# 1987 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1987 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Berryman.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 8 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 40–16 | 52,893 |
| September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | at East Carolina | No. 8 | Ficklen Memorial StadiumGreenville, NC | | W 44–3 | 33,937 |
| September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Memphis State | No. 7 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 41–24 | 50,191 |
| September 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at Michigan State | No. 6 | Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI | | W 31–3 | 76,887 |
| October 3 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 3 Miami (FL) | No. 4 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL (rivalry) | CBS | L 25–26 | 62,561 |
| October 10 | 2:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | No. 6 | M. M. Roberts StadiumHattiesburg, MS | | W 61–10 | 25,853 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Louisville | No. 4 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 32–9 | 53,114 |
| October 31 | 3:00 p.m. | Tulane | No. 4 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 73–14 | 53,210 |
| November 7 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 6 Auburn | No. 4 | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | CBS | W 34–6 | 85,170 |
| November 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Furman | No. 4 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | | W 41–10 | 50,087 |
| November 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Florida | No. 3 | Florida FieldGainesville, FL (rivalry) | CBS | W 28–14 | 74,613 |
| January 1 | 1:30 p.m. | vs. No. 5 Nebraska | No. 3 | Mountain American StadiumTempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl) | NBC | W 31–28 | 72,112 |
| HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | 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 | Final |
| AP | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Coaches | 14 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |

## Game summaries
### Texas Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Raiders | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| • Seminoles | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 40 |

### At East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 3 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| Pirates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Memphis State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| • Seminoles | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 41 |

### At Michigan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| Spartans | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Miami (FL)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • No. 3 Hurricanes | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| No. 4 Seminoles | 0 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 25 |

### At Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 21 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 61 |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Louisville

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| • Seminoles | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 |

### Tulane

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Green Wave | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| • Seminoles | 7 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 73 |

### At Auburn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 14 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| Tigers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Paladins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| • Seminoles | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 41 |

### At Florida

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Seminoles | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
| Gators | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Vs. Nebraska (Fiesta Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 5 Cornhuskers | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| • No. 3 Seminoles | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |