20 т | 16 т | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 (1) | | 2 (7) |

## Game summaries
### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #6 Seminoles | 10 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| • Golden Eagles | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 30 |

### Clemson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #10 Tigers | 7 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
| #16 Seminoles | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |

### At LSU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| #21 Tigers | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 21 |

### Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| • Seminoles | 17 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 59 |

### At Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #22 Seminoles | 10 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 41 |
| #17 Orangemen | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |

### At Virginia Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #19 Seminoles | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| Hokies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Auburn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #11 Tigers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| • #14 Seminoles | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 22 |

### Miami (FL)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Miami (FL) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Florida St | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Doak Campbell Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida
* Date: October 28, 1989
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
* Game attendance: 62,602
* TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin and Kevin Kiley
* Recap/Box Score
Game information :
First quarter
FSU – Dexter Carter 37-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 14:37. Florida St 7–0. Drive:
MIA – Randal Hill 8-yard pass from Gino Torretta (Carlos Huerta kick), 9:57. Tie 7–7. Drive: 80 yards.
FSU – Edgar Bennett 1-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 5:11. Florida St 14–7. Drive: 82 yards.
MIA – Carlos Huerta 44-yard field goal, 1:09. Florida St 14–10. Drive:
Third quarter
FSU – Amp Lee 1-yard run (Richie Andrews kick), 2:20. Florida St 21–10. Drive:
Fourth quarter
FSU – Richie Andrews 41-yard field goal, 14:18. 'Florida St 24–10. Drive:
Top passers
MIA – Gino Torretta – TD, 4 INT
FSU – Peter Tom Willis – 7/20, 129 yards, INT
Top rushers
MIA –
FSU – Dexter Carter – 21 rushes, 142 yards, TD
Top receivers
MIA –
FSU – Ronald Lewis – 3 receptions, 77 yards :
Prior to the Miami-FSU game, University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis was tackled by a group of police officers for attempting to put out Chief Osceola's flaming spear. Sebastian was wearing a fireman's helmet and yellow raincoat and holding a fire extinguisher. When a police officer attempted to grab the fire extinguisher, the officer was sprayed in the chest. Sebastian was handcuffed by four officers but ultimately released. Miami quarterback Gino Torretta, who started the game in place of injured Craig Erickson, told ESPN, "Even if we weren't bad boys, it added to the mystique that, 'Man, look, even their mascot's getting arrested.'"

### South Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Gamecocks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| • #6 Seminoles | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |

### Memphis State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| • #5 Seminoles | 17 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 57 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #6 Seminoles | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Gators | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
* Peter Tom Willis 20/32, 319 Yds
* Terry Anthony 4 Rec, 126 Yds

### Nebraska (Fiesta Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #6 Cornhuskers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| • #5 Seminoles | 0 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 41 |