The 1999 Florida State Seminoles football team was the national champion of the 1999 college football season . The team finished with a perfect 12–0 record, and was the first in NCAA history to go "wire-to-wire," being ranked continuously as the nation's #1 team from the preseason through the bowl season.
Schedule [ ] File:FSUFOOTBALLNCs.JPG FSU's two National Championships:1993 and 1999
Date
Time
Opponent#
Rank #
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
August 28*
5:00 PM
Louisiana Tech
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN2
W 41–7 72,702
September 11
8:00 PM
#10 Georgia Tech
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 41–35 80,187
September 18
3:30 PM
#20 NC State
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 42–11 80,040
September 25
3:30 PM
at North Carolina
#1
Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC
ABC
W 42–10 60,000
October 2
12:00 PM
vs. Duke
#1
Alltel Stadium • Jacksonville, FL
JPS
W 51–23 37,310
October 9*
12:00 PM
#19 Miami (FL)
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry )
ABC
W 31–21 80,976
October 16
7:00 PM
Wake Forest
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
PPV
W 33–10 78,105
October 23
7:00 PM
at Clemson
#1
Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry /Bowden Bowl )
ESPN
W 17–14 86,092
October 30
7:00 PM
at Virginia
#1
Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA (Jefferson–Eppes Trophy )
ESPN
W 35–10 47,900
November 13
3:30 PM
Maryland
#1
Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
ABC
W 49–10 80,340
November 20*
8:00 PM
at #4 Florida
#1
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Battle for the Governor's Cup )
CBS
W 30–23 85,747
January 4*
8:00 PM
vs. #2 Virginia Tech
#1
Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl )
ABC
W 46–29 79,280
*Non-Conference Game. † Homecoming. # Rankings from AP Poll . All times are in Eastern Time .
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Season Recap [ ] Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
0
0
7
Seminoles
7
7
17
10
41
Georgia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Yellow Jackets
7
14
7
7
35
Seminoles
7
21
10
3
41
N.C. State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolfpack
3
0
8
0
11
Seminoles
3
15
14
10
42
North Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
28
7
7
0
42
Tar Heels
0
3
7
0
10
Duke [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
0
13
10
23
Seminoles
21
23
0
7
51
Miami [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hurricanes
14
7
0
0
21
Seminoles
14
7
3
7
31
Wake Forest [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Demon Deacons
3
0
0
7
10
Seminoles
6
3
14
10
33
Clemson [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
3
0
11
3
17
Tigers
0
14
0
0
14
Virginia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
0
7
14
14
35
Cavaliers
0
10
0
0
10
Maryland [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terrapins
0
3
0
7
10
Seminoles
7
21
14
7
49
Florida [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Seminoles
7
6
10
7
30
Gators
0
6
10
7
23
Sugar Bowl vs. Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hokies
7
7
15
0
29
Seminoles
14
14
0
18
46
Starting Lineup [ ] Offense [ ]
Pos
Number
Name
Class
QB
16
Chris Weinke
JR
RB
23
Travis Minor
JR
FB
10
Dan Kendra
SR
WR
9
Peter Warrick
SR
WR
80
Ron Dugans
SR
TE
85
Ryan Sprague
JR
LT
72
Brett Williams
FR
LG
68
Jason Whitaker
SR
C
57
Eric Thomas
SR
RG
64
Justin Amman
JR
RT
60
Tarlos Thomas
JR
Defense [ ] Special Teams [ ] Statistics [ ] QB Chris Weinke : 232/377 (61.5%) for 3,103 yards (8.23) with 25 TD vs. 14 INT (3.71%).
RB Travis Minor : 180 carries for 815 yards (4.53) with 7 TD. 16 catches for 102 yards and 0 TD.
WR Peter Warrick : 71 catches for 934 yards (13.15) with 8 TD. 16 carries for 96 yards (6.00) and 3 TD.
WR Ron Dugans : 43 catches for 644 yards (14.98) with 3 TD.
WR Marvin Minnis: 19 catches for 257 yards (13.53) with 3 TD.
WR Laveranues Coles : 12 catches for 179 yards (14.92) with 1 TD.
WR Anquan Boldin : 12 catches for 115 yards (9.58) with 2 TD. 4 carries for 33 yards (8.25) and 0 TD.
K Sebastian Janikowski : 23 FGM and 47 XPM.
P Austin Haywood : 1 punt for 73 yards First team in history to go wire to wire #1 in all three major polls. Awards and honors [ ] Individual Award Winners [ ] References [ ] v · d · e 1999 Florida State Seminoles football—consensus national champions
